The Washington times., 1916-02-13

Tho second big roundup was started
Friday. This constitutes the downtown'
MONDAY prayer meetings In ofnces.I
stores, factories. and ehcps. 49,.
BY invitation OF former Gov. EuWin
we d,d S che rst VA he FiaeIIty Conn
psnv of which he II president: me
Rev. Don s. Colt conducted y. u
proved that even the Sunday phrase,
olonv' has taken hold. One ruddy-faced
he remsrRed s TSe biz 81" frht Is on. e.
feiIed TO battling against the devn
md to "conouering Baltimore for Jesus
lettering shopsIris drifted in to see
came awkwardiv in. twiddlinR their
hats; many looked not quite ut home or
ut case. and the speaker did not attempt
any set talk. but compared PRAYER 10 q
boy who camo In and asked his father TO
m ms kite. The sawdust atmosphere
An the while the master Of cere-
monies. the Rev. Don s. Colt. stood
with watch In hand: for the Sunday
MEETINGS not My begin. but end; on
s0.Oc0 persons already are enlisted and
working counts up.
To Check Babies.
All the side factors OF the campaign
meetings have been worked out Mrs.
Frances A. white. chairman of the nur-
scry committee. went to Trenton to
see how her Job was to be done and
came back to organize the baby check
ing station. This In no press agent
side show. but about the busiest place
in the vicinity OF the tabernacle dur
ing meetings.
Scores OF trained nurses have volun-
i ,ssred, and d. group q eight VIII be
aTnined by doctor before II IL checked,
to see that II has no contagious dis
ease. and doctors have volunteered for
that work.
the baby and one for its outer clothing.
Always there Is the story In every city.
OF the mother who got n wrong baby
back. but the Sunday workers say this
rarely ever happened.
Then there Is the hospital. DR.. Win
ford II. Smith. OF Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, Is In charge OF that. That, too
Is no joke. In Philadelphia 1000 cases
were treated in. II. Heart failure. hys.
common to those affected in great
crowds are treated there. Competent
physicians also must serve here, be-
Cause leek Of prompt treatment may
Likewise there is the lunch room.
About $500 may eat In the Baltimore.
at one time. The building is bOxl5O
feet. and adjoins the tabernacie. V
symptoms OF Sunday assail the eye
more. About 2s5 churchss bear large
signs. saying: This church IA CO
operating In the Billy Sunday cam
paign." In more than 5000 windows Of
private homes are piISer meeting
Al, this work Is being done, as has
been stated, by 5000 workers, These
are church people. They are not want
ed az the prayer meetings, they are
ncrs" in. They win be toid. When tbe
crowds grow large. to get out" of The
tabernacle meetings, end to "senl ".
some old reprobate."
These 5000 workers are under the
direction OF n central executive COM
mittee. under which work committee
chairmen, and each OF these chairnen
has other committees under subchair-
men.
Reaching Out for Women.
All OF this. organization Is composed
OF Baltimore people. All the help 40
far from the Sunday party has been
the building OF the tabernacle. md the
outline OF the organization plans as
disclosed by the Rev. J. Wallace Welsh,
who already has left the city.
II II uOHo ciIlClontly because eUtCleDt
men are at the, head OF IT,. on the
executive committee are leading bust
ness men of Baltimore, Among the
committee chalfmeh are bankers. brolI-
ers. insurance nIen. merchants, sur
vivor, a commission man, olergymen
and Y. M. c. A. workers.
The vast work OF reaching out for
women, especially those in factories,
stores, offices and shops, Is being car
rted on by a group of women making
their Headquarters at they. w. G. A.
Nor are working girls and women the
only class provided for. A Sunday
campaign worms its way into every
strain OF society. The other day
some of Baltimore's most fashionable
so iety and club women gathered
at the palat!al town home OF Alex
andcr Brown. one OF Baltimore's fore
most fnancicrs. and were the guests OF
Mrs. Brown 10 hear the Rev. DIR. Floyd
w. Tomkins. OF Philadelphia. tell
about Sundays work.
Literally not a single home In Balti-
more will escape being visited. and not
q single family will fail to be personally
invited to attend the tabernacle meet
ings before the Billy Sunday meetings
open. on February q.
During tho Philadelphia compaign
2 800, 900 admissions were recorded to the
big tabernacle meetings. With an even
larger tabernacle. Baltimore has hopes
of breaking the attendance record.