Evening journal., 1915-03-17
MONEY Piles UP
FOR BILLY SUNDAY
Thank Offering for Strenu-
Gus Evangelist Increased
Yesterday by $4,000
$50 PERSONS HIT
TRAIL DURING DAY

PHILADELPHIA, March 17-Thank |
offerings from Philadelphia for Billy |
Sunday last night nearod the forty !
thousand-dollar mark.
AT 5 o'clock in the afternoon. S39.-
14052 was officially announced as the
sum so far received lat the close of
the night tabernacle service. it was
unofiicially said to have reached $780,
1856. This sum did not include un-
counted money gifts turned in at the
service. These were contained i'm a
box of gold an envelope of conjectu-
raj contents and a quart milk bottle
filled with nickels.
Two checks for 81 900 each, and one
for $500, were included in the gifts re-
ceived and tailed during the day. The
names of the donors were not made
public. Announced sums last night
were SS7 from employees of the Frank
ford Arsenal, who sent delegation
to the service. and S45.25 from the
ushers and doorkeepers, making the
total of the latter for the campaign
S401 10
Warns of Bogus Collector.
Warning was issued last night by
the members of the local committee
against persons asking contributions
of IS each from attendants of the
tabernacle who have been present at
more than one service. According to
the committee, letters we're put in cir
culation yesterday, by a person whose
name and address prove to be fcti-
tious, but who is believed to be call
ing at various houses at short inter
vale nffcr tho communications bavn
been received through the mails.
A little of the promised thunder for
the closfing week Of the campaign was
heard last night The evangelist i'm
personated man who wanted to be
better than he was" representing him
as sitting disconsolate. with rocking
shoulders and dropping head. in the
rostrum chair.
"Mr. Universalist," mincing in with
Joined hands and side-cockcd head,
approached him first. and on being
.old what the trouble was, assured
him to ''go right along" that every
thing would be all right for him.
Luther CraWlS Toward Light.
''Mr. Universalist" and Madame
Blavatsky" in turn interviewed the
soul-sick man. advising him TO read
good books. that God was good. and
that he wasn't himself Jesus Christ
was finally represented as then com
ing in silence, Offering an arm, aud
leading the aspirant away to saliva
tion Martin Luther. Crawling TO-
ward light, was afterwards imper-
sonated on all fours, proceeding ALI
gator-wise across the red-carpetet
stage.
Don't laught" shouted Sunday. af
tor another side-splitting exhibition
Don't laugh-you pray! It may keel
your soul out Of He'll tonight"
-Four hundred and three trail-hit
tiers we're recorded at the night ser
vice. With two hundred and forty
seven during the afternoon this mad
the days total an even six hundre'
and fifty.
Crowd in Afternoon.
Heavy crowds at the afternoon ser
vice indicated that the last week o
the revival was under way Score
Of persons we're in place by o'clocl
in the morning, and. finding a doc
open, they mildly rushed" the build
ing Others found outside of il
number of persons whose passes hav
been taken up by doorkeepers; wit
these they "horned in past the carl
guardians of the place.
Prominent among the afternoon
trail-hitters was Battalion Chief Wi
liam T. Barrett. of the Fire Depart
ment. in full uniform of navy blu
and brass buttons. Chief Barrett VIII
was escorted to the front by the Re-
Thomas W. McKenty, brother Of Wal
den Bob" McKenty of the Easter
Penitentiary. declared that hi
In huI baot, fp-fr,
mental in bringing him TO a publ
profession OF his faith Many years
member of the Methodist Mariner
Bethel Church. Sundays preaching
had nevertheless convinced him thu
10 hit the trail might be a good thin
He was greeted with handclaps an
with cheers from the audience. wi
stood up on the benches to see hil
take the evangelist's hand.
"Gil' Nickery, of burlington, \.
the former National League player, w
also received at tho trail head. he car
in between "Unclc Ben" Shibe and "A
Reach, and slipped through the cro'
without apparent recognition.
Out of Town Visitors.
4 number of reservations were he
Yesterday for visitors from out tow
Most prominent, perhaps, were the Che
ter County Farmers. who came in VIII
appeared to be group Of hundred
more persons When the Chester coun
visitors were asked by "Rody" 10 sta
mp and show themselves. so many oth'
arose 10 have look at them that
was almost impossible TO make out ],
who was who.
Sunday had good rap or two
those who presumed to disagree W
him. Critics OF his experiences
Princeton and at the University
Pennsylvania came in for sthc first.
"Some o. YOU NUTS" said he cha
been tryin TO explain what happened
at Princeton on the basis q mob p