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"'Bye, Honey--Sergeant's going to make your loved one look like Gregory Peck,"
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The Astonishing
Career Of
BRIGHAM
YOUNG AG
"Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded
wife.
stly and, forsaking all other, keep thee
her, to long as ye both shall live?"
his
the
Twenty-seven times he went to the altar He married four women in one day He fathered 56 children And Mark Twain wept at his "sublime Christian charity"
RO, Utah,. bored.
ANOTHER OF THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES
DY.
C BAKER-C
-CARR
gamy
often a little rash, that poly- nover synonymous with Just. "I naver entered into the order of plurality of wives to
passion." Polygamy,
according to the Mormon concept, seems to have rested on two belief..
*Page 5 *
A STRYDOM MAN OPENS HIS MIND
From RENE MacCOLL
—who has flown out to South Africa to meet its people
and leaders and find out what thì naw: "regime.
Are
true
of Premior Johannes Strydom” maana to – Britain, Pratorin. up with here. Now, perhaps America, where all SPENT an hour the whole of Britalo, and not Americans we shall all be real
Just Brixton or Liverpool, will Afrikaners and nothing else." talking to Eric Hendrik begin to realise what.... It's... oll 1... No. one, added Louw, would Louw, 64-year-old about."
ever deny the English-speaking Minister of Economic Affairs the advent of the Hitler regime warmth
*THE JEWS: "Well, just after population their feelings, of towards their culture
I
in South Africa's new there was an enormous influx and traditions, "but in all other Cabinet. Ho will shortly of Jews into this country and respects they should have only tako...on the Foreign then there followed a very one loyalty to South Africu, Secretaryship as well. strong reaction gaalust further 18 SOUTH AFRICA ISOLATIONIST? **Nothing Jewish immigration. After all, it
cosald bo further bands to
from, the truth. In the world in which
In this dual role Louw will wield tremendous power
That fooling was
to
wal
of
in the new 'Strydom set-up, and his voice is very much not confred the voice of Afrikaner na- th Nationalist
but Party, tionalism.
But he is that rarity among all sections
evident ALTIOIKE Afrikaner big-shots a man who has lived abroad. Ho has re-
the population
90 in 1987, presented his country fon
then being
fri numbe of foreign diplomatic
I in- Opposition, I missions, and was Minister in
a Bill produced Washington from 1929 to 1933.
These foreign assigments did to limit Jewish Itulo to curb his tongue in the Many prominent migration. 1mm In the old days, and he is on record with some very hot remarks about the British and the Jews. 11 agreed
Jows how hearti
ly
with
·
Live
no country, es pecinuid
ong,
Bly Isolate itedit or be without friends or allice.
And we shall
Bork our friend said allies among thoso with whom WO have been Danceinted in the
con
MINISTER ERIC LOUW* Dash
vinced that when His enemies have.
called him The Strelcher of Africa" and
"Jawish Immigration has the day arrives to set up our he, in turn, has suggested that
dwindled now, but if it started republic it will not in the least. relations certain people
up again it would again become impair our friendly should be "treated like dirty water."
an issue, It would be the same with Britain but will instead [Note: Julius Streicher, Nazi in every country in the world, strengthen them."
Britain included."
Yet Louw went on 10 hint. gauleiter hanged in 1940, ran an
strongly that South Africa may anti-Jewish weekly advocating .A REPUBLIC: This, says not be represented at many
the most brutal exploitation of coury, has been regarded moro Commonwealth. power.]
频赠 A. racial matter, between ferences.
MELLOWED?” Afrikaners and people of English
Most of Louw's violent and stock. unfriendly utterances about Britain were sald a decndo or more ago.
very
I think that this is perhaps time for restraint, and it is possible that Louw has mellow- ed. So I shall simply give you what he told me na we
Mormons. More sogether":
wo
The English, he says, "hove
COMEDY
con-
IMMIGRATION: Are Engilsh-
suffered from divided loyalty, men discriminated against in the race differences of the past word of truth in this. and this has contributed towards favour of Germans and Dutch?
