Consolation, February 23, 1938

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Contents

Lives of the Popes 3

Anecdotes of Ambrose 5

Pioneering in Northern Alberta 6

How Pioneers Can Defeat the High Cost of Living 9

Who Are the Quacks? 11

Giving Good Money for Counterfeit Goods 13

Four Physical Culture Exercises 14

The Trial of Jesus 15

Your Bible Questions Answered by Judge Rutherford 17

The Hierarchy's Racket in Jamaica 18

Britain, Central Europe, Germany 20-22

U. S. Government 24-26

New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Northwestern States 27-29

By Trail and Stream and Garden Path (A New Pet) 30

Winter Crystal—Cover Design 31

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Good Batteries and Switches

◆ Around midnight one night, so says the Brooklyn Tablet (Catholic), the cathedral at Patna City, India, lit up and an odor of incense came from it, as on another occasion, when a dead priest was supposed to be offering mass. If you have sufficient "faith", here is another "saint" in the making; if you don't, you can either reflect that India is a demon-ridden land or that it may be that this was just a case of good batteries and switches, to whoop up revenues when times are dull and Jehovah's witnesses have been around with the truth.

"Archbishop Knew Nothing"

◆ A wag in Australia sent this magazine a copy of the Sydney (Australia) Daily Telegraph of June 3, 1937, containing an article which had as its headline the above caption. Then he was mean enough to put on the face of the clipping the words "How true!" Probably, if he had gone on to read the clipping, he would have found that the newspaperman was merely trying to explain that it was not the archbishop's fault that Reverend Jardine went to Monts, France, to marry the duke of Windsor.

Medal Business on the Blink

◆ The Catholic Information Society, Richmond, Va., seems to suspect that there is something decayed in Denmark when it says:

More and more cars on the road. More and more deaths on the highway. More and more St. Christopher medals in automobiles. (Then several hundred words of buncombe—and—) But to him who has no such faith a St. Christopher medal is of the exact same use as a four-leaf clover, a buck-eye or a rabbit's foot—no use at all except perhaps to reveal openly a silly superstition.

Did Not Learn Anything Yet

◆ The statement of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, that "some league of nations is the only practicable program for saving civilization from destruction", reminds one of the statement of the little girl to her mother, "God does not answer your prayers; because you have been praying Him to make me a good little girl, and He hasn't done it yet."

CONSOLATION

"And in His name shall the nations hope."—Matthew 12:21, A. R. V.

Volume XIX Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday, February 23, 1938 Number 481

Lives of the Popes

(Submitted in vain to one of the great Philadelphia dailies)

THE history of the popes as appearing in your newspapers in the past week will fool nobody. Aside from Roman Catholic communicants who do not know any better, all "Protestants", atheists, agnostics and unbelievers will notice a great lack in that "history" (which they will know for poorly-concealed propaganda to get sympathy for a supposedly sick pope). They may not know the actual details, but they have read enough and seen enough to smell a bad odor, the bad odor of dishonesty.

They suspect, but do not actually know of the following fact: that the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, of which the pope is head, is nothing more than a religio-political organization and that it is responsible for most of the European wars and blood-shedding since it came into being. They will credit at once the outstanding details in the following which should be included in any summary of Papal personnel:

Silverius (536-538) was expelled from Rome on charge of having betrayed the city to the Goths.

Gregory I (590-604), great-grandson of Pope Felix II, when Phocas murdered Emperor Maurice and ascended the throne, wrote Phocas: "The Almighty has chosen you and put you on the throne. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth leap for joy." How is that for cordiality to a murderer?

Sabinianus (604-606) cornered breadstuffs during a famine and raised the price to an extortionate figure.

Honorius I (625-638), officially "infallible", has been officially condemned as having taught heresy officially. How about an explanation?

Theodorus I (642-649) originated the custom of dipping the pen in consecrated wine when signing the death warrant of heretics.

Agatho (678-682), officially "infallible", officially condemned Honorius I as having taught heresy officially. Just tell which was "infallible".

Sergius I (687-701) purchased his seat by pawning the ornaments of St. Peter. He was also accused of adultery.

Constantine I (708-715) induced the Roman Emperor Justinian II to cut out the tongue and blind the eyes of the archbishop of Ravenna for the latter's failure to obey the pope.

Stephen III (768-772) put out the eyes of a lay pope whom he displaced on the Papal throne.

Paschal I (817-824) tore out the tongues and eyes and then beheaded two venerable priests who had exposed his vices.

Eugenius II (824-827) invented the inhuman ordeal by cold water.

Nicholas I (858-867) "tamed kings and tyrants, and ruled the world like a sovereign; to the wicked and unconverted he was a terror", says a Catholic historian.

John VIII (872-882) was first poisoned by a cardinal, and when the poison did not work he broke John's head with a hammer. This was not John's fault, but is an interesting commentary on the kind of people with whom he associated.

Stephen VII (896-897) exhumed the body of Pope Formosus, and had it mutilated and thrown into the Tiber. He was himself strangled by a cardinal. Some more commentary on Papal history.

Christopher (903-904) boldly deposed Leo V as soon as elected, and caused his death within forty days from the time he ascended the throne. He also was murdered by his successor.

Sergius III (904-911), who murdered Christopher, had several children by his concubine Marosia.

John X (915-928) was murdered by Marosia. Some queen.

Leo VI (928-929) also was murdered by Marosia. Some dame.

John XI (931-935) was the son of Marosia by Pope Sergius III. One of the cardinals poisoned him.

John XII (956-964) was famous for rape, simony, mutilation and emasculation of rivals. He was murdered in the act of committing adultery.

Benedict VI (972-973) was poisoned by one of the cardinals.

Boniface VII (984-985), on account of licentiousness and cruelty, had to skip the town. He remained away eleven years, returned, put John XIV in prison and ascended the throne in his place. A little irregular, eh?

Gregory V (996-999) had the eyes of antipope John pierced, his nose cut off and his tongue torn out.

John XIX (1024-1033) tried to sell the Roman primacy over the Eastern church for a pecuniary consideration. The deal fell through.

Benedict IX (1033-1045) was elected pope "intercedente thesaurorum pecuniae" at 12 years of age, the popedom having been purchased for him by his wealthy parents. He abdicated to marry a girl of noble family.

