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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

high, and the necessity of the detached
pavilion no longer exists
Many villages. and even the smaller
cities, are deferred from the erection of
hospitals by the costly, magnificent scale
upon which such institutions have been
built in Weather cities. Far better than
this architectural display are the ex-
amples, now being set by some of the
railroads and large manufacturing con-
Germs. of moderately-priced structures
for the care of their sick or manned en-
ployes.
The main essential Of a hospital
says well-known surgeon, is that 1t be
so constructed that every room for every
patient will at some time of the day get
some sunshine. The halls and floors
should be as near sound-proof as pos
sible, and the doors should be wide
enough for bed to pass through easily.
Great Britain Rights Reserved
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05
The Folly of Thinking That Hospitals Must Be Palaces

T HE sick require shelter. Our first
instinct on seeing an injured
animal Is to remove 1t out of the
path OF travel-out of public prominence
into mercfful obscurity. A shaded quiet
spot under some overhanging bough
would seem an ideal place for our
wounded collie; we should not think of
dragging or carrying him. in our arms to
some conspicuous hillside site, where all
passers-by might exclain, See the kind
man administering to his injured petl''
Why then should hospitals be con-
structed with view to outward mag
nifcence? Why should hundreds of thou
sands of dollars be spent in giving them
architectural prominence?
1t can make no difference to a patient
be his income in five figures, or be he
an injured derelict picked up from I'm.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

der the wheels of truck in the street
whether he was borne to his bed through
Railways of tesselated marble in palace
like ediice costing a million or more, or
reached it through corridors no more
ornamental than those of municipal
lodging house, provided the room in
which he Is placed be In all respects
sanitary and comfortable.
The theory that hospital must be
spread over large area of ground no
matter how costly, and should not be
more than few stories in height is
now finding severe critics among thought
full men of the medical profession.
Says one of these: Experience has
taught that with modern methods OF
ventilation and with fireproof construc-
ton, there is no reason why a hospital
should not be six, or even more, stories
Copyright, 1915. by the Star compa
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

! thanked God those men hao not been
drinking in my bar, but never knew
the money for their Whiskey was not In
my till!
Drink was not one of my vices, and l
seldom touched the liquor in my house;
for even had ! been tempted, there was
a certain golden-haired fairy who was
her mothers detective, and she kept
wary eye on her dad. Yet when we had
an automobile accident. Mrs. Saunders's
leg was broken and the children were
hurt, there was no use in denying the
report that had been drinking and
wrecked the car. / was a saloonkeeper.
so, OF COURSE, / was drunk
Yet, despite all these things, the oslra-
cism, the humiliation, the tragedies and
the unjust blame, it took a murder to
bring me to realization of mysfull moral
responsibility as my brothers keeper
and convince me that could not beat the
liquor game. For months after, my right
hand was never seen but that | thought
of the black bottle it had set out on the
bar the spirit of murder which had been
drunk from ii and the tragic death OF the
young fellow who had tainted the drinker.
Later the victims mother went insane
with grief, the murderer paid the penalty
for mansaughter and, before the bar OF
my own conscience, was convicted as
an accessory before the fact.
Strange as 1t may seem. for several
years prior to the sale of the hotel, which
happened soon after the murder, | had
been president of a mems Bible class
which met regularly at the Methodist
church of which Rev. p. o. Wagner was
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

pastor. It's organization was unique
feel sure. a chance word regarding the
Bible dropped during card game IN the
hotel office one Sunday having led 10
discussion which terminated in the or
ganization of a mems class.
"Where1l we meet?" asked one OF the
fellows "Here?"
mo. sirree," was my retort. III were
going to do this we'll do 1t right-weli
go up to Sunday school this afternoon.
have often thought Mr.. Wagner must
have been surprised when he saw us COM
ing in, twenty strong, with CLASS organ
ization and teacher all ready.
Best of all, for me personally, this class
awakened old ideals and, after the hotel
had been sold and our family had moved
back to Uniontown my work in 1t helpeo
bridge the years had been out of church
and carried the family into the Third
Presbyterian congregation OF uniontown.
where one Sunday morning in June Mrs.
Saunders. the three children and all
joined church together. The welcome we
received was genuine and sweet to our
souls and | am sure the fellowship OF
that congregation had strong influence
in helping me decide to enter Moody In
stitute the next Fall, despite the fact
was fortv-eight years old when / matric-
ulated.
That was five years ago. Last April
was ordained minister of the Gospel
after a three-year course in Mccormick
Theological Seminary the ceremony TAX
ing place in the jefferson Park Presby-
terrain Church. A little later in the day.
! married my first couple and accepted
the pastorate of the Avondale church.
where had been lay worker for little
while previous.
1t was a strenuous beginning, but
despite my age am now willing to work
hard. My congregation has faith in me.
They have shown 1t in various ways, par
ticularly since the newspapers recalled
my old Pennsylvania hotel and my life
in it. This means much to me, and APP
preciate both my people and their atti-
tude.
Meanwhile | can sympathize with the
man down and out as never did before;
can even sympathize with the man who
sells him the liquor which keeps him
down. Moreover, | can tell the latter to
get out of business and mean 1t, for I
know just what he Is up against
| wish ! could say to each and every
saloon keeper in the business who il
sick of ii. but feels he can't break loose:
Don't hesitate, my brother, you can't
get into worse fix, no matter what card
Fate deals you, for liquor 10 all wrong,
and so are you just so long as you stick
by IT, Get out now, you can't do II any
sooner. You can't afford to wait any
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

