New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1917, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1917. Be Strong and Be a Man, Is Billy Sunday’s Advice Evangelist Tells Wesleyan S tudents It Takes More Than .a Varsity Letter, Frat Pin and Bull Dog ' Pipe to Make a Man, (Spectal’ ts the Herald) . “Be strong and be a man,’ was the subject of “Billy” Sunday’s vigorous sermon preached yesterday afternoon before the assembled . students. ‘and Suests at the Wesleyan college chap- A medium sized man, nervously con- appeared yes- has been sald i ement that mnny have credited to his b wermons was lackink, and if yester- . day's. was & true sample of the great [ methods one would have ' to be very pious to find fault. State- ments he makes printed in & newspa- por and read by one who neither hsard the sermon or knew the circum- stances might sound crude or _even ighting towands the Hternal Being, but hearing Sunday speak them puts them in an entirely different light. “Manifestly evident, is the lack of any disrespect to the Lord. ‘Billy Sun- day is & man with a message who de- © Hiyers that message in the vernacular of the day, the slang of the street, the phraseology of the sporting page. His unusual method of delivery and ex- pounding his subject is his source strength,” Hearing him, people seem t6 be at first amused at his quaint say- ings. Later these anylnn are torced ‘home as truths. || Sunday's Life Story. To the college men yesterday “Bil- n 1y’ Sunday preached 'a forceful ser- monson_ “Be Strong.and Be.a Man" und used ‘as his theme David's dying #dvice to Solomon. He said that Da- vid did not advise his son to be a success in any particular line-orite do any particular thing, for he knew that It he. would enly “be strong and be a me” he would do these !filn.fl. he ‘could not help it. blood, quickly tones upthe forces nd hnn buh Mflpnd %z Of no little interest was Sunday's stoéry of his own life which he told to the students. He took them back thirty years to the old days when he was the star right fielder on the Chica- ®o baseball team and when such play- ers as Mike 'Kelley, Jim Fiynn, Pop Arison, John Clarkson and others well known to the baseball world were his companions ‘and friends. He told of a trip made one Sunday morning by Kelley, Clarkson, himself and several other famous ball players to a Chica- g0 saloon where they all proceeded to get drunk. Returning to the street they sat on the curb stone, Presently 2 band of men and women playing in- struments, singing hymns came along preacheding a little gospel concluding with the plea that someone of the par- ty be converted. ‘“Those songs they sung brought me back to my little boyhood home in Iowa, they were the songs my dear old mother used to sing to me. I remembered them as :the songs I sang when a small boy at- tending Sunday school and right there I determined to change my path. I jumped to my feet and told my com- panions that we had reached the part- ing of the ways. Some laughed, some said nothing and one gave me a friendly push in the direction of Jesus Christ,” Sunday said. Following this episode of his own conversion he ex- plained that for fear the other ball players ‘would laugh at him for turn- ing from their, wild ways he went for two days without eating because' he was afraid to meet therh in the dining room. Finally, when he did join them, Kelley slapred him on the back and satd “Billy”’, religion ain’t m; suit, but if I can help you—he! imit’” Kelley, Sunday 'decla; was 1he greatest all around baseball player that ever dopned a uniform, vet thir- ty years dgo he was sitting drink on the street corner in Chicago and today he is dead, Clarkson was by far the greatest baseball pitcher who aver Aived,” but thirty years ago he was sit- ting drunk on that same corner. He is dead. Flint was one of the greatest ball players the game ever produced, yvet he died a drunkard's death, Sun- day shouted, and then called atten- tion to himself who had followed the path of the Lord and had reformed. Cut Out Oigarettes and Booze. He spoke rabidly against the use of cigarettes and liquor. To the smoker he declared that if he must smoke, load up a good old pipe, but “cut out” the cigarettes. 