Gregory VI (1045-1046) bought the popedom from Benedict IX. In his reign, at a council in Lyons, the archbishop and 45 bishops confessed themselves guilty of buying and selling church offices—simony.

Gregory VII (1073-1085) established so-called "celibacy" in the priesthood, forcing married men to give up and disown wives and children.

Lucius II (1144-1145) was stoned to death in the streets of Rome for maintaining intolerable conditions and trying to sustain them by force.

The tattooed lady

Adrian IV (1154-1159) had Arnold of Brescia burned alive for preaching against papal corruption.

Alexander III (1159-1181) ordered a crusade against all "heretics".

Innocent III (1198-1216) instigated the fourth Crusade, which was directed against the Christians of the East. When the English barons forced King John to grant the act of Magna Charta, Innocent interfered, absolved John from his obligations to make the concessions he had made, and laid England under an interdict, passing sentence of excommunication upon all who should obey or try to enforce the act. He provided John with a large foreign army and set him to intimidating, robbing and murdering his own people (somewhat as is now being done by Franco in Spain), but his crowning infamy was the merciless crusade he instigated against the Albigenses of southern France.

Gregory IX (1227-1241) formally established the Inquisition, excommunicated kings and incited nations to revolt; organized a conspiracy to secure assassination of Frederick, emperor of Germany; plunged Germany and Italy into frightful war; organized crusade against Frederick's successor, Conrad, and granted indulgences to all who would take up arms; offered indulgences, with pay, to whoever would murder Philip the Handsome of France.

John XXII (1316-1334) grew immensely wealthy by sale of indulgences; burned more than 1,000 "heretics".

Urban VI (1378-1389) in his conflict with his rival, Clement VII, flooded Europe with gore, and tortured his captured enemies most fiendishly. Peasants, men and women, were slaughtered by wholesale. He personally superintended the torture and slow murder of many of his victims. He shut wolves in the cell of one cardinal, buried another to his neck in quicklime, and sewed others of the unfortunates in bags with serpents and cast them into the sea.

John XXIII (1410- deposed 1415) was found guilty by the Council of Constance of murder and incest. His secretary described him as a monster of avarice, ambition, outrage and cruelty. He was a pirate, poisoned Pope Alexander V to get the papal chair, poisoned the physician he had employed to kill Alexander, extorted money by torture, poisoned King Ladislaus, outraged hundreds of nuns, and cruelly tortured the victims of his hate.

Martin V (1417-1431) held a magnificent auto-da-fé; one of his victims was John Huss. He started a crusade against Hussites and followers of Jerome in Bohemia. He wrote to his legate in Germany, “Strike with your sword, and when your arm cannot reach the guilty (Protestants), employ poison.” To Wladyslaw of Poland, “Turn your forces against Bohemia; burn, massacre, make deserts everywhere.”

Alexander VI (1492-1503) had seven acknowledged bastards and many mistresses. Alexander tried to poison nine cardinals at one sitting; a stupid servant gave him the wrong glass and he went out instead.

And that's only a few. It is the big newspapers like yours that are trying to popularize the above shameless record in America. Even the backwoods journalism of 100 years ago would blush with shame to see their fat offspring thus abandon the clear call of freedom, honesty and courage. Your courage is gone; you have nothing left to live for but Rome's brass check.—J. E. Belden, Pennsylvania.

Anecdotes of Ambrose

“Vicar of Christ” (?)

◆ The alleged “Vicar of Christ” is reported as saying to a friend something that indicates about how much use he has for the One he is supposed to represent. Indeed, he seems to think that a woman is the one that runs His affairs and that she decides, and not Christ, just how he is to gain eternal life. The dispatch is by United Press from the pope's summer home at Castel Gandolfo, and shows not the slightest knowledge of whose merit it is that makes eternal life for anybody. Here is what he is alleged to have said. Just consider it in the light of all the Scriptures.

Some persons wish to ask Saint Theresa for intercession, but perhaps she believes it more profitable that I should suffer in order to acquire merit for eternal life.

Would You Think It Possible?

◆ Would you think it possible that any man could be so mentally unbalanced, so misinstructed, so foolish, as to write over his own signature describing himself as “the Common Father of all the redeemed”? Yet that is one of the titles given to himself in the year 1936 by the crown prince of fakirs whose headquarters is at Vatican City.

The Pope's Legs

◆ Somebody wants to know why, when the pope's legs got bad, he didn't hike to Lourdes or some other miracle joint and get them fixed up. Now, what a mean crack that was! The one who wrote that should know that the pope would take no such chance at being found out. The remedies he desired most were the success of the Spanish rebels, the Japanese conquest of China, and the suppression of the Kingdom message. He is getting along nicely now, thank you.

“The Pope in Politics”

◆ In his work The Pope in Politics, William Teeling, himself a Roman Catholic, wonders how long the people of the United States will be satisfied to have every pope an Italian when, as is well known, they give for “Peter's pence” and for the upkeep of the so-called “Holy See” more than all other nations put together, and also provide about half the funds for the mission field.

Pioneering in Northern Alberta

TWO Canadian pioneers and one company worker lately made a trip into the wild and woolly Canadian Northwest. We left Notikewin, Alberta, on January 23 and traveled seven days in about zero weather to reach Fort Vermilion, on the eve of January 30. We spent one night in a warm house at Paddle Prairie during this two-hundred-mile trip. Two nights we slept in our tent-covered unheated rig, under the stars. We spent the other nights in shacks, sometimes a bit drafty, and occasionally a small heater could be used, but the heat did not last long after we were in our sleeping bags. We prepared most of our meals outside, and we were fortunate that the weather remained so mild until we reached the Fort. At north Fort Vermilion we came across James Heber, a Beaver Indian, quite well educated, who had obtained a set of Studies in the Scriptures in 1924 and also The Harp of God, and was deeply interested. We were surprised to find any literature, as we understood that Fort Vermilion had never been witnessed to, and this was true, with the exception of the couple of sets of Studies in the Scriptures that were left there twelve years ago.

The Anglican and Catholic churches were the only kinds of religion that the people could choose from, and we found some that were fed up with the hell-fire brand of religion and were glad to hear something that appealed to reason and was based on the Bible instead of creeds.

