The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-15
Eleanor kirk's Idea.

How little one-half OF the world knows
what the other half Think. Every
wee We run across magazines and
periodicals devoted 70 opinions. some
old and some new, II anything can be
new. and all remote from the common
point of view; and there are seen adver-
tisements Of other seemingly queerer
organs Of queer thought AM theory
The magazine counters are piled high
with the occult and mysterious. systems
81 physical. mental and spiritual heal
ing that are Ia the Greeks foolishneSs.
confident solutions Of tho old riddle
Strange prayers IN said IN strange
temples. Cults and scots hv the hun
d-eds arise. The wand-rer who leaves
the beaten paths OF theology. philos-
ophy and sCienc" for these hy-wav-
and hlnter.ands OF speculation may bc
weari,d or refreshed. according 20 his
state Of mind For our part W. md
pleasant voyages IN these regions east
of the sun and w"s, of the moon of posi-
tive or accepted belief or knowledge.
The jewellers there get comfort from
their residence. and II many Of them
seem 20 be- filling their bellies with east
wind, provided they like II. what business
II " II ours' EVERYBODY to hls diet.
Eleanor kirks iiCI a monthly pub
lishcd IN thus town. II a specimen -
this Species We like II better than
most Of the others because II IN con
~vcuI"ntlv small IT, motto IL q prog
res not precedent principle. not rreiu-
dice. and Il reports decided progress
tLLt>oK kIRK l. N" author ~ a book
on the Prevention and Cure If ODD
Nge. a book which 81 strikes a clean blow
At the |fallacv e m" centuries. shows
that there l. 8 no need If weakness and
decay AMI teaches how To eliminate
the lines and marks that a belief IN Old
2 has written upon faces and forms
Confound II. We don't believe IN old age
Now Will those Crows feet glide away
and those wrinkles consider themselves
sinopthed. A. least We do a kindness
- the world in steering " toward PER
pctual youth
In an article full - that New
Thought which has been old for cen
turIcs. ELFtNoR kIRR SAYS that the
habr, # death must be broken II -
a foolish hahl' and most II Ms are en-
tirely willing Ia swear of Tie per
yertcd thought that causes sickness.
old age and poverty, causes death
How shall that pervert he reclaimed
ELEANOR kTRK has : stopped being sick
and Is NJ longer poor in purse IL re-
mains for her 10 abolish death. She Is
confident that Il can be done.
-I'ta,rs were ten thousand p-opI, On this EARN
who 'e. ~ ! 10 or this subject. immortality In u.
r,,h would no, o. a matter Of centuries, but would
he ,si'led r'sli h'r. and noo
There IL tho chance for a new and
really immortal Ten Thousand. not IN
retreat but in triumphant advance upon
a greater than the Persian grand mon
arch
The reduction or abolition ~ clothes
seems to lie a part Of the campaign
for the abolition ~ death. Giving her
opinion Of that ~ Ir. SARAH HACKET
STEvFNsoN Of Chicago. who . Is advo-
eating bv a series ~ public lectures tho
h'Nl'h'li'N W k'ihb il''A ''''l'Ft
ELEANOR KIRK decides that "a com.
promise with clothes IL about all that
can be expected AZ present This Will
he comforting ~ the dre-smakers and
the tailOrs. lndeei, II the believing
Ten Thousand ran he found, there Is no
reason why the abolition Of death can
moi be- brought about without lugging
in the unnecessary question Of clothes.
Until climate is abolished these may
seem desirable, and there are plenty 81
persons who would not rare for an
earthly immortality without clothes.
ELEANOR KIRK has her own theories
Of dress and reform:
\ gAlSe combination suit, winter and sumner.
ard ~ aGsrT us.S; arr al ;se garments |. ztsf
Underneath a dress wsist which - 'caih.rbon-d.
| never wear = cor-,, and I am quite SURE that my
eoWas OF ~ well a. any other womAh's gowns IN
the countu. \ woman Who weighs "a pounds.
with a bust that mAiche, the rest OF the adlpo.,.
would probably require a f-Athertohs corset or
buned under waist 10 keep h,r IN form Hut
would not be afraid 70 guarantee splendid results
to the average woman Who VIII wear Just one 'rath.
erboned garncat. aud that on, Inc waist Of her
gown
l. Il wellS IL IL III; The Caballstlc
monsters capering on the cove Of the