M ness? Who turned me from the
w pursuit OF dollars to the pursuit
OF souls?
What changed "Bill" Saunders, owner
OF the New Hough House, Smithton, Pa,
into the Rev William Mcclellan Saun-
ders, pastor of the Avondale Presbyterian
Church, Chicago, Ill?
Nothing but the grace of God.
The answer is easy-but the story of
an awakened conscience the influence of
early training and self-contempt is not
pleasant to recall. In it lie so many sad
memories, so many self-accusations, such
keen remorse.
Yet, despite these things, am going to
review a few of the tragedies which
reused me from spiritual lethargy to
realization that am my brothers keeper,
drove me out Of the liquor business, and,
eventually, forced me into the ministry.
am sure the occurrences | shall tell
are such as any saloon-kecper who
knows what happens within and without
his barroom would relate IL he could be
induced to talk. My hope is that any
reader who may be contemplating open
ing bar or cafe will take warning from
my experiences, for he will find as did
that the saloon is an unbeatable game.
Gold II gives, but In return II demands
all that a man hath--love Of friends, his
selfresp.ot and his very soul.
did not realize that by temperament
and training was not meant for hotel
keeper, but went into the business keen
for the easy life and ready money it
promised and without a qualm although
] had been raised In a Christian home.
In fact, my mother in her first maternal
Joys had dedicated me to the ministry,
and, although she died before / was ten
years old, she had already stamped upon
my boyish h art my responsibility as a
CHILD of the Covenant Even now my
memories of my boyhood and the Upper
Ten-Mile" Church, near Prosperity, Wash
ington County, Pa, my old home, are
bright and fair in striking contrast to the
sombreness of the years that follow.
Prior to 1901 both Mrs. Saunders and
] had been active workers in the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church at Uniontown. Pa,
where we had lived, but at that time we
bought a restaurant In Allegheny, almost
on the river front, and moved to that city.
We took our church letters along, but even
though we joined Rev. G. l.. G. Richard
sons congregation, we soon drifted away,
as our open-at-all-hours restaurant de-
manded the presence of one Of us all the
time. At the end OF two years we were
80 tired and hardened that the easy
money OF thriving hotel looked too good
to be true, and. tempted by the sure
profits and freedom from work, we sold
the restaurant and purchased the New
Hough House 1T Smithton
During the first years we lived in
FOOLS paradise. Money poured in. We
bought an automobile, one Of the first
in the region, and rolled around in state.
We had leisure and almost everything we
wanted. One thing we missed after q
while. and that was friends. While we
aad been In the restaurant we had
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

All corners should be rounded, so that
the room may be kept perfectly clean
and free from dust
These simple specifications do not call
for a lavish expenditure of money, and
in the mind of this practical doctor
there is no necessity for imposing portals
or stately entrance halls.
The palatial modern hotels, some years
ago were responsible for the innova-
ton OF shifting kitchens from easements
to top floors. Now. however, improve
ments in vent.lating methods and
kitchen appliances have very largely re-
suited in the abandonment of this plan,
which. from the first, was found OPP
pressive because Of elevator expense.
In the opinion of the medical man
above quoted, all additional cost in To-
eating the kitchen of hospital at its
top instead of at its bottom, is unneces-
sary.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05
The Rev. William Mcclellan
Saunders.

