The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-15
wE.Ns AWAY FROM TENT.

Whatsoever we SOW that also shall
sc reap" was the text announced, but
In his zeal 70 expose the evils az Some
modern amusefuents he drifted far
Ar.fs from II. much To th@ relief oi
those who expected something of an
old fashioned sermon on an old fash
toned text
He started out on the general sub
t6%et of theatres. lie repeated that he
| did not condemn the theatre as an in
eiitution and that he realized tina;
there were good plays rs we'll as had
ONES His point was that the theatre
was purely entertaining that II was
nos educational. and that some plays
were dirty because people liked them
thai way--"thcy were more interest
Sng
.You who 20 10 immoral plays are
. 9ust as much a crook IS the pro
Queer declared Sunday. without
your patronage tho blooming thing
would 20 out OF existence" Then the
preacher drew from the deer mine OF
his experience and associations argu
ments why young girls should not go
on the stage.
ET4AYS CARD PLAYING.
!. He began on card PLAYING, which
nc claims is the root of all gam bling,
and which starts right IN the home.
When Billy launched himself into the
subject Of gambling. The world seemed
| 10 be the ante and The skv the limit
He tore every shred of rcSaertahili.y
from the social card Games and
claimed that four-ff:hs OF all gam
bling is done by means Of cards
Four iushcrs and faro sreaks got "a
Mem orahlr whaling FROM him, hut he
was loudest in his condemnation OF
the mothers who allow their sons and
daughters TO play card rar-es in the
home and In this way learn tho means
81 getting something for nothing.
which ruins so many lives.
Later on Sunday figuratjvely shclled
L4he benches ny admitting that. there
was something worse than saloon.
~Cards and dancing are greater enc
mics TO the spiritual life of Cod 8
knhurch than the saloon--~''not that
rrs In favor at the saloon" he cried.
hut with Christian homes the kin
lderrartens OF gambling, and thou
sands Of girls going tn hell yearly by
| the dance hall route ! feel like fight
l:lng.. ,Fody. pray hard for me, or !
I'M going to paste some hodyth and fhe
eva ngefist ram PACED ua and down the
platfnrm,
with on imitation Of modern cias-
he dance putting his audience in a
rood humor. Billy began The largest
mart of his discourse. He named
many OF the dances from which the
modern party hops have originated,
| md at every name people of his CON
ereration laughed. until iy tho time
II had finished the list, starting with
80 Mobile Buck and ending with the
EYuppy Snuggle and the Kitchen Sink
re had the whole auditorium in a
roar.
with his hearers in just the right
frame Of mind. billy Sunday sud
denly switched from his nersonifica-
zion OF a caller cutting the pigeon
wing at a country dance and waded
into the dance IDEA. the syncopafion
Aropping like dirty CLOAK from his
stifSening shoulders and his finger
notnting wnrningly toward his audi
enre: "Dancing is only n hugging
match set to music. Passion is the
hasis OF the dances popularity with
mont people, And how he did il no.
NNdv remembers. hut tsey EDO know
snw that the EVANGELIST put different
R}Sra into their heads regarding the
enderIs dance.
E$ rnklng the baser elements OF the
Nee " the harmful factor. the
SllNr next explained why this