The Detroit times., 1916-09-11

, OF Pekin during the Boxer uprising.
His story aroused In the audience
the most intense patriotic enthu-
siasm which burst like n bomb into
spasm OF hand-clapping and cheer
ing. when he added:
That's what your Uncle Sam will
do. To protect The lives of our rep
resentatives and the few Americans
in that city he was prepared 70 paint
all China red with blood and TO
empty the United States treasury,
and vet there are those who are
against your Uncle Sam. say let
those who are not prepared to be
loyal go back across the sea where
they were kennelled."
Wins AUDIENCE at Outset
Billy Sunday wins his audience
before ne says a word. He Is grace
! full. athletic and enthusiastic. He
| fairly radiates enthusiasm among
his audiences He smiles almost al
ways. Billy does not smile with his
! bps alone, he on ploys his entire
| cpuntcnance His eyes dance and
! twinkle, his strong teeth sparkle
and even the sparse hair on his
+ head seems TO contribute To the
( Sunday smile. while every good.nat-
uled wrinkle around his mouth is
an nlly TO the most contagious smile
one could find Even in his most
I serious moments IL one looks close
| ly. he will note back Of the moist
eyes and the trembling lips the lurk.
/ ing smile that IA NJ once a delight
/ and "A promise and an invitation. II
is smile that a leading lady would
/ sacrifice almost anything To possess
and vet II Is a natural part OF the
/ Sunday makeup One cannot be
mlstrusted with the eyes and the
smiles OF a Billy Sunday One De.
comes a friend OF Billy almost i'm
mediately.
Long before the time set for the
Sunday morning meeting 1900 per
sons had crowded themselves into
space designed for 1900 and 9th
or thous ands were packed tight Al
all the wide entrances, Again In
! the afternoon there came similar
audience and In the evening there
were even more. And such was the
n lgnetism OF tho speaker that NJ
! the slightest motion Of his hand.
the vast assemblage became as hush
ed as hospital ward when 2 thin
( figure covered with sheet is being
carried out
Billy Batters Booze.
In all OF his sermons Mr.. Sunday
| took occasion TO attack the liquor
| traffic. with all nf the powers If
/ cratory at his command he assailed
It from every angle and predicted
that II would be driven from the
land and that, largely, by either the
votes or influence OF the women.
Speaking Of the liquor evil, he de
! clared that many persons did not
thoroughly appreciate the harm il
was doing TO the community, and
that II all the churches and Chris
| tians worked together against II,
they could make change that
would make the devil have pneu-
monia.'
I'VE will drive liquor from this
city and from the land In time. That
time will come soon and the women
will help" he said II am in favor
Of the women voting II for no other
reason than that nine-tenths OF the
opposition wiggles its dirty and hor-
rid length out OF brewery or n ga
loon am for the movement be
| cause OF the enemies It has
Billy Sunday also attacked gam
bling in every form. With rare ar
tistry he sketched two gambling par
ties One was group OF delin-
quents. half-dazed by drink, In the
dingy back room OF saloon playing
for a few greasy nickels. The other
was in n fashionable home. where
a half.dozen "dandies" IN evening
clothes were playing bridge for
larger stakes,
THAT gang" cried the evangelist,
indicating the fashionable party, els
the worst. This gang" turning 20