New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
"DO! DARE KEEP
.SILENTp THE MOTTO
SPIRITUAL SOUL MITES
THE GOAL.
But You Must Be Pure to Get Into
Great White Lodge of Order
of Fifteen.


of Fifteen.
1t has something Of the ring OF the "stop-iook-
listen sign the railroad crossings and SONS
say that IL should be regarded equally as Danger
] signal. TIE crisp warning. with its mysterious
recommendation to silence after daring is not tno
motto of a Malta association. but the password or
| q cult that having its beginning at the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, IS spreading to the COT
Ieges throughout the country Just now IT Is being
thrown into the white light Of publicity because OF
the divorce suit brought by the husband OF one OF
| the members. This unhappy person pleads tnat
since the 'Do-Dars-Keep Silent Society" known
as the Order OF Fifteen. induced his wife to De-
come a member OF the cult she has declined 20
associate with him on the plane OF marital happi
| ness to which they have been accustomed and de-
clares that she has found soul mate more 10 heT
fancy.
The soul mate is safe from the wrath OF the in
Jured husband. because It is spiritual soul mate
and only by becoming immortal could the husband
by name William & Mountain. of No 1S2i SAMSON
street. Philadelphia. hope to meet his rival en-
common ground. This Mountain is not willing TO
do, the Of the spiritual sphere has the
laugh on the husband he has injured
But the attention that has been attracted 70 the
Fifteen by the suit for divorce has caused
something like mild panic IN the University q
Pennsylvania. where investigation IS no" m
progress looking 10 the elimination Of this society,
If the charges made against 1t proved One o.
the aecusers is DR.. Charlotte Abbey, who was for
mery a member of the inner circle Of the crder
but who says she found the moral teachings OF the
order to too advanced for her old fashioned
ideas of the marital relation The story in some
way suggests the famous chops and tomato
sauce Of the Pickwickan but the faculty or
the university deIving. deeply into the
mysteries Of the cult the jargou Of words used
in the literature of the society will permit
At the head OF the order is T Homer Curtiss- a
senior in the medical department of the University
of Pennsylvania He is not a college youth, but
mature looking man. with a full. black beard He
says he courts fullest investigation Of his So
cfety That such an investigation should be placed
in the hands OF some one experienced enough To
be able interpret the extremely foggy literature
of society Of mystics is shown by these excerpts
from the writings of Curtiss. which are sent TO
the members and to those desirous Of becoming
members:
IT'S ALL so PLAIN.
I'm accordance with the geOmetTicai design or
the universe. a point is now reached when an ad-
vanced order Of the Great White Lodge can be
/ established upon the earth planet. This order ia
not an organization in the general acceptance OF
the term. nor is connected with any occult or
ganizaton in existence on the physical planet
1t IS new and direct output from the Great
White Lodge According to its fundamental prlI-
cples only such earnest students can be admitted
to il as have proved their devotion to the masters
and ave sent their to them for enlighten-
ment and hope.
Au such persons are welcomed into this order
and such probationary lessons will be sent them
from, time to time as will afford them an oppor-
t1niry of coming into close fellowship and con-
/ scious communication with the masters or WlsdOIl
Understand this point clearly. 1t Will be only your
individual effort your attitude of soul and the
character Of your life that will enable TO pacs
yourself in personal conscious toucn with the mas
ters 1t depends upon DO personality but your own
NO pledges are asked Of YOU. for oniy
those are eligible 70 this order who have FoliH-
-Ha -crF0n law
have already vowed allegiance TO tFetr own higher
self. Therefore. this order offers the opportunity
Of fulfilling past VOWS. and no new ores are re-
GIlired Membership in this Orter viii not CONNECT
with any duties Of life with membership IN
other organizations or membership in any re-
Iigiuus denomination
All this. OF is in accordance with eonven-
toual my s,caI HJeraturr for no one knows "hat *
meant 10y the higher law the selden ogp0rtlnl-
ties held out Of close fellowship with the masters
of wisdom But why the 'DO-Da-e-ree eep-SiieTt .
Is the sentence merely an occult way OF swearing
instead the railroad crossing warning SuSSeStt-
in the opening paragraph + Homer 'ur'lSS >a.
IL knows Of nothing 70 eV silent about TIE
do and tha dare" Ee SAYS. are merely uSureS
Of speech Dr Charlotte Abbey. however. IS
little more explicit. She SINNERS iown all the pom
and top-heavy literature Of the society mo
significant words:
Pace suicide
I.laborating this terze way Of crystalizins ihe
evil which she says, the Order Of Fifteen IS do.ns
Dr Charlotte Abbey goes en- 10 say
The teachings of the society are likely to do
enormous damage. not only by cOrrUpting the re-d-
tioas Of welded couples. by influencing wrongly
the views of great many Of the flower OF ms
Iand-the college youth 1t in behalf OF the
thousands Of students of the University Of Penn
syIvania especially that complaint was made %
the university authorities against this Order or
Fifteen II a corps of young men. such as th7 U-i-
versity produces is be tainted by the vicious
theories of this order then hope is there GCr
the lower classes