The first night in the district we spent at the home of Louie Lambert. They were a nice family, treated us kindly, belonged to the Catholic church, and were mourning the loss of a son. We left The Harp and Where Are the Dead? and other booklets for our accommodations for the night. They looked the books over that evening, and the next morning Harry Lambert, son of Louie Lambert, eagerly took four of the bound books which my partner offered to him. This was January 31, and the Hierarchy’s agents soon heard we had arrived, and lost no time in spreading the warning.

On February 10, when we called at Edward Lambert’s (brother to Harry) I got the following letter (sic):

North Paddle

Fort Vermilion, Alta.

Isaac Wiens

Fort Vermilion, Alberta

Dear Sir:—

I want you to pay my brother Edward the dollar I gave your partner Hiller for those five books. Why didn’t you tell me what the books were for. I’m a Roman Catholic and I don’t want to be anything else. I don’t want to read of your darn religion. And we want to see that you stop peddling that stuff. Everybody is throwing your books in the fire nobody is interested in you fellow’s stories. We're all Romans. So take your book’s away and send my dollar and as soon as possible. don’t fail No interesting stories.

Harry Lambert

I replied:

Dear Sir:

The Bible says “Prove all things and hold fast that which is good.” The priests preach war and murder and the Bible says “Thou shalt not kill”. Read the books and then take them to Hay River and you will be able to get 25c each for them.

Your friend

I. F. Wiens

I added this postscript:

Dear Harry:

We are short of books, as we placed so many, and we often told Catholic people they were forbidden and they took them anyhow. We would take them back, but Mrs. Wiley in town wanted some and had no money when we called. Take some to her and to Hay Lakes and Hay River and you will be able to get 25c for them quite easily.

I.F.W.

The interesting sequel to this story is twofold. Edward Lambert and his wife refused to take any books or booklets when we called at his house; but after writing this note we went to the neighbors, where we stopped for dinner. Edward Lambert came along by dog-team and was quite anxious to get some of the booklets. They had the four large books at Edward Lambert’s, which they intended to return to us. Edward Lambert’s wife could read, while Mr. Lambert was unable to do so. She had read something that appealed to her and she sent him to catch us. I also heard from a cousin of Harry Lambert’s that Harry had read the booklet Where Are the Dead? and he thought the books were all right and would probably keep them. Harry was out of the district and had taken his father back to Hay River trading post, about one hundred miles from Fort Vermilion, and I regretted not being able to see and talk to him.

It was impossible for us to get all the trading posts, but in most cases we called on the families of the traders near or at Fort Vermilion and left the printed message with them. There are a few trappers settled around each post, but most of them would be on their trap lines and we would have been unable to see them. Most of them will be able to get some of the 300 books and booklets which we left around the Fort, as practically all of them return to the Fort in summer.

As far as I could find out, very few, if any, of these books were destroyed. The Catholic system has been firmly entrenched here, and Fort Vermilion was settled about a hundred years ago. Louie Lambert's father came into the district some eighty years ago, as a Hudson Bay man.

It seems that here, as in Spain and Mexico, wherever the Catholic system endeavors to get too strong a grip their position becomes weakened. The Catholic mission is paid by the government to educate the Indians and halfbreeds. Parents have told me that their children had been listed as Indian children, though they had no trace of Indian blood. The parents had already paid their fees to have their children attend the mission school, and this misrepresentation enabled the mission to collect double fees for each child. The children are poorly fed most of the time, getting no milk or butter, while the tables of the nuns and priests are full of cookies, pie, cake and the best of food. The children naturally become petty thieves and swipe cookies that are made for the nuns, and anything they can get their hands on. Visitors have been told not to leave anything in their coat pockets, or it will be stolen. Parents sometimes bring jam, cookies and cheese, or foods of any kind, so their children will get sufficient food and variety. After a dinner of lard and bread and little else, the children are usually all turned outside, whether it is cold or rainy weather. Some children cry in vain to be let in out of the severe cold.

The prayers that are said morning, noon and night are so tiresome that some undernourished children have fainted during prayers, but the vain repetitions must go on.

The priest told Fred Pauls that his house had burned because he didn't go to church, but all seven of the priests at the mission would be unable to explain why some of their largest buildings were twice destroyed by fire.

Many children who attended the mission till fifteen years of age are hardly able to read or write. In the Indian village, Oliska, we were told there was only one boy who could read pretty well. The greater the ignorance, the better material for the superstitions of the Catholic church.

Even though the children's fees have been paid (possibly twice paid), the children have to work for this and practically pay for it a third time. They chop and pile wood, clean the buildings, do the dishes, and all the rest of the drudgery, so the nuns' hands can remain the delicate useless appendages that they are, and to be used only for counting the marble-like decorations that hang around the necks of the black scarecrows that will land on Haman's gallows shortly.

On February 2 we held a meeting in Porter's Hall at Fort Vermilion (of which Mr. Porter kindly gave us the use); and although we had been able to give but two days' notice, we had thirty interested listeners at our Sunday night meeting. Two-thirds of those at the meeting were Catholics and they were open-minded and friendly and took some literature after the meeting, to the extent of five bound books and twenty booklets. Informal questions were varied and interesting. For example: "If we read these books, and follow it to the best of our ability, shall we go through Armageddon or shall we die too when the Devil's crowd is destroyed?" I quoted Psalm 145:20, and said, "The Devil or his crowd might kill some of us as individuals when telling the truth, but many will get protection through Armageddon, and those whom the Devil destroys will get life during the Kingdom, when the wicked will get eternal destruction."

Some of the Catholics admitted that the priest had already been all around the local district warning the Catholics that they would go straight to "hell" if they read Judge Rutherford's books, and that they should burn them. Someone suggested that no one need be afraid of going to "hell", for if there were such a place it would be too crowded with preachers to have room for anyone else.

When we asked if they knew of anyone who had destroyed their books we could not find out one definite case where they knew the books had been burned. The Anglicans did not turn out to the meeting, as there was an Anglican Church service on at the same time.

Just before the meeting, a few hours, we were going to get a gramophone from some Catholic friends and we got a ride on a passing rig and asked the men if they had heard about the evening meeting at Porter’s Hall. One of them said in mournful tones, "I am the Anglican rectah!"

