The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-04
ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE GRASP
HAND OF EVANGELIST HART

me pasteboard or the ink. but the
na'n, Is IN the tool and its use. From
ne beginning the card has been the
ote TOOL OF the gambler, and the
,uaIo.l'y were taught to gamble nv
ns 10 play In a clover bloom
parior' We are told by those who
nave spent their lives searching this
very question that nine-tenths Of the
professional gamblers OF the country
learned TO play with parents. broth
ers. sisters and friends. In INV evan.
sehstic work of over twenty wears I
nave never found an exception 10 this
rule The great gambler John PbilIn
Vuinn was converted while in iail
ana Is now spending his life travelling
over the country In an anti-gambling
crusade. and in a closing address An
said: '" NC
Gambling kindergarten.
And now. after all these years of
experience and acquaintance with the
professional gamblers OF the country.
must truly say that the parlor card
,soIe is the kindergarten OF the GAM
piers ieek. and say after such over
whelming testimony as This tina, he
man or woman who presumes to mes
ton this statement must be unusnsi,v
aul or have a superabundance Of
brass. Again. think OF a whole even.
ing spent over a table with no re-
i.esnlng conversation and nothing hut
.ne hitting pasteboards-fap. fan for
nours-positively no good and no In
mere the speaker stated that cards
nau killed conversation and that the
majority OF the people could only
speak OF the weather and then pro-
pose a game OF cards. He also stated
.nat IL required excitement 10 keen
the game interesting, and that
stakes made il exciting.
AS the gambler sees the Announce
ment IN the papers OF the progressive
eucnre parties or whist games he
enuckies In thought that he will soon
nave the young man In the gambling
I'm 1sa, sald the evangelist What's the
uinerence between the husband bet
ing on the races and the wife In the
sooiey crowds playing a fierce game
toI me cut glass vase. All the differ
ence Is that at one end is a horse ana
at the other a cut grass vase"
The editor of che Chicago HeraTh
snort time since said these words.
Inc demoralizing and Destructive
sane OF cards which has sent so
many women and men down the moral
.oooegan slide TO perdition was viRor-
Dusty attacked by speakers before the
Nomans Club on the topic OF 'Amuse-
hehts- Many a poor husband who
was leo INTO the game BY his wife and
VINO carried home a hand-painted min
CUSHION or a channels pen-winer Is
now gazing sadly through the bars ~
a padded cell. out at the institution
Elgin- Evangelist Hart stated thar
ueck OF cards was found in every
saloon and house of shame in the
country. He said their associations
were pad and this alone should pronpnt
professors TO forsake them. He dweIt
,ai sSS upon our influence with others
IA TINS manner. He also quoted from
Dr. Talmage. and closed by makinr =
very earnest appeal.
Theatre Going.
Taking up theatre-goinr. the evan-
gelist said: evan
me average theatres are indecent
ana me average play is an affront 10
Sohanklnd. Nothing would induce a
ueceht woman TO take part in MANY Of
mem, SO why should she put her
stamp OF approval on the action ~ her
oaser fellow-women by attending these
terrible exhibitions?
You people will allow vour cbt,-
oren TO sit before the footligbts and
watch a play that is DESTROYING their
lVes The theatre transforms vice
suicide Is made honorable: tragedy a.
made laugh and crime is a huge
Joke. nuse
won't name shows or denounce
SHOWS that you can 20 to now. be.
cause os soon as I denounce a plav
you VIII go to see IT, The bulk Of
me plays are degrading. not onlv to
the audience but to the actors.
III damning. lustful play comes
20 this town IL Will pack the bouse
Inc theatre corrupts the actors. I,
II not school OF morals as some
would have you believe.
Accused by Society.
a lot OF the society folks here who
won come 10 this tabernacle will
read my message and say that 1, js
Just the idea OF that little old evan
Eenst VINO IL narrow and bigoted to-
ward the theatre.
DO you realize the effect II win
nave on good woman who plays the
par OF an immoral woman? We
ram people TO be murderers through
the state. We lead the world TWEEN.
i 49, ~ AhF NdUnluE loose
ness OF divorce.
The picture show Is az bad az the
theatre. You've got TO hunt a ions
time 10 find one good picture finn. A
enid that goes to a picture sbow
should be given a message with n
hickory stick about every hour I'm
gao you got a curfew In this town
out you should also have a strict cen.
sorship on the shows.
You cant raise this old town ont
OF It's set ways with a crowbar. You
let these immoral plays 20 on. n I
were here ! would start a personai
workers. league and put these shows
out OF business
Motion Pictures
y don't condemn good pictpro
show a. the day will come when the
picture machine will be used I'm Inc
public schools for instruction.
/ we have had but little effect on
me shows In this town because LOT
or you church members will miss "a
meeting In this tabernacle 10 20 70
me theatre and watch n ier show
~ the playhouse Christian nrln.
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