The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-23
Ills CURE
COMES HIGH.
land Yet the Benefit Derived
Seems Not Very Great.
T.
lVlRGINlAN'S TREATMENT
Pays $500 Year for Prayer Waves
and is Unable to Leave His Room.
Good Story Told by Mr.. r.
81 Walton Moore.
ivlRGINLAN'S TREATMENT
The Times Dispatch Bureau,
No. III C Street. n, w.
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washington. d. c.. April 22d.

No. i417 Street. N. W..
Washington, D. c., April ED.
The action OF the Virginia General AS
sembly In requiring Christian SCIENTISTS
to pass medical examination before
they can be allowed to practice the art
OF healing was the subject of CONVEX
sation which had with gentleman Of
/ this city to-day. In the course of his
4 remarks lie made the remarkable state
4 n,ent that one of the best known men In
Virginia, beyond doubt, paid woman
IN q western town the sum OF sl,S00 n
4 year for her prayers for him. or for her
.'thought waves which were supposed
\ to watt him to health, or to beat off
disease.
Some years ago this gentleman. whose
name forbear TO mention, was In n
town in Indiana, probably, when he was
taken sick. My Informant thought the
Christian Science, or mental science
healer. was staying at the same hotel
at any rate, she undertook to heal him.
and in a short time he declared he was
= in his usual health.
The virginian was SO delighted with
\ his speedy cure. and was SO thoroughly
convinced Of the efficacy Of the method
employed, that he then and there entered
/ into an agreement whereby he was to
have the benefit of IL the balance OF his
4 life, He agreed to pay her $3.50 month
a been paying her ever since The last
time saw him he was not able to leave
This room. But he might have been under
tombstone had 1t not been for the
psychological, or faith treatment which
ever 1t may be. The surprise to me to
learn that this old gentleman, gallant
Confederate of rank. clear headed and
highly successful man of business, was
believer in such n system was great.
Not that there may not be something
in It, but he does not seem at all the
kind Of man to believe there was
William Z. Curtis, the Washington cor
respondent Of the Chicago Record-Herald,
In writing recently OF the educational con-
ference in Richsnold, makes the asser-
ton that none of the men Of wealth In
the South, nor OF the Southern men who
have gone North and amassed fortunes,
have done anything towards the education
OF the masses of their section. ] know
this Is not literally true, but ! DO not
recall that much has been done In the
South in latter days in the way OF giving
money to the cause OF popular education.
Southern men Of means are undoubtedly
literal as a rule, but their generosity has
no, apparently taken the form OF large
donations for educational purposes. Wash
ington gave great deal TO Washington
pnG Lee, and Jockey Robinson, a Rock
bridge mechanic, who amassed fortune.
beaueathed $4,000 to the institution.
Thomas jefferson began the University
Of Virginia, eXpending much labor and
money upon it, but think 1t will be found
s,rou examination that the greater por-
ton of the present endowment Of each OF
these institutions s made up of money
given by men from other sections or the
Union The South cannot vie with the
North In point of wealth. Of course, and
] have said nothing in carp'ng spirit.
] have simply meant to call attention to
the fact that Southern men of wealth pre-
fer to give money 10 other causes, than
that of education. The University of Vir-
ginia is In great need OF money at pres
emit There is fine opportunity there FOR
wealthy Southern men to aid n great edu-
cntonal institution, one which has turned
out SO many men of national fame.
A writer In current magazine prints
with pleasant comment the story which
MIR r. Walton Moore, Of Fairfax county.
told at the University OF Virginia alumni
banquet in this city In February last.
the speech of the evening. but as ! did
not tell the story then. r'give 1t now.
A General Basil Duke, of Kentucky. had
lust spoken. 1t was only a few days be-
fore President Roosevelt offered General
Duke a Federal judgeship. The General
had spoken In unmeasured terms OF praise
of the President There were loud calls
for Mr. Moore, II was plain to see when
he arose that he had not expected to be
called upon for n speech and that he hard
~ knew what TO say Everybody knew