The Washington herald., 1918-01-12
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out or mooch you for a fiapjack." He
declared that Uncle Sam is on his
knees begging for men to take Jobs
he's ready to hand them in this big
war game" and he insisted there's
no excuse for any lobster of a young
fellow going around the streets grub
bling a hand-out."
Send him over to The War De-
partment,". said Billy, "and Uncle
Sam will give him something to do
to earn his eats"
Cuts Out Slang.
Billy said he'd "cut out the slang
when he came to Washington to
preach" This was an indirect
knock at those who have criticized
his preaching methods. And in the
next breath he declared that "a
diet of dime novels would make a
bandit out of a bishops son."
The evangelist held up as ex-
amples for the boys and girls of
the country the lives of such men
as Abraham Lincoln. John Bunyan.
Washington. 'Murillo. Grey, who
wrote The Elegy, and a host of
others.
Those kind of men have hung
their mugs in the Han of Fame for
guys like you and me to rubber
at said Billy.
The evangelist paid a tribute to
the newspapers of today and de-
clared them 20 be a better uni
versity than Abraham Lincoln ever
had" He told of the marvellous
inventions of the last decade and
spoke particularly of the news
papers that give you the hap
penings of today in all parts of the
world at your breakfast table to-
morrow morning for a few pennies
a week."
Billy handed out some corking
good advice to the students who
were in the audience. His sermon
was on Forces That Win" and as
he enumerated each of the forces"
he told in his own way just how
best they could be applied to life.
Here are a few of his epigrammatic
hints to young men and young
women"
Some Epigrams.
Its no harder on a gun to pluck
the eye out of an eagle than it is
to shoot at a polecat"
when a cow stops giving milk,
her mission in life is ended. Nobody
keeps a COW for company"
There's a difference between the
apparent and the real life. II you
don't believe it try to stop a hornet
with the end of your nose when
he's going a mile a minute"
BE live wire. Be like, the man
with the itch and have everybody
who comes near you, scratching"
It's a sad day for a young fellow
when he has such an exalted opin-
ion of himself that Former Presi-
dent Taft's overcoat won't make
him a vest"
Education is knowing what YOU
want, where to get 1t and knowing
what to do with it when you've got
it."
Billy told several interesting
stories, one of which mentioning a
barker in the West who was selling
soap. The agent told of one
farmer in a neighboring county
who had bought cake and had
taken a bath, "and his own dog
tried to bite him."
IF you itch for fame you'll do your
own scratching" said Billy. Then he
recited this piece of poetry as an
evidence of the truth of what he was
irving 70 drive honoa.D
THE June Bug has its pretty wings.
The lightning bug its flame.
The bedbug has no wings at all,
But it gets there just the same"
That brought a roar of laughter
from the audience. The evangelist
pictured in wonderful language the
career of Lincoln and when he had
finished his tribute the cheering last
ed several minutes. :
Plenty of Music.
DR.. Rorer, of the Metropolitan Pres
byterian Church. offered the opening
prayer. Brewster, the pianoist, sang
solo, "Out of the Depths" which
was distinctly impressive. And Rody.
by request, sang his new war sone.'
Wen Be Waiting When You Come
Back Home" Rhody wrote the music
to the song while at Camp Gordon,
near Atlanta.
Rody and Mrs. Asher sang I'm the
Garden" one of the most impressive
of the Sunday hymns.
Then Billy came along, sized up the
declared it to be "a peach
of a crowd" and started right in with
the sermon.
When he had finished the evangeI-
ist shook the hands of several hun
dred persons. He had good word
TO say to each of the soldiers.
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