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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-10-27
Chapter X.

Abraham Lincoln and George WaGh-
ington prominently among the many
great men of the world were charac-
terixed by the unusual wisdom with
which they drew about them assist
ants, supporters and advisors. Almost
without exception this has been true
Of men who have been leaders among
their kind, particularly In any move
ment that calls for organization
Apparently the day Of one man
power has passed. In this respect
az In many others, Rev. w. A. Sunday
is entitled to comparison with the
most important man in the worlds
history Of his day. The tremendous
celebrity with which his campaigns
move IL In harmouy with The general
spirit Of rush wfncA char1cterizo M
American people.
It is important therefore. that the
many details and minor arrange
ments, which necessarily are left 70
others, he Arranged IN complete hAE-
mony with The Denual gcheme an1
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ffshed prior to this tfme there Is an {
exact knowledge Of what activity Il
going forward in every part Of the
city. Wherever there is a tagging OF
failure to show zeal trained specialisn
are sent to awaken sense of RESPONSE
bility and concern.
Next of the forces put in motion Ton
the welding of interest and for the &C
centuation of publicity Is the building
of the tabernacle. For many years MT
Sundays party has had as one OF ita
members practical builder and arcnb
tect. This man reaches the city from
four to five weeks before the opening
of the meetings. The site Of the tad
ernacle having been chosen In adj
vance, with the approval Of Mr.. Sun
day who always insists upon a con-
venient, accessible downtown location.
the builder calls for volunteer work
men. A special effort is made to enlist
the services of prominent church
workers, and the spectacle Of such
men DOMINIC overalls and acting as
carpenters is one which never fails to
excite curiosity and arouse interest.
Prominent preachers, well known doc
tors, lawyers with statewide reputar
ton working shoulder to shoulder with
clerks, mechanics and school teachers
Is a scene that is sure to arouse inter.
est and receive generous newspaper
attention. Committees of women from
the cooperating churches are solicited
to take charge of decorating the in
terror as soon as the structure has
been rooted.
In the meantime, another very i'm
portant force has been at work in the
collection and training of the people
who are to constitute the choir. As
previously noted there is an approx
nation in the relation of choir and
audience of one to ten. Musical people
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meet the local conditions. For tho
larger cities Mr.. Sunday has always
arranged to have some one familiar
with work among the young folks,
for work among shop and factory
people. and at prison and other penal
institutions wherever they ara found.
Two or more soloists and . choir
leader in addition to q pianist ana
private secretary are necessary -
tuncts for the success Of tho work.
A builder who goes In advance ana
prepares the tabernacle. Q keeper q
that tabernacle and In late years .
general manager Of the WORK, 4 sort
Of right hand assistant to tho evanget-
list, have become definite portions Of
the organization. Many we'll known
evangelists and missionary workers
have been identified with the Sunday
party from time to time.
Their church anliation has played
no part In their selection. Methodist
Baptist. Conregationaiist, Presbyts
rian and other Of the evangelical
churches have been largely repre-
sented.
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Chapter TX.

