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Regarding your March 2 article "Preview for the Prophet": Since when has the will of God been for men such as "Prophet" Jones to delude the minds of people to such an extent that they purchase him $3,900 Lincolns and $12,900 white mink coats...
Camphor & Leeches. By their own elaborately detailed case history, the doctors did everything possible for their prophet. When his breathing became more than usually labored, they clapped an oxygen mask on him. Since he was comatose and could take no food, they fed him a glucose solution through a vein. To guard against pneumonia, they saw to it that his position in bed was changed often, and they injected penicillin. They injected caffeine to stimulate Stalin's nervous system. Following an old idea (which most U.S. doctors have abandoned), they injected camphor to boost his heart...
Last week the coat was done. The two Princesses took it out to the Prophet's ornate, 25-room "French Castle," knelt and presented it to him. Tears came to the Prophet's eyes as he slipped it on. He intoned "God's will is done." It was only a preview, said the Princesses, "of things to come from our most fortunate gratitudes...
...spinsters' brother, Sterling, promptly bought the Prophet a $3,900 Lincoln as a token of gratitude. The two women decided to give him something even more wonderful-a full-length let-out white mink coat with a raglan flare-back, shawl collar, scarlet silk lining and deep flap pockets lined with velvet. This took some time. The girls had to scrape up $2,000 for a down payment and agree to pay off the total price of $12,900 plus carrying charges at a rate of $475 a month. The astounded New York furrier who was commissioned...
...Legion last week were guarding the grass day & night to keep the goats and camels of the Bedouins from eating it down to the roots. The Bedouins themselves came in droves to admire the greenery, for no such grass had grown in that desert since the time of the Prophet...