New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

! III wait until you're through look
| ing, and then 60 on" he snarled at his
audience and sat down.
/ Look at I'M" said Mike" "He's
shown temper cause he amt the
/ whole show all the time"
That's all right" said the more
sympathetic Jack" "He was all
worked up and you can't blame him.
He's wonderful-he's got to be when
He makes your hair stand up. II he
comes to New York he could pretty
near convert any O. the gang, take
what I'm telling you. You can learn
vslu'ble ideas that would almost re-
| form any man that's dom wrong. He's
/ on the level.
Look at the way he's got this mob.
/ He's held 'um for over an hour and he
amt never took drink Of water. At
/ times you could hear pin drop. He's
got the right dope"
you have to show me-" said "Nigger
Mike" 81 read lot about this fella,
but he don't make no impression on
me at all. He wouldn't 90 in New
York for one night The people over
there wouldn' tolerate him at all.
They'd all go to listen to him oncet
to see what he has to say and then
curtains for Mr.. Sunday. They'd all be
tellin' each other what fool he is"
cav, you're wrong, 'Mike@you
haven't got the dope on him at all
Jack said resertfully. Hes knockin'
um off their chairs-what more do you
wart?"
Sunday began again. The woman
/ had been removed.
when to be a Christian means to
be the noblCst, most godlike possible,
it's a disgrace for you not to be a
Christian" was the opening sentence
he hurled out of his verbal catapult.
"God can get along without US, but
we can't get along without God. When
God forgives a repentant sinner for
his sins he blots them out forever.
The man or woman who reminds others
of past sins is so low l wouldn't spit
/ on them"
DIRTY talk for a pulpit" muttered
"Nigeer Nike"
That's the best stuff he said all
night" Jack" rctorted. "The cops are
still holdin' things agin US that we did
and got through with long ago. Sun
day'd be willin' to give US chance"
what sins you men do your wife
and children have TO suffer for" the
evangelist shouted. "They have to
bear the burden-they carry your stain
as well as you"
"Jack" sat still thoughtfully. Sunday
plunged ahead. He soon had people
laughing. lie never let great stretches
pass without setting them TO laughing.
But Jack" did net join in the laughter
this time. He came out of his reverie
to humble in my ear:
"The best stuff he pulled tonight
was about man leaves the stain on
his wife and children. The reason !
say so, ! know know how hard il
was for my wife sometimes, with me
goin' around the way ] do. She had
to take lot of rotten treatment from
her neichbors. But bein what we call
a regular fella, she stood off all that
abuse"
Billy Sunday was drawing near TO
the end Of his sermon, reaching higher
and higher, one emotional climax after
another. Finally, trembling, he grabbed
his chair and jumped upon 1t, standing
with one foot on his pulpit.
BLESSED is he whose transgression is
forgiven!" he cried "Come TO Christ
and your sin shall be forgiven" Then
he megaphoned with his hands a long
drawn shout, "Come 10 Christi"
Orchestra and chorus, blended now In
soothing, peaceful melodies, compelled
yielding to the emotions the evangelist
had raised. lie stood there, repeating
his call. Converts, white faced, eyes
set, some Of them staggering. began to
hit the sawdust trail"
! should not have been surprised had
"Jack" Sirocco risen and joined that
enrapturcd line. But he sat still.
Hes wonderful, all right" Jack"
Sirocco said, but he did not move.
ls,f .
"I'm goin' down to shake hands with
i'm" he declared. We could not see
him a. he reached "Billy" Sunday. He
was hidden by the platform. Pretty
soon he came back TO us.
81 give him a phoney name and ad-
dress" he said out of the corner of his
mouth. "He shook me by the hand and
he says, God bless you, my boy and
told me | was saved. He's pulled lot
Of rough stuff that wouldn't 20 in New
York. Did YOU see him when they was
takin' up the collection in them tin
pans? lie says: please don't put IN
any pennies-put in dimes and quar-
tersb They was lots pennies in them
tin pans just the same. But one thing.
he has all his singers well trained.
i The singin' was grand. But | can't
understand how people are goin' mad
over him. IL must a been the singin
what done tit amt Billy Sunday"
/ The converts were still tricklirg up
the sawdust trail. Twenty thousand
people stood watching them.
"He's made me think a lot" Jack"
Sirocco said. "If he was as good a
baseball player as he Is a orator, Ty
+ Cobb, Lajoie, Hans Wagner nor none o.
the rest would be in his class. II he'd
come to Madison Square Garden he'd
} draw a bigger crowd than any meetin'
or prizefght ever held there. or Teddy
Roosevelt"
Did "Blly" Sunday transform mig,
cor Mike" or Jack" Sirocco? He did
NOT. dropped them about midnight
hack in New York. They hit their own
trail 10 the Bowery TO SIT in an all
night pinochle game. BILLY" SUNDAY,
does not APPROVE Of gambling. He had
ssid an many times in their hearing.