The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-17
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DISCIPLE
ARTHUR CRANE, CREATOR OF
NEW PHILOSOPHY, LOSES HELP
MEET BY OWN TEACHINGS.

MEET BY OWN TEACHINGS.
SAN FRANCISCO, June THE
course Of free love never did run
smooth.
Arthur Crane, preacher and promul-
gator of what he calls the new philo-
sophy' has found that out
This man, establishing creed to
suit his own fancy, accuses his wife
of adopting his creed-and ne is suing
for a divorce on that ground He is
wealthy this plaintiff in the divorce
litigation. He is so wealthy that at his
own expense and for private distribu-
ton he has published a book setting
forth his individual antagonism to all
the old religious principles and scien-
tific teachings of what is right and
necessary in personal and family con-
duct.
The new philosophy seems to have
been accepted by the new philosophers
wife, and that is the reason that the
new philosopher wants a divorce.
Mrs. Crane has left her philosopher
husband, her home at Palo Alto and
her six children to elope with a penni-
less preacher, an evangelist who styles
himself Brother Abedile, but whose
real name is King.
In Cranes recent book on the New
Philosophy is a chapter on love. 1t
breaches the doctrine of universal love,
that is to say, every man loves femin-
unity, and every woman loves mascu-
Unity, and loves these through the one
being whom they have truly idealized.
His wife became convert to this doc
trine of her husbands teaching. Bro
| Their Abedile also espoused the philo-
sophy of his friend Crane, and at the
latter's invitation went to live at the
Crane home, The Pines, one of the pref
test residences in Palo Alto located
in wide, spacious suburban grounds.
and surrounded with stately trees.
Brother Abedile fell in love with
Mrs. Crane, and Mrs. Crane recipro-
Gated the affection of Brother Abedile.
For nearly a month Brother Abedile
twas guest at The Pines When Crane
is not writing book on the new phil
osophy or inditing philosophic verses,
( he is managing the business affairs of
the PalO Alto Daily Citizen" or SELL
| ing real estate for the Mutual Real
Estate Company, of which he is the
head. Away from home all day, he
was unaware of the ripening affec-
ton of his two chief disciples.
One morning, according to the tale
which Crane has told his intimate
friends, he was awakened at o'clock
by his wife returning to their room.
He asked her where she had been, and
she, serene in the faith born of thor
ough mastery of her husbands New
Philosophy" replied that she had been
calling on their guest, Brother Abedile.
He charged, and she admitted. that
she loved Brother Abedile more than
her husband
Forgetting the tenets of his new
philosophy, Crane paused only long
enough to don a heavy pair of hunt
ling boots, attired in which he proceed
ed to the guest room and reused Broth
err Abedile from his feigned slumber
He kicked Brother Abedile from the
room, down the front steps and into
the road, throwing his clothes after
him
Mrs Crane left the house shortly
afterward and registered at the Uni.
versity Hotel, to which hosiery Broth.
er Abedile had retreated. The pair left
the following day for San Francisco
and Crane employed a law firm to OBJ
tain a divorce for him.