To thousands who have participated
In q Sunday campaign merely as indi-
viduals they are more or less of a
mystery. To thousands who have only
\ reading knowledge of them they are
unbelievable. To the few who have
had part as aids or cogs In the great
machinery which Is set In motion in
every place where Mr.. Sunday con-
ducts a campaign the results are al
most inevitable.
Through more than 20 years of work
and experimentation Mr.. Sunday has
contrived q detailed system which to
all observers, interested. disinterested
and preiudiced alike appears practic-
ally infallihle. Time after time AZ new
territory has been approached the pre-
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IN expYanarlon or rmE recapIulaIUn
which was prepared several weeks
before the campaign closed, 1t Ia only
fair to say that the entire $4.147.H
was raised, that all collections ceased
more than a week before the close OF
the campaign, that several thousand
dollars additional were raised for
charity and that after the tabernacle
had been sold and the other salvage
incident to the campaign turned into
money, there was more than $500 to
be divided among the 60 cooperating
churches.
Thus Columbus had seven weeks
revival not only without expense to
the guarantors who had subscribed
to the company. but with net profit
to every church that participated. Il
was in addition to this total budget OF
more than $4,000 that the citizens OF
Ohio's capital contributed $4,000 a.
free will Offering to the evangelist
himself. This immense sum was re-
cured in three collecticns-one each
at the morning service, the afternoon
service and the evening service
With some variation as to detail the
practice and the results In other cities
has been the same. The statement
here given is typical and shows the
many details which have to be pro-
vided in assuring the complete sue
cess of any campaign, yet In every
instance in more than 20 years tho
public has met these expenses and
has given a generous Offering to the
evangelist at the conclusion Of the rev
vival. an indication Of appreciation
for what he has done.
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are known for their enthusiasm and
energy. Singing is remarkable for the
Impress which it makes on large
crowds. The preliminary training
which this choir receives gives the
evangelist the kind of field force
which develops into effectiveness as
the campaign proceeds.
Then comes the dedication. The
practice has been to secure some
noted divine from a city where Mr..
Sunday previously has conducted a
campaign and to have him preach the
dedicatory sermon. Local ministers
prominent in the campaign have other
places on the program. By this time
one or two Of the advance members
Of the party probably are in town and
directing the forces already existing,
into channels of maximum usefulness.
1t Is not the usual thing for these
advance members to be unduly comph-
mentary or conciliatory. Indeed, the
day or two next preceding the arrival
Of the evangelist often are among the;
most uncomfortable of the entire cam
paign from inception to elimination.
The feeling that with all their earnest,
hess and good intentions they yet may
have failed In properly directing THAR
efforts places the entire local con-
tingent on the qui vive, and when
finally Mr.. Sunday arrives q degree Of
expectancy and suppressed excite
ment, which is almost without coun-
terpart In civic experience, makes
itself felt
So much for the major preparations
and the chief forces which combine In
making fertile the field and ready tho
workers before the actual meetings
begin. They are only a portion, how
ever. Of the many details which make
Tor the ultimate success of the en-
deavor. An organization for ushers
that operates like clock work and II
equal to any general emergency il one
Of the lesser problems of the machin-
cry; a completely equipped emergency
hospital In some corner of the tabefA
nacle. and out OF sight from the andi-
ence Is another; trained nurses and
hospital helpers are always ON hand.
as are one or more regular physicians.
Even the taking Of the collection Ii
made spectacular by the use Of tin
pans which are rapidly passed to the
melodious Jingle of silver snd copper
coins. Outside the tabernacle, but
near at hand. there Is a nursery where
mothers may leave their children In
the care of professional nurses, and be
sure they viii be returned to them In
frst-class condition when the services
are over. On the platform there arr
always provided from q half dozen to
q dozen and half desks for news
paper men, Telephones are installed
in the tabernacle for the convenience
OF the evangelist's party and for the
press representatives. Such mates
as should properly be given publicity
always Is easily accessible to thosl
! whose duty It II to minister 70 II
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C4rrled ont WIN tho dx1ctitud0 q =.
railroad time tab1e. In this Mr.. Sun
day and his party are peculiarly suce.
cessfuL Whenever the control of
events is In his own hands the evan
gelist is never hate. All his meetings
start on time and close on time. Al
the myriad engagements which arc
part Of every campaign, he IL punO-
tuafity itself. He exacts the same fer
spect for time Of all those who aasise
him In his work.
Beginning in 1898 with no other al
sistants than his wife and the local
ministers the organization grew IN
less than Is years to comprise parties
from 10 to IL. The number and psr
sonnel varied from time to tmo -
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Ito be Continued.)
Cause For SUSPICION.

NauSo For Suepsoi0ns
A mother who frequently went out
to spend the day with her friends had
,een accompanied always by her seven
year-old son. One evening on return
ing home very much bored with ths
days experiences. he said to her:
Mother, IL you don't stop taking ms
around with you 80 much people win
think you have married a dwarf
Harper's Magazine.
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His Part IN the Drama.

His Part In the Drama.
Two women who claimed the same
man as husband were airing their
troubles I'm court.
who's the skinny fellow over
thereY asked a visitor.
Hes the bone of contention"
chuckled the court attendant.
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OF the local Organization 0uehaH the
sum paid to these assistants, the re-
mainder OF their fee Mr.. Sunday him;
self pays out Of the voluntary Offering
given him on the last day Of each
campaign. The expenses incident to-
a six or seven weeks campaign in
Guiding all the ramiacations Of enter
tainment, special meetings. cost Of
helpers, construction Of tabernacle.
etc., in city of 10000 to 100000 IL
large. The multiplicity Of details IN
hardly to be believed by one not
having been conversant from actual
experience. The following official 10
icapitulation Of the auditing committee
of the campaign at Columbus, Ohio.
made while it was In progress may
be taken as typical:
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Pa Little loles.

Ostend-Pa. why did you give ma
that little ring with a watch I'm IL? Pm
II wanted time to hang lightly on bse
hands. my son.-Exchange.
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been with no cot beyond the *
penses incurred In making the trip.
The size Of Mr.. Sundays party Of
assistants varies win the size Of the
community and tbs length of the stay
The usual prae11es has been g ex.c1
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Thev RareIv Are fdle.

