El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-22
.VAGABOND WHO
|. FOUND HIMSELF
After Wrecking His Own
Life, Grieving His Mother,
He Is Made Anew.

The Jerry McAuley Rescue mission.
the celebrated lifesavlng station
under the Brooklyn bridge. down In
Water street. New York. has sent Into
the evangelical world one OF its most
distinguished converts giant with
a Webster head ana Kitchener should
ers, who would iii a doorway six
feet. three inches high. He was for
more than 30 years king OF
tramps;" now he IS It IS said. "the
big friend OF all the world" he was
an international bum" now he is
gifted orator. most remarkable
brnwny. broadmouthed John Tyler, OF
Virginia. scion OF the famous Tyler
family and OF the Clarl1s, one Of whom
was WashinEton's chaplain. He Is TO
speak at the mems meeting in the
Y. ". c. A. Sunday afternoon, starting
The Old. Old story.
His life is the old. old story o. a
college chap with supreme coufi@ ence
in himself who falls a victim 20
drinking and gambling. After years
Of carousinE In New York. years spent
. in dissipating his father's legacy. he
was sent home for the first time In
five years-to sobeTly follow to the
graveyard the body OF his wistful IT.
tie mother. whom his careless prof
liEacy had killed. Then there is q
climax. He found that he owed
$1,000. had a wonderful constitution
and a wonderful appetite for drink
but Of other assets. none at all.
So handsome Jack Tyler starter
I tramping. He crossed the Atlantic 90
times. He went through the SueZ
canal on a dozen different boats. He
rounded cape Horn on nine trips and
/ rounded the cape OF Good Hope on
Wen past 60 years Of age. old Jack
{ Tyler worked his way back to his
native land TO die. In san Francisco
[ he was dumped out OF a stowawav
berth to a box OF crackers in the
hold OF a ship. He set out to cross
I the continent on the bumpers. 20
reach New York on his last long trip.
FOuneed by Police.
The police drove him from pillar
to post They drove him from be-
meath the pier. He walked slowly 70
/ the city han park. a man there
I turned roughly on him. told him he
ought 70 90 to the East river and
mike a hole in the water there &"
And a little later big Nick" flun~
him bodily from the lowest drive on
I the lowest offshooting street OF the
] Powerv. At last. broken. he trufgeS
7 through the snow 70 a bench in Null
. berry Bend pork. supperless, alone
He was p:rl-"1 up and taken 70 a
mission. Fro-7 that mission. after he
I had weathered the hun ger for drink.
he went out - HELM drunkards. whose
hearts he understands because he IN
/ derstsnds his own For eight years
Z he has been going among men. wan
dering eve-yvhere. telling his story
Men believe IN Him.
Men listen to him anf believe him.
and that fact constitutes his great
power 70 handle men.
Previous to Nr- Tyler's address
Sunday at the FL Paso Y. " c. A.
here will he complimentary concert
furnished bv the talking m chine de-
pertinent Of the Fl Paso Piano com
TnrmedIatelv following this concert
the biz sing viii tat-e place Prvr
{ Pialton SD~alzs win have charge OF
thi= nart Of the meeting. Mr.. Sprake
himself win sing several solos. The
converted wande-er wiz sneak at 4.
IN Two Churches AIEO.
1fr- TYLER win also speak TO the
mems Bible class at the SUNDAY
school period Sunday morning at the
3 First p~eshvte-ian church. He viii
also address the gathering At the
same chr-ch IN the evening at $3.50
SUNDAY nfrht he win be on the plat
~ the Trinity Methodist church. an1
deliver an address to the Trinity
church gathering
Tfcl-ets are being given TO the men
who desire them 20 he use7 as ad-
1r-'~-ion cards for this meeting. II
viii be necessary for men TO gather
before ? O'Clock 70 Obtain seats The
% the churches and also AZ ths Y. II
Q A office