The Irish standard., 1895-11-23
hope, but the pain Is terrible Vet some

times. ''E s.s;8 I
Thestwitchings In her case were strict
| II nervous; and any person Of strong
magnetic force or. hypnotic power can
perform similar cures on similar people,
provided he has the condolences OF the
ones afflicted. ~ - Fl - go ST..
The interviewer spoke with q we'll
known physician in Colorado Springs.
Well he said with a peculiar smile
and quizzical look in his eye, I sent one
OF my patients to Schlatter two or three
| weeks ago and she came back cured.
What! a regular physician, and do
such thing as that?" 1
Sure and his smile grew broader.
What was the matter with her
Nothing. You see she thought there
was something the matter, and Schlatter
can cure those cases right along" -..ay
DR.. John J. Tilden, of Denver, when
asked his opinion of the "healer" said:
HE is honest. All maniacs are. Only
sane people can be dishonest The world
sees SO little real honesty that man who
possesses it is regarded as something
supernatural; and, when it is found coup
led with unselfishness and self-sacrifice,
the people are ready to denOminate as a
god the person having such attributes"
"What do you consider Schlatter's gifts
to be?'' L.. e.,
"Conceit, concentration, persistence,
and bulldog tenacity, with, Of course a
certain amount of magnetic and hypnotic
power" !.
The reporter followed up several cases
where the miraculous was claimed, each
one ''petering out" until it seemed a
waste of space in leading newspaper to
print the details
1t is really interesting to- see. 4Schlatter
as he INDUCES in his 'laying-on Of
hands, Here is long line of people,
reaching out toward the east till it gets
to the corner, when it turns, and can be
seen struggling along the sidewalk for a
block or two toward the south-some
standing, others leaning on the fence, still
others sitting on stools, and not a few
supporting themselves on crutches, and
others again with heads tied up and arms
in sings. Many have been sitting or
standing nearly all night, becoming chill
ed, and really thus Invoking more disease
than they expect the healer to cure Tc'
the west reaches another line of people
these have their handkerchiefs blessed,
as the others came to have their hands
clasped and be~healed. g. a.
The two lines of, people meet in front
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fence, and by his side Is a burly man
with brick red hair. and nustach, who
looks as though he might be one OF the
ex-ward heelers-at any rate not the sort
of sshealer" that Schlatter claims to be.
While Schlater greets the first person
in the line struggling up from the east, as
represented in the illustration herewith,
by grasping his OR her hand with his
right. a pleasant expression steals over
his face, and his lips move as in prayer or
supplication. The other "heeler.' the
burly man aforesaid, turns to the line
struggling down from the west, gathers
into a roll the handkerchiefs offered, and
places them to the left hand of the little
Alsatian, who thus "blesses'' or mag
netizes them, while he "heals'' or hypno-
tizes the person whose right hand he has
seized with his own. That is the whole
process of the superstitious drama or
farce which has been enacted day after
day over in North Denver. It is sec
ton of the earlier or middle ages, illus
trated and brought under the glare of the
light of the closing days of the nineteenth
century. - --- 80