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...provocative title. After Fleece of Gold, the Gautier story, was retitled The Quest for a Blonde Mistress, the market rose from 6,000 copies to 50,000 a year. Haldeman-Julius hired a stable of writers to grind out popular themes; by far the most prolific was an apostate priest in London, Joseph McCabe, who wrote on anything, and eventually produced more than 7,500,000 words at the rate of 10,000 a week...
...Sacred Congregation of Rites is considering other changes in the baptismal liturgy. Under the old formula, codified in 1614, the priest called upon ex-pagans to "hold idols in horror, reject images," ex-Jews to "hold in horror and reject Hebrew superstition," ex-Moslems to "reject the wicked sect of infidelity," and ex-Protestants to "hold in horror wicked heresy, reject the nefarious sect of impious [name of denomination]." To make things easier for converts, much of this language may soon be toned down...
...borrow an altarpiece done by Nice's Louis Brea for Jean Grimaldi in 1500, Thirion had to get permission from both the Bishop of Monaco and the present Grimaldi, Prince Rainier. To get any work in France meant soliciting first the government in Paris, then the local bishop, priest and mayor. Fortunately, the exhibition coincided with the 100th anniversary of Nice's return to France from Sardinia. "Had it not been for this patriotic theme," says Thirion, "I probably could not have persuaded a score of alpine villages to part with their masterpieces...
...personable, soft-spoken Negro named Wiley Rowe, 29, in the reverse collar and black habit of a priest, was unfrocked last week by Detroit police for passing a bad check in a jewelry store. A former theology student, he had changed his mission in life but not his garb ("The clerical outfit is impressive, and immediately people tend to trust you"). Having thus accumulated more than $35,000 in less than six months, he confided cheerfully that he had no qualms about posing as a priest. "You see," said Wiley, "I'm an agnostic...
...built on the short stubby pattern traditional for tenors, but a little bit odd for one of history's most famous seducers. He acts in a manner for which a really first-rate tenor could be forgiven. Morley Meredith, who has some reputation as a concert baritone, sings the priest Calchas sumptuously, giving some idea of how Offenbach's music can sound given the voices it deserves...