Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-12
RICHMOND GRE.ETS
BILLY SUNDAY IN
ROUS|NG FASHION
With "Ma," Famous Evan
gelist Gets Real Vir-
ginia Welcome.
CHOIR BURSTS FORTH,
SINGING "HALLELUJAHw
Whirlwind Revivalist Leaps
Upon Radiator to Acknowl-
edge Reception.
is BEsIEGED BY BIG CROWDS
After Reaching Hotel, PART Is Kept
Busy Shaking Hands With
scores OF People.
CHOIR BURSTS FORTH,
SINGING "HALLELUJAHw
IS BEsIEGED BY BIG CROWDS
After Reaching Hotel, Party Is Kept
Busy Shaking Hands With
Scores OF People.
Billy Sunday is here.

leaning with pleasure and vibrant
with enthusiasm the snappy little
evangelist at $3.50 yesterday ..fternoon
ran up the incline chat led from hts
train at Broad Street station. mounted
radiator. and. with smiling MA"
Sunday at his side. yelled to The wei.
coming thousands: Here we arc"
Billy and Ma had not been recog-
niaed until that moment Immediately
there was great shout OF greeting
choir. 800 strong. led by Musical Di-
rector Walter &. Mercer. began sing
Ing Halalujah." The crowd joined
In. giving to him the warmest wei
mond.
MEETS OLD FRIEND OF
Ills DIAMOND DAYS
For moment. In characteristic pose
held over from baseball days. with
shoulders hunched and hands out
acknowledgement OF the greeting. Then
he jumped 10 the floor where a squad
OF policemen formed bodyguard and
accompanied him To tho street Here
he Vas met by the reception commit
tee headed by w. d. Duke
Al the curb. when about 20 enter
waiting automobile. Mr.. Sunday was
Greeted by Pop" Tate. nov q police
man. who played ball with him In the
good old days. He recalled that Pop
was a a'nIsh;y COED cs,ehei" in his
recognizing tina; he was the target Of
newspaper cameras. ne shouted; Here
they are-the newspaper boys, Cone
looked pleasant while the boys took
three 'shots' 10 make L, safe.
GREETED ENTHUSIASTICALLY
On WAY TO HOTEL
With the visitor seated in his car,
~. committee piled into the long line
o,4uthers waiting TO escort him 10 the
i.ichinpaA iIo,ei. Three motorcycle
E policemen then started their machines
aad led The line sou'hward or Rob
Jason stree; to Monument Avenue:
,H.n through Monument Avenue and
FtanHiin street 10 I3eIvIdere. where
the party tnrned into Broad Street and
district 10 the hotel.
MEETS local MINISTER'S,
WHO AnE AWAITING HIM
All along the line BILLY Sunday vas
greeted enthusiastically. Once his car
shake hands with him. and At the no.
Eel another big gathering was wait
ing To welcome him. lie was deeply
impressed and srai!hed by. the cordi-
ai,y. This is rca. Virginia hospital
ity.' he said rs the crowd followed him.
Its great. am glad We are mere.
he declared as ne turned around to
shake hands with those who crowded
about him faster tnan the reception
committee could introduce them
From the lobby OF the hotel Mr.. and
canine ioor by James Y. Walker. mis-
advance man. who mas been here for
several days. preparing for the SIX
weeks campaign TO start to-day. There
was no ordeal for Billy. !, seemed
a real pleasure for both him and Ma
Smiling. fun OF Sundayisms and with
AN occasional punch in the ribs fo:
regular fellows. he gripped the hands
OF all Ike regular Douglas Fair-
have gotten his smile from the devil
tighter.
VISITORS KEEP MA AND
BILLY BUSY FOR HOURS
After the formal reception Mr.. and
Mrs. Sunday were whisked UP TO their
suite on the sixth floor. where they
received more visitors All afternoon
they were kept busy acknowledg ing
Billy was pieased with his suite
y ovcrlooks Capitol Square and City
Han. Amos, under his window is
the equestrian statue OF Washington
by Marsha lfnry d LeTs
minion. Dr Walker pointed out that
so far away from where the statue
stands. oh. yes: Patrick Iienry-the
give give me hell" an n the he mimi
tak:c Billy hlandly.
Then he Looked DE- oyer ,, the capi,o
building-the old House OF Burgesses,
probably. Those old fellows knew how
TO build buildings as we'll as char
MA HAS SMILES FOU
ALI. WHO GREET HER
Richmonders FRS, glimpse Of MIA"
Sunday was when she was boosted up
beside her husband on the heating de-
vice which runs the length of the wait.
ing room at the Broad Street Station.
and waved her hand and smiled her
Infectious smile at the great crowd.
n The crowd smiled back.
Th"v saw a handsome woman o. the
hrir e type in brown flu, coat
eyes twinkiins in kindly fashion AS
she nodded and laughed and eNcnanged
remarks with members of the Sunday
party. as having beer assisted down
tor. she rcjoined the Sunday party
which was threading it's way through
the jam to the waiting automobiles
.TACNs or MAIL AWAIT
ARRIVAL. or PARTY
:; tho Richmond Hotel. she stood
by her husband on the mczaninc at the
formal reception which followed the
arrival OF The party and shook hands
with scores OF people and smiled her
heart warming smile ana uftcrward In
the suite on the sixth floor, reserved
for her and Mr. sunday. she continued
Ia greet fresh arrivals with genuine
interest and pleasure.
Stacks OF letters, kilograms and post
cards awaited the Sundays. Mrs. sun
day opened these with little Interested
explanations and spread them out on
her dresser with. tho picture OF hor
younges. Erandchild.
Not grandmother. Mrs. sunday %
she was asked.
"oh. yes' Three times grand
mothcr!"
And she went on to tell Of her son,
daughter. Helen who is Mrs Mark y.
ifa'nps and llvcs in Michigan. She
has two o:he,r Ghldren--Wlllie. aged
\ They had stopped over coming from
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