Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1950 — Page 9

FRIDAY, SEPT. 22, 1950

How fo Be Deliriously Happy . . . The Foible Gompkin Method

Our Satisfied Zloomphers Write Of Their Successes

Bounce Up From Barroom Floors "EDITOR'S NOTE: Please don’t take the Folble Gompkin " method seriously, gentle reader. #O% + “How to be Deliriously Happy” A is satire—broad and exuberant intended only for chuckles plus horse laughs. : It is a burlesque, in its own fashion, of all the “inspirational” and “how to” books of modern times-—the latest imperfect guide to the “perfect life.” ira Wallach, the author, is one of vanishing breed: The literate humorist. He has written for the best magazines and is author of “The Horn and The Roses.” George Price, whose drawings illustrate the series, Is the famous cartoonist of the New Yorker magazine. These articles are selected from the recent book, “HOW TO BE DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY,” published by Henry Schuman, New York, . ~ CHAPTER SIX DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY TESTIMONIALS By IRA WALLACH The following testimonials have

pletely unsolicited.

they not fought their way clear but up? to Delirious Happiness, |

Dear Foible Gompkin:

bottom.” My wife had shot at | cian. me with a German Luger. Al- |

in a spurious oil-well deal,

My patients were leaving me, | beer in the same month.

“Where can we go but up?"

come to the Temple of Joy com- One night, as IT was brooding | on my fate, I entered the Tem- | They make up a moving story| ple of Joy to meditate. of how people surmounted many| meditating, crises in their lives, crises which| came me. might have destroyed them had, 1 thought: Where can I go | As the question an- | swered itself, I felt a vast flow A Prominent Physician Writes | of electrical and atomic energy | coursing through my veins. Not many years ago I was | realized that I would never be | depressed. I thought I had “hit | content to remain a mere physi-

| have endorsed two brands of | over me. I was able to under-

By GeorgePrice

the Temple of Joy, an experi-

ence happened to me which

showed me the way to a new life.

¥ had to go to the Midwest town of Rockford, Ill, on a business trip. When I arrived at my destination, I was tired. I was no longer as young as I used to be, and I felt it,

1 took out my shaving stick

{ and in large, bold capitals, I

inscribed two words on the bathroom mirror: MEDITATE,

| and BELIEVE,

‘ Then a great change came

sardine sandwich on cracked | | on “the way back.” I began by

wheat bread.

The end of the story is simple. Fifteen minutes later, a | | soon rose to be president of

man knocked on my door. His name was Alfred Ghent! This is only half the story. Ghent sat down to chat with me. Suddenly he lifted his head, smiled, and said in that sweet and generous manner

which always characterized |

him, “I say, old man, I wonder if you'd care to have a French sardine sandwich on cracked wheat bread? I happen to

have an old one in my shaving |

kit.”

Foible Gompkin, after such | an experience how can men |

and women still doubt the

power of believing? Let me |

implore all those who read my

hearts to this power! It will

bring them-—as it did me-—one | seven-league stride closer to |!

Delirious. Happiness! OTIS FIGMENT. The Doctors Gave Him Up Dear Foible Gompkin: I was on top of the world until the time of my accident. After the auto hit, I knew nothing until I woke up in the hospital. I overheard the doctor saying to the nurse, “I

think we will have to amputate | put | able. I have taken on much-

needed weight, but better still, |

his head.” This depressed me. Then 1 asked myself: Where can 1 go but up? I felt a tremendous power in the atmosphere about me. I thought of this power. I reached out for it, mentally and emotionally. The feeling of exultation which resulted is impossible to describe.

I will not tell you of the

months in which I struggled for |

my life. Enough that the doctors finally decided that my compound fracture was psychosomatic.

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squared myself, Then I started

pufchasing a little chicken farm. From this modest start I

several shipping corporations, a large steel mill, a meat packing plant, and an automobile company, I am also Governor of two of our great states. MORTON L. PARTRIDGE

» . ~ She Lost Love and Found Happiness Dear Foible Gompkin: George and I had been married for two beautiful years. Then a shadow crossed our path, the shadow of drink. No matter how I begged and implored, literally getting down

| ‘on my knees to him, he never joined me and I remained a |

| solitary drinker. I would say to words to open their minds and |

him, “What will little Ellen think when she sees her mother drinking alone?” But I could not move the

| man: He was a stone.

I finally made my decision, I left dear George. Then I asked myself: “Where can I go but up?”

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The next day I entered the | Temple of Joy, half cynically, I | assure you. There It was that |

I first heard of Zhloomphing. The change in me is remark-

my mind and heart feel free. I

recognize that I, too, can | | achieve Body-Rest and Mind-

Sleep. Is it any wonder that my friends now call me “Joyous Mary"? MARY KROOGLUX

(Copyright, 1950, by Ira Wallach) END OF SERIES

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