“THE UNDERGROUNDS”
STRANGE RUSSIAN SECT. That life has become extremely complicated of recent years cannot be denied, and the problem of coping with it is one that is exercising the whole world. There is, however, one sect which considers it has solved the problem. This sect, called “The Undergrounds,” inhabits a remote part of the Ural Mountains. It has come to the conclusion that life is too complicated to be dealt with by anyone over the age of 40. Consequently, any person who reaches that age is put away with solemn rites.
The unfortunate person, on his or her fortieth birthday, is conducted with lighted candies and melancholy songs to lhe cellar of his or her house. Those under the fatal age then return upstairs to celebrate the removal of the useless one. who never again sees daylight. and who when' dead is buried in the same cellar.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 14 (Supplement)
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148“THE UNDERGROUNDS” Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 14 (Supplement)
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