Evening star., 1918-01-07


-ieather shoes and sapphire and dia-
3nond scarfpin- He removed no gar
Q ments and no embellishments of his
costume except his watch and chain.
(which he tossed carelessly on to the
? pine pulpit soon after his talk began
-And before some of his more startling
ATTITUDES might cause it to fall out and
, break
- Sundays sermons are written out be-
11orehand and he uses an outline which
-be follows fairly closely. but at times
-he digresses in a manner that is graft
-Xying or Irritating, depending on ones
7business. section of the country, ma
ationality or preferences. But appar-
gently he will not ever hurt any ones
s political or patriotic feelings while
ss II have Travelled this country over
S&ince the war began" he said in his in
7troductory remarks. land I haven't
sround single democrat or a single re-
a hundred million Amer
e-kcans."
-. Voice Harsh and Rasping,
-.sunday's voice is harsh and rasping.
Enough distinct. 1t shows the results
EUf years of straining, but the voice
Shrowing device called the "augo-
>lhone" makes it audible everywhere
everything he says to the extent
shat, paradoxically, the real emphasis
ZONES when he speaks quietly and cas-
-Mally. Among the first things he mem
=&joned in his preliminary remarks were
>>4he collections.
n, The money you give Is to defray legi-
stlmate expenses of this campaign, and
~ payment of a just debt" he said
-Of this 1 don't get sou. I only get
-4he last days Offering and what that is
LIS nobody's business but that of the
g1vers. However, I have noticed it Is
4ne guy who doesn't give nickel that
day who puts up the loudest howl about
.s4ts application. All ready for the COL
Go ahead ushers?' Then it
was that Rodeheaver gave a trombone
solo with soft piano accompaniment
-Shat was well worth listening to, and
shat softened the harsh and Disagree
lsaole sound that coins make when drop
-ed on tin.
gave a cordial invitation to
-Aal men in uniform to come to services
-At the Tabernacle and in view of the
Ing place at any hour OF the day when
they felt like 1T.
@ Ss Talks Like Machine Gun.
--Sunday talks like machine gun, and
his command of language, from Bos-
-onese to Billingsgate. is truly remark
-eble. He wasn't very rough" with any
body yesterday, and he was pretty well
up at that. He got a roar of
Saughter when he said in an aside, II
-SAecided, on receiving my invitation to
s..W ashington, to cut out all slang from
my sermons" He is a master of the
.hreath-consuming string of double
adjectives. He started off on
Wilhelm as That sveasel-faced
etc. He often pauses and
--ohuckles to himself and again punctu-
SSHtes his phrases and sentences with the
-SHahs" that woodchoppers find eff
.tcacious at the end of their stroke. and
With the fnterpolated words, used over
fri do -
patio stunts came entirely up to the
press notices.
Say what one will, and object as much
. ,AS one pleases to certain phases of his
p1eage and he "gets it over" Here are .
sw samples Of his way Of putting
vaIf an angel came down from beaye,
nd mixed with the kind of people with
.yhom you. who call yourselves Chris
slams, live on good terms, he'd have 10
- dts1nfected, sterilized and fumiea+ed
NTH formaldehyde. carbolic acid ana
lYsGl before he could get back into
heaven.
Too Much Machinery In Church.
got SO much machinev IN
: ne average church you can hear It
r>1Queak when you start In"
in my early days as a SUNDAY
and religious organization work.
-er . favorfte hymn Of the young peo-
gie was leading was o to Be Moth
Foehi1s toeIt 's;, to Sit At th His
I. 80 cut tout. Another favorite hymn
sNas Throw Out the Life Line Lift
0as. hnhi They hadn't strength enough
ree ha1dle clothes Nner
nature and in deroestion o1
Z s1kdyhany and its kaiser. On the latter
ll11znA1le AAaa1