Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-21

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of just about s., 600. exactly one-eighth {
the amount charged against me by til
booze gang
owe think we have 1t right coy here
mamma and l., said Sunday as he dror
ped into an easy chair near the dSor
"a thorough search Of the dictionar
would not bring forth q more appropriat
work to describe the Sunday home in
terror and exterior, tHIn 'cozy.'
"It is ideally planned and so filled wit
pretty things that you want to ask tn
/ evangelist if he has ever been tempted t
remain at home for the balance Of hi
! days. .r
'.The u,lestion unasked was ansvere
| Indirectly short time after when Mrs
! Sunday volunteered the information tina
f, papa always dreaded to think of leavin:
/; 1t again after a rest there.
"The entire width Of the front Of tn
| house is taken up with one large room
! which is a combination Of parlor, sittin:
| room, den and music room. 1t IL hnishet
! and furnished elegantly. A wide hallwa.
! runs from this room to the rear of th'
house. On the walls are displayed beau
/, tiful engagements Of various members O
J the evangelist's family; oils, painted By
| Mrs. Sunday several years ago, and Other
, pictures of interest. The display Is 81
arranged that the passageway assume
+; the appearance of an art gallery rather
J than an unattractive hall. Other room.
throughout the house are furnished or
practically the same scale as the front
Of the house. s
"There is evidence that expense was not
! spared in furnishing although Mr.. and
Mrs. Sunday were both constantly point
Ing out things Of value about the house
which had been presented them by ad-
hiring friends.
"These gifts ranged in variety from
sets Of dishes to Panama hats. The for
mer were gifts largely from people in the
pottery towns Of Pennsylvania and the
hat came from Robert Wolfe. Bob
Wolfe Sunday called him, the owner OF
the two newspapers in Columbus, Ohio.
The hat lay on the bed In one Of the
rooms. a very ordinary appearing hat at
first glance, but one which would have
cost Mr.. Sunday $50 or SIS If he had at
. tempted to buy 1t in a haberdashery.
Zone OF the most notable gifts to tho
Vas an elaborate clock, SIX feet In height,
which occupies a prominent position to
the front of the house. This clock was
the gift Of Masonic lodge in an eastern
city and its value is something between
$500 and 800.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sunday are proud OF
their Winona home and they make nn af
rort to conceal their pride. The Sundays
there are as different from the Sundays
OF the sawdust trail as day and night.
SUNDAY in the pulpit is a fiery orator;
. magnetic figure who commands mon;
man who utters words Of IRE, which some
people label vulgar and coarse. In his
home he is quiet, orderly sort OF per-
son. who pets his children and visits with
his wife on topics Of the day"
Mr.. Armstrong writing on another
occasion says:
BILLY Sunday has three hobbies relig-
ion, home and baseball. The evangelist
fairly revels in the pleasure Of his homo.
Not infrequently he travels hundreds Of
miles while in the midst of one of his
campaigns to spend a few hours at his
beautiful cottage at Winona Lake. When
he reaches Winona Lake he Immediately
plans to secure all the recreation posi-
BILE. His usual natty apparel 10 discarded
for something old and tried and true. He
arrays himself in a loose fitting suit, Q
soft hat. battered with much usage, and
collarless shirt. He spends every possi-
BILE moment in the open air. He derives
keen enjoyment in caring for plants and
flowers on the lawn.
to Mr. and Mrs. Sunday for the beauty of
the park there. Each spring and at in
tervals during the summer months they
hire students at the Winona Academy to
clean up and care for the entire park.
Often the evangelist and his wife assist
in raking the leaves, carrying away bro
ken limbs and otherwise doing the work
Of gardeners. Mr.. Sunday knows every
boy at the school. When he and his wife
pass through the park they are the sub
ject of continued greetings. To the stu
dents Mrs. Sunday is ma and Mr.. Sun
day Is known as the professor
The younger children-W William, Jr..
and Paul-share with their father in
the unbounded admiration for Winona.
Although as much as possible he has
the children with him on his trips.
proper regard for their education
makes this possible only at compare
lively long intervals, and there are
few places out of the many reached In
the travels of Mr.. Sunday that appeal
to the boys as much as Winona.
Mr.. Sundays neighbors are most
proud of him and his good wife. They
always appear delighted with the fact
he selected Winona Lake as his home,
and they never make any attempt
to conceal their pleasure at having
him with them. At the assembly each
year there is one day bigger than the
Fourth Of July and Christmas. That
is day along early in the summer,
when Mr.. Sunday delivers his annual
address to his neighbors and the pa
irons of Winona. Thousands Of farm
ers for miles around drive to Winona
each year to hear Mr.. Sunday make
this annual address. Usually he de-
livers new sermon at the opening Of
the assembly, a fact which is always
known to his neighbors and a source
of no little pride on their part.
Mr.. Sundays neighbors almost with
one accord agree that he is the great
est agency In the world today for the
cause Of righteousness. The majority
of them there were converted through
their association with him, and they
are probably as de7out and God fear
ing group of Billy Sunday penitents
as he can boast.
Dozens Of people down at Winona
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