Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-10
THE POWER OF rAscINArIoN.
Beyond the Range of Reason to Determine
in What 1t Consists.

i'm what II C,ns,st.
rr,,,, a.. o.
W.; -
"uehoe ooee SPRING. Al"
unsupported region OF the mind or BODY are It's
roots TO be found? We understand il as hv-
ing fact. but of its wbv its wberefore. and
whether i. ba an .efn;,r r,r.,, ,r;-;.,a, o.
fue. VI
p! Pn!sicai, we know absolutely notning.
let IL exists; and most of us have succumbed
TO Its power. Few indeed are 90 poor in i'm
agination. 40 a, ia in sxm,.,h;es "a NO, 10 have
becoma fas.,,., "a a.. -. ,L;-.
W sone one VI sone'n"s az
ohe 'ilne OF NE. And naturally youth IL the
ume most fertile in these extraordinary out
burst of self-surrender. when that one special
person ia the can.ar NJ tho ,n;x.-sa Gov
A. ,;.,
fao,;o - ~ 50, ,uo spsoiute Poih' y, per
rr N 'Ae """fe's oeiis VINO can oo no
Ti,,i. ob;l5r,,,
d;t;or 90 .a..,.' 81 ~. a. 'ne ine"si eo".
fssc;na.;or - .nu W.. ia.se property oi
them msttar bas a,,r;hn,s. 80 !" Pc ~
reason tates ths niana 80 ;,,,.;.a,;A ''s. "n1 49,
falls in 1--we w;,b ~ 20 An .. = eun9
will not he nar,ad fror, !, 7, - -. ;;s
what tbs ,b;pc IA T. 80, s,m ~ Soy
rabbit n hall or b;t 90 E.nIat An ~ ~.
To do with children L,o,x e., az. - -
tion exists in i;s.les. forr,i.ss 49, .m
in those to which il would he more Gov 90 o..
that oecnlt orace One s+nr5v l,.la Ell.
who once caurht n small silver ssb wo,ia ~,
let the slinnerv crestrre or. Of h;s ch,,h, -
till sleep RELAXED his CRASH. And ,ben in az
morning when he foupd that MS sc.Iy ch.r,,
had gone hesven and aar,b c.n,a ,ooa,h..
and he broLa nc ,;,,ia -. =; 10
did that de,d sI;my s,ro,,, srao,I;,,. -.
represent to him. Somstb;no ,ni,a on, 90 a.
power of reason 10 determine 7, ,pnst ,ars
filled his cslIow ami with soma s,ranaa 80
ges;ion of exouisite beantr--son,a snhtIe say %
of a far-of divinitv for tho ,1oment ,ncn--
porote in tbose slimv sb;ry sc,los A. ao~Ir
civilization goes back for it's gods 10 beasts and
birds and fines SO children find their friends
and secret confidants their loves and mentsI
marvels, in their harry plsvmates or their
feathered captiyes. We are never so near 10 the
lower creatures as when We are children We
never understand them so we'll nor love then,
SO much, for the tie of community and arer- |
ton between a child and a doc or a child and
a cat. is stronger than any made between an
adult master and a four-foo.ed follower. or a
becapped old mistress and a furry favori,eona
of the ..little lions small and -daintv sweet :,
for which Arsinoe flung over her old lover and
took ..fnr-traveled Nicias" instead
What is it that attracts us in ono face and |
repels rs in anotber2 Wemigbt ssv the ,Ia;1 |
impress of the shirt within If we we've I'll or |
trscted by the same person and all raneIlea Inv |
the same. But. AS with that bomelv old adage
which sets forth how ..one mans meat Is an
other mans poison" so the face-tbe nerson-
whom we Ioathe another passionateJv assir,s |
and that which we desire another as nassion
atelv loathes. The cause lies deeper than tb,s
1t has its beginnings in some score. source |
some strange undetected science of which We |
have not got the kew. These subtle barmonies
and no less subtle discords have their own s.ITn-
snrung." and we have to 90 further vet into |
the mysteries of Observation-Disclosures before we |
come upon that ell-concenled original canse
Magnetic" some call 1t. which is merely rest |
ing the elephant on the back of the tortoise |
and the tortoise on what? When we saw ..map- |
netic" how much nearer to the absoln,e cause
of this barmonv-this discord-are ve2 We
have given a name. but the name wants its
def milton and then that definition mus, he re- |
duced to its elements. For. after all. what ia
this "magnetI.m" which we saw we see because
we feel? Is it a chemical affinity or geo.
metricaI harmony9 And in anv case how ;s !.
that one rerson can fascinate MANY a,S so
prove an indefinite amount of chemical ainitv
or a stranpelr comnlex peometrical arra,,a
ment of atoms2
This power of fascination nlavs an imnor,ar,
mart in the lives of men and vom.n To- os,an |
The effects are disastrous thongb at t;mesos |
in the leaders of large and righteous nao,a'
ments or nj nprer snir;tn.I .snirot;ons - b..
world Vet for ono man who l. aIex,,aS an5
made heroic nv the PERSONAL Fascination 81 |
woman Gov ,hon.ands orc 5..5a
rnined The Ge,rgo PorpweIIs ~ i;fa 80 - |
pupoarouo tbo, H.. Orso,s o,d ,ba O,..Lrae
and DeIii.bs Owe NO ,atant -, 1921 .Is
stranoth 81 boross tbop ,ro H. asI .iie
mold 70 strenc,ba, .nJ annohIa onuor,, M; |
Fasa;,,;o,, ,e - 80 m 80 ' ma
so,oe +ime or ,no.har ri.Id or,so,rn. 80. |
terrible liz "a vii os H. Ioroir Tho ..sa .s
80 ,,>a'a,I -, -, ne ueinon