New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FOR CATS.
HOW ANGORAs AND OTHER PETS ARE
CURED OF ILLNESS BY THE
MENTAL PROCESS

The treatment OF household pets BY Christian
science methods is the latest departure BY people
VINO follow that belief. and, according to Mrs E
T. Ainsdale wealthy society woman OF Residence
Park, in New-Rochelle. II is a great success Mrs
Hinsdale says that Christian Science has not only
cured her but thar IL has several OF her pet
Angora cats. and helped her to find another cat
which was lost for three weeks.
Mrs. Hinsdale -ays that she has received most
OF her treatment BY telephone. without the incon-
venience OF leaving her house. She calls this the
absent treatment" 1t is obtained by ali out OF
town Christian Scientists by ringing up the Chris
tian Science reading rooms. No. 10 West Sixty
eighth-st-. where large staff OF heaIers is kept
on hand A number OF other patients. Mrs. FIins-
dale says. being treated in this in New
Rochelle. Of whom is Chester French a young
man Of No. II Locust-ave., who took cold last
summer while camping at Hawthorne Beach
with the Mamaroneck cadets. and developed lung
trouble The young mans mother is a believer in
the science, and calls up headquarters nearly every
day on her telephone and gets the treatment for
him. At present he Is not doing very we'll but the
family believes that this Is owing lack OF faith.
rather than to the ineficiency OF the remedy.
In relating her experience. Mrs. Hinsdale
said:
II had been sick with stomach trouble for ten
years. had tried every remedy known for that
disease and about TO give up in despair when
I heard OF Christian Science and resolved TO see
II there anything in IT, I was treated by a
local healer and, to my great surprise, was cured
A few months later one CT my pet cats,
Pettysing taken ILL., He weak that
he could not walk eat. and I was afraid he
was going TO die. so rushed the telephone at
and called up OF our healers at the read
ing room In New-York When I told him about
the cat he asked. What is your belief? replied.
I am a believer in Christian Science He said.
Wait few minutes Then he hung up the tele-
phone and went into the where they give
the absent treatment. When the healer came back
to the telephone he told me not 10 fear: that
Pettysng would be all right. He said that he
would treat me for fear because the cat would
not be we'll long as I feared it would be sick
I also gave myself the treatment for fear and
when I went out TO see Pettysing sure enough he
walking about and mewins for his dinner.
After that when any of my cats got sick would
Invariably got we'll Although cats cannot speak
guage" Continued Mrs Hinsdale they have senses
through which you can transmit 10 them the soul
Mrs HInsdale then related the experience Of
LLLa hSqhh iae Aaten WiII w.s It ~ II sII F
her pets Nine Vincent in Mount Vernon. 70
when she received a telephone message from the
madam who was IN great d:Stress She e SAD t taas
in the neighborhood had failed 70 find her Mrs
the search but even this failed to disclose the
missing pussy 50 she resolved to resort 70 GRrls-
steel herself against the fear that her pet was lost
After the kitten had been missing about three
weeks" said Mrs. Hlnsdale, Il went 10 Mount
got of the car something prompted me. ana I
kept saying: Lalla RoOkh. You are Gods kitten
You not lost kept saying this over and over
until suddenly I neared Nine. Vincents felt
something brush my skirts. and on looking down
I struck with surprise 10 find Lalla ROOkh
trCtting along behind me, mewing az the top of
her poor little voice The dear little thing had
been missing, more than three weeks and was
nearly starved death"
Mrs Hinsdale says that a large number Of fash
ionahle women give their eats and household pets
the science treatment Those who do not under
stand giving the treatment themselves get II over
the telephone; She says Mrs; George Medole. hv-
a q
saved her cat Rosalind from certain death by ap-
plying the mental healing. Mrs MedOle is MEM
Der OF the Christian Science Church The Chris
tfan Science treatment by telephone costs 81 and
the telephone tolls are added