The San Francisco call., 1896-10-02
FLOCK TO
SEE THE "HEALER"
An Agent at the Door
Does a Land Office
Business.
Sells Photographs at Any Price
That One May Choose
To Pay.
IT PROVES VERY PROFITABLE.
The Man Who Tries to Lo-k Like
Christ Talked German to
an Irish Lady.
IT PROVES VERY PROFITABLE.

As early as o'clock yesterday morning
a stream of people of all descriptions ano
conditions set in toward the little upper
front room in the International Hotel
which is occupied by Schrader. the ''di-
vine healer"
A force of employees of the hotel were
called into requisi ion to keep the stream
in the common channels of the hotel and
prevent its overfowing into all the hall
ways of the upper floor and becoming a
mob. The people were required to keep
in line and the line extended from the
sidewalk down the hall, up the windin 6
stairs, along the upper Railways to the
heaier's room.
The healer's room is small affair, with
cheap faded furnishings, a small single
bed. two chairs, washstand and bureau.
In the center of this room stood the
healer all day affecting to cure or relieve
by ''the laying on of hands" as rapidly as
the people came forward. His appear
ance was calculated to affect the impress
sionable by its likeness to that of Christ
the generally accepted likeness of Christ.
A little above medium height, slim figure,
clad in flowing black robe, rather hand
some face, the features large and regular,
mild brown eyes, kindly but not a weak
expression, brown whiskers and long hair
parted in the middle. A silver crucifix
was suspended by a cord from his neck
and across his breast was black ribbon
with stitched upon it the legend: Divine
Healer Scnrader."
The melhods were all those of Schlatter,
the Denver healer, with the addition OF a
sale of photographs going on all the time
as a side issue.
The "Divine Healer" who has got
himself up to so closely resemble Christ,
took in not less than 500 yesterday with
out so far.as appeared effecting solitary
cure. He charges nothing, but his imam
ager" or agent is stationed at the door,
and as each of the afflicted retires after the
"trea ment" he or she Is asked If they
wish to buy a photograph. The photo
graph which he offers shows the healer in
different poses.
The price being asked the agent answers
Anything that you wish to give" This
throws the healed upon his or her gen.
erosity, and the result averages higher
than would fixed price for the card. For
instance, the first man to apply to the
healer yesterday morning was julius
Finck of Will & Finck, suffering with and
hoping to be relieved from rheumatism.
When he met the man at the door with
his photographs he handed him $5 gold
piece.
The next man or woman may have
given him 10 cents and may have passed
out without taking photograph at all.
But those who did that were few, and it is
safe to average 25 cents for every man,
woman aud child who passed in and out
of the little upper room during the day,
and the stream was uninterrupted, except
for the brief periods that the healer took
for his meals.
The stream OF people, as stated, repre-
sented all conditions of people suffering
with all manner of complaints, only a
few of which latter were stated. A large
proportion were well-dressed and SEEM
ingly well-to-do men and women. There
were lame and deaf and blind, old people
on crutches and children in arms. Indeed
there were several who were treated by
proxy, being unable TO go themselves, a
mother or some near friend representing
them and carrying away to the sufferer
handkerchief that haa been blessed.
The treatment" as the healer himself
called it, occupied but minute in each
case. The afflicted person stepped forward
from his place at the head of the line,
The healer placed one large hand upon
the forehead and another at the back of
the head, and pressing them closely for
an instant, looked with wrapt gaze toward
the ceiling. Then be would change the
position of the hands to the right breast
and the shoulder blade, then to the left
breast relatively, then to the stomach.
Then he would take the two hands and
hold them in his own for another instant,
looking upward again. Then he leans