Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-04
CENTURY AND HALF
IS HIS LIFE MARK
MAGNETIC HEALER TO LIVE IN
LOS ANGELES
Will No Longer Exercise His Wonder
full Power, but VIII Turn His
Attention to Real
Estate


A man who intends to live $50
years, has lived fifty of them by trav-
cling the world around and says he
will live the rest of them In the City
of the Angels, is at the Westminster
hotel.
He Is DR.. Paul Edwards better known
as st. Paul the healer, who created a
furore In Paris that was felt over the
civilized world a few years ago by his
treatments.
Nine Calve was one of his patients
at that time and she attributed the saw
ing OF her voice to him at a time
when she thought 1t had gone beyond
all hope of recovery.
Loie Fuller, the serpentine dancer,
who was said to be going blind, went
to him, and she afterward declared that
he saved her sight. Scientists were baf-
fled by his treatments and debate that
held the attention of France and was
passed on to scientific circles in other
countries took place between him and
Camille F1ammarion, the great govern
ment astronomer of France and presi-
dent of the International Astronomical
society.
is Wide Traveller
The doctor has Travelled through al
most every part of the world and has
only recently returned from st. Peters
burg. All his mental healing days he
has put far behind him, but they have
evidently proved lucrative, for he is
going to invest money in Los Angeles
and is already making plans to build
an apartment house.
He Is a picturesque figure. A little
man with a giants head and shock of
white hair arranged In beard and mus
tache on his face and brushed until
every hair glistens. His eyes are keen
and blue and are set in cheeks the color
and texture of a baby's. His hands are
small and active and his motions all
express an abundance of life and self
confidence
.s,-"Santa Claus they call him at the
hotel, and the name is not i'll applied.
He is proud of his achievements and
says he has shaken hands with more
people than any other man in the world
today.
Gives Up Healing
''No, am not going to do any heal
ing again. 1 have taught plenty of
others to take my place and am going
to rest and live out the rest of my $50
years.
SCI was born in Wisconsin, and have
Travelled everywhere, but think have
found the earthly paradise in Los An
geles. / am never sick. 1 have been
effect upon my health.
"People look at my white hair and
think that / am older than really am.
but white hair is no sign of age. My
hair was turning white when I was 16
years of age. I studied medicine and
practiced it, but there will never be any
more of 1t for me. It is sin to be
sick. One who never breaks the laws
of nature is never i'll. 1t is a sin to
break the laws of nature, therefore 1t
is a disgrace to be ill-something to be
ashamed Of
"Disease is Inflammation and is in
most cases caused by stagnation. Over
eating and underexercising are the chief
abuses which man imposes on his sys-
tenn.
Has Wonderful Collections
"It should be as ordinary an occur
renee to see men of $50 years of age
upon the streets as to see those who
are only 95
"Men were not put into the world to
die. Dying solves no problems and
gives no information. Death serves no
purpose. Life does. Sick people are
victims of ignorance. I am going to
live and learn
The doctor has a wonderful collec-
tion of pictures, relics and autographs
from all parts of the world, and his
scrapbook contains writings in many
different languages.
His most recent wandering was to
Russia. He was in Russia during its
most turbulent times and he is we'll
stocked with stories which have not
been generally made public.
Among other things spoken of yester-
day was an attempt to poison the in
fant heir to the Russian throne. He says
the incident came under his personal
notice by his acquaintance with the
pretaster for the royal child.
The pretaster was an English girl
of high rank and was at the time of
the attempted poisoning engaged to an
Englishman, also highly born and so
prominently before the English public
at the present time that the doctor
would not give his name. He says the
story was told to him by the young
man and later confirmed by the girl.
Finds Poison in Milk
"All the milk given to the infant
heir was tasted by the young English
woman, and one day she thought she
detected slight bitterness. It was so
faint that she made several other tests
and each time became more convinced
that something was wrong. She set the
milk aside and a few minutes later she
fell to the floor, seized with convul-
sions. For three days she lowered be-
tween life and death and finally rail-
lied. The milk, instead OF going to his
royal highness, was dispatched TO the
royal chemist who discovered enough
strychnine In the bottle to kill young
elephant.
"After the girls recovery she insist
ed on going back to her post, but her
fiance refused to permit it, saying It
was certain death to continue in that
position of honor Acting upon his ad-
vice she resigned and was married in
England 1t was some time after her
marriage that the story was told. and
then In country far from the jurisdic-
tion of the czar.
Discusses MoujIks
''The remarkable feature of the at
tempt on the life Of the young car was
the use of the drug stryehnine. The
affair took place in st. Petersburg.
where but two drug stores are permit
ted to sell 1T, and then with so much
red tame that II would he aIrnnst i.,a,,o.