Show n CHURCH CHASES SALOON Religious Edifice on Wheels Moves About Town Wherever Most Needed Philadelphia Thero is In Philadelphia Philadel-phia a lively little church which is in dulglng in a merry chase after saloons of this city much to tho discomfort of the men behind the bars This little religious edifice Is on wheels and It has Instigated one of tho liveliest campaigns against the selling of liquor ever waged This lithe church always has been a mission church going hither and yon wherever It seemed to bo tho most needed but It has only recently entered so actively upon tho temperance field Wherever the pastor of this perambulating perambu-lating church and his assistant Harry A Mnchey learn that a man Is applyIng apply-Ing for a license In a now district they wait until the application has ben filed and then picking up their little church walk to within a few feet of tho spot plan their edifice and then enter protest against the establishing of a saloon Fourteen times and It has been working only a few weeks has this church chased a wouldbe saloonkeeper out of business It always has a congregation con-gregation of more than GO souls and so can rightly term Itself a thoroughbred thorough-bred church with all accessories accorded ac-corded to a stone edifice Tho congregation congre-gation almost gleefully follow their vagrant church and they have grand rally meetings after every successful light against the establishment of a saloon sa-loon It will not be long before other mission mis-sion churches on wheels will enter this crusade against the selling ot liquor and they will be able to put up one of tho biggest fights over waged against the saloonkeeper They havo tho law with them and the sheer humor of the situation will render a wouldbo saloonkeeper sa-loonkeeper helpless with the judge Th mission is a substantial loolting wooden church with a seating capacity of 250 The pastor Is a man of moans and a number of influential temperance temper-ance advocates are backing him so that tho money is always forthcoming when ho desires to lease a lot for his church and he feels It no hardship if tho exigencies of tho case make him deem it wise to set tho wheels of his church moving before a lease has expired ex-pired He always secures tho land for the very shortest possible time subject sub-ject to renewal and thus while not binding himself and his church unnecessarily un-necessarily ho lends an air of perma necy to the action which justifies him In telling the judge that ho does not know how long ho will remain |