The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-13
BILLY AND MA IN TOWN.;
"HELP US,"SAYS MAYOR
Evangelist Is Coy, but His Honor Rather Insists That
New York Be Subjected to Revival-Press
Club Cheers When Newspapers Get Praise.

Brighten the corner where YOU are!
Brighten the corner where you are!
Some one far from harbor you may guide
across the bar.
Brighten the corner where you are
out from Paterson and down the Jer-
soy hills and onto the meadows clipped
Billy and Ma Sunday and some OF their
party yesterday forenoon. all headed
toward rum soaked Manhattan. And
from those seats occupied by the press
gallery In the Ave automobiles Of the
streaked lightning procession rose the
clear young voices OF the press-the lads
sang we'll even II one says II as hadn't
oughtta--as they sang No. 40 In Rody's
hymnai familiar to a press gallery that
has been hearing Brighten the Corner
twice day lately.
"Our son." George Sunday. was at the
helm OF the scout car, with George AZ
mold. retired silk manufacturer Of pater-
son and owner Of two Of the cars in line.
directing son George along the way.
Billy and Ma were In a limousine with
william Arnold. The three other cars in
the pee-rade were occupied by Bentley
AtkleN. WGlteT OF tUe lUuSlC VI bTlHnten
the Corner" when Your Heart Keeps
Right and the other tunes with the
catchy one step rhythms in Rodys
hymnal. and by the newspaper squad.
sIiphorn Not Forgotten.
Resting on the automobile cushions
besides Mr.. Ackley was Rody's slphorn
/ in a black leather case. Kody. who cele
4 brated the occasion by wearing his trick
waistcoat OF white bound with black
} braid. did not come to town In the auto
| procession, but elected to saunter care
/ 1ess,y Manhattanward on the Erie. At
! that he beat the crowd to the New York
Press Club, where Billy, among other
activities. was 20 give n talk. But in
justice to the automobiles II should he
said that Rody had a start on the ma
chimes.
on the edge OF Passaic Son George =
scout car. "a roadster. began To rip.
ravel and run down at the heel. Every
body stopped while the roadster's shoes
were repaired. Bill Arnold. president OF
William Sundays campaign commit
tee. gazed across the sidewalk from the
spot whore chauffeurs We're fixing the
sad looking tire on Georges car. The
mishap had happened In front OF road
house stale booze parlor. at the door OF
which were standing IA lot OF hog jowled,
watery eyed. misshapen. hellbent, sloh-
berry faced. sagging livered. soul
warped slop swllinc, cvery proved,
rotten hearted NUTS and Holsters and
ginks stealing away their brains.
Hope nobody II think" said Bill
Arnold with laugh TO the newspaper
men. that we've stopped here for n
drink"
The remark got somebody thinking.
He was called back with the threat
that he would he left behind. Again
the pee-rade started toward the misty
Woolworth tower. reaching toward
heaven on the far side of Jersey city
Heights.
transformations Route Taken.
And at last onto the Belgian blocks
OF hideous hided Manhattan rolled the
Ave cars. Newspaper men selected an
unostentatious routs-right resting on
the Forty-sccond street ferry. to Long
acre Square, down Broadway to Fifth
avenue at Twenty-thrd street. east on
Fourth street TO Broadway again--side
streets such az Fifth avenue had begun
10 grow boresome-and down Broadway
10 the south end OF the Post Once, 10
Park Row, up Park Row so the bosses
could see that the slaves had got M
early and were on the job to the city
Billy wanted to see the Mayor OF New
York. a youth named J. +. Mitchell
!. T. was home. but busy. Into his
office marched Billy and Ma and the
.Arnolds and the newspaper regiment
now swelled to a brigade by the outflow
from the reporters coop in the City
Hall.
Teddy" said reporters who know
not reverence to the Hon. Theodore
Rousseau, the distinguished executive
secretary 10 J. =. "Billy and Ma sun
day want 10 pay their respects to youI
boss Make big fuss over us
Action. Action"
Teddy led everybody to the crSsta
hung. dead white. Colonial interior OF
the reception room across the way
Then he jumped toward he steps tC
find the Mayor, who was on an upper
, deck.
The Mayor" said old Herm Metz. eN
Congressman and things, who had wan
dered into view and had been presented
to Ma and Billy. lis upstairs listening I,
Brooklynites. tHern is Rrookl$n!t'
himself talk on the marginal railroad
stuff And" said Iierm as the minutes
dragged into almost twenty Of waiting
once brooklyn bunch begins TO tall
there's only one way 10 stop 'em-dyna
mite"