Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-08

the ROOM" said Mrs. B.. no is an OPP
p%ortunity before the lecturer recoVers
his BREATH" Mrs. b." continued the
speaker, "let us go farther in this mat
ter of bodily habits. You imagine, you
think, a soft bed and a soft pillow are
necessary for rest, for sleep. Nonsense,
MADAM. Th. soldier in the field sleeps
on the ground with a log for Il pillow
and arises full of renewed strength and
vigor. The monk in his cell, finds the
cold flag stone, a bed and resting place
much to his comfort after he becomes
used to 1t, that is after he gets lio OF
thinking or imaging he needs the mod
ern 'downy bed of ease The Chinaman
thinks he needs a crooked board Tor a
pillow, and cannot sleep comfortably
without it. The Chinese thus adopts
this much of Christian Science. SO 1t
is in the matter of thinking or imagin-
ing the needs Of clothes. The Patagon-
ian covers his naked body with oil. and
comfortably fishes from his boat fire.
quently entering ice cold water. He
ices not think he needs clothes there
fore gets along much better than the
shipwrecked clothed sailor on the same
island. Not so long age the Scottish
peasant went abou with legs bare to
the knees, this in cold weather. The
Iowa farmer imagines, therefore, has to
heve. wooden stockings, rubber over
shoes and canvass leggins to keep his
legs from freezing.
"Out at the Indian reservation, the
bare-headed papoose grows into the
1~00-year-old brave, with no covering
but what nature gives him. Not a. bald
headed indian to be seen there. There
are plenty OF white bald headed young
mn in Tama and Toledo, who think.
therefore have to have a artificial COW
ering for their white heads. SO you
see even the Indians adopt a little OF
Christian Science Il would like to
ask said Mrs. b., "if a aid headed
Christian Scientist thinks he is not bald
headed, has he got plenty of hair? How
is 1t with o Mr.. Birdseye?
You cannot disturb my train Of
thought with frivolity,' wat the reply.
Let US take up the matter of food, of
eating. For instance up to this time, l
have considered three meals a day nee
essary, for my existence and comfort
Girls l~isten," sale the lady of the
house. Here's a fad we are interested
In" Now l know that such feeding is
unnecessary for my body. thought !
needed it therefore I did. I imagined l
must place meat and vegetables in my
stomach. therefore 1t was necessary
Now 1 think, l know, I imagine l don't
need it, therefore I don't need three
meals q day. 81 must interrupt said
Mrs. Birdseye, this is a grand dlscov-
cry. Good by to boiled dinners, good by
to washing dishes three times a day.
Well get our meals at the hotel, n
our Christian Scientist can continue to
think he needs no liver n onions.
Therefore he will not expect the table
to be set three times a day" A US
ual," said the lecturer, come these I'M
Christian t~houghtless ebullitions."
Madam do you know that a common
method of curing disease these days, Is
to go without food. F'asts of ten, TWEEN
ty and even forty days are on record,
with beneficial results to the faster.
Now shipwrecked sailors, having adop-
ted this much of Christian Science,
know they can live without food. They
think they can, and so do live. Before
this discovery, deprived of food men
l uleu " SlGl Ndlloll II v y A>oN
they know, they imagine, they can live,
till they get ashore or are rescued, n
they live for weeks on a little water"
Say, Pa" asked Seraphina, if they
imagined or thought they could also get
along without water. couldn't they?"
MY dear child" said the speaker. the
human mind has not yet been educated
to make possible a waterless bodily ex-
~istence. In the neal future Christian
Science existence, this will doubtless
follow. So you see that,-
Thanking you for your kind atten-
tion," broke in the moderator, we will
close the evenings entertainment with
a vote of thanks for this able address.
At least in one family, there will be a
practical test of this new anti-food
theory. Girls we will get u buck
wheat cakes at. the Pilgrim tomor-
row morning."
Mn1Lnxz