The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-09-25
The Influence of "
y Josephine Carr.
Observation-Disclosures!


= HE young husband looked down at
his pretty wife lie had enjoyed
good dinner and was in a reasonably
.contented mool Al least he should
have been
Come. come. my dear" he said In
biusque way that was quite foreign TO
him. you know ] don't believe in It.
don't object 10 your amusing your
self in your Own way-and this Is only
fad. but you can; expect me to join
you in chasing afte. a set Of long
haired cranks whose antics"
why. Fred. how can you. Do you
call Josephine"
-Oh. Josephine-well. she's your
friend and of course a very advanced
young woman But. Dolly. I some
times doubt the advantage of her in
auence over you"
Fred. yen old stupid. Why. Jose
phine is brilliant and cultured. and
she has gone into this mental telepathy
because it's SO developing. That's all
Just wish you could hear her talk
about thought capitalization end ire
sistible attraction"
But that's just what I want to e.
cape And that's Just why I must be
-used from attending you to the
sea- ,e-sitting-or whatever you call
the obsequies-this evening You
know how l followed you-toilsomely
and sheepishly-to those Browning
and Emerson clubs. and stumbled
through a Chautauqua course. and
crowded n mental science. but draw
the line at this thing Ii is hypnotism
pure and simple. whatever they call
IL. and that's a dangerous thing "a
-dabble in. though doubt IL any Of you
will learn anything more harmful than
the singing Of polysyallables and
meaningless phrases
There were real tears in the littlt
wife's eyes as she pinned on her pretty
hat before the mirror She did 50 wari
Fred to sympathize with her
1T is Just because you are so ma
ferial." she petulantly exclaimed III
you would only put your mind in a.
attitude Of receptivity. That's ali yot
have o do. And the professor will b.
there tonight. and on. Fred. he Is
wonder. He's a theosophist and hyp
snotist. and occult and mysterious. and
his name is Caspar Appollonius- Ism
that SOULFUL"
Soulful. It's mouthful. Blu
there's the door bell. Miss Carr hai
come for you I'll sit UP and hea
about IL when you return
Fred Armitase was a devoted hus
han and usually gave a seemingly cor
dial approval to his wife's '-enthusi
asms." as he styled her fads. but thi
latest search for wisdom in the realm
Of the occult was not to his liking
Dolly should have better sense thai
TO run after freak professor and al
silly followers. with their jargon abou
mysteries and manifestations and sou
harmonies. OF course IL was all IN
fault of that Josephine Carr. CIR
with more zeal than brains. and Wit
a GOOD deal too much time hangin
heavily on her hands. a girl who sough
TO keep up with every newism tina
came along and lived in an infellectua
xhirlncol. He wished she wouldnt tr
10 drag his Dolly in with her. lie mus
NnrDy1l6 EsOIe AO4 hsS -
ty wife-go out with her Eore. an
read and study together at home-bu
pshaw, what was the use as long
she was under the Influence OF TIA
Carr girl, The only thing TO do was :
.circnmvent Josephine-io undermin
her hold on his wife's affections nc
n simpIe matter TO undertake, bat Frc
ArmitaEe wasn't man to give
easily when once he attempted TO q
.cnmplish an object
rss=eysr-Dolly noticed II at diane
the following day-aii thought OF an
mostly toward the astute Josephin
had evidently passed from his mind
by the way he began In sprighii
..ones. Il met-whom do you think
tusf as I was crossing Green sire
this afternoon!
OF course Dolly gave II up. She WI
fmpa,ient to tell Fred what the pr
lessor had said about soul illunin'
zion. n would b.. 50 helpful II !
would only listen
~wsll, dear. Il vas Josephine "a