The Washington herald., 1909-01-04
AT THE HOTELS.


ali other mountaineering enterprises IN
that IT is not a lay movement, but
scientific one that was founded in France
fifteen years ago. and has been steadily
growing in Germany said Or. s. c.
King, ofNew York. VINO is at the New
Willard.
The fact that doctors visits some-
times do more good than his drugs Slows
the value Of mental treatment. Mental
healing does not mean Christian Science.
The latter has. on the whole. done more
good than harm. No doubt people have
died Of cancer and diphtheria while IN
der cc;::.---s:~t'an Science treatment. but BY
a happy chance most OF that kind q
cases do not fan to Christian Science Tor
treatment. So Christian Science does q
great deal Of good
1T differs radically frcm psycho-thera-
peuties. in that it does not require =
diagnosis Of disease before beginning
treatment. which the former does For
that reason Il VIII live, while Christian
Science viii die People in the long run
VIII insist in finding out what the matter.
IS before attacking an evil. for the cure $
already begun with an accurate diagnosis.
HypnOtism has been OF use in nervous
troubles. but Is going out Of use Where
there were two doctors Of recognized
ability pTactAcing hypn0fisTH a few years
ago n New York there are now nona,
as the ssnns results can be obtained by
suis stion. PsycAo-therapeutiox Is often
merely an explanation % the truth AMI
encouragement. demonstrating thar the
client really has no disease
The best way 70 encourage people y
70 show that they have a place IN tas
world by finding work At which thew can
be useful Work is the king OF all cures
IN nervous troubles. The rest cure Is
good for some. but for most % them
work IS the rest they need. because most
nervous patients are born tired and never
get over It unless they can Be got 20
work The work cure sums I'D al others.
In milder cases Of nervous troubles
cure is as easy OF as difficult as ths
cure Of a bad temper. sbyness stage
/ fright. or stammering IN stubborn cases.
cure means a radical reconstruction -
character. which is often as hard task
as knocking down a stone wall Il =
easy to be converted. but hard 70 stay
so 4 religious background and spirit in
the Use Of psTeho-therspeutics Is impcr-
tsnt. because religion means the most
searching, inclusive. and profound actiy-
ity possible for the individual"
John NJ Temple, OF Philadelphia. who
made 4 visit 20 his folks down n Oh
Tennessee" Of which State &c IS q nd
tive, is AZ the Raleigh
Speaking about The prohibition laws.
Nr. Temple said they are not Uniform in
I their operation and that as a result some
strange business freaks have come about
In Chattanooga. for instance con
! tinued Dir. Temple. prohibition failed %
/ carry, and as result Il has become the
/ leading wildcat distributing point in ~
South. A saloon man exiled from dry AZ
/ Ianta moved MS traps 10 wet Chat-e-
| nOoga and started a distribution ag=ucy.
/ His business has reached mammoth pro
/ portions. He operates through the -z-
1 press companies. and daily sends ont
many thousand packages to al parts =
the South.
/ After prohibition struck Dixie amid
ships. continued Nj Temple. "Chatta-
nOOEa became the harb0r OF refuge for
I irswatsr artists throughout Georgia.
Alabama and Mississippi TIE saloon
men. accompanied by the fixtures Of their
dismantled Saloons piled Into Chattanooga
I from all sides. and the storage places -
the town under Lockout Mountain zov-
I contain enough secondhand fittings -
Tig out another Philadelphia The Caat-
/ tsnOoga brewer found Itself showed rn-
der with saloon fixtures which Il had
/ originally furnished to places handling
4 lis stuff throughout the South.
The old time mO0nshiue trade III tie
I upland sections OF the South which had
been well nigh eXteTminated by Uncle
Sam, promises 10 spring up again a. aa
adjunct OF the blind tiger business
Discussing the Lincoln centenary.
Samuel J Hendricks. OF Chicago. g lin
coin admirer.' as ne styled himself. wHo
IS a. the Ebbitt, said yesterday THAI
writers about Lincoln had often rs-
marked the tendency 10 surround TIE
man with halo and haze.
There are many stH living who knew
hin in the flesh said Mr.. Hendricks.
/ but the legends about him ircreaSs
This was illustrated nor long aga
by a discussion az Omaha over the Ques-
ton whether Lincoln wore a beard vyhe-
he delivered his inaugural address Tna
faithfulness Of statue was the point ed
issue Some made claim for q smooth
! faced man. Others for one with q beard
\ Different pictures Of Lincoln familiar a
I American citizens were introduced -
evidence. The controversy followed
/ closely after one another one in whier
/ LlnColH's attitude 10 whisky drukiu-
vas al issue. This involved another
I query whether he ever sold wbisSy
That discussion was attended BY sur-
pris .1g statements regarding the route
ten by the PresideHt-elect beJweeH
/ Springfield and Washington as the time
/ Of Inauguration approached.
7 What makes these controversies ssjr-
/ prisi1E. added NT- Hendricks Is aha.
I the whole SIOrV OF IiuCOIn's life has been
( told and retoId many times Every pos
sible scrap Of information has been col
/ leCted for the benefit OF a reading pub
{ lie The writers have been OF almost
every possible type The romancer and
l historian the magazine writer and tas
/ newspaper specially narrator. have con-
/ bined 10 tell the story Of his life. Prot0--
/ raphy and The pencil have given tEei-
illustrative aid The plain truth Ia :
probably been discovered. The facts I'm
( Lincoln's life ought 20 be clearly known.
I But the people do not care for the tra.h
so much rs they do for the pictures they
/ themselves paint. The national affection
/ for Lincoln is making him heroic
IF the comparatively small matters
Z mentioned become subjects 81 courro-
versy before the centennial of Lincoln :
/ birth is celebrated. and within half a
! century Of his death. il IS not difficult
( TO forecast q future when the Lincoln
! mythology VIII take the place of the
/ Lincoln history.