crushed was a whiskey bottle on which
was the New Hough House label Think
you | can forget the sight of that man.
gled body with the bottle beside it?
May be some one, considering a saloon
as a veritable gold mine, will not think
to count in profit and loss so strange
thing as collins, but remember buying
for once prosperous business man of
Smithton the polished casket in which
he was laid to rest Later saw his son
buried beside the father whose drunken
footsteps he had followed to the grave.
One frosty December, when the whole
world but Smithton was preparing to
celebrate Christmas, with five other men
sat on coroners jury and listened 10
the story of how a mine foreman and his
four pit bosses had caroused one night
while waiting to make the regular inspee-
tion of a large mine. When that time
came one was too drunk to enter the
workings and went home. The next
morning he was the sole survivor of the
little party; the other four. with 235 OF
the worlimen whom they were supposed
to safeguard had lost their lives in the
noisome gases of a mine explosion!
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

been too busy to feel their lack, but
accustomed to ordinary living once more,
we began to yearn for the pleasant COM
partnerships OF the olden days, and the
first obstacle we encountered on our
road to riches was the fact that as sa-
loon keepers we we're undesirables.
We had not asked for our letters when
leaving the Allegheny church, SO we
had formed no associations in the Smith
ton congregation. 1t was bad enough for
me, but felt worse about Mrs. Saunders.
Yet she was good sport" and if she
longed for the chatter of the sewing So
cieties and missionary meetings of her
old home, she never murmured but de-
voted more time to her babies and me.
The families of the business and pro-
fessional meo ignored my wife and chill
dren; the families OF my patrons cor
daily hated me and mine. These were
equally bitter pills. but social ostracism
Is the saloon keepers portion.
The other side of the question was
brought home with terrific force one
morning when the bartender failed to
arrive anu L Hdu 10 Jake MS pt0c6 De-
hind the counter. I found 1t very
different place from a quick lunch, and
for the first day at least my patrons
took their drinks straight.
Later, l learned to mix drinks with
the best of bartenders, but / never for
got the first shock of seeing men turn to
brutes from the liquor sold them. After
that my money began to look tainted,
realized the attitude Of the good people
toward the saloon and, In my heart,
respected them for 1t.
Yet 1t was a constant humiliation that
year after year / had to present liquor
license application to the Westmoreland
County Court and could get on it none
of the really substantial names In the
community. l usually managed by some
means or other to get few citizens to
sign who were not so select. They gave
1t semblance of ro3pectability and then
l would fill IN the remaining blanks In
the barroom where the habitues were al
ways eager to drink to the success of
the house. Not all the signers were paid
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

Gam My Brothers Keeper" the
famous painting by John Charles
DOllman. 1t was the realization
of the lesson which this picture
teaches-one's duty to his fell
low men-that impelled Mr..
Saunders to abandon his saloon
for the pulpit, he says.
in drinks, but there was usually favor
shown them some way or other.
Who signed the petition made no diff
erence to the judges, but the class OF
names on it caused me the keenest hui
initiation.
Not the least of the unpleasant feat
ures of the business as ] found it was
the petty blackmail of the politicians and
the constant begging of the buns" All
the "old soaks" on their uppers as re-
suit of drink consider any saloonkeeper
fair game for free whiskey and food,
but they are not a circumstance to the
politicians, who regard the liquor bust
ness as neverfailing source of revenue
and levy tribute when they will. Inde-
pendence on the part of the retailer
means loss of license very frequently. If
lot of money is needed, a temperance
rally may be used to bring out thousands
of defense dollars
In 1906, when Pennsylvania voted on
local option, my assessment was $50
toward the defense fund. / did not pay it,
but told the solicitor that il | was fool
enough to get caught in the business it
was no ones loss but my own. That year
| went away from home to avoid voting
for booze.
Yet SO loath was I to give up such
profitable business that I hung on from
year to year, enduring humiliations, suf-
fering remorse and constantly trying to
placate my conscience. Finally in 1910,
/ sold the hotel and was free-free from
constant association with it, but not free
from the bitter memories, which l cannot
forget.
There was man who came into my
bar late at night He was beastly drunk
| refused to serve him, and, when the
bar closed stood him up on the steps
outside to go home. Do you think | can
ever forget watching the surgeon pick out
of his face the broken glass of the whis-
key bottle on which he fell in tumble
down the New Hough House steps?
freight train shifting on the road In
front of the hotel ground to pieces a
young fellow who had gone to sleep on
the track. | never knew he had been in
my bar. but the only thing about him not
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05
Rev. William M. Saunders Explains
the Remarkable Moral Transform
alton That Led Him to Renounce
the Pursuit of Dollars in the
Liquor Business for the Pursuit
of Souls as Pastor of a Chicago
PRESBYTERIAN Church

habits Join church
r. ministry But is unusual to find
while business of selling liquor
sccnous
a William Mcclellan He for
there himself
pastor Of
the AvondaIe Presbyterian Church in Chicago.
selling
him life
and n
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05
BY Rev. William M. Saunders

