Mumbo Jumbo
"Dance manias inundate the land. J. A. Rogers writes, "It is just the epidemic contagiousness of jazz that makes it, like measles, sweep the block."* People do the Charleston the Texas Tommy and other anonymously created symptoms of Jes Grew. The Wallflower Order remembers the 10th-century "tarantism" which nearly threatened the survival of the Church. Even Paracelsus, a "radical" who startled the academicians by lecturing in the vernacular, termed these manias "a disease."
"The Wallflower Order is well aware of what Jes Grew wants and what Jes Grew needs. In case they're wrong they have other techniques. Their diagnosis is the same as PaPa LaBas', a "so-called" astrodetective they have under surveillance.
"You must capture its Celebration and then it will dissolve. It's a new age. 1920. Sword fighting only interests kids who attend the matinees. Douglas Fairbanks can sell Liberty Bonds and act but he is of no aid to you. The Teutonic Order is of no use. You must dock it co-opt it swing it or bop it. If Jes Grew slips into the radiolas and Dictaphones all is lost. Luckily your scientists are working on microorganisms; minuscule replicas of yourself capable of surviving the atmosphere of any planet. Your inventors are preparing a Spaceship that will transport these microorganisms to 3 planets you've had your eye on. You wish all of your subjects were like them. Loyal, passive, "just doing our jobs."
"You must get your hands on Jes Grew's hunger. That text. Last reported in the hands of a surviving member of the Knights Templar, that discredited order which once held the fate of Western Civilization in its hands until the scandal."