Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-28
AS TO BRAIN WAVES.
ORR ALTON CORRESPONDENT pro-
POUNDS A DIFFICULT QUESTION.
Viking Up Time-some Reflections
Regarding the New Fad--A '"'''"'
n.,-per.onnI Experimentation
ten sports-Briefs.
lcorrespondenee o. the DIspatchJ

,corresnondence OF the DispatchJ
ALTON VA. March 26.-"rd rather De
,rr,,ared THIN appeared to-" says 10
stab Aliens wife. and i quite agree 49,
her. But II we are going to get niu'"
o,ossr in our material touch to the &C
cult. the psychical hypnousm' ui"'''
waves thought photography, and al
Tho other mysteries or the borderianu
between the known and the uhhho""'
we may expect to be appeared 10 d.
any time. and upon any SUBJECT
An exchange, which appears sehsiDiS
n devote some Of its energies to poui-
try department, politics, a iashion
mage and other things of this muhuane
ufe. calls for Thought wave TO De SEW
NV ali patriots on March 9th. from noon
10 p. NJ. that wars may cease, ana
freedom prevail everywhere Ihere
seems TO be nothing in the form OF a
prayer. or petition to higher power
suggested i'm this call, but concentrated
thought between many people, each.
take il. TO be. anxiously DESTROYS that
wars may cease, ETC.
I am puzzled about this thoughI-
wave" II may be ignorance, or that
am not well up in this kind of brain
business: but suppose that l am suffi-
GENTLY patriotic to breast its cold and
mystic current, how is the difference OF
time. say. between four points Of the
COMPASS. to be managed? ] may start
nv brain-wave thought ripping out for
peace at half-past u. and some one In
California be away off In the time. Or,
vice versa. suppose, after the hnen
strikes /, 1 am left 10 waste my BRAIN
force upon an aching void! Such lone
illness gives one n creepy kind OF SEN
sation only TO imagine. Clearly, the
"thought-wave" TO be OF service Will
have to be closely scheduled.
AN EXAMPLE.
I believe in brain waves" If I dislike
Mary Ann Jones. though 1 greet her with
kisses and deluge her with words sweeter
than honey. some occult diyination warns
her a long ways ahead OF my fervency
and she either tells me so to my face, or
greets me with the same ardent hypoc-
risy. have seen the power Of thought
concentration, which may have been
utilized In waves or hypnotic currents
exercised between a lecturer and listener
where each were strangers, and totally
unconscious of the EFFORT 1t may DC
will-power, but I'm a crowded audience
there are persons who can compel the
speakers eye to rest upon them, 10 at
tract his glance. and hold II, though, per-
sonally, they may be far less interesting
than many another in his closer range
1 knew girl, who, though neither beau
tiful nor unusually Intellectual possessed
this power to a wondrous extent. Anc
what is the phenomena that bridges miles
of space between and silently speaks fol
some dear friend, neglected, 1t may be
for more pressing duties? How comes the
answer back TO you when your tardy
letter is sent at last and received2 81
have been thinking of you for days, anc
intending writing at once" or, stimuli
taneous in thought, the brain waves
have crossed through the silent ether
I and your letters pass each otner on the
1 solid route Of the postal service. WhC
has not experienced this?
In dreams that open out such a fas'
| cinating subject to many minds, the mys
| terry deepens. Have we not often dreamed
| of a friend or loved one at night. TO fine
/ that the next mornings mail brings z
letter. or that news about them. of JOY
| or sorrow, reaches US during the day
! There are many queer experiences about
our thoughts, sleeping and waking. Of
| which just as queer theories are given.
a CURIOUS DREAM.
1T had a curious dream last night