Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-03-21
NEWS, VIEWS AND GOSSIP
Paid afuIdoon for Privilege Of Yearn-
ing and Were Healed.


years ago there was in New York Al
eccentric and highly original report
or named MuIdoon. A dreamer b,
nature, he found the tasks Of
news gatherer too strenuous for hi,
taste. Aided by liberal potations O
the spirit" he searched his crani
al appendage for a scheme that woulC
yield him livelihood without sever.
mental or physical application. The
result was the Church of the Silent
Desire" with Muldoon as high priest
and prophet, and scores OF well-to-dC
and idle women as his devotees.
MuldOon's creed was simplicity Its.
self. II was merely an exaggeratiou
Of the Orthodox doctrine of prayer
mixed with Christian Science and
mental healing, and sugar-coated
with Buddhism and other 'Asiatic
mildew." But 1t caught on immense
ly. Muldoon promulgated the pleas.
Ing doctrine that If you yearned for
thing hard enough you would get
u, and hundreds OF otherwise sane
people used to come around to MuId-
oon's temple" OF esoteric tommyrot
and pay him real money for the priv
ilege OF yearning.
But the queerest thing about the
whole affair, 10 my mind, was the
fact that Muldoon actually cured
scores OF people OF divers ailments.
ranging from toothache to chronic
tuberculosis. by his yearn treatment,
AZ least, they declared they were
cured and that should be sufficient.
Curing the drink habit was MuId-
oon's speciality. although he was quite
unable to cure himself.
Since Muldoon's time, the mental
healing cult has spread all over the
country. Christian Science has be-
come q creed OF respectable proper
lions, and it's doctrines are now being
adopted by more orthodox denomina-
tons. Under the name OF Christian
psychology" mental healing will be
given q test In New York next week
at Christ Episcopal church. Two Bos-
ton clergymen. the Rev. DIR. Elwood
Spencer and the Rev. DIR. Samuel NAL
comb will conduct the demonstra-
tions. but will deal principally with
patients afflicted with functional ner-
vous disorders. Hundreds of cures
are already claimed for the new psy-
Geological methods. which have also
been successfully tried by Bishop
Samuel Fallows Of Chicago.
The Christian psychologists. unlike
the Christian Scientists. do not deny
the existence Of disease nor the EN-
eacy Of medicine. Yet the acceptance
Of mental methods in the treatment
OF disease Ii, to a certain extent. q
justification Of Muldoon and his
yearnful creed. Which only goes to
prove that the faker OF one genera
tion Is very often the prophet in the
next.
Another Society wedding.
New York's "best society" will
have an opportunity to witness an
other wedding next Monday, when
Miss Julia Keen Fish. second daught-
er Of Hamilton Fish, win become the
bride of William Lawrence Rreese. OF
London. The ceremony will be per
formed IN st. James church and the
win be a uper-sashionable
one. The young couple will live in
England. Unlike the usual lnterna-
tional wedding. there Is no title or
Interchange Of cash involved.
A Sacrifice 10 Faith.
One of the brayest men In all New
York Is Chin Wing. 20 year old
Chinaman. He IL OF the stun that
the old Christian martyrs were made
Of. Becoming a convert to Christian
lty. he publicly denied the faith OF
his fathers and defied the Ratchet
men Of Chinatown by having his hon
orahle queue cropped close to his
pate, The ceremony was performed
In Beacon Light Tabernacle, while
he missionaries applauded and the
anregenerate celestiais In the audi |
ance turned away IN horror from the |
Tread spectacle. Such a public desc
ration was a huge sensation along |
Mott and Pell streets. and the hero
q Chin In being closely guarded by |
his Christian friends. lest the wrath |
II his yellow brethren should lead to |
lis mysterious disappearance.
Haia1ncrssein's ReReElceRcc.
Although the subscription season
u the Manhattan Opera House closes
hts eSening. that temple of music