The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-12-09

seemed TO ran away rrUm ncr.
Matters referred continually to her were
disposed OF instantly with quiet decision
ard without interrupting the thread Of
he- talk.
with a feeling of sympathy for the
housewife whose home program must be
continually disarranged by the constant
moving from point to point l asked If
she Objected to the frequent upheaval
OF moving about Here I received the
first insight Into an attitude which fairly
perrneates the entire household and par
ty.
why. no. with smile of genuine
surprise. 1t is necessary, so I accept it
as a matter Of course
"t1er tone held something of reproof
and ] FASTENED 10 explain that putting up
preserves and caring for household mat
tiers must OF necessity be difficult under
such conditions.
"'Peor' should just see my provision
closet size laughed. I guess they would
q DRIFT / cont let my family starve.'
Mamma, where's my tennis racket
this from young Billy, and she arose
hastily to produce the lost traps.
'As she seated herself again she fell
to chatting about revival "reminiscences.
"'You know about rs per cent of the
church membership are women which
would indicate that they are more easily
reached, than men. But in revival work
I believe a mans heart is touched more
quickly than a womans.
"a woman once reached, however,
will not rest until the men she is inter-
ested in, her husband, her brother, father
or her sweetheart, have been converted
Nine out of ten women have unconverted
husbands and with tears in their eyes
their first request will be that we pray
for their husband.
LIT is seldom that woman will grow
hysterical in the audience, improbable as
that may first appear. Generally hysteria
or fainting may be traced to physical or
nervous condition
No disturbance Is allowed. anyhow,
from such incidents If a woman faints
or baby cries, there is q trained corps
of ushers who take them out immediate
ly before the interruption can break the
attention Of the audience. Crying babies
are about the only thing Mr.. Sunday Is
really fussy about.
He never allows scoff1ng or argu-
ment during the course of a meeting; he
just says, two can't talk at once, and
I'm on the job and refuses to allow any
discussion %
While Miss Cole was interviewing
Mrs. Sunday the evangelist came into
the house clad in his outdoor toys
and after his fashion entered at once
into the conversation. Miss Cole
asked him among other things whether
it were true, as had been reported,
that he employees detectives previous
to conducting campaign in city.
She thus details what happened:
30 r
plain once for all, make it IS strong as
you please. I never employed a detec-
tive to get information against a town
in my life. / won't listen or use infor-
nation given by anyone unless they are
willing to make sworn affidavit to their
statements.
Moreover never use an anonymous
letter. The first thing I do when I open
a letter is to look for the signature. If 1t
isn't signed into the waste basket it goes.
I don't even read it. That's a rule I
made when first began evangelistic work
and l have never broken it, I never saw
town that had so many crazy ideas
about me as South Bend he fumed.
HE turned away brusquely.
And what about Sunday baseball,
called.
81 never compromise with the devil.
But If 1t is factory town where men
have ball they'd go to the beer picnics-'
why they go isn't your business. I'm
against it! Once and for always
Papa she interrupted, I wish we
could get some grass seed in before the
rain
$50 do l.
Hadn't you better put it in?'
There's a bucket back there. Why
don't you use thatr
"'All right
"a minute later a pacified Billy Sun
day crossed the lawn Juggling a big tin
wash boiler of grass seed. Then his wife
pointed out where he should SOW 1t while
she called to young Billy to go take his
music lesson.
He won't go unless he's sent each
time she laughed.
" Mr.. Sunday always has strength
enough to do what is before him. said his
wife later. talking Of his reported recent
nervous collapse. He speaks 50 often
the way the Lord gives him extra
strength. We see it plainly all the time
For instance. he has to be very careful
not to take cold after q sermon when he
is perspiring heavily for 1t effects his
voice.
Talk drifted to Mrs. Sundays expert
ences in Columbus where the women en-
treated her to accompany their car to
2" dSAih6eOh AOE tAc SuhEd8o OtuouSlId-
ton.
II couldn't go. couldn't have gotten
away in the first place. Besides Tn,
not an ardent suffraget. Women will
probably have the vote in time and thai
Is all right. IL they want it
81 don't believe the American women
will ever adopt the tactics of the Eng
lish. They are too well balanced and
they haven't the provocation. But IL they
had to stand what the English women dc
and were treated as they are, shouldn't
blame them"
So much for life at Winona Lake.
At Steubenville an ambitious scribe
attempted to chronicle the activities
of Mrs. Sunday during the routine of a
campaign. The Steubenville Gazette
gives this outline:
arise at q N.
Breakfast, S:0.
Hunted up treasurer Of Steubenvflle
Evangelistic association.