They Rarely Are Idle.
IT guess 1t is nothing more than an
idle rumor."
Idle? 1 guess not. 1t II the busiest
old rumor that ever happened."-
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Do thine own task and be thsreNff1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-15
The Voice of the People
She Doesn't Like Bankers.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sr--Thc picture published in your Sunday
issue of Father Byrd greeting with obsequious
smiles and bows pursy self-confdent male
creature with a fat cigar in his mouth. who
oozed greenland yellow backs from hat and
grip, was good--very good--and entirely typical
OF the facts in the case. We Richmonders
second to none in our subservience to and love
grabbers who really responsible parties for
the high cost OF living and the insufficient wage
of the laborer.
The money trust and sthe Supreme Court are
the right and left arms of our god, mammon. and
real democracy will never obtain until they are
will never be until the people learn to discrimi-
nate between the free and the prostitute press
news--the latter always at work 20 build up
fictitious awe and reverence (for genuine is
impossible) for these two branches of the gov
ernmcnt--the bankers are more nearly real
government than even the Supreme Court Pos
sessing the most ndefensbe special privilege
the Ignorance and folly of the people has to be-
stow, and enjoying under this administration
and in the favorinG circumstances of the Euro
with which to exploit the country. the 'Jshka-
bibble" air Of the fat man in the picture is
tircy justified.
Ii is a discordant note in tho PAGAN OF welcome
to the bankers convention that | striking,
and It should not be printed. according to tile
IL might be we'll to do so. as 1t sounds not un-
important note of warning to the money trust
IL they will but heed IT. 1t expresses what a
constantly growing class of well-informed
friends Of the common people feeling and
thinking--and saying every opportunity--and
a, whirlwind of righteous indignation which
VIII sweep special privilege from the earth.
ONE WHO DOES NOT NOTE-YET.
Richmond, october IL, 1914.
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The theory is that II will do no harm to ex-
pertinent with any system having in it the
elements of progress. and great good may re-
suit from such experimentation. This is a
sound theory.
Why couldn't the United States have a
reservation for experimental government?
For instance. in tho District of Columbia,
where no man has Il vote anyhow. and where
there is unusual freedom from any obligation
to follow precedent or operate under the
established order Of things, laboratory
could be conducted very nicely, and anything
found to be good could be transmitted TO the
States and Territories, with the possible re-
suit that worthwhile legislation might
follow.
Such a laboratory, conducted by the gov
ernment along nonpartisan lines and purely
for research, would attract to it's aid all the
experiences OF the world through foreign
representatives and correspondents, and it
might not be too much TO predict that all
countries would soon be watching Washing
ton for new suggestions.
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ny GEORGE DEFREsNE.

PARIS, October Ga French war
correspondent. representing a Paris
newspaper. who was the only CORE
spondent present at a part of the
lighting in Belgium. came back here
stronsly impressed with the conduct
OF the Belgian troops. He said:
BY the most wonderful chance
happened to be In the British lines in
Belgium just when the great battle
OF Charleroi began. a fight that Will
remain inscribed in letters of blood on
the scroll OF history. WAS the only
war correspondent at the actual the
atre of war at the time; and / shall
always bless my good fortune in be :
Ing witness of this gigantic COM
bat, IL only because II established for
ever the rcnown OF the British army,
and because II afforded me the oppor-
tunity OF seeing. with wondering adj
niration, the British soldiers under
fire.
1T was at Mons, on sunday, august
90. The first outpostS engagements
were beginning. and the British troops.
who had only arrived on the scene the
same morning. Immediately entered
the battle without even moment y
rest. In few hours Mons was put
in a state of defense. and you should
have seen those fellows working.
Trenches were dug and the bridges
barricaded by eager hands. In sight
of such Willingness and such irresis-
tible gaiety, you would never have
thought that these men were on the
eve Of n terrible battle Personally,
could not help feeling that / was
only watching manocuvra scene, for
the phlegm and the nonchalance of
these soldiers would never have per-
mitted one to suppose that the enemy
were there only few miles away.
Gallant little, soldiers What i'm
mense confidence they inspired. At the
sight OF them. SO calm and so reso-
lutte, the people of Mons, panic-strick-
en- only a few hours before, suddenly
seemed to gain fresh store of cour-
age and almost sense of security.
The battle went on for four days,
and throughout this period. the Brit
ish army, as ] am bonnd to declare,
performed prodigies of heroism to
day, August "a, the Germans who were
Infinitely superior i'm numbers. made
vigorous efforts to prevent the Brit
ish from retiring In good order and
tried to drive them back on Maubcugc.
The frmness and skill with which the
British retreat was conducted foiled
this attempt and inflicted consider
able losses, far higher than ours. on
the enemy. whose compact and enor-
nous masses, hurled at the British
troops were repeatedly driven back.
The fighting on the 26tl near Cam
braia was logged ana desperate. There
again the British TROOPS made tho most
splendid and the most stolid resistance
in their terrible situation of having to
make up for their inferiority in num-
bers by the rapidly Off their move
nnents Several regiments charged six
times running. Nevertheless, they cx.
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Books and War