There are only a few more than a dozen places in the main town of Fort Vermilion, with another half-dozen at Buttertown, which is a suburb of the Fort and is on the opposite or north side of the Peace river. Stony Point has eight or nine families and is seven or eight miles west from the Fort, and Lambert Point, about six miles east, accounts for another dozen families. There are about twenty families scattered along the forty-mile trail to Buffalo Head prairie, where we find eight more homes. There are another thirty families on the side trails between Oliska (the Indian village) and Buttertown or North Fort Vermilion. There are approximately a hundred families or homes and the population is between four and five hundred. We placed two hundred bound books and 600 booklets and numerous copies of The Golden Age [now Consolation] and took one Golden Age [Consolation] subscription.

The weather turned colder while we were up north and we were witnessing on days when it was 50 degrees or 60 degrees below zero. We did not suffer from the cold as much as one would expect, as we were fairly well clad for it. We did get an occasional frost-bite or frozen nose or cheek, but these were contributions toward a worthy cause. On our return trip we slept out in cold shacks and made meals in little bluffs and in the bush when the temperature was 35° below. Bread was frozen hard as granite, but, it being previously sliced, we toasted it and ate it with frozen butter, honey or jam. We felt the Lord had well rewarded us for our efforts, in spite of all these and other inconveniences, and after a couple of days' rest at some kind friends at Notikewin we were ready to hit the trail even if it should lead us again two or three hundred miles from the edge of civilization.—Isaac F. Wiens, Canada.

More About Canada

Insects in Canada

◆ In Canada alone there are more than 50,000 known species of insects native to the country. Of that number, 3,000 are classified as destructive enemies. In addition to these enemies there are immigrants which have come to stay, such as the European corn borer, the Hessian fly, the European spruce sawfly, and the Colorado potato beetle. Numerous scientists have expressed the fear that in the fight with insects man will be the loser and perish from the earth. Jehovah’s people know that is not correct, but it illustrates the severity of the conflict now on.

Catholic Workers' Union of Canada

◆ The Catholic Workers' Union of Canada has 50,000 members. It calls no strikes and opens no negotiations with employers without first securing the approval of the "church". The union is growing rapidly, and it is predicted non-Catholics will have hard going in Quebec, where the union is strongest.

Don't Ask About the New Carburetor

◆ Don't ask about how you can get the new carburetor, invented by C. N. Pogue, Winnipeg, Canada, which has two mixing chambers and, by turning the gasoline into fine vapor, makes possible 200 miles on one gallon of gas. Inasmuch as one of the oil companies is alleged to have offered Pogue two million dollars for his invention, this is probably the last that will be heard of it until Armageddon. But if the earth's liquid fuel can thus be economized, what a blessing it will later be to man.

Looting the Quebec Government

◆ Cardinal Villeneuve's control of the Quebec government is so complete that that supposedly British institution recently loaned $5,000,000 to the Roman Catholic Sulpician order, one of the Big Business concerns of Montreal. The government had no right to use public funds to guarantee a loan made to a sectarian institution, but did it anyway.

How Pioneers Can Defeat the High Cost of Living

IN THIS day of battle pioneers must be well equipped physically to withstand the onslaughts of the Devil and proclaim the message of God’s kingdom with the greatest efficiency.

The high cost of living for many pioneers in poor or belligerent territory prohibits eating the healthful food that would equip them properly for their arduous work. Located in a conservative territory where placements are not numerous, my husband and I have evolved a system of healthful eating on a minimum amount of money. It is possible to feed the two of us by spending no more than $1.40 a week. This is done, of course, with the aid of contributions of food for books and booklets.

In the hope that it may help others to keep in better condition for the strenuous days just ahead, I offer a few suggestions for dodging the high cost of living and yet eating bountifully of delicious and healthful food.

The prohibitive price of meat makes it necessary to substitute other dishes that give the same (if not more) nutriment. They include a Mexican loaf made with dried Lima beans, cheese and steamed peppers; peanut butter soup, corn chowder without potatoes, a kidney bean casserole, baked onion soup with cheese, a baked vegetable loaf of dried peas and walnuts, a pimento cheese roast, a soybean loaf, varieties of omelets, a nut loaf with tomato sauce, Mexican rarebit, fish chowder without potatoes, cottage cheese roast, peanut butter loaf, Waverly rarebit with chopped raw peanuts, baked eggs Mexican and many kinds of baked fish dishes or fish salads.

In Proverbs 24:13 we are admonished “Eat thou honey, because it is good.” Honey can be purchased in quantity at fifteen cents a pound and used as a natural sweetening for many foods. After soybeans have been boiled until they are tender, they are delicious steamed a few minutes with butter and honey. Other kinds of dried beans can be served very economically this way. A whole squash that is baked with honey and butter is not only delicious, but inexpensive. Honey makes a nice dressing for fruit salads.

Many vegetables can be shredded raw with cabbage and mixed with lemon, orange or pineapple juice to make a palatable salad to accompany the main protein dish. Vegetables are most delicious when steamed for fifteen or twenty minutes in a covered saucepan over a slow fire. Onions and carrots make a savory combination, as will cabbage and peppers. Onions also combine well with peppers. Three vegetables can be steamed together with satisfactory results. In the steaming process without water more of the mineral value of vegetables is retained than in boiling.

Baked stuffed potatoes or steamed potatoes we make the basis of one starch meal a day. With them we eat other vegetables and either the round rye loaf of bread made by Jewish bakers or the Swedish cracker bread spread generously with butter and honey. Three times a day we have either dried or fresh fruit, according to the season.

Our breakfast foods we purchase very inexpensively at grain stores rather than at grocery establishments. Rolled oats, cracked wheat, cornmeal, and wheat that has been steamed and rolled, are delicious when flavored with butter, raisins or dates, honey or brown sugar, and eaten without milk. Whole brown rice also can be used, but it is a little more expensive.

For purposes of economy as well as health we have eliminated pies, cake, hot biscuits, puddings, tea, coffee, cocoa and all kinds of fried foods. Our larder does not contain white flour, white sugar, cornstarch, mayonnaise, lard, baking powder, paprika, cinnamon, vinegar, cloves, salt, vanilla extract, pepper, mustard, cream of tartar, cayenne or allspice. Our meals take but little time to prepare, and the dishes are very easy to wash.