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Main St., where he ia intro remedy to the mm&u puble. i% tlons, backed up and medical kno curse/of strong drink. : Throughout his wtu-e sefmon, i\\h- day advised his listeners to be strong: In every way that they may bscome strong men. He said that each man is| & hero of some boy and the,! does are oftimes. ' reflected ave i child. He beseeched his listeners 1o | be temperate in all things, to alts high in.their ambitions te avoid low . and lewd comipanions and to work hard. At the conclusion of his sermon prac- tically evéryone of the in the college chapel rushe to grasp him by the - Before completing his serm; told the college boys “it will something ' beside a. varsity letter, Greek frat pin, a class hat, a bull- dog pipe and a lot of rah-rah-rahing to make a man of you, and you'll find it true when you get out.” He also declared, while President * Shankiin Jed the cheering, that “‘the man ‘who laughs at & man who wants to go straight and accept God i« a0, MWW | down I wouldn't insult a pole-cat by comparing the two,” Stories of the Past. An incident of his own ball play- ing days in which religion figured was related by Sunday. ‘The Chicago team and the old Detroits were play- ing for the championship and the score stood 8 to' 2 in Chicago's favor when in the ninth inming, Detroit got a man on second and third with two outs. The 'Dbatter'’s weakiess was known. high and clase, but he could murde a low, pltched ball. John Clarkson,; who Was termed by Sunday as 2! greatest pitcher ever, was on ' the mound for Chicago and was about to deliver & waist-high ball when his foot ‘siipped and’ a low ball resulted. “I heard the crack of the bat against the ball and knew from' experience 'that it was coming my way. In those days I could judge 'ithhl ten feet where a ball was going to'land and as I raced back I saw it would go into the crowd. I yelled for them to make way, which they didt just like the Red Sea parted for Momes” hosta. Looking over my shouldér I saw the ball and then I prayed to. the Lord to help me. I said’ Lord, if you can help me catch that ball pledse do, and If you're going to help me you've got to make up your mind pretty quick.” I stuck up my left hand and the ball hit it—and stuck. The game wag won,” ‘Sunday related. He also tald of his own physical prowess in days gone by, and reminded the assembled students that he was the first man who ever circled the bases in fourteen seconds. He also told them that in his prime he could run a hundred yards in ten seconds flat and no man in America could beat him. *“I can do it in thirteen or fourteen now, and if I had my wind I coyld do better,” he averred. Sunday's own story of the death of Jim Flint, one time famous: baseball player, and of his death bed conver- sation was llkewise interesting. Flint had descended into the vilest depths' of degradation and- & short time besy fore his death his wite, who had left him, took him to her home and had MORE RHEUMATISM THAN EVER BEFORE Clergymen, Lawyers, Brokers, Me- chanios and Merchants Stricken. Our old friend Rhermatiz is having Hs inning this year, and a few words of .caution from one who knows all about it may not be amiss. ‘Wear rubbers in damp weeather; keep your feet dry; drink plenty . of lemonade, and avoid strong alcoholic drinks. If rheumatism gets ‘ou, or sciatica, end you have sharp twinges, gnawing rain or swollen joints or muscles, you can get rid of all agony in just a few days by teking one-half teaspoonful of Rheuma once a day. All druggists know about Rheuma; it's harmless, yet powerful; cheap, yet | sure, and a 50-cent bottle will last a Iong time. Ask Clark & Brainerd Qe o> anw druggist, He could not hit & dall walst 2l s ‘chellas Band Vlctor Hcrbert’ The world’s greatest artzsts . Mahegaay or cak you' want to Mear in your home are the famous : _musicians who are the favorites of the music-loving t;helr ‘exceptional brilliance are etrazzm' i . Wlntehlfl othe: i rbrattd musical organizations. Their reatest artists. de Go, uck, empel elfia, § singers. omer, Schumann- Williams, Elman, and other noted instru- “Pryor's Band, Conway’s Band, Orchestra and other dcrful ac levcmexm of one instrument—the Victrola. artists the ment cap its natural cholcn a%:a\lty m’f‘hat is exclusive v*mm desler will gladly demonstrate the various styles of the Victor ud Victrola ,;.!{,:{,;»"Mht"hMfllllllltmn summoned the best doctors in Chicago to his aid. Upen being told that the Great Umpire was about to ‘‘call his game,” Flint sent for “Billy.” “The dying. man pulled me close to him and sald, ‘Bllly, what I have been does me no good now, I can see the crowds cheer as I make a hit. I can hear them hiss as I muff a catch. I can hear the bleachers roar my name @s I come to bat. I can see the times I have had in the'past, but them mean nothing to me now and if the Umpire is about to call the game will you put in a word for me, Billy’ I saw his eyes dilate, his breathing be- came labored and then the Great Um-’| pire ruled ‘Flint, you're out’, * shout- ed the evangelist. Sunday then told how he preached Jim Flint'’s funeral sermon and tried to impress the man's life end its moral to those who were present, including -millionaires, wctors, actresses, women of the street, drunkards, baseball players and men from every walk of lifi Billy Sunday Specials. Following are a number of Billy Sunday's pointed paragraphs, gleaned from his speech of yesterday, each one of a homely epigram, the wis- dom of which is apparent: All some people care for is appear- ances, Open their front door and you'reAn the back vard. Sham battles never kill anyone. Sham characters do not count, Be strong, show yourself a man and not a mutt or & mollycoddle or a fourflusher or a false alarm. Be a man. Before you go into a saloon take a look into the plate glads window at Nah-. Al Victor Victor Records are patented and are. .dyl-—o-l.