The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-03
HERE'S A HYPNOTIC BANK.
PSYCHO-TELEPATHY AND A LOAN
SHOP IN ONE OFFICE.


You Take the One IN Courses by Man ant
Borrow tho Money n You want TO Of
Invest II All I'm the same Institution
Great Medley Of what-D'ye-CaiI-Em'
Discovered Here by Editor Labouchere
Mr.. Henry Iaboucbere, editor Of London
Truth, has discovered a concern which
goes by the corporate or business name oil
t,e Columbia Scientific Academy, and
Whose headquarters are at 1891 Broad
way, In this city. This academy is mighty
interesting institution TO tho British editor
and may be also TO some New Workers
who hadn't heard OF it. In Truth OF Feb
u, the latest issue OF Mr.. Labouchere's
paper TO reach this side OF the Atlantic,
something more than a column Is given,
free of charge. to IT, This happens be-
cause the editor has been giving some at
tention OF late to what he calls -the Ameri-
can magnetic and psychic force swindle.'
What comment MIR. Iabouchere liz pleased
10 make on this particular institution Is
based on a letter which purports to have
been sent out from the New York head
quarters, addressed TO My Dear MIR. -
In which the writer says:
At the time we last wrote you. our Board Of
Directors had just voted TO distribute i.ooC
OF my complete Ki-Magi-courses. COM
plete S2S course for 81. These courses we're
10 be sold at this ridiculously low price to
those only who had taken course In Hyp-
potism in some other institution. Every
one Of these persons. except you. ordered the
Course on special ofer. and as the time for
you to take the Course has expired. our Board
OF Directors instructed me 10 send the Course
intended for you to prominent citizen OF
h. xtShA n 4
duced rate.
3, 1 int ndcd 10 send the Course to hin to-day
1 fur u and his influence rs he saw M TO give
IT, but when got your letter out to destroy
Il and cancel your name from our books
! was attracted by your handwriting. which,
by accident. came into my possession, Like
the educated eve OF an artist who sees in
rough piece Of marble an angel. my eye
caught in your hand writing at glance a
whole life pictured wildly before me. There
was 50 much history in your handwriting.
90 much undev Hoped power. and latent
energy and talent that could not destroy
the letter without writing and extending my
previous offer for fifteen days from the date
Of this letter Your handwriting Is one OF
the strongest have ever seen.
You seem to have neglected the develop
ment of those God given faculties, however,
that lie dormant Ia every ind yiduh until
power and ability would astonish you II you
could see them as they will be after they
are developed ! IN so Impressed With the the
/ have called a special meeting OF the Board.
and have. by hard work secured their per:
D. COMPLETE. latest revised. and enlarged
COURSES but 20 give you In addition TO that
character-readinG. the price OF which 10 10
According to Mr. Labouchere, this letter
was signed -R. +. Robertson, Psych. d. c.
d.
II an American institution OF this kind 10
worthy Of exploitation In England, it ought
70 have some notice in the home papers
So q SUN reporter called at the Columbia
Scientific Academy yesterday afternoon
to find out some more about IL. The re-
porter found that practically the entire
Fourth floor Of the building at 1881 Broad
way. which is diagonally opposite the
been appropriated for the uses Of the acad-
envy. There il q general reception room,
handsomely fitted up. with q fern-bordered
fountain playing in the centre. The re-
porter asked to see Mr.. Robertson.
A modish young woman went into Q back
room and presently ushered out q tall,
slim man, In his shirt-sleeves who ea1d he
was Mr.. Robertson. He was asked IL he
could give any further information re-
garding his institution than that con-
tanned In the article from Truth, which was
shown to him.
Just sit down a minute said the slim
young man. -and III speak TO our Mr.. Neal.
He attends TO advertising and things OF
that kind. and / have no doubt he will be
pleased to see you.
smooth face, light hair and very promi.
nent and very white teeth. He was asked
20 tell something about the Academy, and
In response he said:
you see, we do business almost alto
gether by correspondence. We give courses
In hxv u,nttsnn md rua0 m at IN haalinR char
acter reading from the hand, face and hand
writing, palmistry and physical culture.
Our course In physical culture is very ex,
cellent Besides these courses, we send
cot free 20 all our students literature on
telepathy and kindred subjects,
Did Mr.. Robertson sign the letter which
II reprinted in Truth" Mr.. Neal was asked.
.Well ] don't suppose he signed II per-
soDally. but whoever wrote II had the au-
thority to do so, no doubt
% As a matter Of fact, did your board Of
directors meet to discuss the subject re-
ferred 10 In the letter''
-Well.- replied Mr.. Neal, smiling. our
directors do meet now and then, but can't
thing. That's form OF advertising. you
know
what does 'Ki-Magi meant
-That-ah, well, you know that's q sort
Of combination. There's the Greek word.
cheiro There isn't. but there is Geek
word cheir. meaning hand from which
We get the Xxi. Then there's the word
magician, which IL ia the dictionary. That
means wise men. Now, sbbreviate nlagi-
ran, and you get 'Magi.' Hence. XII
Mag
s. swell. what IL Mr.. Robertson's full name.
and what do.s p-ych u. &. D.. means'
Mr.. Robertson's full name rs Ross y
Robertson. and be- coInes from Montreal,
where he used Ia lie connected with the
hsgchAnts' Bank 81 Canada. That bank
bss several branches. After time Nj
Robertson got Ia l-r auditor and travelled
oil around tai hook after the brsnchss
'Psych means I~ychOlogy, aud the hfst u
useails doctor, az dOtoT ~ Psychology
Hs got that d"grrs from Iowa Collssr
1hs a and the otlsr u means character
dslIn.aiOr, and hs go that from the Am.rl-
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