Louw mid there, was not a The Arikaners are wholly
South Africans and nothing of the interview...Economics
'elab
I
economy,
Опо purpose of polygamy was the increased rate of breed ing it afforded. More children
A touch of comedy at the end meant more
We aro, of Dutch For Mormons
meant Lewer
Ashes in Louw op-
sat
Huguenot descent, but Minister French over the teacups in ponents one day it would be-
his
huge office overlooking this you will find no Afrikaner who drawer and brings out a great come a Mormon
world. 2
sunilt little capital of Pretoria feels that he has any political sheet of Agures. Another Important reason
ABOUT APARTHEID:
bond with the Netherlands or The South African On that 2
rmons believed any here. I don't want to be anddian, This is not the ease with the prove it he points out that since
France.
ho says, is very healthy, and to sóul," whether”, dead or alive,
but in View of criticisms by their could be baptised into
some of the clergymen and Press English, and we feel strongly Dr Malan's resignation the gold alth.
Sometimes a man would of Britain, I am glad to see that there can be no real co- and dollar reserves have In- mary", a dead woman so that
that Britain is getting a taste operation between English and hid eculd enjoy pociety In
of the colour problem-immigra- Dutch while one half of the Heaven when he Tived. An-
tion by Jamaicans if only in a population continues to have other form of 'thi arriage for mild form.
this divided loyalty. eternity united a ling woman to the dead Prophet Smith. In Athis case the wife remained a Ateniporal spinster, but the older women br Utah rated it a great privilege to be the spiritual wife of such an important man.
Mark Twain
In polygamy, as practised by Brigham Young and his ad- herente, neatness was preferred to beauty and economy'. to adornament.
OST of us who say as soon as he came out of
clothes "I will" do so just little mill stream, his
dripping with water, he was once in our lives. ordained an Elder of the order. Yet one famous His first wife died a Mormon
forw man took to a religion that convert only
months
The Mormons were Meanwhile Brightm
expelled saved by anyone else. If you Mark Twain visited Salt Lake conveniently did not include afterwards.
because their habit, of secretly marry me I will save you, and City, like many of his contem- that vital "only" in its water adviser to the Roughing
worked way into the
poattion
exposing, a marriage ceremony, and collected a total of 27 wives seph Smith, founder of the too much for the high-minded celestial world-but if you re-vice. In his book
and righteous non-Mormons of fuse you will be destroyed, both It," he wrote: With the gush- sect In 1844 cume Brigham and
ม
the area. Salt Lako,
and soul." It always ing self-sufficiency of youth 1 When he died on August Young's great opportunity.
tho new home of the
was feverish to plunge head Prophet Smith was murdered, 29, 1877, 17 current wives leaving Young at the head of Mormons While on his way Amella married him, but she long and achieve a great reform remained as well as a small the 12 Apostles. Within a matter there he married two sisters on wouldn't wait for heaven. She here until I saw the Mormon matter of 56 children, less of months he found himself, the same day. Mary Jane and promptly became his queen geben. I
20 and 18
was touched. My clover bit of platform Lucy Bigelow
earth and the ruler of all the one or two who had not sur- after
the respectively, became his brides other wives. Brigham bullt, her warmed to these poor, un
heart was wiser than my head. diplomacy, at the head of vived childhood.
Morinon Church.
ahouse of her own, known as It Unknown to Brigham Young had married Amelia's Palace, kept her in the mass of the followers, Young
pathetically homely gainly and Brigham Young was not, und for reasons we shall see, practised polygamy.
generous molature Brigham when he publicly proclaimed all of which were strictly denied
my oyes said, "No--the man the Western counterpart of had five wives by then, and the the revelation of plural marrings the others.
that marries one of them has an Eastern potentate. His Prophet eft a host of widows to received by Prophet Smith nine
Even so she failed to stop him done an act of Christian charity years before, household was not a harem moum him.
entitles him to the kindly
the man
of young lovelies vying for the eye of their lord and master-wives who when
to on March 20, 1847.
few others had long 22 times by August 20, 1852, furs, jewellery and exotic food tha. as I turned to
Busy day
In 1867 he married: Number marrying twica more. His mankind, not their
the
him
Brigham Young's second mag- and their clispring had lived was and her purpose was simple generosity; æð"sublime that the
was, 30 and oventually wives did House and Lion
Bee Hive all cleaning
25 and upset beyond measure and only disastrous marriage
ordered regimentation of his was to Ann Eliza Webb in harsh censure and life. Until then all the wives 1808, when he was 67 and be that marries, 60 of them han 24; - Ann" "Eliza - divorced "dono a deed of " open-handed they grew tiresome could rage was in 1833. Mary Ann in two neighbouring be sold to a neighbour or Angel
extortion. She demanded 1,000 nations should stand uncovered dollars a month during the period in his presence and worship in exchanged for a couple of bore him six, children. Lucy
of the and wall-
hearing: 6,000 dollars for silence.." camels.
