Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
ST.
Possesses Extraordinary Pow.
er and Common People of
East End of Capital
Swear by Him.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, July 8, 1907.
strange and good old man is doing ex-
traordnary things among the common peo-
pie of the east end of Paris. If you say a
word against him in the Quarter st. An
tome you will be roughly handled.
By suggestion in the waking state-no
hypnotic sleep-he cures drinkers and race
track fiends, destroys fears, consoles mel
ancholies and builds up business charac-
tiers in vacillating weddings.
His name is of no consequence. Money
does not count with him. though doubtless
il comes In from the vast clientele His
offices are now extensive and well furnish
ed Worst of all, swell Paris Is beginning
to clog up his work with offers of big fees
Best OF all, up-to-date science gives per-
mission to consult him. Pierre Janet and
Maurice de Fleury are with him almost
daily seeking to throw light upon the mys-
terry; but there Is nothing scientifically new
in the thing itself, the old mans extraordi-
nary force being a matter of degree, not
kind. In all ages there have appeared men
endowed with a power of suggestion en-
aiding them to play on their fellows as on
musical Instruments, so that the world
cried miracle
Napoleon Mahomet and others had this
personal power over their followers; but the
less ambitious, who have cured diseases
and transformed characters to the semi
supernatural point have been numberless.
Evidently 1t is with the nervously de
ranged that this force OF suggestion in the
waking state operates easiest. but at crIt-
cal periods when ordinary folks have their
nerves worked up, all are sugg"ationabl".
Power Is Personal.
TIE power is absolutely personal. OF the
patients of Charcot, three-fourths were
cured almost before having treatment The
Able Kneipe enjoyed really greater pow
ers. His systemic my personal kno"i-
edge-made miraculous cures while he lived.
Now that he Is dead his system cures no
longer
One more example. In The east II France.
not far from BelfOri, IL al an ief4t habhp-
tist whose purity OF life sHd SaHsilty of
character certainly give him prestige. bat
prestige alone cannot begin To- explain how
he cures physical diseases: and. as win
the old man of the QUARTER ~. Antoine,
You will be badly received by the French
Alsatians of you dare to intimate lac liz not
better than all the doctors,
Scientifically. suggestion In the waking
state has given greater results than that of
IN. hypnotic sleep, on which subject you
can document yourself in the works of
Pierre Janet. Or Berillon and Maurice de
Fleury-nOt to speak OF the daily practice
OF the directors Of the swell Paris maisons
de santc-fOr the melancholy, sleepless.
nervous and addicted to bad physical and
mental habits.
Already there IL a tradition how the old
man of the Quarter st. Antoine began.
The silent, mysterious. erect and vigorous
old man stopped at his jnnitor's one morn
ing for the mall. The old lady was weep
ing What's the matterT' 1T IN my
daughter, monsieur. sitting there 40 pale
and HStleSS. She In a shirt factory
and could not stay: she was in a shop and
had to leave She is good girl, but is
good for nothing. Now she is afraid even
to run my. errands. Nobody knows what