The Washington times., 1927-02-17
LEI I
FORC TTY'S
SIGHTS

For three hours today, Aimee
SempIe Mcpherson dropped
the strenuous business Of saw
ing soulsif her business In
may be called that
and took a tour Of the city.
Leaves Secretly
Shortly after breakfast. accom-
panied only by friends in her
party. she left the Hotel Hamil-
ton secretly to drive through tho
parks in and around Washington.
''Peeved" at Press
Not entirely satisfied with com.
ments on her campaign in the
various washington newspapers. &C
cording to her Representatives Ct the
hotel, Mrs. Mcpherson eyaded meet
ine uaNspaper men today. She
wanted the nlorE .liergel. It was
explained. to prepare for her last
two sermons. this afternoon at ESQ
and tonight at 7:30.
Never mind the second coming
Of Christ; tell Us about your own
life.
And Aimee did, discreetly omit
ting such incidents as she thought
best.
This, briefly, was what happened
between the evangei of the Four
Square gospel and. her audience of
1000 expectant- cared persons last
night at the Washington Audi.
torium, while four or five thousand
other persons, comprising the Iarg-
est crowd in the history Of the
auditorium, milled about the en-.
frances outside. trying. but fail.
ing to get in.
Avoided Scandal
II the audience thought that
Aimee's life conferred about her al.
legged secret amours in q hidden cot
tage with her one-tine radio operator,
Aimee, herself, had other ideas. For
she told of her life without detailing
the charges growing out Of her al.
legged kidnapping.
Of her mysterious disappearance
from the California ocean beach, the
trunlxful of fIiImsy undertakings, a.
legedly her own, which were shipped
to New York by Kenneth q. ArnIiS.
ton, radio man, and OF the several
alibis offered by her in explaining
the charges against her, Aimee
spoke not at all.
She referred to the incident In toto
as a Tower of Babel. erected by tEe
devil for the purpose Of making her
0yakwy - fuka Ia nj
But, she said:
"GOd Came Down"
"God heard about this tower that
man had built and He came down
to see about it, just as He did in the
Bible.
"He confused everybody's tongue
until not one of the accusers could
tell the same story twice.
'"Then God gave a flip Of His little
finger, and down crashed the man.
built tower. carrying with it the
dastardly charges made against an
innocent woman"
Last night marked the fourth of
Mrs. McPherson's schedule Of six
sermons in Washington. She viii
preach again at 2:30 o'clock today
and her final appearance will be at
7:30 tonight.
Money Rolls In !.
At each service thus far she has
collected so dishpans OF money.
many OF them being filled to the
brim with coins and bank notes.
The 200 panfuls of money Is in
a great drawer in the safe of the
Hamilton Hotel, where the McPher-
son party is staying. Today It
will be counted.
The bills will be separated from
the coin. picked out, assorted into
piles according to denomination. and
banded into little bundles.
The silver will be scooped into a
big bag and lugged to some local
bank.
It win be run through q money
counting machine.
It would take too much time to
count it by hand.
Shortly after breakfasting today,
Mrs. Mcpherson. accompanied in
private automobiles by other MEM
bers Of her encourage, left the
Hemilton Hotel for tour Of the
sights" of Washington.
They are expected to visit the
Monument. Lincoln Memorial. the
Capitol. Rock Greek Park and a
number of other places Of scenic
and historic interest.