The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
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fishers OF Little Blue Books,
Girard, Kansas. The marriage is not
unusual except that the ceremony was
performed by clergyman, despite
Mr.. Haldeman's Cor is it Julius's?)
professed atheism, which of course
may have gone the way of Will Dur
ants idealism by now. Had the
couple been content with a special
edition of the next issue of "Halde-
mans Quarterly" they would never
get on the front pages of the capital
list papers, but this would be letting
a good opportunity to snatch some
publicity for Little Blue Books"
slip by, =
AN ordinary marriage, even in thu
- family of such an expert eXhi-
bitionist as Haldeman-Julius would
pass almost unnoticed if the Ford of
literature had not flair for pub
LEFTY. So he turned a union that
would not tingle the moral nerves Of
a Vermont cider magnate into ma
tional sensation by calling it ''com-
panionate marriage" which is quite
true since the happy couple intend to
live together as man and wife Now
Julius and Marcel Haldeman, the
good lady who put the renegade So
cialist in business, have been able to
get their effusions on the Associated
Press wires, with the result that the
sale of Little Blue Books" should go
up sharply.
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y my own heart. He is 105 years
| old and does not attribute his long
evity to following Bernarr MacFad-
denis advice to the lovelorn or taking
sun baths in a non-medical boiler fac
tory. It is comforting to know that
Rumsey "ate what he pleased, drank
what he pleased and had a good time
with the best of them" Here is a
chance for a go-getter to make
! fortune. The average person is too
lazy to take proper care of his health
and there is nothing he would like
better than to be kidded for cash into
che belief that by eating and drink
| ing as he pleased he would live for
a century. Be prepared for the es-
Immortality Therapeutic Institute.
! A RUSSIAN czarist refugee by ths
IA name of Tamara, now living in
Greece has developed a technique for
keeping her converts to christianity
on the straight and narrow path. Just
as soon as they sign on the dotted
line, she either kills them or marries
them. The number of converts con-
signed to heaven to date by the de-
vout lady is not known, but her
evangelical career came to halt
when she was about to "save" her
second Chinaman. when police
reached Tamara's room the girl was
in prayer. Reverently waiting until
she had finished, the officers heard
her expound her own worthiness for
salvation because of the souls whose
eternal bliss she had assured by send
ing them to the next world at the
moment when they were in Heavens
grace" Had Billy Sunday and Aimee
Mcpherson used Tamara's precau-
lions against backsliding, the loss
from wear and tear in their business
would not be so heavy.
| IINCE writing the above paragraph,
l have been informed by a mem.
Der of the staff who is versed in the
history of Mormonism that Tamara's
technique is not new contribution
to the art of soul-saving. The fol-
lowers of Joseph Smith, who knew
the value of political power as well
as being in right with god, religiously
killed members of the church who
showed signs of becoming lukewarm
in their devotion to their deity. A
Mormon caught going to bed minus
his white flannel underwear was con-
sidered legitimate prey for the homi-
cidal attentions of any one hundred
per cent Mormon who might be
hiding behind the curtains. Recently
suspicion has grown among the
good people of Salt Lake City that
base motive usually skulked behind
the camouflage of godlinesS that
cloaked the Mormon devotion to the
tenets of the Smith creed, and Nor
mons can now shed their white flan-
nels with impunity, while enjoying
nocturnal repose.
CUPREME Court Justice George H.
~ Taylor, Jr., of White Plains needs
the alleged wisdom of Solomon to
solve a matrimonial tangle that con-
fronts him. A 81 year-old lady wants
a separation allowance of $50 week
from her husband as well as generous
counsel fees on the ground of cruel
and inhuman treatment, said treat
ment consisting of her husbands
habit of scratching her with long
toe nail, his aversion to taking a
bath oftener than once year and
prankish prediction for wearing
greasy shirt to bed on occasion.
There is precedent for granting a
separation decree because a husband