The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-23
FAITH HEALING FOR CATS.
New York Woman Says Ii l. Il
Great Success.

She Declares That Her Household
Pets We're saved by the Absent
Treatment and That She Recover
ed u Lost Animal by the Process.
NEW YORK. oct 22-The treatment
of household pets by Christian Science
methods is the latest departure 10y people
who follow that belief. and. according 10
Mrs. T. G. HiusdaIe. Of Residence Park.
in New Rochelle, 1t is a great success
Mrs Hinsdale says that Christian Sci
tuCe has not only cured her. but that it
has cured several of her pet Angora cats.
and helped her To find another cat which
was lost for three weeks.
Mrs. Hjnsdal" says that she has rcceiy-
cd most of her treatment by telephone
without the Inconvenience of leaving her
house. She calls this the absent treat
mcHt" II Is obtained 10y an out-of-towu
Christian Scientists by ringing mp the
Christian Science reading rooms. at 10
West SiNty-eiEhth Street. where large
STAFF of heaters is kept on hand a num-
Der Of other patients Mrs. Hinsdale says.
are being treated I'm this manner in New
Rochelle, one OF whom is Chester French.
a young man OF II Locust Avenue, who
took cold last summer while camping out
at Hawthorne Beach with the Mamaro-
neck Cadets. and developed lung trouble.
The young mans mother is believer in
the science. and calls up headquarters
nearly every day ON her telephone and
gets the treatment for him At present
ne is not doing very well. but the family
believes that this is owing to lack Of
faith, rather than 90 the iucfncieucy OF
the remedy.
In relating her own experience. Mrs..
Hinsdalc said. 81 had been sick with
stomach trouble for ten years. had tried
every remedy known for that disease and
was about To give mp in despair when ]
heard of Christian Science and resolved
Ca see If there was anything in il. / was
treated by local healer and. to my great
surprise was cured at once. \ few
months later one of my pet eats. Petty
sing. was taken ill., He was so weak that
ne could not walk or eat aud / was afraid
he was going TO die. SO / rushed 10 the
telephone at once and called uD one OF
our hsal,rs az the reading room Ina New
York When ] told him about the cat ne
asked. w hat Is your bturft / replied.
q am a believer in Christian Science lie
SAID. " ait "a FEW minutes Then ne nung
up the telephone ana went into the room
where they give the absent treatment.
when the healer came back 10 the tele-
T
tySing would De all right He said that
De would treat me FOR fear. because IN.
cat would uO- be well as long as I feared
IL would De sick. I also gave myself the
treatment for fear and when ] went out
10 see PsttESiD-. sure enough he was
walking about and meWing Tor his dinner
After that. when any Of my cats gut
sick ] would treat myself against fear.
and J found that they invariably got well.
Although cats cannot speak and We can
not converse with them In their Ian
guage continued Mrs. HinsdaIe, they
have senses through which YOU can trans
nit TO them the soul spark.
Mrs. HinsdaIe then related the expert
ence OF lalla Rookh, the kitten which
was lost for three weeks. She said that
last summer she took an OF her pets @
Nine. Vincent. in Mount Vernon. &c
board She had scarcely returned 10 New
Rochelle when she received d telephone
message from the madam. who was IN
great distress. She said that Ialla ROOkh
had escaped, and that all OF the boys in
the neighbOrhOod had failed 10 ind her
Mrs. HuSdale offered a reward AT once
% stimulate the search. but even this
failed 10 disclose the missing pussy. so
she resolved TO resort 10 Christian Sci
eucc- She took her usual treatment 20
steel herself against the fear that her
pet was lost or killed.
After the kitten had been missing
about three weeks. said Mrs. HiuSdale.
II went 20 Mount Vernon one morning to
see Nine Vincent As ] got of the car
something prompted me. and I kept say
ing Lalla ROokh, YOU are Gods kitten
You are not lost ! kept saying this over
and over, until suddenly as 7 ueared
Nine Ninceut's / felt something blush
my skirts. and CA looking down I was
struck with surprise 20 find I-alla Poakh
rruttiUg along behind me. meWing at the
top OF her poor little voice The dear
little thing had been missing mere than
three weeks and was nearly starved TO
death"
Mrs Hi-edaie says that a large number
Of fashionable women give their cats and
Eu.sthDld pets the science treatment
Those who do not understand giving the
treatment themselves get 20 over the teIe-
phone She says Mrs George MedoIe Nv
ing at % CgUtEl Park West Manhattan.
by applying the mental healing Mrs No
dole BE- a member of the Christian Science
Church The Christian Science trcatmen.
! BY telephone costs 81 and the telephone
tolls are added.