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Show H Religious Appendicitis Dean Matthews of Chicago University BAY. Advocates Surgery for It. BK Chicago, Jun. 20. If you havo "re- BH i ligious appendicitis" tho euro for It BBf is surgery, nccordlng to Dean Shnllor BBJ Mathows of the University of Chica- HH xo divinity school. BB Here aro tho symptoms of tho new, BB or nonly discovered disease, us do- HHJ scribed by Irof. Mathows In tho Jan- Bs nary number of tho Amorican Journal HB of Theology, under tho title, "Tho Bj Evolution of Ilcllgion:" HHJ Knocking on wood three times uf- BH tcr you havo congratulated yourself. BBJ "Hofusing to bo one of n party of 13 BBj a table. BBJ "Throwing rlco at a wedding. BBJ "Kegardlng a mascot as a desirable BBJ adjunct to a basehal ltcnm." BBj "All these simple-minded practices BB with presumably Intelligent peoplo BB aro tho survivals of some ancient ro- BBa llglous customs of our faraway anccs- BBJ tors," Dean Mathows says. BB "In fact, a superstltutlon may fairly BBa lie described ns a vestige of some el- BBJ cment of religious experience which BBS as come over from a stage In which BB It was esrertial to n religion. One HBS might almost gat that to be supcrstl- BBM tlous Is to suffer religious appendtcl- BBB tie. There Is no cure for It but sur- |