The Washington times., 1917-05-07

DENOUNCESEXSRC
Women Again Try to Hear
Men Only Sermon.

men saw Billy Sunday dish up his
Hot Cakes on the Griddls- yestsr-
day afternoon and evening. And when
Billy wasn't busy showing what's
cooked IN hsI1's kitchen he was Illus
trating how "The Devils Boomerang.
(which was the other title OF hts
sermon-eurves back to cut down the
unsusDeoting hurier.
II was rather cold and damp cut q
ooors, but the Rev. William succeeded
IN keeping the Temperature fairly
warm within the tabernacle Almost
everybody there had at least one
steaming hot cake cooked up ssps-
cially for him, and some had 4 stack
mat would have stopped a profession
Al flapjaek turner doing window work
IN Seventh avenue restaurant. +.
There were about 10000 on hand FOR
the afternoon demonstration and At
night there were probably 1900 That
means that Billy was preaching to
some 5000 empty benches IN the back
Of the big meeting houre-but n he'd
taken down the nan only nlxn In the
evening and let IN the women who
stormed the forbidden gates there
left
Ne Side Shows PIT On.
To unpreJudieed observers Il 1ookst
very much ~ II the ushers or the 20
lice played q rather mean trick on
the enthusiastic women who would
have been perfectly satisfied win
Just . peek or two Until Billy cane
on they were packed ak and seven
deep around all the Windows; bus
when the hair trigger evangelist
stepped. on the platform all the solid
wooden inside doors were closed, and
despite the fact that they may b
deadlter than the male. last night the
female Of the species had to trudra
home and let the weaker maies have
their little party unmolested and un-
seen.
It's q shame to spoil a good game.
but truth compelB Il to be written
that there weren't any animals turn-
ed loose or any sfdeshows put on.
and the only table dancing was done
BY Billy himself. It's true that ae
times Billy didn't stop to call q spade
ian instrument used in agricultural
pursuits.s but he didn't tell q single
story that wasn't right out OF thu
pages OF the family medicine book.
In fact the family medicine book was
for once used quite q BIT more yes
terday than the family Bible.
Medical Facts oustsd.
Booze. blood corpuscIes. brains,
bolIs. pathology. physiology, morals.
and . little Bible all passed through
Biily's hands He quoted enough
statistics and medical facts stc choke
Jersey cow" as he put H. He
slammed man on one cheek. picked
him up and then soaked him on the
other. and then numerically kicksd
him right off the platform
In fact-and despite the statement
that the women didn't get in-ths
masculine gender got q me going
over" and there was quite a lot OF
squirming in seats and fooling with
collar bands and general conscienes
itching There was q food OF sym
patty for ~the 5OO, 900 poor, broken
outeasts who are but painted ghosts
Of the women who were" but Billy
was unrelenting and Incorporating
with "the dirty dogs who sent them
to the street"
The women pay and the men get
elected to Office he said with rising
anger. "Stn IL ssxless-whatsver Il
wrong for q woman II wrong for =
man. And the greatest thing America
needs today Is for society to make
no difference between a man who
sins and q woman who sins. God
doesn't recognize any difference"
That was q fair sample OF the kind
Of napjacks Billy cooked on the
devils cook stove" Money lovers
came in for q failing and, OF course.
his arch enemy booze. Even politics
got mixed In for q second last night
while he was dwelling on his favoFits
topic