The following are possible recipes for two or three persons:

PEANUT BUTTER SOUP. Two cups of milk, one-half cup peanut butter, a half of a small onion minced, one tablespoon of butter, and a little chopped pepper. Steam the onion and pepper in the butter a few minutes. Mix in peanut butter and add the milk slowly. Heat in a double boiler, and serve.

MEXICAN LOAF. Run two cups of cooked dried Lima beans through meat chopper and mix with cup of grated cheese. Add a chopped pepper that has been steamed with a tablespoon of butter. Instead of a slightly beaten egg, one-half cup of milk can be substituted. Bake thirty minutes in a moderate oven.

WALNUT LOAF. Mix one cup chopped walnuts, one cup of grated cheese, and one-half cup of milk. Fold in one well-beaten egg and bake until brown in hot oven. A tablespoon chopped parsley or a small onion steamed in butter can be used to flavor the loaf. One cup of stewed tomatoes makes a sauce for the loaf, but is not necessary.

BAKED ONION SOUP WITH CHEESE. Allow a small onion sliced fine, a tablespoon of butter and a cup of milk for a person. Steam the onions with possibly a little chopped pepper in the butter until golden brown. Add the milk (powdered skim milk can be used) and spread thickly with grated cheese. Bake for ten or fifteen minutes until cheese is melted.

COTTAGE CHEESE ROAST. Steam a chopped pimento or pepper and a half teaspoon of minced onion in a tablespoon of butter. Add a cup of cottage cheese, a cup of chopped pecans and a beaten egg. Bake in a moderate oven until firm. A tomato sauce can be served with this loaf.

MEXICAN RAREBIT. Steam a large chopped green pepper and a cup of shredded cabbage in two tablespoons of butter. Add tomatoes if desired, or stewed corn. Stir in a cup of cheese cut thin. Two egg yolks can be added last if pocketbook permits. Serve as soon as cheese is melted, but not on crackers or toast.

SOYBEAN LOAF. Two cups of soybeans are mixed with one quarter cup of tomato sauce, one chopped small onion and a well-beaten egg. Bake in a moderate oven for forty minutes.

KIDNEY BEAN CASSEROLE. Mix with one cup of cooked kidney beans a cup of fresh or cooked tomatoes, a half cup of chopped green pepper, a half cup of thinly sliced white onions, and three tablespoons of butter. Bake in moderate oven for thirty minutes.

WAVERLY RAREBIT. To the small onion steamed in two tablespoons of butter until slightly yellow add a cup of milk and three-quarters of a cup of cheese and cook until the cheese is well blended. A well-beaten egg can be added, and a cup of chopped peanuts. Serve immediately.

PEANUT BUTTER LOAF. With a cup of peanut butter combine a cup and a half of raw carrots, two teaspoons of red or green peppers, two tablespoons melted butter, one tablespoon minced onion, and one beaten egg or a half cup of milk. Bake the loaf in a moderate oven one-half hour, and serve, if desired, with tomato sauce. Peanut butter also combines well with shredded cabbage for a salad or makes a delicious stuffing for baked onions cored like apples.

VEGETABLE LOAF. To one cupful of cooked dried peas add a half cup of chopped walnuts or raw peanuts, a chopped pepper or onion steamed in two tablespoons of butter, and two tablespoons of butter. Mix well and bake in a slow oven thirty or forty-five minutes.

CORN CHOWDER. Steam a half of a small onion and a little chopped pepper in two tablespoons of butter. Add a cup of corn and two cups of milk. Heat to scalding point. —Vora Hannan, Massachusetts.

Other Health Brevities

Those Needing False Teeth

◆ Dr. Betts advises that those needing false teeth should avoid any of the rubbers containing aluminum particles. Some people can wear the so-called "Trong's green", or "gold dust", and some can not. He therefore advises the use of what are called "parfait" plates. Subscribers who have had experience agree with his findings. Dr. Betts' word is dependable.

Columbus Convention Mayonnaise

◆ Two eggs, teaspoon dry mustard, teaspoon salt; whip together. Add one quart olive oil or corn oil; beat while pouring in slowly; whip until it gets real thick. Squeeze 3 1/2 lemons; put the juice in, and whip some more. Add a little salt, if desired. This may be used for any kind of dressing and is excellent on sliced tomatoes, as most conventioners discovered.

Sanitation Promotes Longevity

◆ Constantly bettering sanitation is slowing up the death rate. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company explains that if the 1900 mortality rate had been in operation in 1935 there would have been 1,975,761 deaths in the United States, but as it was there were only 1,207,359. Tuberculosis decreased much.

Who Are the Quacks?

WHEN the aluminum interests realized their cooking utensils were under suspicion of causing disease they established and endowed the Mellon Institute of Pittsburgh apparently for the sole purpose of protecting their business. When our citizens inquire of the Federal Department of Agriculture if aluminum cooking ware is poisonous they are referred to the Mellon Institute for the facts.

The same condition prevails in the medical field. When an epidemic occurs due to the injection of serums, vaccines or immunization fluids large amounts of money fall into the coffers of the medics much of which in turn is used to form a medical association so large it reaches into every community in our land.

Several years ago Guiseppe Zangara, in Florida, took a pot-shot at Franklin D. Roosevelt. The bullet hit Mayor Cermak, of Chicago. Four of the most prominent physicians in the United States were in attendance. Of course, all these men were strictly orthodox medics, undoubtedly members of the medical association. When the mayor died official reports were made. One was that his death was due to colitis. Another’s was that he died from an abscessed lung. Another, from heart failure. The last stated that he died from the effects of a bullet wound. The state officials declared none of these were the cause of death. They charged that a certain man killed him. He was found guilty and hanged for it.

As another example I wish to relate a story of a boy who came for dental work. He had several teeth treated. By that I mean the nerves or pulp was removed and the canals properly filled. Shortly a small gathering appeared on his eyeball. He visited a physician who told him he had focal infection and would have to have his teeth X-rayed. This was done, and for fear of his going blind they were extracted. The disease disappeared. Within a few days, however, another abscess appeared on the same eye. A return trip to his physician disclosed, as his opinion, the cause of the infection must be his tonsils, so a tonsillectomy was performed. Again the disease disappeared. Within a short time another infection was located on the other eye. Again visiting his physician he was told he would have to bide his time until the systemic poison caused by the treated teeth and tonsil disease eliminated itself. The boy was quite indignant. He had been subjected to about $200 medical expense with no relief. He came back to me and demanded that I pay his bills, still thinking the doctor was correct in his diagnosis. Examining his eye I noticed he was suffering from “granulated” eyelids. I sent him to an eye specialist, who cured the disease, and he has had no further trouble. When the boy realized what the orthodox physician had done to him he felt a little chagrined and came in to pay his dental bill. Since that he has been sending all his friends here to have their teeth attended.

