El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-17

~ y LE1AL4-AAJE4L4E A. Wuen the AalLle
& the halt and the blind began going
/ Il forward at Billy Sundays revival. a
{ loud voiced member OF Mr.. Sundays
evangelistic outfit, cried triumphantly:
Bills got EN-
Which seems TO be a fact; but it is
easy TO get EN-"
Pancho villa got EN-" in Mexico. and
much more unanimously than Billy sun
day has 'em in Philadelphia
Villa travels with a much larger COM
pany than Sunday, from $4,000 to 100.-
900 men men follow Villa about in his
mission to reform Mexico
. Billy Sunday collected $4,000 in
/ Philadelphia IN seven days. but villa
would SCorn a collection as insignifi-
and the mines, and prints money.
Rough Travelling.
Villa is so popular that he IS able TO
declare himself president Of Mexico, but
days tabernacle to Washington; the
white house is as far from Billy Sun
day as Tipperary is from Berlin. and
the travelling as rough
When men refuse to respect Billy
Sundays mission, all he can do is to
call them blear-eyed sons OF Satan; but
villa shoots those who refuse to be
converted; he doesn't leave them free
TO stir up mischief when he moves TO
another town
Villa not only travels in a private
car; he owns the railroa over which
he travels.
villa doesn't depend on a press agent
to get good notices" in the papers;
he seizes the papers, and thereafter
they are filled with the right kind OF
gospel
Minister ROasts Sunday.
A sinner in Philadelphia an Episco-
palian preacher named Mcconnell. late
" criticised Bill, and all the papers
printed ii. Mcconnell said
p~nGnn1 Te . Of n
ism and blasphemy. There IS no mys-
terry or magic about his appeal; it is as
deliberately planned and financed as
seasons baseball The wonder is not
are not many considering everything,
and douOt if the management is salts
fled Jack Johnson would have been a
better drawing card The psychology
Of the crowd Is well understood so
should Billy Sunday be
Imagine a paper printing that sort Of
thing about Villa in a town where Villa
is holding a revival
Where Bill Would Fail.
Bill s got sem in a small way IN
Philadelphia, which is so slow that half
of EN- probably don't know yet that
Bill is in town. but he couldn't get 'em
on the dead square working at his
trade, that Of q baseball player he was
compelled TO switch to another job.
where he could falsify the score. before
he got EN-.
The talk he couldn't make good on
the baseball diamond, he carried into
the pulpit.
A Methodist named Luther B. Davis
attended one Of the meetings where
Bill had EN-, and wrote the New York
sun:
The whole spectacle was disgusting
Near US sat a. delegation of young men
who made the objects of their prayerfuI
devotion a bevy Of young girls who oc-
cupled seats in front Of them. When
the audience started TO sing. the young
men launched forth in tones loud
enough TO be heard By hundreds Of peo-
PIE that well known refrain. How Dry
/ Am Nobody knows show dry I
am Everybody who heard the SONG
Eiggled and laughed. The girls ap-
peared TO enjoy it as much as their ad-
mirers.
TanEoing to Hymns.
"As one incident Of the hymn that
was sung by the audience, two Of the
young men started 10 do the tango. The
number OF others whose bodies swayed
10 and fro 10 the tune OF the hymn. AZ
ter we left Sundays circus like meet
ing, another shock awaited US As the
hundreds Of persons filed out Of the
many exits from the tabernacle. We no
uced that the men made straight for
the saloons, several Of which are in the
neighbour God. The thirsty hit the trail
the trail that ended at the brass rail.
Here was a iOcular situation TO say the
least II conviDcingiy proved TO US that
a majority OF those who went TO hear
sunday did so out Of curiosity The
several saloons were doing a land Of
flee business Two Of them had addi-
lions built to their bars and all Of them
had extra bartenders 20 serve the
crowds, which stood four deep. At one
OF the saloons the line extended from
the curb to the front door. The incon-
gruity of the thing caused much laugh
ter No doubt the saloon keepers would
be willing to pay Billy a bonus 10 re-
main the rest Of the year"
Sunday vs.. villa.
II Bill had EN- right ne would not Z
submit to any such criticism as this;
Villa. the Mexican evangelist would /
cause that Methodist to hit the saw
dust trail that is, 20 forward to the /
mOurner's bench-Or kill him
The New York Times. the worlds bestI
newspaper. some people say. dared print |
q Joke" on Bill Sunday that caused !
half the civilized world TO laugh at
him: and Bill stood it. The joke was /
this:
on May IS. 1912. Mr.. Sunday deIiv- |
cred an grafton before tie old soldiers I
in Beaver Falls, Pa Th= people who