Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1915 — INITIATING MACHINE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INITIATING MACHINE.

Neophyte Spanked and Doused wttti Water When He Pulls Lever. A machine that will initiate now members of secret societies while the old members can sit hack and enjoy the fun has been designedly a Pennsylvania man. One of the best featr urea of the device, too, is that the neophyte really initiates himself, all unconsciously. A platform has a pair of handles sticking up from one end and a dial to give the apparatus the appearance of being a muscle machine. The neophyte, who is probably thinly clad, is told that his strength is to be tested, and stepping on the platform he stoops, grasps

New Member Initiates Himself, the bandies and pulls with all his might. The pulling of the handles releases a concealed paddle in the platform, and this paddle, actuated by a powerful spring, flieS upward and whales the surprised victim "in the most appropriate part of his anatomy. At the same time another lever presses on the bulb of a syringe concealed in the front of the platform and a stream of water Is projected into the neophyte’s faoe, thus bewildering him with a front and rear attack. —Newark Call.