Show Ht H t I I J I J J J I II J I I I I J I I I t WHO WI-IO WAS I WHO WI-IO WASI I I IBy T B- B By y Louise M ill Comstock oc t 34 H I-H-H- i- i I 1 1 1 I II I 1 I I I-I-I I I I lH i 1 I IH i H i H FAUST IT TT T WAS no grisly with the de devil II that made Faust the tho central figure re of at least two plays play and null three throe operas In Main Ger- Ger Germany Germany Germany many In the Fourteenth century people won a reputation for undue endue with the devil very ver easily and I Faust gust won his over over- overnight overnight night almost with a printing press I Johann Gutenberg hid had just In III Invented vented the process of printing with able mo type To commercialize his Ins iO he formed the first print prini In lag Gutenberg Faust and to which he contributed the Idea and must Faust the capital and anda n a flare for sales promotion was Faust's son on In law Since there were no patent laws at the time the printing had to be done be behind behind behind hind closed doors often at night to pre present ent the ides Idea being stolen The public accustomed to slowly Iy and aud audI laboriously hand hantl printed letters I gazed In awe nwe at the freshly print print- printed printed printed ed pages turned out so rapidly In that mysterious shop and anti hinted magic Faust perceived ed the sales salue alue of or that word encouraged Its use and became popularly known not as a n printer but a man with some strange allegiance with Ith the des de ill I Old records show that Faust roust later won a law liw suit against Gutenberg for funds im Invented inserted and lost In the prInting of or the famous Gutenberg Bible a single copy of or which per per- perhaps perhaps perhaps haps proving the theory of magic sold In 1920 10 j for |