Still another example of medical quackery was shown recently when Bernarr Macfadden sent a perfectly healthy young man to 26 of the best physicians in New York city belonging to the medical association to determine what was wrong with him and what medical attention he needed. The boy returned with the advice that he had at least 26 diseases and as many kinds of prescribed medicines for their treatment.

There is nothing scientific about medicine; nothing positive except that when one, with or without disease, gets into the hands of most medics the patient is subjected to a large bill whether he can afford it or not. There are three classes of allopathic medics. Those who are doing their best to relieve suffering humanity, are honest, but unable to successfully cope with or cure disease. The second class treat disease properly and charge reasonable fees. Third, those who are highly educated and have been taught to use serums, vaccines and immunization preparations and collect large fees and know how to induce persons to have unnecessary medical service. These are termed “ethical”.

The cults are many indeed, but a few of the outstanding are the osteopaths, naturopaths, chiropractors, etc. The naturopaths teach, believe and practice natural living: that life comes from food, as supplied by fruits, vegetables and grains; that fresh air, adequate sleep, pure water, exercise and proper living, which includes right thinking, is the key to health. The allopathic physician believes that health is maintained by injecting serums and immunization preparations into us, and putting vaccines into our blood as soon as we are old enough to stand it, or by the intake of medicines.

Of what are serums made? Twenty years ago the medics found that aluminum had exceptionally damaging effects to animals as well as persons wherever it was injected into the body. On account of this its employment was condemned. Now they have revived its use as a diphtheria-prevention serum. Thousands of units containing the "alum precipitated toxoid" are now sold by the New York Department of Health to various city health departments.

That used for vaccine is a preparation produced from one of the most vile diseases known, called "cowpox". The material is nothing more nor less than the pus oozing out of sores that are cultured on the stomach of an infected calf or cow. This is scraped off and placed in human creatures, supposedly to prevent disease. Serums are made from cultures, ready for injecting, by most of our pharmaceutical houses. For instance, a person having a cold is given a little bucket in which he places his sputum or thick yellow mucus from the nose. This is taken into the laboratory and infiltrates made which are injected into the blood stream of the donor. In order to immunize children or grown-ups incapable of supplying the necessary mucus for themselves as a "cold"-preventive measure, they have to secure this from others who can. This is usually gathered from old persons in poorhouses who have chronic catarrh. That with the strongest odor makes the best serum. They furnish the material by the bucketfuls regularly to the pharmaceutical houses, which is then made into the infiltrates, placed in glass tubes ready for use. Most serums are made from such or worse substances that we feel language is inadequate to describe. The latest to be used is the venom of the most poisonous snakes, to counteract snakebite.

It is difficult to understand the workings of the minds of those belonging to the medical association who bring themselves to the point where they believe such things are good substances to maintain health. Not only that, but they insist on having a monopoly of the healing art whereby they intend to force by law (as in the case in some states already) the use of their services for such therapy.

Dr. E. M. Purdue, editor of the Journal of the American Association for Medico-Physical Research, states that when his colleagues call him an ethical physician he considers it his honor and duty to immediately investigate his own conduct. We believe that there are some in the medical association who are honest, sincere, and practice to the best of their knowledge, but that the majority of them practice pure quackery and are the real faddists and ignoramuses. We leave it to your judgment.—Dr. C. T. Betts, Ohio.

Poisoning of the Blood

◆ In a little booklet entitled Man, Know Thyself, by Dr. R. A. Logan, of Kingston, Jamaica, B.W.I., Dr. Logan says of various methods of poisoning the blood:

Users of various hair tonics, face creams, lip sticks, etc., are liable to be affected with kidney trouble, because the poisonous blood reaches the kidneys, which are like a coffee percolator. All these products are made with chemicals, some of which are injurious. Poison may result from the inhaling of certain substances, namely, chloroform, ether, nitrous oxide, and various other gases. The users of various narcotics, such as tobacco, cigarettes, opium, cocaine, etc., absorb poison from these and injure their systems. The venom from the stings of certain insects and bites of some animals is so poisonous that it absorbs rapidly and causes instantaneous death.

Five-Million-Dollar Dope Ring Smashed

◆ Good work by an ex-pharmacist resulted in the smashing of a five-million-dollar drug ring located in New York, within three blocks of police headquarters, with branches in New Orleans, Houston, Galveston and New Waco, Texas. Forty-eight agents of the traffic squad checked up on the ex-pharmacist's story and arrested seventy-four Italians involved.

Cigarette Smokers in Britain and U. S.

◆ In Britain, so the figures show, 75 percent of the adults smoke cigarettes, while in the United States only 42.5 percent of the adults smoke them. But in Britain the average annual consumption is only 2,500 per smoker, while in the United States it is 4,000 (11 a day as against 7).

The Button Worked All Right

◆ At Minneapolis, Minn., Chris Swanson took a tablet to make himself sleep and as a result enjoyed a good night's rest. The next morning he found the tablet where he placed it before going to bed: he had swallowed a button instead.

Giving Good Money for Counterfeit Goods

COUNTERFEIT is the name of a book which sets forth in some detail the many ways in which manufacturers counterfeit good products and sell them at fancy prices. The book is by Arthur Kallet, co-author of 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs. It may be had at some libraries and is worth having in your own, for future reference.

From this entertaining and illuminating book many valuable facts may be learned. For instance, a blanket labeled "Part Wool" may have just a thread of wool running around the edge, or none at all. In the first instance the counterfeiting is "honest" (?); in the second, just plain dishonest; but the distinction will make little difference to the buyer. Unless the label tells the exact proportion of wool in the blanket, the chances are you are paying for something you don't get.

