The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-05

| Tate during tho noon hour. III you woulc
hear the spirits talking or penetrate the
mysteries Of the Great Beyond or master
yoga In any form, concentrate.
Choose the noon hour. because that Ia
the time Of greatest light, the hour when
there are no shadows. And In time you
may know all things and be as gods
That is the advice given by the New
Thought cult, and IL you ask how one Is to
concentrate at the noon hour and eat lunch
con at the same time you will be told to
out the luncheon short or do without IL
that fasting Is good for the soul and soul
culture is much more important than caro-
Of the physical
In the shopping district there are a
couple of clubs where you may concentrate
under favorable conditions. One of them
Is house whose prosaic aspect would
never lead you 10 suspect that 1t is a centre
for soul culture. When a Sun reporter
rang the door bell mouse colored little
woman came to the door, opened it softly
and spoke in whispers.
Yes. this was the place where soul
oulturists concentrate She did not e1-
press herself quite in that way, but that
was what she meant. And abe invited
the caller to participate in the MONDAY
meeting. where the concentration was oven
then in progress
She tiptoed along the hall, and with great
care opened another door, fearful that 1t
might squeak ever so little and startle tho
ooncentrators. With her finger on her
| lips to indicate silence she permitted the
visitor TO pass within and disappeared as
rnysteriously as she came.
An elderly man, having long, very long,
| Dundreary whiskers sat with his back
against a curtain of faded, aesthetic blue,
eyes flashed strangely. and he seemed TO
see things in the air all around him.
His eyes seemed blind at first. Sud-
denly he would note that a strange sheep
was in the fold, and a glance Of alertness
! would be flashed across the room, only to
be replaced by the trancelike expression
He was talking very earnedly on The
! Whichness OF the Why He was making
1t very clear that if you are not here you
are there; and If you are there you cannot
/ possibly he here. And If you really are
here you must study. so that you will know
where you are when you get there.
He had curious way Of asking, Howl
, when starting on new line of thought
and reaching out in the air with long, bony
fingers, as If he would grasp the thought
and hold it fast. And his eyes would flash
as If he saw spirits all around him
While he talked his audience sat with
closed eyes. shutting out the world 80 that
they might absorb his words. And re-
member too, that this was the noon hour.
when people are supposed TO be hungry;
and this audience was chiefly composed Of
workers from the world OF business.
The big woman in the corner sat with
closed eyes, never moving; and the pretty
girl in the blue sweater fixed her blue orbs
on the ceiling meditatively. A fat person.
the picture Of health, who was there for
mental treatment for some physical Ill,
and her companion severe looking
woman. never opened their eyes
man also studied the ceiling and -furtively
the girl in the blue sweater A red faced
citizen who looked as IL he had Just for
.saken His oleaver. also concentrated. as
'ones would suppose red faced, fat man
never could concentrate, especially at the
aeon hour.
Suddenly. with last Howl that re-
Ntained unanswered the speaker shook
himself, closed his eyes tightly and stopped
talking
The concentration had begun in earnest
Everybody then sat with eyes glued shut
and thought hard. What about. no one
could even guess
Finally the big woman In the corner tip
toed out She had concentrated enough
for one day. The blue eyed girl followed
Then the soulful young man sneaked out
40 quietly and carefully that he forgot his
hat and had to come back again.
The fat man tiptoed after him, but hs
shoes squeaked. and that settled the con-
centration for that day All the eyes flew
open at the sound. and the seance was
over
Then the speaker shook hands with every
body. He once was minister in the Con-
gregational Church though that was long
ago, and he has the gentle art of hand
shaking down fine.
Il have come with her. explained the
thin, severe woman, pointing TO her stout
companion. -She wants TO take Christian
Science treatment | would rather she
would take mental treatment from, you.
] brought her here TO get her within the in
fluence Of your aura. What do you think of
Christian ScenCeY'
The lecturer danced gracefully over the
hearthrug at the compliment, and then
Won noted that concentration had not pre-
vented him from knowing how 10 DRESS
His clothes were OF the latest cut. He was
up-to-date, II he did wear Dundrearies ana
concentrate.
But he refused TO say what he thought Of
though blushing with pleasure TO find that
his own aura was held to have curative
properties. The thin woman persisted in
trying 10 get an opinion Of some phase of
Christian Science, She tried It's devil
L think the Science devil Is Iust dread |
In the existence Of evil. Now do not be-
lieye in the existence OF evil at all l do
not believe in God, either and my husband
Is an Episcopal clergyman. Now what do
you think OF that? They think / am Just
dreadful because | will not go to church.
positively refuse toblisten TO my own hus-
bands sermons, and do not believe in his |
God But l refuse TO be trammelled."
| am not fond OF the Science devil, the
lecturer admitted. Il even think he ia |
worse than my poor mothers Methodist
devil-and be was really terrible
but, doctor, what am | 10 do to be happy? |
Irefuse to be trammelled / want to do as |
please,
We'll, 40 a, you please, blandly advised
the doctor
But have too much time to think.
l live in n hotel
Worst place in the world. Come here
and concentrate whenever you lnd the |
hotel life pals on you
Getting an opportunity, the report er asked |
the lecturer If he spoke by inspiration.
"Y Yes, suppose you might call me an in
spirational speaker, was the reply.
Then all was clear. One knew why it
was absolutely impossible for a mere Phil |
istine TO understand what he was talking |
about when delivering a concentration |
speech
But the others knew. For the thin woman,
who hated the Christian Science devil and |
refused 70 accept her Episcopalian husbands
sermons and his God, said 40 She said 1