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Protestant, Catholic and Jew, as Will Herberg pointed out (TIME, Sept. 26, 1955), now form a spiritual tripod on which the U.S. conception of religion rests, and, says Marty, "the old concept of a 'Protestant' America is as obsolete as the side-wheel showboat, the cigar-store Indian or the Fourth of July oration. We all think of these things as part of 'our' culture-but where do we go to find them?" Marty suggests that Protestantism is insecure because it senses itself to be a minority (although statistically it is not), while Roman Catholicism...
...find Joy Buzzers, Trick Squirt Badges, Rubber Hunting Knives, Soap Cigars, Soap Pickles and Soap Chocolates, Exploding Fountain Pens, Plate Palpitators, and Shoe Squeakers. There are Imitation Gold Teeth, Cuckoo Clothes Brushes, Rubber Swollen Thumbs, Bunged Up Eyes and Joke Teeth and Tongues. There are, of course, Itching Powders, Jumping Fleas, Crying Towels and Whoopee Cushions. There is soap that turns your face black, soap that is rubber, cheese that is soap, and cigars that are cheese. There are Snake Candy and Jam Jars. There are Shimmy Inspector Badges. There are Exploding Cigar Boxes, Agitating Match Boxes, and Chameleon Dice...
...MARVELOUS ENCHANTED CIGAR...
Taking up a cigar box from your table, you open it and show it full of cigars. To convince even the most skeptical, you pass the box around and allow one or more male members of the company to first select a few cigars. After doing this you place the box upon the table in full view of everybody, and command...
...film job was tempting. "So many African pictures are being made these days that this film company wanted to hire a full-time native artist. I was young and romantic and I could see myself with beret and cigar, you know...