Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1918 — WAVES OF HATE FOR KAISER [ARTICLE]

WAVES OF HATE FOR KAISER

League of Optimists at Given Hour Daily Will Wish Dire Things for Huns. Chicago, Dt—A league of optimists has been organized In Chicago with the avowed purpose of beating the kalsed by “waves of hate.” Branches are to be formed In every part of the United States, according to Doctor Sheldon Leavitt, president of the league, who calls himself a “holy emotionalist.” Here is the idea: Twice a day 20,000,000 <stimists shall at-a designated hour concentrate Intellectually, grit their teeth, stamp their feet and simultaneously wish dire things for Potsdam crowd. The enemy shall be mentally annihilated. The ritual carries with it a “hymn of hate.” The formula outlined by Doctor Leavitt is as follows: “I call down upon the German government disaster, catastrophe, ruin, disease, pestilence,, annihilation and the plague.” Then all that remains is for the allied armies to crush the foe. °