Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-01
FraiI Woman and Strong Man
Alike Effective in Swaying
Crowds of Men and Women
for Prohibition.
SPEAKERS HEARD BY
INCREASING NUMBERS
Rev. Landrith and Dr.
Can st GeIseI Keep Up Hot
Pace Set by First Detach-
ment Of Flying Squadron,

A frail wisp of woman with sill
vered hair and sunken cheeks. and a
big two-fistet man with a deep chest
and mountainous shoulders. yesterday
afternoon AMI last night did just
about as thy pleased with two Of
the largest ahd most representative
audiences eva assembled in Albu-
querque on a similar occasion The
woman was pr. Carolyn Geisel, OF
the Battle Crtsk sanitarium, and the
man was Rev. Ira Landrith, president
of the Wart. Belmont college of
Nashville, Ten4
Never was here a more striking
physical contrast than that present
ed by the two speakers constituting
the second det'chment OF the Flying
Squadron. Neve. were methods more
dissimliar than those employed by
the two. But must also be said
that never were two people fired with
such zeal for tn same purpose. and
never did indiviaals travelling differ
ent paths arrive niore definitely and
surely at the sane point,
The Weak I'D the Strong.
In every word ttered BY DR.. Geisel
there was a suggetion of infinite pa
thos-the voice a eternal woman
hood CRYING out Though the ages, at
times piteously and then in frenzy
OF wrath, for ddverance from q
curse. Hers was ~ message OF the
universal mother lelivered with a.
dramatic eniphasisiwhich from its
very sincerity baffl@ descript
insistent demand TIM the business
of man-raising' besnot interfered
with by sinister influnees
Iandrith, on the Cher hand gave
the impression of buIiness in every
sentence and every geture. Delivered
in the purest Engllsl and without
the slightest suspicionof vulgarity or
bad taste, his argursnts literally
smashed their way in pon the con-
scfousness of his hearr. More than
anything else he ealledto mind the
fabled Norseman in F masterful
virllity Of speech.
In one respect, and de only, was
there the slightest s'1ilarity of
method between the tw,H Each Of
Them knew how to run II gamut OF
human emotions. Each ieceeded IN
carrying the audience ovtsall the in
tervening space betweeN laughter
and tears.
Business of Man-raIng.
The afternoon meetins of the
squadron was called to ofer in the
woman's club by d. A. ,rterfield,
who presided throughout tftmeeting.
> Or. Landrith announced ths his phy-
sieian, DR.. Geisel. had advisd him TO
give his voice rest, and or that
reason he would not speakantil the
night meeting, A musical ,rogram,
in which the audience joinetin sing
ing prohibition songs was enducted
by Frederick Butler, the soloWof the
second detachment Mr., Butte who
has q rich bass voice of rare uality,
was accompanied by Mrs. PsT on
the piano, and both made a Nendd
impression.
Dr. Carolyn Geisel was thenntro-
duced to the audience SO sliW of
build is she that in order for \ to
be seen by those present she WALTZ
ed up on a table in front of theire-
place in the cluhroom AS she ood
facing the crowd it seemed liteilly
that a stiff gust of wind would ow
her out of the window, but in heiye
there blazed q light that all who NV
1t will remember--her whole frne
seemed to be inspired with the flee
zeal of the crusader.
DR.. Geisel plunged at once into te
subject before her. Those who as
opposed to prohibition" she es
claimed tell you that if the countf
goes dry business will go to the bow
vows I am here to speak for bus
ness interests myself--the greatest
all business interests-the business {
man-raising.y
Laughter and Tears.
Throughout her discourse DIR. Geis'
at no time got away from this them
the business of man-raising. Sh
frankly and humorously admitted tha
she was an old maid, and claimed tbs
therefore she knew more about har
ding men and raising children tha
anybody else. Furthermore, she SAT-
she was herself the mother of sixtee
children--bv adoption. To raise
1,000-pound hog, she conceded, was
fine thing, but to raise the man wh
could raise the hogs was better on
still
AT times she would address he
women hearers by soine such homel
title as "TIoney-bunch' or Little Sis