Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25

bn't, right there you might begin to
et busy with the idea that a great
pany people whom you would least
Inspect Of caring, are not only con.
terned in astrology, as 1t bears upon
heir W past, present and future.
bit that right here in Chicago they
ne mixing astrological guesses with
Material fact in the conduct OF their
Professional business. Here is a 5ug.
sestive story in its practical applica.
ION:
a mother Of two children in Chica.
- had became enamored OF the doc.
fnes Of Nine Tingley, and was at.
Iracted to her colony at Port Iona,
california. The father of the children
vas an unbeliever in the Tlngley
echool and one day he returned home
o an empty house to find that the
mother with the two children had gone
% Point Iona to deliver to Nine
Tingley the two children upon which
Der school of training might be
brought to inhu nee.
The fathers first thought was as to
the possibility Of bringing the law to
bear upon the return OF his children.
He consulted an attorney, who at once
saw the loopholes through which an
ordinary habeas corpus might be
served. The two men departed for
california within "a hours.
But in the courts there it was dis.
covered that certain procedures Ut.
der the rules of the court body made
Unexpected entanglements that prom,
Bed delays. The attorney especially
aeemed doubtful and uneasy. At an
opportune moment he turned one day
upon his client and asked, with cloud.
"a face and brow:
LET me see-what is the date Of
-FOUR wife's BIRTH"
The client, wonderingly, replied that
she was born October 2. 1870. At the
words the lawyer threw both his hands
INTO the air with an exclamation.
I'VE can't do a thing! We can't do
a thing! Your wife is a double Capri.
corn!"
His client, doubling the sanity Of
the man for a moment, insisted upon
an explanation of the meaning Of the
term double Capricorn"
ut means that she is a winner" re
piled the lawyer in tones OF certainty
that admitted no question on his part,
There's no use Of proceeding in this
matter-shen beat us at every turn"
And with this the discouraged lawyer
returned TO Chicago.
But the father wasn't so sure, hav. ,
ing a doubling knowledge Of Capricorn
even in It's geographical sense. He
Employed a new adviser in the matter,
With a result that a way was found to
bring the writ at once before the 81.
preme court OF California, where the
cnstody Of the children was given TO
The father, almost without a question
Oh the part OF the court.
ne father and the children arc in
Chicago today, as is the attorney who
dropped his Blackstone and all his le.
sal training at the feet OF a double
capricorn" which didn't seem TO work
all.
Chicago has been referred to as one
OF the cities OF the country which suf
tiers widely from a lack OF apprecia.
ton OF the logical reasoning It has
been spoken of'as the stamping ground
Of the cheat and the 'faker Of all
Among these takers TOT has
4 wider swing than has the astrologer.
II Is the opinion Of one OF the leading
neurologists Of the city that the be
|Ief in astrology permeates all classes
oi society to an extent that few I'M
h~elisvers might be led TO suspect
Mhen the belief goes no further than
4 mere probability in the life of one
oersOn who pays the faker for the hor
cope, il is sometimes affecting the
odividual for the o part; when II
bcomes a matter to be brought into
fe professions. and 10 be a part Of the
Professional advice for which the un
y specring unbelieyer has 20 pay, IL Is
comlng a community question.
There are few professional men
BIO will dispute the assertion that
D eir professions began in a%strology;
here are many who will assert that
tng ago, these professions should
I'VE separated from the parent SD I
rsuuon. They have outgrown Moth I
shipton and her prophecies, as they
We outgrown the favorite prediction
the astrologer in all ume-that the
hd Of the world was in sight. d
That medicine had lis birth In as a
Dlogy is a fact carried TO this day on G
n lace OF the prescription which you c
fo,, ,-o,tr rhVefcfan 10 tie drug a