St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-02-26
WILL SPEAK ON
PROHIBITION

DIR. George A. Henry, associate O
'Pussyfoot' Johnson, has achieved
great renown as pulpit orator, lee
turer and campaigner in the British
Isles and on the Continent.
DR.. Henry is member of the Wes1
Ohio Conference, Methodist Episco.
pal Church. He enlisted with the
Y. M. C. A. for overseas was service
and IN this capacity traversed both
the continent and the British Isles
Later, he became associate dwith
'Pussyfoot' johnson and other lead
eHs in the prohibition campaign in
the British Isles, and in this capacity
he made a great name Tor himself
as an orator of thrilling power, He
was with 'Pussyfoot'' at the time
he was mohbed in London and lost
his eye,' and in his address in
America tells some things about
'Pussyfoot which the modesty OF
that great hero forbade him to re-
late himself.
DR.. Henry has travelled $4,000
miles on the Continent and $4,000
in Great Britain. His soJourns have
been mainly in France and tile
British Isles; he also made brief ex-
cursions into both Italy and Spain
He has made a profound study of
drinking habits and customs, as they
effect social conditions. He has oc-
cupied the pulpits of Its churches
and has spoken in nearly all the lead
ing Halls OF Great Britain, Some Of
the famous pulpits from which he
has spoken are City Temple, London; !;
Marlybourn Presbyterian Church, in
London; Queen Street Congregation
al, Wolverhampton, England; and
the leading churches in such cities
as Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Glasgow,
Nottingham, Sheffield, Hull, Leeds,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Cardiff, Bristol,
Plymouth and Brighton. He has
spoken in such famous Halls as Cen
trail Hall, Westminster, London; St.
Andrews Hall, Glasgow; Usher Hall,
Edinburgh; Assembly Hall, Belfast;
Free Trade Hall, Manchester. Some
of these halls seat 5000 people; none
less than $500, and he has address
ed great audiences in all of them
that occupied every available seat
and all the standing room, allowed
oy the police. He has addressed
audiences Of thousands in open air
meetings all over both Scotland and
ireland.
On special invitation he addressed
the General Assembly of the United
Free Presbyterian Church of Scot
land, and of the Presbyterian Church
of Ireland; and also the General Con-
ference, Of the Irish Wesleyan
Church. On invitation of DR.. John
Henry Jowett, he took part in his
great Anglo-American Christmas Ser
vice in London, last holidays. Ga
the Continent, he spoke not only i'll
Paris but in many yof the leading
cities of France For three months
his headquarters were at Neice on
the Riviera He conducted Palm
Sunday and Easter services in the
Gambling Room of one of, the most
exclusive casinos on the Riviera
the one that in pre-War days was
patronized by nearly all the crowned
uCduD Ill ulOpC. l1C Ado DCS1A e~
guest in nearly 200 homes in Great
Britain, ranging all the way from
humble cottages Of the common peo-
pie to mansions of the rich and
palaces of the nobility.
His travels in Ireland will enable
him to tell much of interest regard
ing the disturbed conditions of that
unfortunate land. DR.. Henry tray
eled with eyes and ears open, md
few people are abe to relate as in
terestingly their observations. AS
oublic speaker, DR.. Henry has voice
of remarkable range and resonance.
He can seemingly without effort
make himself heard to the outskirts
of the largest audiences, either in
public halls or in the open air. The
people of America have in store
real treat in being permitted to hear
DR.. Henry, with his characteristic
eloquence, tell of what he has learn
ed by observation and experience
overseas.
In South Wales, the heart Of the
coal industry, where he had been an
nounced to deliver a prohibition ad-
dress, for an ho4r and a half he
faced an angry hdwl:ng mob which
numbered hundreds Of people who
were held at bay only by the entire
police force of the city.
DR., Henry will tell how, intimidaf-
ed as the people Of the British Isles
have been by the liquor interests
al through the years, the dry forces
are now beginning to take heart
and entertain positive hope OF
eventually achieving prohibition.
The people of Covington are in
yited to hear DR.. Henry in his great
chautauqua lecture on America as
Leader in the Campaign for q Dry
World"