The Marshall republican., 1908-12-25

cuInStanceS. L tOOk CreatInenC o.
poverty"
Mrs. Van Cortlandt surveyed her
wondering friends in silence for a
moment, then laid her work in her
lap, folded her arms and began I'M
pressively:
81 am glad to be able to tell you
all about my experience. 1t is quite
wonderful to me. | had been led to
reading along the line of the New
Thought by some pamphlets that
accidentally came into my hands. /
' grew deeply interested in the sub
ject, and finally reached the point
where l felt the truth and force of
the fundamental principle-'All is
Good and then / knew that there
! was no occasion for all this worry,
| this care, this continual taking
| thoughts for the morrows, and
grumbling over the misspent yester-
days. 1t was all a disease-just like
| scarlet fever or rheumatism. So |
wrote to an eminent healer, ex-
| planned our financial straits, and en-
closed two dollars, all | could spare
for treatment. You all know that
we we're about to lose this nice COM
Portable home because we simply
couldn't pay the mortgage-a paltry
five hundred. Well, | had a little
cottage back in my old home in In
diana. | had tried in vain to sell it.,
and it rented for just about enough
to pay insurance, taxes and repairs.
1t was insured for $500. 1t burned
after the first treatment! The in
surance paid off u mortgage, and
after a second treatment we sold
the lot upon which it had stood for
500, and so my husband and ! just
took a pleasure trip to celebrate u
good fortune. We are adjusting our
selves to better thought-conditions-
we are getting into a current of har-
monious vibrations. We expect no
more poverty-no mor misfortunes
of any kind. Poverty is Error
Error is the p~erversion of Good
l'All is Good"
81 think we had better all take
treatment" giggled the minister's
wife. She had a reprehensible habit
of giggling at everything.
"And have all our property
a-blazin' Pho, | thank YOU" inter-
rupted a practically-mindod matron.
eff | could get treatment enough
to sell a few city lots, I'd pay a
round commission to the healer"
and Mn. Bangs smiled a grim and
disdainfll smile.
"Seems 20 me the whole town had
better take treatment"
"Let's appoint Mrs. Van Cort-
landt to present the matter to the
council"
madam President, / put it as a
motion that Mrs. Van Cortlandt
and two members of her own selec-
ton be appointed to present this
matter to the city council"
There we're a dozen laughing sec
onds, and before the club had fully
realized its action, the painstaking
secretary had carefully entered the
proceedings upon her record.
Some in jest, some in earnest, all
in unison, decided to abide by thsir
action, and Mrs. Van Cortlsadt
chose, as her assistants, Mrs. New
comb (who was considered literary,
occasionally having poems printed in
the local paper) and Miss Sander
son, who was stenographer in . Law
Office, and whose services would
therefore be of value in preparing
an official document.
The committee, meeting thu Ssa-
lowing day, formulated a most o.
tonishing and unique petitiGA.
Just what occurred in the counsel
chamber was never divulged, a.
though there were rumorS Of a mast
hilarious conclave-of wit and Wie.
dom hitherto unsupported Of the city
fathers-who, one and all, refused
to go into particulars, but answered
all queries to the effect that tiny
certainly had acted ~fayorsbly upon q
petition presented by "the lsdisA"
Now it CHANGED that there was q
stranger within the city gates, wAs
circulated amongst the homes Of In
Twin HarboriteS, and conseqaaakly
, heard much upon the all absoFhiaw