Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-30
SUNDAY CONTINUES
SOCIAL PROGRESS IN
MONTCLAR MANSION
Millionaires Lionize 'Billv,
Who Wears Fashionable
M ornin / n G Garb and
Whirls From Paterson II
Imported Motorcar.
Bv a std1 coryesporder,

PATTERSON, N. j., April sO.-Tbe ~.
fashionable residence in Montcls,r *.
town that teens with millionaires, opened
its doors this morning to BILLY" sundsv
Clad in his cutaway coat and all ~.
proper appurtenances thereto, he n,o,or.s
out to the South Mountain avenua re-.
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. e. II wou.
where he spoke, "slanglessly," TO mo-.
than 800 members of the socially s,,,o :,
North Jersey and New York city.
The evangelist was "fussed,p To ru,
1t mildly, as he climbed out of the mi,
lionaire silk man. George Arnold's. ~.
eign-built limousine, entered the sho..
place of this section Of the new world
and started in on his sermon, addresstnv
such neighbors of the Wells family a.
Frederick T. Gates, almoner of John n
Rockefeller, and Mrs. William T. Leeds
Many of the richest and most soclalv
prominent men and women in the E.s.
sang Brighten the Corner" under ROD
heavens direction before "BIlly" startaa
to pray and preach. BILLY" spoka
straight from the shoulder, demandns
of the society people whether they ever
prayed and worked for Christ or whether
they lived merely for their social funo.
tions, their limouslnes, their horse shows
and the opera.
Don't misunderstood me-" said he ~
have no fault to find with your pleasures.
But II you are not Christians, haven't
ever done anything for Jesus, then yot
are no better than beasts
He prayed for the men "toIlinR with
sweat on their brows In Wall Street"
and then Ma got UP, said how RIad
she wa sto meet all these distinguished
people and annaunced that BILLY" would
speak again next Wednesday morning AZ
the Montclair Theatre. Not all the 80.
c!ety who wished to hear him could get
into the Wells home.
BILLY" is the social lion Of the hour
On Monday next he visits Judge and
Mrs. Ebert H. Gary and breaches In
their residence to the most exclusive audi.
ence In the almost % years of his
evangeistic career
Before he left for Montclalr and the
palatial Wells residence today, Billy"
said there was nothing in the report
from New York to the effect that he had
signed contract with well-known NOV
ins-picture producer to play the leading
role In The Sky Pilot" his compensa.
ton to be $4,000. He was putting on his
gray felt hat and hopping into Mr.. Ar.
nold's machine when he said
Tell EN- not to take any stock in II.
haven't even heard of 1t. I've just
turned down an offer of s175OOO a year
to play in the movies and I've just said
nothing doing to the Chautauqua peo-
pie for the forty millionth time. They
are Offering me $1,000 day to get out on
their platform. That's the sort of CRATER
your Uncle Fuller is Nothing in the
world-no, not millions-could induce me
to give up my work of bringing souls to
Christ"
Billy scored his greatest Paterson
success last night, when 403 persons hit
the trail, among them being scores OF
members of the Junior Order OF American
Mechanics. They came down the aisleB
with bands blaring. American flags flying
and shook "Billy's" hand as, with an
American flag draped about his neck and
another waving in his hand, he exhorted
them to take their stand for Christ.