Pastor Of Avondaie Presbyterian Church, Chicago.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

TYzYHY did I leave the SALOON bust
NV ness? Who turned me from the
w pursuit OF dollars to the pursuit
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-02-20

Sic fril6cr nidt beobad)tet SIT meroe,l
bralad)te, Die aber 1t1rerlablid ge1por=
Den lit, ieitbem bic Iorpeoo= nt0
Millernpaffe es err1Dgli1t, Die Niid=
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llers 81 elmer 0Oia %Oolorola" SIT ge-
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eil1e ais benr &'alnpie NIT g%eloferten
8erbailoei1 lin0 NIT abgeipannter
Malu1ibaft b%eintfebrenbc 5lotte, Die
ibrell &iitflpes Moslid nit ansge=
Debnten WailteitfelSern 'bcIat finoet,
Die bon Talld]6ooten lmtidpp1rn1t
miro, ntlo oerar tbcilipeiie poer
.gail5li6 6elpegl1nasntfdbig getporoe-
lie 5hifte oltrdJ gal13e <oel bon
5orpeoobopten ~argefollen aperben.
|Solde Musiidtell 1tlto 1penig perlo=
cfe,lo, ull0 lie erllllltttern Dor allen1
nidt sum- Mngriff, tpenlr Ser &anlpf=
PLAT apeit BON Oet eigenen Saien INTO
Stiispntftelt gelegen, ll1ro aperp1 Ser
riidiidtsloie Mtgriffsseilt oes Geg=
lters aus 1neDr als einem Mnlab De-
fanlltgelporGen lit.
gs bat d11o cine gielbeit bon llr-
lad)en nnlO l1nlitdlt0en 5uiann11enge-
apirft> Die es ser englii1en Glotte
bis6er bat ratbiam erid)einen laIle11,
lih IN Scapa Tlotp lln0 al1oeren &C.
Iid)ertelt sStiibpnllftert lpeitab bonn
|sd'nB 5n 1altcn, li,to 1liclltallo peiG
belier oils Die G%llglanoer, sob es leere
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-02-20

Jlunferci lit, lpeu,t lie Sic cigene lin.
tbatigfeit INIT Dem @inpeis at cnts
ldliloigen i1d}elt, baB bie oeltl6e,r
StreitfrdIte llidt aus i6rcm1 @all
beralts5llocfcn ieiel1. Som alteltcM
Mon1iral bis gum jiingiten aJaoettef
miiroe cs piclnlebr %jeocrnlalt1, in int
lerer 5lette nit Jrenoen BE.
grilBen apc,tlr bic 3eit oes
nntbdtigen Martcns enolih i6r
gnoe llcbnlel1, apeltlt Ser cine groBe
Gag 6eraltfDdnlnlerl1 miiroc, Sem Die
%allgelpanl1te Ir6eit la11ger Jricoens-
labre gegolten bat. Sb cr Sod, nod,
allbred)er ltl1o ser Nptte @~elegcn6eit
gebe1t miro, es Ser bielbeneibetcn
Mrr1ee gleid)5atbul1: bas lit Die Jra-
sc, Die al 9orO mobl bllnOertn1al
|taasil6er erortert miro, nno in oie
idlicBlid} elm jeoes @ciprddstbcna
mlsmiinoet. ginItpeilen ideint CT
nod III meiterer 5erl1e at liegel1, u,lb
10 lbleibt oelt apaderen Sdbiffen ulro
ibrer geiatl1ilg 1lfdts iibrig, als cine
friegerilde aleinarbeit 5ll leiltell sic
i'm i5rer Slrnlne fraglos nm pieles
an treltgerlber 1T, dis oie M~l1for6erult-
gen oes offenen Samples es lei,ts
niirOen, ltn6 Der I'M @erein. init ser
3eit adt5ebnmoltatisen t6aten- unn6
~relloloien @arteals III ibrer Miid.
ipirfiula altf Den @cn1iitbssultan6
cine &aralele et1pa int 5teQuugg-
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-02-20

ntclllc Srellnbc,
bcren Srcunp;
Sanfennc bdbcn
@prtc Der Mncrz
tclrull19 acldrie
ben, mic pie'clben
ppnl &atarrb be-
freit %lpllrbcn, nnb
nireft in bercn cie
cement @cinl, be-
lltdeno pbcr nuf
Hcilcn.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-02-20
Meiue 9eioen murocn beleiiiat nno
Oieiclbcn ntciner HreunDe.

