Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1917 — PUTS BAN ON USELESS SPECS [ARTICLE]

PUTS BAN ON USELESS SPECS

Zion City Overseer Declares Some of His People Are Wearing Glasses Needlessly. ‘' ChicagO. Wllbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion City, whose edicts concerning smoking, kissing and similar “frivolities’’ of humanity rule his followers, has put the “kibosh” on eyeglasses also. Voliva suspects that some of his people have been wearing specs when they don’t- need them, and his latest order sets a deadline for those who may purchase or use them. All persons under forty-five years of age must first obtain froHTilim a written order, “Some young man has a pain in his big toe, and he gets a pair of glasses,” says Voliva. “Some say they have astigmatization. All they have is a pigtail In their eye.” yoliva also has taken over the naming of babies born in Zion City. Parents who wish a hand in the matter must first submit their choices and get an “O. K.” And they have been tipped! off that “Algernon,” “Clarice” and similar names won’t go.