HE best sellers" of our day are works
1 dealing with the immediate and remote
cause OF the great war and with the history
of the nations engaged in it, and this fact
will some dayabe brought forward as an IN
mistakeable evidence of the advance in in
telligence between 1914 and 1914. The per-
son, young or DID, who is not avaiing HIM
self of the great and increasing stock of litera-
ture on the present conflict is living half
blind during the most soul-stirring era of
all time
without specifying any titles, which might
lead to invidious comparisons, it is to be said
that, whichever way ones sympathes lie in
the terrible conflict, there is ample store of
books, most of whiclis have been written by
men well qualified to speak with authority
The ahest men In all the embattled coun-
tries have said or are saying their word for
the enlightenment of all that are wise enough
to seek instruction. To be sure, most OF us
read to strengthen our own point of view
that is, to crafty our own prejudices. But
even this not altogether laudable desire is in
finitely better than to hold opinions that are
not based upon reading and reflection, so that
all the evidence obtanable may be weighed
and correct opinions formed, but are held
merely because ones grandfather was born
In any one Of the countries now at war.
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PARIS SINCE THE SIEGE WAS AVERTED

PARIS, October 80 look for the
first time upon the subdued and dcinurc
face which Paris to-day presents to
The world is to experience the surprise
of ones lifetime. No one familiar with
tho French capital under normal con-
ditions-its exuberant gaiety. it's sleep
less pursuit OF pleasure. its crowded
theatres. its thronged boulevards and
overlooking cafes--could ever have
Imagined that Paris was capable of
such an extraordinary change In the
course of few weeks. The meta
morphosis is staggering; II Is almost
impossible to describe II adequately. in
words.
Imagine, IL syou can, the wheels OF
Partisan life running at uninterrupted
imagine. IL YOU can. the echoing quiet
ness OF a Scottish Sunday descended
upon the fair face OF tho once vibrant
city. Picture TO yourself, II YOU can,
the grand boulernrds. that are accus-
toned TO seethe with animation until
midnight, and long after, dampcd down,
as 1T were. each evening at y or .
o'clock. Think OF n Place dc rOperS
ordinarily palpitating with whcel,.'
traffic of all sorts, now SO quiet ana
still that you might almost play ten
mis- on the carrlagcway I'm broad day
light. and risk the occasional inter-
ruption Of passing cab or military
automobile. Think OF tho Char,ps
cISsees as STUDY In perspective. the
Place dc lie Concordc, as a sort of
Scometric void; the Rue dc Vivoli az q
comparatively deserted thoroughfarc
But the people OF Paris. or as many
OF them as are still left within its
walls, seem IN no way depressed BY the
sudden change which has overtalten the
course Of their daily existence. They
arc subdued and chastened. perhaps, by
the contemplation OF events that may
still Dcfall themselves and their fair
city. Paris. responsive to the stiIled
voice of its street traffic, may speak in
whispers; But 1t is perfectly calm now
and even confident in the ultimate Is
sue of the war be- it long orashort!
Somehow I feel that change has
come over the demeanor Of the Pari-
slams In the last forty-eight hours.
fancy l can read hi their faces the i'm
proved tone OF the war news in the
west. where the British and French
troops are doing such great things But
their resolution is undaunted. II they
hope for the best they are yet prepared
for the worst. and they will face II
bhilosoph:cally. None the less, IL means
Il vast deal to them. and to their peace
OF mind. that the babbaric invader has
for the moment at all events. been
banked of his design TO make his way
through to their beloved city, and die
tate humiliatng peace at the point
of his dripping sword
Al rough guess, | should say that
three out Of every four shops ir the
heart OF the city. as the visitor locates
the heart, are closed OH account Of the
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER is. 1914.
THE TIMEs-DIsPATCH aud breakfast
urc served together with unraiiinE reKu-
lnrity in the Best Homes of Richmond.
Is your merniuE program completeY
Musical Neutrality

THERE are thirteen nationalities among the
L eighty-five players in the Damrosch Or
chestra, who must travel together for six
months during the European wrangle. Dam
rosch has put up sign forbidding war dis
cussion. He doesn't propose to have his al
lied players numbering Wagner or the Ger
mans making French and English and Rus
sian music sound like an instruction in
boiler factory.
He needn't worry. Down at heart must
clan is musician the world over, and when
he is playing he doesn't care hang whether
the oboe is a Dutchnan or q Swede, or
whether the drums are handled by China
man square head Music is written pre-
cisey the same in all languages. The notes
and signs and rules are identical under all
flags, and the musician would no more think
of Introducing dscord unless authorized by
the composer, than he would attempt to i'm
provise on List.
Music will remain neutral. With Lima
Cavaliera and Mary Garden at the front nurs-
ing under the Red Cross, Germans, Austrians
and allies will get exactly the same sort of
treatment. Musicians and poets and artists
of the true type are too far above war to let
il affect their jobs.