New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Pacific Coast Laughs Twice,
But 1T Has Another Coming
Brother Fowler's One Man Convention and the
Brougher Rogers Debate to Have Echo
When the Cowboy-Actor Climbs Into Pulpit

some one spicd DR.. Brougher in the
audience. Great joy manifested He
was dragged to the platform. Believe
me, he held that crowd of good-natured
but hungry heckers at bay for nearly
an hour, just telling them stories,
right and left, etc. He's a good scout,
and quicker than steel trap.
I've gone into details to show what
Will Rogers was up against. Of course,
riding bucking bronchos and lassoing
wild steers out in Montana, travelling
with a circus in South Africa, stalling
of the crowd on the New Amsterdam
Roof night after night with new stuff
and starring in the movies Of Holly
wood make a training calculated to
nerve man up to anything, but Will
had Iced of it all when he tackled
Doc Broughcr, as events proved.
Cowboys vs.. Preachers
1t was the weekly luncheon Of the
Ad Club. Rogers led off, protesting
from the start that since July l, 1919,
ten minutes was too short a time for
any hc-man to tell what he really
thought Of the preachers!
"Who opened up this country"
shouted Will-"The cowboysl" "Who
closed it up--the preachers!
tremendous and long continued,
though oxtra-dry, cheering.) Rogerss
round
The Far West would like to see Will
Rogers or some other sage-brush cow
boy as Secretary of the Interior in
Harding's Cabinet, if the Middle West
is to be given dirt farmer for Sec
retary of Agriculture.
Brougher, who will be Secretary of
the Interior, if, as rumored, Harding
decides n c,rrouud him, ole with on
all-Baptist Cabinet, in opening for the
defence of the preachers led for Wills
jaw by.asserting that had it not been
for the French priests, Spanish monks,
Jewish rabbis and Pilgrim pastors
there wouldn't have been any country
for the cowboys to open up, adding.
incidentally, for good measure, that the
cowboys were and still are so short
on religion they believe to this day
the Apostles! Cloud cheering mingled
heart!" etc.) Brougher's round.
Rogers then let go with both fists
in telling how he broke into the show
business. 1t was in South Africa. A
circus. Zulu boys hired by the Amer
lean cowboys to care for the horses, in
return for which the Zulu kids,
suppose. were allowed to crawl under
thc tSHI. anu iIUul tUtSe Lulu JuNe-
niles Rogers claimed he learned that
in Zululand no child, if he has not
shown at least modicum of cranial in
teligence at the age of three is per-
mtted to live "And," cried Rogers,
"you never heard tell of Zulu preach
cr,"
This stopped the show. The jury is
still out.
Rogers TO Use Pulpt
DR.. Broughcr has invited Rogers to
speak Sunday morning soon from his
pulpit and Rogers has accepted. With
out a shadow Of doubt the hall will
be full an hour before time for serv-
ices to begin and the overflow will
re.ch from Hill to Olive Street on
Fifth! And 1'll bet any reader Of The
Tribune dollar to doughnut it will
be dignited, helpful church service.
How does the Rev. DR.. Brougher fill
the biggest theater in town, morning
and evening, Sunday after Sunday :?
Here are some of the reasons There
is a wonderful organ in the theater
played by one of the best organists
in America, and he plays the organ
for the fifteen minutes prior to the
opening of the service, while the con-
gregation is assembling. There is a
fine chorus choir of thirty to forty
male quartet and fine mixed quartet
composed of soloists. But there are
always two familiar hymns which mem
bcrs Of the congregation are encour-
aged to sing and do sing with great
satisfaction.
Sunday evening motion pictures are
shown. The evening Of September IL
motion pictures of Niagara Falls were
displayed. DR.. Brougher's sermon that
night was entitled "a Visit to Niagara
Falls" being the second Of series on
Experiences at Famous Places" On
September 26, Sunday evening, the mo-
ton pictures were a remarkable Bibli-
cal film entitled GAS We Forgive"
Many excellent judges predict that
Los Angeles will some day, not so very
far distant, be the largest city in the
world. | hope not, because l like not
large cities. but | shall not be aston
ished,
Be that as it may be, it will be a
much better and far more interesting
city because of DR.. Brougher He is
one Of the institutions of one Of the
most remarkable of cities.