\nu:znntd’uncuwm Victor ln-th and Victor ‘aclentifically coordinated and eynchronised the Victrola —Omn “W—-md play for you any music you wishgo hear, VmTMM%MN.J. Telking Machines Mashines are N cel& erformances in your home are all due to the won-, The 4s the only instrus their superb art into the home in.all’ why they make Victor Rccords and with right of use with Victer ‘Talking Machines caly, by our special prosesses of ‘mmmumm sach ether, is Sot oaly unsuthorised, but damaging and unsatisfactory. New Vistor Recerds demonstrated at all dealers on the 25th of each month into the side alley. Talk it over with yourself before,you do. All the great men of the Bible and of the world were made of the same stuff as we are, boys. They were sub- jected to the same temptations, but they were strong enough to put temp- tation behind them. Be strong, be a man. You've got to sign your own Decla- ration of Independence and fisht your own revolutianary war. If you have declded not to take your “Tiz” Fixes Aching, Swollen, Sore Feet How “Tiz” does comfort burning, calloused fect and corns, tired, Good-bye, sore feet, burning feet, swollen feet, tender feet, tired feet. Good-bye, corns, ness, no more limping with pain or drawing up your face in agony. “Tiz” is magical, acts right off. “Tiz" draws out all the poisonous exudations which puff up the feet. Use “Tiz” and wear smaller shoes. Use “Tiz” and forget your foot misery. Ah! how comfort- able your feet feel. Get a 2B-cent box of “Tiz” any druggist. or department store. Don’t suffer. Have good feet, glad feet, feet that never swell, never hurt, now at the bleary eyed, drunken, realing, ver- | never get tired. A year’'s foot comfort min ridden sot who'just tumbled out gunmnteed ore«money refunded. callouses, bunions , and raw spots. No more shoe tight- | first drink, you have half decided to. You can’t make your decision when you reach the spot, you've got to de- { cide finst. If yau allow the devil to choose your company you'll do anything he wants you to. The difference between fallure and success is a thing done almost right and a thing done just right. Every man is some boy’s hero. If everybody lived right then nobody would go wrong. The best time for a man to begin to sow his crop of wild oats is when he 18 between the ages of eighty-five and ninety. When he has lost the joys of drawing a full house. When his eyes are too dim to see the corner pocket. When he can’t tell a “lady” friend from the night watchman. Many men who are physical giants are nothing but carbunklex on the neck of the body politic, You can’'t measure a man with a tape measure placed around his biceps. Or, success by the rattle of the cash register. / The world needs more = solid ma- hogany. There are too many veneered A big job is always looking for a man to fill it. One half of the ills that curse the world come from an endeavor to at- tain a realm you cannot reach. You will get out of life just what you look for. The bee gets honey from the flower where the spider gets poison. The spider thinks the bee is a fool. You all look upan the world from your own standpoint. The tailor looking at Niagara Falls thinks what a great thing it would be to sponge a suit. The farmer thinks if it was only milk how much butter it would our own standpoint. Only when he barks his sh the giraffe know he's still o firma. The undertaker is the when he is hanging a crepe door-knoh, It's because a young man the wrong gang that he dies man in the penitentiary, 3 The world is full of failures n¢ cause of lack of ambition, bufi cause men drift aside because of of incentive. If you aim high your endeavon never be low. Don’t swallow a potato bu then take paris green to kill th Don't trifie with temptation. trifie with sin... Don’t pick w wire with your bare hands unie are tired of living. You can’t ride blind bagsage gospe) train.. . You've got to pa way. Pneumaonia has a first mortgt a boozer, 5 Don't look for an easy chi cushions if you want to mug in the hall of fame. = A whiskey barrel is more: than a gun barrel. Grape Jjuice has kmqfl‘ grape shot. Don't be & morsl tramp God’s bath house. ‘Before you sit on the nnruo‘ take a look at the, last fello did and who they are just sweepl] with a brush broom and a dust By Unity Rebekah Lodge, No. give a pubHc whist at the bal hall at Junior O. U. A. M. Thursday, Jan. 13, 1917, 8 p. m. churn. We all look at the world from | —adve.