New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-23
$1,000 A WEEK
SUNDAYS GAIN
ATJERSEY TRAIL
Paterson's Estimate OF
Earnings Puts Evangel-
ist in Stage Star Class.
From =. star Correspondent q The Tribune

From = STAT Correspondent q The Tribune
Paterson, n. j.. May 22.-Whst will
Billy Sunday get as gift for his seven
weeks campaign? This ia the question
that interests Paterson.
In Philadelphia he received $4,000.
If Paterson subscribes $40, 1000, as ex-
pected. this will amount 20 something
like $4,000 a week, and will put Sunday
right up in the class with Eva Tan
quay, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Mary
Pickford.
The Gree will Offering" instead Of
being collected entirely tomorrow. has
been piling up every day for a week.
AS long ago as last Sunday il was an
nounced that chose who cannot be
present next Sunday" could put their
money in little envelope, biding the
time the total collection would be
counted. The offer was made again
Tuesday and Wednesday, and, in fact,
every day last week. So il is estimated
that Sunday will take not only Pater-
sor's good wishes, but q good deal Of
/ its money, away with him when he de-
! parts on Monday for Philadelphia
Parade Lacked in Numbers.
/ Sunday certainly seems to have put u
/ over" here in Paterson. While the parade
| Today in his honor did not turn out
10000 men as advertised, nor more
| than one-ffth that number, still It was
q very creditable parade. And tonight
| he was not only lauded ana praiseo
/ without stint, but handsome pair Of
I gold cuff buttons was presented to him
( ty the Ministerial Association.
/ "You folks way back in the taber'
nacle can see the diamonds sparkling
! in them from where you are" said
1 Rodey, admiringly, as he held the but
! tons aloft and slanted them so the
/ stones would CLINT and CLEAN.
Paterson In Farewell.
Bow Scouts, church bands, ministers,
/ laymen, all helped to make up the
! parade. There were some novel
| floats. including a "temprunce engin,"
whose whistle shrieked and whose bell
rang loudly and dig green snake, with
q banner, ats name is booze. Its home
| is hell. Bill broke its neck; crate
with some fowls inside was labelled
I chickens come home to roost." There
were several live goats, formerly pos
! sessed by booze and the devil. Billy
| had got" them ell since he came here.
Before and After the Booze Ser
mon" was represented by a regular 1915
model rummy and man in a silk hat
! "The Product of the Saloons was
| likewise three hoboes marching sadly
along. Passaic sent a water wagon
and proclaimed itself solidly atop it.
| There were hundreds of banners and
! signs. such as "A Lot OF You Are Dead
to God" God Bless You, Billy. No
More Booze" and "Old Booze Always
/ Did Have a Yellow Streak" and, Of
course, Brighten the Corner" was the
prize marching song of this temperance
army.
Thanked by Ma and son Paul, Billy
marched very near the head of the
procession. He was hatless, and waved
his handkerchief very cheerfully TO the
crowds that lined the sidewalks. But
he looked a tired and worn out man.
Ma was cheerful, too. She encouraged
Billy to wave his handkerchief very
often One of the mill delegations in
the parade to-day had a printed song,
two lines of which were:
Ma Sunday tells Bill what 70 do.
HE always does obey, sir
Sunday Makes Statement.
In a statement tonight, Sunday said,
in part,
has been remarkable. Conditions here
are exceptional Membership in the
Protestan. churches is not large. The
perplcxing social and economic prob
lens that Paterson has had 70 deal
with in the past might have been ex-
pected TO initiate against that unity
and cooperation thar is essential 10 the
success Of a great community move
ment.
THAT a large proportion of Pater-
sonlans transact business in New
York and use Paterson merely as a
place Of abode was another important
factor. Happily these barriers were
burned away and the Tabernacle has
been thronged daily with intelligent
and attentive audiences"
Tomorrow morning Sunday will
preach in the forenoon, whenever the
/ Tabernacle is filed" He will speak
20 men only some time between noon
ard p m. He will speak at the Re
gent Theatre 20 men and women at s
p. m. and 10 men and women again at
the Tabernacle at p. m. None Of the
set hours should be regarded as reli-
able. Sunday will speak whenever the
crowd awaits him. And great crowds
are expected tomorrow.