One favorite method of counterfeiting is to claim that the thing you are buying contains a "costly ingredient". The advertisement doesn't say how costly the ingredient is, nor how much of this costly ingredient is used in each package. The author of the book states that probably the greatest experts in this field are the drug and cosmetic manufacturers.

When buying silk one never gets absolutely pure silk, even when the product is definitely labeled "pure". The Trade Commission permits 10 percent of weighting in pure silk, and any amount in silks that are not marked "pure", but nevertheless represented as real silk. Often there is more tin in a few yards of so-called "silk" than there is in a tin can. There may be lead in it, for that matter, and somehow a leaden garment lacks romantic appeal, and may be injurious to health if worn next to the skin. Sometimes, not to say frequently, silks are weighted with water-soluble salts, and when washed lose all their glamour.

Canned goods marked "fancy" are supposed to be of good quality, but even the best brands may be found "substandard". Buying a cheaper grade often results in obtaining better value. This should be some comfort to those who cannot afford anything very "fancy". (Incidentally, when buying canned goods, note how much water you are paying for. Note weight and size of cans, particularly when you are getting a "bargain".)

"Guarantees" of the wares you buy are generally so worded that you are not likely to get your money back without difficulty, if you get it back at all, even if you are definitely "not satisfied".

As for soap. You may be carried away by the extravagant claims for soaps of various kinds, and pay a fancy price accordingly; but all a soap is for is to clean the skin, and when it does that without injuring the skin it is a good soap. "Sweetheart" soap, sold at 6c, is superior to Yardley's, sold at 35c. The soap that is supposed to give you a skin 'another loves to touch' is actually poorer than many cheaper soaps. The soap that is supposed to make one B. O. proof contains rosin, an undesirable ingredient in toilet soap, and it doesn't destroy odors better than other soaps. The soap that 'gives one a schoolgirl complexion' doesn't, but is a good soap.

Tooth pastes sell at fancy prices, but a dime's worth of precipitated chalk will last longer and clean the teeth quite as well.

Mouthwashes are in a class by themselves when it comes to claiming benefits to the user which are purely imaginary. Says the author, "You may have noticed that the Zonite bottle at 81 cents [or thereabouts] contains two ounces less than the Clorox bottle at 15 cents. But . . . Clorox is five times as strong as Zonite—that is, it can be diluted with five times as much water to give the same strength solution. . . . 15 cents' worth of Clorox is equal to $4.45 worth of Zonite."

When you pay your money for those wonderful Crazy Water Crystals, you are paying a good deal more than is necessary; for you can get the same results at 1/25 of the price by means of Glauber's salt, just another and cheaper name for the same thing. Use either with caution.

Four out of five do not get pyorrhea, and that "famous" toothpaste would not help if they did. The safe cleaning fluid is not safe, for it is carbon tetrachloride, which is poisonous when inhaled, but makes a fairly good cleanser if used with caution, and costs a whole lot less than the trade-marked article.

Facial astringents, selling at fancy prices, do little more than can be done by the use of ordinary witch-hazel. Some of them contain ingredients that are injurious to the skin.

"The hood that is placed over the top of Grade A bottles (of milk) could be put on Grade B bottles as well, with no increase in price"—and no great difference in food value. Frequently the two grades come from the same cans.

Sandpaper makes about as desirable a breakfast food as All-Bran. It is a health-hazard to hundreds of thousands; we mean the All-Bran.

Headache and pain remedies contain dangerous amidopyrine, particularly Hexin, Midol, Allonal, Amytal Compound and Gibalgine. Pyramidon is all amidopyrine.

A German army officer killed himself by swallowing a tubeful of Pebeco toothpaste. In every tube there is an ounce of potassium chlorate—a third of which is enough to kill.

Those nice hamburgers you often get very probably contain meat treated with sodium sulphite (which makes it smell better). When buying for chopped meat either chop it yourself or buy the cut and have it ground while you watch.

The foregoing gives only a brief outline of a part of the book. There are pages on gasoline, oil burners, clothes, testimonials, the approval of Good Housekeeping, advertising, analyzing advertisements, testing materials, making your own substitutes, etc.

Those Who Desire to Believe It

◆ Those who desire to believe it will believe that more than 100 convicts at San Quentin prison, California, have requested to be sterilized so that their criminal tendencies may not be passed on to their children. The operation is legal in California only when "requested".

Four Physical Culture Exercises

THE following exercises are good strength-builders and are performed in the bedroom before going to sleep (with the windows open, please!).

(1) "The Press Up."—This exercise is reputed to be a favorite of Indian wrestlers who, it is said, can perform hundreds without a pause. Go ahead, and if you can do a dozen the first time, you'll be hot stuff.

Take up the position by lying flat on the stomach. Place the hands flat on the floor beside the shoulders with fingers facing straight forward. Now press yourself up to arms length slowly, and repeat until the arms ache.

To obtain the maximum benefit from this exercise the body must be kept rigid and straight throughout. Find the number of press-ups you can do the first time; repeat for two nights, then increase by one alternately.

If persisted in, this exercise will make noticeable difference in your physique, especially the chest, back, arms and shoulders. It is a good idea to get your measurement down on paper so that you can make note of your improvements.

(2) Another exercise to go with the press-up, also a favorite of Indian wrestlers, is the Deep Knee Bend. This simple exercise will do wonders to your legs—if performed properly, but not if done in the schoolboy style, as quick as possible.

Stand with the feet about nine inches apart; place hands on hips, and slowly finish standing on toes. Bend the legs until you are squatting. Now recover just as slowly, and repeat until your legs want to drop off.

You can perform deep breathing exercises in time by breathing in (through the nose) as you go down, and out as you come up.

It is not necessary to stand on tiptoe in this exercise, but will increase the benefit on the calves if this is done.

(3) Another fine exercise is the Abdominal Raise. As the name suggests, this is an exercise for the stomach muscles, and it is begun by lying flat on the back on the floor with the arms lying behind the head parallel with the body. The exercise is to raise the body into a sitting position and finish by touching the toes, simply by the effort of the stomach muscles.

At first you may experience difficulty in keeping the feet on the floor when raising the body; if so, place the feet under a heavy piece of furniture until the abdominals become stronger.

After a time it will be necessary to make the exercise heavier. This can be done in two ways. One is by holding under the back of the neck an object, preferably a bar, weighing a few pounds to commence with.

