Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20
Orlando FitzSimmOnS
Again in the
Game
Has Soulful Psychic as
His Faithful
Fiduciary
H. Aylmer Harding Boosts Along the
Golden Rule Gag and Whoops
'Er UP for World Bet
terment

II. Aylmer Harding, the soulful psy-
psychic who parts his hair and his
name on the side, has entered new
field Of activity.
Haylmer is now the agent Of Orlando
Il. Fitzsimmons Of cumulative credit
infamy.
Haylmer formerly contented himself
with writing prayerful poetry for spirit
list magazines, and quietly encouraged
the honest efforts of a few scores of
mediums who were picking golden
plums off the prolific sucker tree which
thrives in Los Angeles soil. Now the
soul unfolder is engaged in selling a
beautiful book, written by Mr.. Fitz-
simmons, and Is trying to uplift hui
manity by means Of a nice society
called the World Betterment League" ."
In order to become a member of the
league one must first serve as novitiate
in the Golden Rule fraternity"
Haylmer declares that his business is
successful but he mournfully says that
ii would be better If the horrible news
papers would only be more tranquil.
Harding did not allude to his business
as being a graft, but he did speak of
the enormous dividends which he de-
clared that the fraternity which he rep
resents can afford to pay, and such
guarantees are considered by the post
office officials in the nature of a graft.
"Ah, these newspapers" said Hard
ing, and his voice and look indicated
the greatest contempt for the convey
ors of news and eXposers of all kinds
of fakes, including soul-unfolding and
cumulative surpluses.
"They have been knocking us pretty
hard-dirty knocks; dirty knocks" re-
peated Harding, with an increase in his
expression of disgust. He did not eX-
plain whether "us' meant the spook
end of his business or the pocketbook
unfolding operations conducted in the
name of the Golden Rule fraternity, of
which he is the Los Angeles manager,
but it is possible that he meant both.
SouIless Newspaper Men
Harding was talking with a news
paper man, but the spookologist failed
sufficiently to unfold the reporters soul
to discover that his visitor was MAX
ing mental notes. Possibly Harding
might explain this by saying that news
paper men have no souls; but granting
this as the spook mans only argument,
it is certain that he entertained a re-
porter unaWares.
At the time the reporter called at the
headquarters of the Golden Rule fra
ternity in the chamber of commerce
building. Harding was busily engaged
in unfolding the soul of a man who ap-
peared to be prosperous and therefore
undoubtedly has a fat pocketbook which
also later may be unfolded.
Haylmer lowered his voice upon the
appearance of his new caller, but the re-
porter was able to catch few words
about a something that "Compels us to
recognize this" and his finger at the
time was pointed on a direct line with
his visitors solar pleXus.
YES" said the man, Il have expert
enced that feeling" but that the feel
ing was the result of indigestion was
evident to the reporter by reason of the
sallow complexion of the visitor.
Harding was quite reserved when he
first approached the reporter, but he
warmed up perceptibly when he was
informed that his caller was u per-
sonal friend of Orlando X. Fitzsim-
mons, of unsavory notoriety in connec-