The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-24

for their daily bread, and tries to
do. But they use different
methods, similar to Coue's.
Their motto is: LOOK UP AND
HOPE. Pray to your God and
He will give you at least hopes,
hopes, hopes, hopes. They carry
with them a great big American
flag bearing the forty-eight stars
but without stripes. In the cen
ter of the flag appears a big blue
star with a big white cross
inserted in the said star. Above the
! star appears a two-inch line written
with red ink-LOOK UP AND HOPE.
One Dry Spot.
do not believe in any religion
whatever, but l am almost forced to
attend these so-called religious serv-
ices which are held at the Library
every Sunday, because outside of the
hospital, the library is the only dry
place in the whole institution. All
other places are moist, damp UNI
healthy and filthy. In order to get a
seat that gives me a chance to see
all the free show, have to get there
early in the morning.
The first scene begins with the ap-
pearance of the Catholic buck all
dressed in white robes like a X. K. X.
After the lighting of candles and the
hanging of Jesus Christ on the walls,
he turns his back to his hearers and
begins to read few Latin words from
his mass book which nobody under
stands but himself, then directs few
blessings towards Jesus Christ who
is hung on the wall above his altar,
and afterwards drinks a bottle of
wine, in spite of the prohibition law,
then turns his back to Jesus and fac
ing his hearers, pronounces a few
Dominus Vobiscum, and the mass is
finished.
Protestant Shifts Scenery.
The second act begins at a. m.
with the appearance of a Protestant
pastor The first thing he does is to
take Jesus away from the wall, where
the Catholic had it, hides it in an
empty shelf in the altar, throws away
,tH Tho candies, takes apart the altar
and converts it into a comfortable
table; so the former Catholic altar
now appears in the form of a speak
ing tribune. Thus, the Protestant,
instead of reading Latin words from
a mass book reads verses from his
Holy Bible, and instead of drinking
wine, he drinks water, but of course,
he prays to the same imaginary God
as the Catholic does.
Next outfit is the Christian En-
deavor Society. This outfit comes in
as bunch and altho they use the
same Bible as the Protestant pastor,
they read from different chapters.
But they of course, do more singing
than any other outfit and therefore,
attract more convicts.
Starvation Army in Too.
Next conglomeration is the Saliva
tion Army. About this bunch it is not
necessary to speak because every
slave in the country knows their me-
thods and knows how they function
in all down-towns; the only difference
. is that they do not beg in here be-
cause the convicts have no nickels to
throw into their tambourines.
Next in line is the Theosophical
Society. They too, altho they do not
believe in heaven or hell, nor read
chapters from the Bible, tell you how
to be good slaves and to serve your
masters in the right way, and if you
are a good slave in this world when
you die your soul may be reincarnated
into another body where it will share
all the good things of life, or, in other
words, your soul may be reincarnated
into a body of rich man. On the
contrary, if you are not good slave
in this world, your soul may be re-
incarnated into body of another
slave and will suffer all the hell on
this earth.
The Lutherans, altho not very often,
also compose part of San Quentin's
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