The other way is to perform the exercise on an incline with the head lower than the feet, in this way the force of gravity can be used to gradually increase the power of the abdominal muscles.

(4) This exercise is for the lumbars, the muscles in the small of the back. These seldom get used under modern conditions. Amateur gardeners often suffer from pains in this region.

Take the position by lying on the stomach with the hands on the hips; now raise the legs and upper body off the floor together, so that the body is supported on the stomach only. Repeat several times, and gradually increase as in exercise 1.

The above four exercises between them include practically every muscle in the body, and if persisted in, lasting results will accrue. — By Ken Peacock, in London Daily Worker.

The Trial of Jesus

IF THE trial and death of Jesus, which “Christendom” commemorates every Easter, were to take place today, would the verdict be an acquittal?

For nearly two thousand years the records of the trial have been reverently examined by succeeding generations of legal experts, and their unanimous opinion is that, apart from its religious significance, the Crucifixion is the most glaring example of judicial murder in legal history.

All the recognized forms of legal procedure were abused and distorted to secure a conviction, and in a modern court of criminal appeal the sentence would undoubtedly be quashed on either of the following grounds:

1. Jesus was actually acquitted by the only court competent to pronounce the death sentence.

2. The verdict was against the weight of the evidence.

Jesus had to undergo two trials—the one ecclesiastical, before Caiaphas the high priest, as head of the Sanhedrin; the other civil, before Pontius Pilate, the Roman proconsul. It was not the policy of Rome to strip conquered nations of all their power. She was especially tolerant in matters of religion, and in the case of the Sanhedrin, the ancient ecclesiastical tribunal of the Jews, only death sentences were subject to retrial and confirmation by the Roman governor.

Rome was not worried about Jesus. It was at the instance of the ecclesiastical authorities that He was arrested, tried, and condemned before a whisper of the proceedings reached Pilate’s ears.

The arrest of Jesus took place at midnight, and the first illegality in the proceedings arose in the immediate summoning of the Sanhedrin to try the case forthwith.

The Jewish law expressly forbade a court to meet by night.

Before the Sanhedrin no attempt was made to formulate a charge. It was insinuated that Jesus was at the head of a revolutionary movement, but no attempt was made to support it by evidence.

The proceedings quickly degenerated into a third-degree examination. When Jesus refused to answer the carefully framed leading questions of the high priest a jailer clenched his fist and struck Him on the mouth.

Court hangers-on were forced into the witness-box, but they could neither agree nor tell a consistent story.

Balked in his cross-examination, Caiaphas, in the double role of prosecutor and judge, played his last card.

He placed Jesus on oath, and, confronting Him with theatrical solemnity, exclaimed, “I adjure Thee by the Living God that Thou tell us whether Thou be Christ, the Son of God.”

Simply and solemnly Jesus answered, “I am.”

Caiaphas had attained his end. “What need we of witnesses?” he cried. “Behold now ye have heard His blasphemy.”

With no regular charge, no regular evidence, and no opportunity for the accused to bring rebutting evidence, the sentence of death was passed.

But Roman law demanded the confirmation of the sentence by the governor.

Early in the morning an attempt was made to regularize the illegality of the midnight trial by a second meeting of the Sanhedrin, but no attempt was made to review the earlier proceedings, and Jesus was hustled by His accusers to Pilate's judgment seat.

Pilate at once demanded details of the charge.

The prosecution tried to wriggle out of it by the specious answer: "If He were not a criminal we would not have brought Him before you."

This attempt to burke the issue nettled Pilate. He answered warmly, "If I am not to hear the case, neither will I convict nor pass sentence. If you regard it as an ecclesiastical case, try it yourselves; but if you do you may only impose the penalty which the law allows."

The cold, keen Roman was making them feel the weight of Rome's heel, and the cynicism with which he extorted from them the complaint, "It is not lawful for us to put any man to death," was thinly veiled.

Forced to conform to the rules of legal procedure the prosecution extemporized the following three charges:

1. That Jesus was perverting the nation.

2. That He had incited people not to pay tribute to Rome.

3. That He claimed to be a rival king to the Roman emperor.

In these three charges there was not even a hint of the blasphemy of which the ecclesiastical court had convicted Him.

The charge of inciting against the payment of tribute at once fell to the ground. Had not Jesus said only a day or two before, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's"?

Pilate came to the point at once and confined his examination strictly to the charges of sedition and pretension to kingship.

"Art Thou a king then?" he asked.

"My kingdom is not of this world," answered Jesus.

The prosecution brought no evidence to the contrary. The simple, straightforward answer convinced Pilate of Jesus' innocence.

Here was an amiable enthusiast from whom Rome had nothing to fear.

So he stopped the trial and pronounced His acquittal, "I find in Him no fault at all."

That was a verdict of "Not guilty" by the highest court in the land.

Roman justice now demanded that Pilate should free Him and protect Him if necessary from the malice of the prosecution.

Why did that not happen?

When Pilate delivered his verdict the wrath of Jesus' accusers knew no bounds.

Pilate was frightened and flustered. He wanted to get rid of both the case and Jesus.

It flashed on him that because Jesus was a Galilean he could shift the responsibility by transferring him to his place of domicile and to the jurisdiction of Herod, ruler of Galilee.

Before Herod there was no pretense at a formal trial.

The suggestion that Jesus was a candidate for his throne appeared so ridiculous that Herod dismissed it with contempt and sent Jesus back to Pilate.

Pilate was in a quandary. He did not want to quarrel with the Jews. He wanted tranquillity in his province, and he attempted a compromise.

Once again he declared his belief in Jesus' innocence, and tried to find a way out of his difficulty by offering to scourge Jesus as a sop to the rage of the mob, and then to release Him as a vindication of Roman justice.

This maneuver failed. He tried another.

It was the Roman custom at the time of the Passover to allow the people of Jerusalem to select a convicted criminal for release. Confident of their choice he offered them the alternatives of the acquitted Jesus and Barabbas, a bandit and murderer. "Now which will you have," he demanded, "Jesus or Barabbas?" And the ringing cry came from ten thousand throats, "Barabbas!" To Pilate, who honestly wanted to see justice done, the choice was a staggering blow. He had failed to realize that he was appealing to a packed jury.

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