The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17
The Society Of Vital Friends.

Tho number Of persons who prefer
kovei and irregular systems Of medical
treatment 10 those tried and established
seems to be increasing. Some new.
queer form OF faith and charlatanry
turns up every now aud then. Dying
according to the rules" goes out Of
fashion a little. Dying In violation
Of the rules Is moro agreeable TO some
iadependent spirits. A collection Of
arch spirits has come to light in Philadel-
phia. A died there the other
day of what her physician called "tuher-
culous deposit" The death certii-
aats was unconventional In form but
This leech made no p~retence to the degree
If NJ. ID. He wears what he regards,
doubtless, as a much prouder title,
that OF v. p. Vital Physician. He and
ether V. P.'s were schooled In their
science Of life and healing at the or
a College Of Metaphysics. Metaphysics
Il 4 lovely mongrel word, and must he
more impressive in its effect upon simple
minds than the verdict OF a whole col
lege Of plain, ordinary physicians and
urgeons We annot but think that It
is a mistake for the graduates Of the
College OF Metaphysics not 10 describe
themselves as Vitaphysioians Still,
Vital Physician is IN excellent combina-
u6n; and at the College of Metaphysics
subjects are studied Of which only great
minds are worthy. For example Vital
COSTUMES" Vital Culinics," vital
Genetics, a" 4" Vital Symmetrics." Where
is Mother EDDY now?
The devotees Of the new science. re-
ligion, or whatever else you please 20
call IL, compose the Society Of Vital
Friends. They say that there are al
ready q thousand or more Of them, and
that rather more than one In every
fifty Ia more than a hundred years old.
This Ia a. cuuous Il piece Of statistics
~, the most eccentric ststistioian could
oh for and sufficiently j~ustihes the
existence Of the society. IL shows also
the value Of the metaphysical course In
"Longevical Economy and Of the
instruction In "Cuhnlos OF kitchen
science and the art Of diet Sure. twas
q mountain Of philology from which the
vtAphysiciAhs dug their nomenclature.
Cuhnics. iongovlcd who dares 90 say
that there Ia not a po~eT and mysterious
tnnuenoe IN words ana s~yIAbls-f
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