The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
ARIES, TAURUS, JIMMY!
HERE'S A WoMAN'S OCCULT CLUB
NAMED AFTER THE ZODIAC.

HAD Two Men Present last NiEht, EHciusiVo
OF tie Man In tue AitnnnHc. and the Villains
Grinncd Once In = whiie-it Was an Aries
Ntsht-Mosns, Mopnstones, and Noonshine.
Thcre's O brand new club In town. 1t Is
tho Zodiac, and held its second regular meet
ing Mt the Advanced Thought Exchange. IA
West Twcnty-second street, last night. a
large turnout of women, and w mon wero
present. Mrs. stephen King. tho President,
with whom the idea of the club originated, was
in tho chair. The other officers arc Mrs.
Eleanor Kirk Amcs, Honorary Presidents; Mrs.
II. Osborne, First Vice .Prcsident; Miss Mazda
Craigen, Second Northeastern; Mrs. May Banks
Stacy. Recording Secretary; Mrs. Caroline
somors, Corresponding Secretary, and Mrs.
Mary Ames Mapos, Treasurer. The Executive
Committee consists of Mrs. Lucia Balcom,
Chairman; DIR. Hulda Gum, and Mrs. Maud
Brewer. An advisory committee Of men will
be appointed as soon as possible.
"rhc object of the club" Mrs. Amcs, who Is
20 DO the club instructor, said to the members,
"is TO make II thorough study of the influence
OF the Zodiac upon human life. People want
to know their characteristics. their faults,
their talents. their idiosyncrasies, what com
panions they should have, whom they should
marry, and from whom they should get di-
yorces, and So on. l think it will DO instruc.
tive to commence with the head sign Of the
Zodiac, Arios. Aries is in the domain of fire
and an Aries person is supposed TO DO hrainy.
warm.blooded. full Of impulse. and of n desire
70 DO of service, and we are told that when an
Aries person y affected physically 1t is apt to
Mrs. Ames's hook. Influence Of the Zodiac
on Human Life" has been selected by the club
rs q text book, and Miss Craigen was asked to
read from It something of the traits Of Aries
people. When she had finished some. one asked:
Are there any Aries people heref
"Uow can you tell emf asked somebody
.."fhey must DO born between March 81 and
fessod to coming under the Aries I, head; ,ou,.,.,
objected one. II know I'm perfectly willing to
work and don't expect somebody else to do all
Ladies' said Mrs. Stacy soothingly, "as I
understand II. these are cxcesses.'
Certainly" affirmed Mrs. Ames. Through
environment or trimming or something else you
faults natural to Aries people. Now. in regard
= S z the moon an s: :! = RS irSs1SoS ladies SS " viii
h4 .. to tel The year ns Of Your Ons. BIRTH .hrs,atn," nm.
the two men, WIG smiled ali over their faces;
a. vs., wanIa thh he u y h6od e tbinR ,o hI Mrs. o A%e Su t1has
Solar Biology 80 that you can find what you
want for yourselves. 1 don't say this in de-
age. That is perfectly Legitimate, and l have
nothing to say against it,. Most women feel
younger tnun tney LOOK, ana L IL Db utllunttu W
come here early at our next meeting and show
you ladies how to find your own polarization
The talk went off Oh gems next, and their in
fuence on wearors.
do they really have any powerl" asked q
pretty little woman.
The Eastern thought is that many stones
get magnetism OF the wearer," said Mrs.
Stacy, who has made an exhaustive study of
this subject. I'VE know stones live. Pearls
have been known to die and other stones to
crack without receiving a blow. We have
only to go to the Bible to find a strong belief in
the power of certain stones. God gave them
10 soldier and high priest. There is u positive
and negative stone for each month. a male and
q female, and YOU must wear both to produce
harmony to bring luck. or whatever 1t is"
The power of the moon was next discussed,
and some instances were given. II was de-
Sodiao Systematically month by month, and
Miss Craigen suggested that the members look
up tho well-known characters under each
sign and discuss them. I'VE can reach our
own faults in that way without having to own
up. to them SO publicly, she explained.
The club will hold meetings on the first and
third Fridays of each month, Friday being Sc
lected because 1t is an occult night. In speak
Ing, of the club, Mrs. King said: w sent out a
call for our first meeting Dec. o., and fifty MEM
bers responded. The interest manifested in this
subject put the thought of tho club into my
mead, and so many are applying Tor admis-
sioi. that we shall probably have to limit the
membership on account OF want of room at pres