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The Esoteric Center held its usual Sun
day meeting at 1443 Q street northwest.
the subject under discussion being
"Clairvoyance and Telepathy." The lee
turer stated that these powers are just
as much a part of our universe as are
light and sound and are as decidedly in ac-
cordance with a law OF nature. THE
physical senses show us little of our sur
roundings,' he stated. We have sixth
sense on which we must depend for
knowledge from the astral plane. 1t is on
this plane that the clairvoyant ordinarily
functions receiving knowledge therefrom
by means of his astral senses, of which
his physical senses are cour1terparts. Sim
pie evidences of the power are abundant
and the average mind of today finds itself
at the opening OF what seems an un-
familiar world. Some thing is seen or
heard, but what it is appears very in
definite Too often those having this eX-
perience put themselves under the guild
ance of teacher who directs their de-
velopment along the lower lines of the
astral and thus lessons are inculcated
which require d long and weary time
to unlearn.
1T is much WISER" said the speaker.
to wait and prepare ones self for the
energy of the soul upon the path of
moral and of mental evolution.
The schools of Tibet and upper
1ndia,' continued the lecturer. teach
that to gain psychic power which shall
be of real value to the possessor and to
the world the spiritual faculties must
first be cultivated. Altruism. constancy.
devotion. renunciation. directed steadily
by the positive WILL are the essential
steps to attainment This was the teach
ing of Christ
The Religion of the Coming Race
was the subject of lecture delivered
by Mrs Florence Duffie before the Cap
ital City Branch of the Theosophical So
ciety, No 1917 H street northwest, last
Sunday The speaker said that each re-
ligion of the past was an aspect of a
root religion known as the divine wis
DOM and that from age to age divine
men had reproclaimed its teachings to the
world. emphasizing the features suited
TO the people they came to teach.
The religion of the coming race, the
speaker continued. will be a reproclama-
ton of the wisdom religion. with univer
sal brotherhood as its corner stone, toll
erance and all inclusiveneSs for its char
acterstics, Every faith of the world
ments of each. united into splendid
whole. which will be worthy crown for
humanity.
The Legion of Loyal Women. at its last
regular meeting. unanimously voted that
the young people who responded SO will
ingly to the request of the legion to as
sist in decorating the graves at Arlington
Memorial day be publicly thanked. Under
the guidance of Mr.. Howard Potts the
following rendered faithful service: Jane
Angel Ruth NJ. Ashley. Harry 8assett.
Stewart Bowden. John Brooks, Helen
Cheeseman, Roscoe Conkling, Morgan
Daniels Daniels Mildred M S,rra Darrah' katherine aas
Evarts, Florence P. Gibbon. Josephine
Gibson, Mary Gibson. Dorothy Gunion,
Cyrus Gunion Lloyd Ginder. Beverly
Harris. Ruth Hildreth. Henry Hiser,
George D johnson. George B. Kennedy.
Frederick H. Knight. Theresa Matthews,
Louise Myers, Helen NJ. Molster. James
f. Mills, Wilma Perham. Marguerite
Poynton. Caroline Ralph. Mildred Ralph,
Clarence Ruebsam. Ruth Sinclair. How
ard Shore, ]. Sullivan. Nixon Smith. VII
C Walton. r. Bruce Webb. Della p.
White. Estelle Wolf. Lillian Wolf
The woman's National Press Associa-
tion held it's closing meeting of the sea-
son Friday evening at the home Of Mrs.
Beiva A. Lockwood, when the members
united in extending to Mrs. Lockwood
their congra tulations upon her reception
of the degree of LII. D. from the Uni
versity of Syracuse, in which institution
she was a teacher forty-tive years ago
Another honor rendered to Mrs. Lock
wood i'm recognition of her long and sue
cessful lifework is an invitation from the
home week committee of Oswego. n. Y.
to visit that city from August to 3 and
to deliver an address. Mrs. Lockwood
has accepted and the subject of her lee
ture has been approved by Brig. Gen.
Catlin of the committee DR.. Adelaide
Portman told the story of the trip TO Ber-
muda recently made by the association.
and which was followed by interesting
comments by the members. The next
meeting will be In October
At the meeting Of the Union de Langue
Franchise. held Friday evening in the
rooms of the society, at 142o New York
avenue, Prof c. G.. Rivot gave the fourth
of his lectures in French. in which ne
dealt with the life and work Of Lamar
tine and of the poets peculiar genius and
the character of his labors.
The Freon Club met Thursday evening
at the home of Freon Curtis. several
members being unable to attend on ac
count of business duties. The meeting
proved a long and busy one, owing to
much business before the club besides
the election of officers for the ensuing
term. The social committee reported plans
for a coming social Thursday.
The following officers were unanimously
elected for the ensuing term: President,
W. c. Herbert; vice president, j. +. Cur
tis; recording secretary, j. B. Edmunds;
corresponding secretary. G.. l.. Gable;
treasurer DR. w. c. killinger; sergeant
alarms, H. L. Andersen.
The League of American Pen Women
held a brief business meeting at the
Riggs House Friday afternoon. The lee
ture and musical in the interest of the
playground movement was discussed, and
a vote of thanks was extended to Prof