The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19

ANAsVAIAAA A>Ae5A~ Va SeAAs A>esy
They went through their various per-
fOrmances and there was one animal
In the crowd that he never took his
eyes from and q II one species Of
animal that has never bean known
to submit to man either through
brutality or kfndness-that Is the
black panther.
And the most dffacult horse of all
on earth to tAme Il the black stallion.
and the ono snake that has never
been tanned Il tho black cobra The
black mouse has never submitted to
the authority Of q human being.
White mice are trained. white mice
will do wonderful performances. The
black panther has never been tanned
by man. although Il viii 30 through
performances. Tho trainer win never
take his sye OK the panther. He
will turn his back upon the tiger.
Hon, hyenA and never take his eye
away from tho black panther. They
went through these various perform
ances and II concluded where . boa
constructor was introduced and they
put wfre screen IN front OF the
AtA8a. Then the curtain arose and
the wisrd strains Of an Oriental band
Of music stole meath the underbrush
and the snake came from the oppo-
0AS0 0lu0 Oh Guo 8kA&9 0u0 IQ6 0yGo
OF the man and the eyes OF the snake
met, and tho serpent Quailed.
Tho man was master. II went
through the various performances and
then he stepped to the front OF the
stage and the huge reptile wriggled
itself toward him and began to wind
itself around the man until man and
snake seemed blended into one and
high above the head OF the man, in
cessantly moved the head of the SER
psnt The tongue Of the serpent stuck
out and the man threw his head back
Tho audience burst forth and the man
rave call and thinking that an added
part OF the performance, they burst
forth again until the vociferAfion rolled
the desert, when that horrined au-
diencs sat there and heard bone after
bone Of that man break untfl the
monster had killed him
81, Habits lima Tn.
AZ 6rs3 II wAs~ small and tnSu. M was
PfArESs 1t nrst 10 WAA weak ana then
Il was stronE. 80 With your habits.
AZ nrst you may crush them Obi
There Ars na1 and womeA that are
held by tAs snslaviag powar Of ap-
petite. In basds stranger than steei and
moro enduring. There was . time when
You could have defeated that. now You
are perfectly helpless In its grip. 60
with sin and to saw my life I can't
make lot OF people SEQ Il
All the panorama Of the Ages and
All the spsetaaies painted ana an the
iur,d eolors Of Sin ana Of shame ana
Of dasnnatfon may b flashed upon the
canvas OF their memory. and yet they
win blind their eyes and stop their
ears and rush pell-mell to hell You
cNnnot describe or explain Il upon any
Etvgn nste or suggestion or hypothe-
sis other than . personal devil In the
world. aad it~hlinds thu eyss Of man
and weaen test they might - ana be
saved
~ ala b. reading that vonAerfui book
Of the Nlnstsenth Century. By Gen.
eral Lew Wallacs. ~nsn Hur.s How
many evsR read that bookr I shought
everybody had road that that had ever
read anything decent eatside Of the
Now flstsn. Let mo tan you little
history. wallace Sssd 70 bs In PHI
AdelphlA and Bob 1ngesoea ana he were
ooHpanionA One day they were trav-
| cling On q train In Indiana, discuss
ing ths, church and lneersoil said to
him:
.uenerai. WY dsnr you wriss +.
book refutinE their arxuments show
Ing TIE fAlsity Of their baliefs,s and
wallace parted with the promise that
he would do II and he started to write
BEN Hur.s
Ed said to himself. See herA u that
book II goinE 70 stand tho eevore crit
icism, that II win BE compelled 70 DO,
fortify myself ana must read the
Bible, that ! may be ablo % intslii-
gently quote it,
So he started to read me New Tesla
ment with the idea In view Of fortify-
ing his position against the church. The
more he read tho more he saw. The
divine problem unfolded itself from q
divine mind ana, sir, he accepted Jesus
Christ ~ his Savior ana hs said:
xop note the difference between the
beginning Of that book and the clos
ing Of It." He says, Tho fore part OF
II was written while was blatant
inhdel ana the latter part while was
. believing Christian Of Jesus Christ
the Son Of God" and 10 never got
such clear idea OF II Ms did by read
ing that wonderful book.
Mem Hnr RefresAing.
The story Of hen Hur is refreshing
for the minds OF those who have read
Of the story before AZ we'll ~ good for
those who know nothing about II. The
conflscatIng Of the family estate II told
about and then the change Of the en-
psror and thsn the return Of Ben Hur
from his faro6 wandSrinGs and prcdi-
8ality. He walked down the street and,
being tired. fell down upon the door
0esp and fell asleep. His mother ana
sister had been df4von ont into the
1epsr's ceIlA and they came into town
- secure Orsad ma water ana they
went down the street 70 take one moro
loek g the old hone g which they'd
said. sOeod-bye." For they were lepers.
aHA t1NAv aAv him 1vfWa ~ thA Axanr.