Ann Decker was his fist poly- washing and
ong tables. at the long
All
counsel fees, gamous wile.
of preliminary The much-married Mr Young She was 20, provided him with them could sew and knit; they award of 14,000 dollars on the FOOTNOTE-Brigham Young and may have had a way with the made. their own clothes, carpets granting of her decree had sot himself an infinitely seven more children. Just before and curtains. One wife became 200,000 dollars for maintenance women, but one of his olde
Young took over the headship teacher in a school specially for his wives for lifeand for of the church he married Lucy the Young progeny,
young sister, Clara, on her 16th birthday, to make her his sixth wife. Brigham felt his obliga
more difficult task. He married
eternity.
Ninth child
tions rather strongly. He also
Played along
married several of Prophet Brigham Young umally rose Brigham Young was born on Smith's widows.
Wife number Jund 1801, at Whitingham, ten, Emmeline Froe, held the re at 7 am, and was in his office his private. bed-" Windham County,
Vermont, productive record. She bad ten (it adjoined From 10 to 11
room) before 9. USA Some of his dixiples children. said later that on that evening January 21, 1840, was a great ho gave interviews while a star twinkled more brightly day in Brigham's life. He be- barber trimmed his beard, He
indicating that God was showing particular interest in one of his many children.
ninorous
thereafter.
The marriage was friends and Heitenant left him. declared illegal in 1877 and he numerically far behind. Heber was ordered to pay the cost C. Kimball had 45 wives and 65 but no maintenance.
children. Within: 14 years of his death is direct descendants numbered about 175, -
Brigham Young insisted in his many sermons, outspoken and
TWICE A KING
By Jack Potter
gan by marrying Susan Snively, seldom met his family before who was 30, and then a few dinner at 3 p.m.
Prayers were held in the even- breaths later Ellen Rockwood,
vast family à pretty girl of 17. After an ing before, the Brigham was the ninth addi- interval for lunch, back to the trooped off to their
boda.
London, Bristol channel called - "Landy " tion to the poor family of John Mormon altar he went to marry and Nabby Young, who chod out Maria Lawrence, a widow, and Amella Folsom, with whom TORTY-Ave years ago a boy. He claimed it was indepen
and axistence by making before that busy day ended Brigham fell passformtely
called Marlin Coles Harman dent. He fraud coins baskets, Brigham claimed he made Martha Bowker the 17 love, was tall, fair-haired and walked through the streets of postage stamps and declared spent just 114 days at school, Mrs Young. Oddly enough not 25. She could play the piano London fingering his £1-2- nobody on his falan should most of his time he chopped one of the wives he took this and sing "Fair Bingen on the week..pay and dreamed of pay taxes. wood, sowed and planted crops. day over bad any; čhildrenā Rhine something none of his beinar a king
their
well, he remarked in later 1110.
in
"If I had on a pair of pants that
would cover me. I did pretty
Baby rate
t, thenge of 23 he married
wives could do." But she played Brigham Bri ham along for some time
to
the Wife mimbar 18, Zina Diantha
Now and then the British.
This month he died. And he Government gently, cuffed hum
VU RETORNS, become Wie i tiad been a king 1
Brigham was a handsome The first time it was
on the bot--just to show him that the Lion couldn't be printe
WA MARURIY Worker Hunungton," was 25 when she hulk of a man and, because of money. He worked his way up" "jos": too" fat. Thày declared his doughnut. I and
had spens
much
coms illegal, and questioned his
of his Derly him one child and brought twe church; women felt it an honour controlled companies work 21 sampe,
abourhood i sa
with her · from..
They already formidable hound
marriage. By that, Um
tant was increasing, so, then rules de the four dr, Ave babies a
mace
to be
ofhin million, Then He craitu member 'A matrimonial tribe How, did he went to saol for 18 manage to convmes Will the fraud charge, and
of women, that they should becomi
{Men Young Brid
kub: a trump card
for
,",
creased by £17,000,000.
"
MacColl (striving for accu-
racy); "Since Dr Malan weni?"
Louw: : (in @sudden · ·alarm): You are getting to know some. "One we have established our Yes but it is not cause of the things, we have to pup republie thon-as happened in effect, you understand!".
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