The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-01
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ELMER GANTRY: SCOUNDREL.

ELMER GANTRY: SCOUNDREL.
Gantry by Sinclair Lewis Harcourt Brace Co. So
Had been religious preacher instead Of cop
nd Sinclair head s bS latest sGGfr into D & and its
depths and was going thru purifying process great would
all preachers are not entirely devoid Of of dy and that the
yns themselves and to hs Rs0o Oh years IN "
make Gasy Tne story OF GUaa% preacher the KIND that %u
He could carry his liquor like half dozen mem had good TO
Here ELMER Gantry" in
The Of the
jim Ief soouned for relief from the Toug wastes Of Kansas
s @ u ta ce2 ] ssnd tho % an be % about E%
seduction the acquisition of fresh stocks of Obscent and
Elmer was service vineyard
pleasure fleeing contemplation Of
Aided BY his atheist @ jim Ieff Elmer long resisted ali
efforts save him But finally he subdued by giant M
Elmer by threatening knock
him hitting the awdus trail Jim Lefferts the of intelligence lost
GanTy The fact Elmer had soul He all appetite
Next thing Ganry delivering lecture from pulpit and
was the atheist effer that suggested the sperge It got the morn
occasional slips from when the flesh down before the devil
corn whkey Still Elmer had good pair Of lungs glib tongue and
Gany
assigned Lulu Bains fell Elmer like quail the wandering Israel
puned rustic lover of ulu suspected that the spiritual activities of Mr.
This little incident ended victory for the preacher who Unanswered
the 's a aS the a4S9 % eSa and won the d'n apologies
n a
his way to his post he ran into salesman who had pint of Bourbon
the hip and the preacher went on bat with everything thrown in that
his hand selling farm implements and was top noher the
Sharon Fae the evangelist the dead spit Of Aimee
Sharon the respectable Enghman
Sharon many SOULS
salary and doing big time when fire burned the big tabernacle the
After this Elmer had few unpleasant experiences trying to make
when Wd e nu on G fsbs n a % n
consong daughter
Elmer cursed and went thru with it. From then he gap
the wahest people the city, Ourged nde thought
by wealthy put
seducers trail who compelled confession Elmer
return which she received her fare distant city Elmer
received with numbering applause by his flock even was Aimee
after her from the little cottage
This is synopsis Of the
powerful popular this
Iuu Elmer not s vboe ns He the ansd am h
there isl One reading this book cannot but feel that an honest erS
the midst of this aggregation of trained frauds would feel
weakness is that Lewis his WELL
and a novel ammed between two covers
The author refreshingy impartial
suggestion that the catholic church little bit dgnid
equally dishonest Lewis knows the
graft
Lewis makes quite clear that the from the buhwacng
and against n the with exceptions a few that barely
why of aegedy liberal critics
S nsm @ s at ns for s ] and %
the arhgh greatest
pools modern society
The time will yet when poisoning
religious will be considered
If entirely wiping
religious boogg
underground addict instead of
Elmer
the underground religious racket adventure seeking youths long
drawn to the
Every preacher and the United States
Elmer typical Nobody person judgment would
reading
seduction after another What obvious however
of
hypocrites that lied themselves of working living
T. J. oFLAHERTY. \
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