Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-30

Slough were visibly affected by the
voice of his wife. Many pledge cards
were distributed and many hundreds
were signed and returned to the ush-
ers and members of the party. More
than 800 filled in the cards. Mrs
| Slough sang another stanza of her
song while more men came forward.
The first trailhitter to announce him
self was young man who said he
had been a sailor leading a wild life
but was so much touched by the
meeting that he was determined to
mend his ways.
Bartender Quits Job
Then out of the packed mass of
men at the front came a trailhitter
to shake the hand of Slough, but
| Spooner saw him first and recognized
him as a bartender of the city who
has been wavering for some time on
the point of persuasion to hit the
trail. With the help of Spooner he
climbed to the platform and there
Slough embraced him and told the
crowd who he was and what a strug-
gle he must have had to come for
ward and confess Christ. The evan
gelist said he considered this one of
the greatest triumphs of the cam
paign.
The lecture on "The Scarlet Man"
was a crashing blow at the immoral
ity of men and a statement of the
terrible results not only on men them
selves but on the race, the wives
and the coming generations. He
made a singing indictment Of faith
ers who fail to tell their growing boys
the facts of life and let them run the
streets to learn things from vile COM
panions.
Not a Personal Indictment
He said he knew there were thou
sands of men in the audience who
might be hit by his remarks, but ex-
planned that he did not mean any per-
sonal indictment, and was only max
ing an appeal for help in his efforts
to bring about a moral reform in con-
nection with his evangelistic work.
In beginning he said this is the
age of the thoroughbred in the ami
NAL world, but that little or no at
tention is paid to the breeding of hu-
man beings. He said, "a man who
is extremely careful about the breed
ing of his dogs, or his cattle and sheep
will allow his daughter OF keep COM
4 pany with and emarry some pimply-
faced, measly runt Of man who may
be rotten with disease. He will pay
more attention to his animals than
to his daughter
Lack of a Quarantine
| IneTe Is Il QudTdHllne dBdlIlSJ the
foot and mouth disease, but the au
thorities do not quarantine against a
certain disease that is more wide
spread among men than measles is
Iamong children. People will allow in
their parlors and families fellows
who carry invisible on their persons
the germs of something that as we'll
as alcohol will raise hell with the
next generation.
"It is the cause of more suffering
than any one other disease of human
ity. 1t is at the root of many divorces,
of most childless homes, sterility, 70
per cent. of women's operations 40
per cent. of the blindness in children,
and the thing that is rotting the life
at the roots in every city. Germany
and France are rotting to pieces with
this affliction. In Berlin 40 per cent.
of the men are afflicted, between the
ages of IS and 2S.
The Roasting of the Chickens
He read a report of the poor board
of Dauphin county showing the state
of this disease in this locality that
surprised many of the audience. He
also declared that he has good au-
thority for a list of the immoral re-
sorts of Harrisburg that are still do
ing business despite the recent clean
ing up by the police department and
said he is prepared to give this in
formation to the chief of police If he
desires it.
MANY of you men know what am
saying because you have had the
chickens come home to rodst by feel
ing the effects of your early vices"
AS he proceeded with the lecture
he laid the blame for the seeds of vice
at the door of careless fathers who
allow their boys to go past the age
of adolescence without telling them
ha frff 1n.t II
explained some methods of teaching
boys, simple illustrations drawn from
lplant and animal life that will give
the lesson in a decent way at which
the most modest father need not hesi-
tate.
The Best Heritage
He also spoke of the value of boys
having a Cody father to lead them
in the way of proper morals. "a
father may be a failure in the 'finan-
cial world, but If he is a success in
the parental world in bringing up his
family he is a great success in the
eyes of God. You may leave your
children without a dollar but in the
memory of a Cody father you will
leave them rich"
/ At the opening of the service he
said, II am going to give the gang
another cleaning up next Sunday if
my life is spared. Since last Sunday
a dirty lOW-OOWn plOJ mas Deen con-
cocted and one of the most notorious
of the lower East Side New York
thugs has been in the streets of Har-
risburg and was heard to say that he
is here to frame up a plot against
me.
Hard on the Liquor Traffic
ST have been the means of cutting
off the revenue of the liquor men by
thousands of dollars since 1 came
here. One brewery in town has had
to reduce its business by one-half al
ready. A certain saloonkeeper who
until two weeks ago had to have three
extra bartenders every Saturday
night, has no more use for them
There never was a time remembered
in Harrisburg when there was less
booze sold than now"
The lectures next Sunday afternoon
will be Vampires and Bloodsuckers," !"
continuation of the fight on booze.
Chestnut street auditorium was
jammed with women to hear Miss
Palmer give her booze lecture, "The
American Python" Hundreds shook
hands with her in pledge to fight
rum. More than $50 women took the