Sic bralrden fcine salbe, Sdn1ierc,
Nctt, Settles, 9ptiuns, Gintrncnts,
Spriben, ItolniSers, gfcbuli5crs, glefz
t%ri5itat. MlaIla9e, @ibration, Sltreerp,
fcillc Sadrn 5lllt rdud)cn pncr brett
1lcn ,tlb Gilmtfmcn, feline &flaltcr,
Wtasfcn, @~erbanp5cla, Sabcr, Gin
lpriiArngcll pecr ocr9leitcn.
Sett, pa i1 10 millig bin, Shnen 5u
sciael1, lrie Sic Sbren antarrb bcleiz
tiacn fDnler, iplltcn Sic liderlid
idrcibcn. bnnit ib Sbncn bclfcn fann.
Iicmano fit mcbr lpic idl. Sd mar
Gin altsseltpbcncr in ocr @eieqIdaft,
- Gin milcrablcr Scblidl(ag, uno ba
ih mih iclbit bcfrcit babe, mill id}
aud sic bcfrcicn. Sic @abrbeit mcint
Srcibeit. Gs lit BET ncitcn1 bclcr fir
sic. bcnm ein @clpgcidenf. @s meint
@ciunbbcit, 3ufricocnbcit, Scfrcinns
ncn &atarrb72 cincl,, bcnt fiirdrtcrliden
Ndn1plt Der &raufbcitcn.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-02-20

@5 mag picllcidt 5chn talllcub fale
idc @cac 9cbcn, aber CO 9ibt cincll
redtcn @c9. Sci mil, 'bub Sic es cr@
fuHrcu, - ipsIeidb, - fret.
SIR Snalcn, Spllfcn uno Miclen,
Nalcnldnnpfcll, @er5brclmcil, &ppfz
%lanlcl, @erltppflnla oes &npics, N}all&
lcn, antarrb Sdnpillocl pbcr &ppiz
ldrncr5cn rcridTuillocn. @s bleiDt lid'
9lcidl, mic crtrnpaaant bielc @erlprcz
dJullaen flingcn mp9cn, cs fam be-
lpicicl1 lpcrbcll, bnb cs mahr lit.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-02-20
Nisfire,1 Sic ,,l,r 1 Gent,

Sic mcrbcn liderlid cincn Sent fir
cine 9pltfarte mlsgcbcn, linz biele
l@abrhcit frei 81 er6olten. Sdreibell
Ste nnb Ia9cn Sic MIR: uSogen Sic
mir, lpie id} n1id) ppn sen &atarrbz2eie
Den brfrcien fam. rel. Ghreibclr
Sir bireft iesf an:
A KATE, SuiteU 1920
1909 Snbia,ta Npc. Chicago, Sas.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-06
w. H. JONES'. DEAD
Cashier OF Enrrners' Bnnk OF Nansc-
m"nd. of suffolk. PASSES
Away.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l
Itfol.k. VA. August 5.--Wiliiam
a. Jones. Jr.. cashier Of the Farmers
Bank of N~ansemond. w~cll-known
throughout the country in banking
circles. and Sufrolk's second wealthiest
citizen. died here this afternoon in the
hitN-htth year OF his age. Mr.. Jones
IS survived by his wife. Mrs. Sallic V.
Jones: three daughters. Mrs. / y.
WitherS. Mrs. II. w. Phillips and Doris
Jones. of Suffolk: three brothers. Il.
+. Jones. of WaycrosS. Ga: 7. \.
Jones. OF Norfolk. and Il. T.. Jones. OF
Suffolk.
MT. Jones was made cashier of the
Farmers Bank nf Nanscmond in 1888.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-06

enumeration. AS one has put it. the
Ministry OF Munitions is. in fact. the
general stan of British industry. or
Eahized for war" To an American
who has volunteered his services is
given credit for efTecting reductions
IN shell contract prices which saved
the government fiG0. OOO a week.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-06

boro. Augusta County. died on wednes:.
day from injuries sustained on las,
saturday when he was kicked on the
head by n colt. Tho child walked INTO
TIC stall and happened to frignten tho
I niinnl. Three physicians at the Kings