Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-22
BILLY SUNDAY
SPEAKS TO HUGE
CROWD ON loan
Full Of Old "Pep," Famous
Evangelist Tears Off Collar
and Pounds On Floor
With Fist.

Uncle Sam is no panhandler on a
street corner, mooching you for the
price OF drink not Weary Willie
whining at your kitchen door for the
hand-out of fapjack," declared
Billy" Sunday at the Auditorium
Yesterday in characteristic ad-
dress at a huge mass meeting to
launch the Victory Loan drive.
Billy" was in fine form, full of
his old pep, pepperino, tobasco
sauce and barbcd wire" He stood
on one foot, held the other high in
the air, pounded on the floor with his
fist, struck out right and left. He
had the big audience with him from
the start and when he tore off his
collar and necktie in the middle of
his address the crowd howled and
cheered.
The band played Brighten the
Corner Where You Are" when he
came on the platform accompanied
by Governor McKelvie. Billy bowed
and giggled and was a regular cut
up" while he was trying to hold him
self till his turn to speak. He slap
ped Colonel Grant on the leg so
hard that that dignified gentleman
had to Jump and Billy laughed all
the harder.
Governor McKelvie's Introductory
address was very short. II feel it
real honor to preside at a meet
ing where Rev. Billy Sunday is a
speaker" he said.
Il represent the greatest nation
that God Almighty ever made" said
Billy. THAT nation has never dip
ped its flag to any one and it has
Just finished cleaning up the rotten
est gang that ever butchered chill
dren, outraged women, sank defense
less ships and did everything else
that their rotten minds could think
of.
your Uncle Sam went into this
fight with the most unselhsh of pur-
poses. He went into it to make the
world safe for democracy. He has
crushed autocracy and militarism
and all he is asking you to do in
this Fifth Liberty Loan is to help
pay the funeral expenses.
Flags Ex-Kaiser.
II never pronounce the name of
old Has-Been Kaiser Bill that don't
feel like going and washing out my
mouth. Why even the preacher
over there in Germany had to take
an oath to preach just what that
old lobster wanted them to.
That old maniac started the
whole war by shooting scrape that
was a frame-up to start fight i'll
which the poor prune thought he
could swoop down on defenseless
world and conquer it. So the poor
weak little heir apparent to the
Austrian throne was croaked one day
in 1914. From all | can hear he
ought to have been croaked long e
fore that.
"They thought they would use this
as ain excuse and jump on poor de-
crepit Russia and on France and
conquer them. They thought Eng
land wouldn't interfere with their lit
tie party. And as for us, why, they
thought we were nothing but a
bunch of false alarms, excess bag
gage. four flushers and mollycoddles.
+ Waiting for Justice.
"And they deluged the world
with blood, not only the blood oil
soldiers. but of old men and women
and helpless children and babies.
And I'm glad that ! have lived
long enough to see this thousand
horned, thousand-fanged monster OF
militarism conquered and sitting in
the death chair waiting for the |
juice.
IF | had the say about that peace |
conference there wouldn't be any
parleying when the German dele
gates come to sign. I'd put VIM
chester at their heads and give them
Is minutes to sign or blow their |
blocks off. l.
1.-THE Germans had the motives OF
a thief and the instincts of porch |
climber. But they didn't catch God
mapping. God has never taken the
count from any bunch on earth.
The hell the Germans created on
earth made the real one look like
a sideshow. But we went through |
them at Chateau Thierry like hot
knife throug., cake of butter. Aud
today the kaiser is the most despiscd
wretch that drags his Shiny body |
about the earth.
Worlds Best Investment.
Subscribe to these Fifth Liberty
notes. They're the best investment
on earth, and you want to feel that
YOU have done your share in max
ing the world safe for democracy.
A woman went into a jewelry store
and every piece of jewelry the clerk
would show her she would lick.
you can't tell gold that way he
said to her. No, but you can tell
BRASS she said.
"And in this Fifth loan you don't
need to do any licking. Uncle Sam
doesn't need camouflage to sell
his securities. l know you're 60
ing to put he final kibosh on that
bunch of buns in the so-called CEN
trail empires by finishing up the job
in the same style that you have
carried it through so far"
The Auditorium was filed. AS
the various organizations came
marching in from the parade cheers
were called for. By far the greatest
ovation was accorded the Salvation
Army as they marched up the aisle.
Whats the matter with the Sal
walton Armyl" They've all right"
yelled the soldiers. The canteen
workers also received an ovation.
.IIncle Sam" the Goddess OF