The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-04

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And they piled II up and poured
! oil upon IL and set It on fire and
/ while the flames inCinerated the
tables and roulette wheels. etc. they
sat there and sang and prayed. and
| he started out himself to tell the
. story ~ his life. He had 20 quit
! preaching n foW years ago because
! Of n canCerous affection of the
throat. brought on by the continual
use or his voice. They called HIN
the parkhurst uf the south. lie
shellcd the woods for the Almighty
and fought against the forces Of evil
that dragged him down until he
I could look into the pit Of hell
Cards Are Enemies.
"Be not deceived, God is not
/ mcCkcd' In one year from re-
ports from newspaper. 10s people
were shot &c attempted suicide and
80 committed suicide; so were
murdered, we're driven insane, 60
were ruined and the crimes commit.
tod TO get money were g. There
were 2s forgor'cs and 20 cases
whore people holding positions OF
hono- and trust pbsconded with s2.-
500, 900 with which 20 gamble.
. fellow viii do ANYTHING to get
/ mouov 20 gamble, h"t not TO buy
bread with Rows flop pennies On
pinch" them. but they have got
10 keep out ~ these private re-
se-ves mat we call our homes,
who're thev sit around, my friends,
. ard gamble.
Cards are one Of soclciv's contri-
buttons that is dragging people
down TO nerdition. I thinS cards
and tho dance are greater enemies
10 tho sui-itual life Of the church
nv friends than the saloon was.
| believe that rards and the dance
are greater enemies to tho spiritual
, life OF the church than the saloon
was'
You don't imagine for minute
that I was I'm favor NJ tho saloon, I
hope. ! think the church los"s 10
times moro members that hackslide
| through the dance than through the
saloon. II Is time that good ci'i-
zenship and good morals begin 20
rrv out against some Of these evils
that are getting hold Of our homes
and wives and children until our
women are beginning 10 he n lot OF
whisky soaked low downs whore
| they 20 10 smoke cigare's and hit
the booze. When n woman will do
| that, that's all I care to know
don't tell me any more.
God knows. I pity them from the
depths OF my soul. nm not here
10 condemn: I am he~e 10 trv and
help You, and I will fight with all
| the power that Cod gives me to try
and free you from these curses.
few years ago hardly decent
woman would hn seen in public
drinking; now there is hardly
! nlace whore you can't find them.
/ twenty-five years ago you couldn't
find decent woman drinking or
. smokinr-now 60 around TO tho no.
. tels' They are not satisfied 10
| damn our mon and dehauch our
boys, the dirty. sinking whisky
business is damnlng and debauch-
ing our women.
And have no use for a lodge that
VIII have whisky. That's as low
down as a saloon. Any fellow can
walk In there under the protection
OF the sign of the lodge and get a
drink. and It's as dirty as a saloon
haven't any more use for a club
that sells whisky in it than ! have
Tor a saloon--not at all
Now, a seemingly estimanle
woman Q'm sorry | have to qualify
~ Will struggle and tear and pout
through an afternoon. what for? So
she can carry home a dinky cream
pitcher. pair Of silk stockings
such conduct has a tendency 10
overthrow the repose OF a nation, /
think. And all these things drift
you away from God.
Oh. gambling may be carried on
without cards. You can gamble on
billiards, pool; you can gamble with
the roulette wheel, wheel OF FOR
tune, horseracing, base eball, football.
stocks. ETC. but nine-tenths of all
the gambling Is done with pack Of
cards. As far as that goes. you can
gamble on anything / know who is
gong to win out-you bet your
life | do.
Cnurr:; s.cnhrr.; Play.
1t is stimated--statistics are hard
to get-that 100000 changes
hands n day in gambling, Sl25.3OO,-
100000 year! II kills industry
The fellow that can win $500 or n
thousand a night. he won't work; he
VIII spend his time hanging around
saloons and drinking and spending
his time in absolute idleness. 1t
dulls the saw, stops the engine, puts
out the fires in the hold OF the ship
and in the furnace of the great big
factories, and all over and away il
is drifting on.
There is nothing SO tame as to ask
anybody to play a game OF cards for
fun that's learned to play with the
sky limit. or even penny ante you
couldn't hold them. So they had
20 have their progressive cuchre snc
whist and all these things. Why
some church members have card
on their tables al often as food
oh. surel
preached in a town in Iowa
They were having the last card
party before the meeting started
and they wanted to get It out of the
way. ] was entertained in this
woman's home. She was an actress
by the way. l met her out in Los
Angeles Well, was entertained
and they were having the rast
game and she was a crackerJack
and bringing all her skill to bear to
win the prize. and 1t was cut
glass dish from Tiffany's; Il was y
beauty valued at $40, and she
brought all her skill 10 bear. When
they counted the points, somebody
else was high by two points more
than she had. Well, sir, 1t gave ner
nervous prostration. She went TO
bed and staid there two days moan
ing over losing that cut glass dish,
she had n boy with face on him
like a horse and head on him like