Word: long
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Sullivan, "The Long Day Closes...
...John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides; of Adoniram Judson, missionary to Burma; of David Livingstone, missionary to Africa; of Hans Egede, missionary to Iceland. If, after a careful persusal of the lives of these men, he still has any lingering doubts that the missionary is not a long-haired non-producer, but a person of heroic character and the moulder of people from savages into civilized beings, the "average educated man" may choose from a number of living soldiers of the Cross who are carrying on work of a character somewhat similar to that of the earlier heroes...
...cast is long and contains a number of the best head-liners in extravaganza and vaudeville. Following is the roster: Ralph Horz, Chic Sale, William and Gordon Dooley, Watson Sisters, Adelaide & Hughes, J. Francis Dooley and Corine Sales, Katherine Galloway, George Baldwin, Esther Walker, Jack Squires, Virginia Fissinger, James Moore, Ethel Gray, Katherine Wylie, Arthur Cardinal, Eileen Rooney, John Kearns, Jim Dailey, Mart Fuller Golden, Roger Little, Edith Pierce and 205 clean cut cuties and capering choristers. This is the third and next to the last week...
...believe that the present unrest is not caused primarily by the anarchy of the radical elements, either here or in Europe. "Strikes are now more prevalent in America and abroad than at any other period of modern history. They are not, however, due to the utterances of some long-haired European radical, but are caused by two entirely different factors. The first is the increasing pressure of the cost of living, which results in an unrest among the workingmen. The second is the growing feeling among the laboring class that labor is indispensable, and, therefore, can demand greater wages...
...prevalent picture of a modern missionary in the mind of the average educated man is the idea of a long-haired individual, with a Bible, standing under a palm tree trying to "convert the heathen." Many people have a strong antagonism to the work of missions, and believe that people in foreign countries are happier without than with the missionary...