The Washington times., 1915-04-03
BILLY SUNDAY READY
FOR NEXT CAMPAIGN
Paterson Unitarians Plan to
Fight Him With Taft and
Eliot.

| PATERSON. y. j., April Billy
| Sunday is on hiD way to Paterson. He
| sent final message before he left his
home at Winona Lake, Ind, and here
| 1t is:
Tell them | am feeling fine and that
l expect to give the devil and the booze
gang the biggest cleanup they have
ever had"
And although Billy Sunday delights
| in superlatives Paterson expects he will
give it an Augean spring cleaning,
shake all the dust out of its moral
wrappings and polish its conscience un-
| I'll tiny dereliction will show up like
an eclipse of the sun.
The carefully organized and loudly
heralded plans for his reception, which
| according to Sundays advance agent
| the Rev. Edward II. Emmett. will be
| the best he ever has had, have brought
| thrills Of anticipation to the city Ev'
| cry one is talking of Sunday ever
! though the takers don't know whether
| they want to be sayed or not
Because of the great desire to insure
| day light for the first good look at the
man who threatens to turn Paterson in
| stop in Passaic to say Hello" as al
first planned. He will be hustled to this
! city from Newark by back roads where
automobiles can hit up the pace. so
| there will be plenty of daylight left for
the welcome and the great parade to the
ta bernacle.
If there were anything lacking to fur
nish the fullest measure Of excitement
&c the revival the Unitariars have pro-
,iGed it with their vows to combat Sun
day II he attacks their church. The
latest plan. which is backed by the
entire Unitarian Church of New Jersey.
Is to get exPresident William Howard
Taft and Charles W. Eliot. president
l l. t.. p-t-
son during the Sunday soul saving cam
paign.
President Eliot defended Initarianism
| in Philadelphia after Sundays attacks
on the church there, and the chances Of
| persuading him ard Prof. Taft to de-
fend their creed In Paterson arc said to
be good. Bit whether thev conc or not
the Unitariars expect to turn Sundays
attacks to such good advantage as to
have n church here before the evange-
list leaves.
Tho final touches are being given to
the big tabernacle that will hold 10 900
persons. and by tomorrow. when Sun
day arrives. it will be ready for him.
1t is expected that so. 900 people will try
to<get in when Sunday first looks it over
and formally opens it. and the police
are making ready. for busy time
The tabernacle and the grounds
around it are taking on an aspect that
is half wav between that Of a national
politlcal convention ana Il InEcc-rinR
circus. Inside there is space for fifty
| newspaper reporters. who will spread
the tidings of the conversion of Patcr-
son over the East. and twenty telegraph
operators in the building will speed the
news along.
Outside on the lots near by, small
frame structures have sprung UP like
mushrooms. Here will be popcorn and
candy. lemonade and peanuts. ice cream
stands. lunch rooms. and in fact every
thine but the noise making apnarat tus
of an election crowd. The suffrasists
have started lunch room and expect
to make capital out Of Sundays drawing
ability. One man has put up a sign
which reads:
Especial BILL Of fare on SUNDAY"