The Washington herald., 1910-08-07
AT THE HOTELS.


I'VE are living In the midst OF a great
movement which seems destined 10 exer-
else a revolutionary influence on human
Ihe,T said Dr. EHwood F. Prince. Of
! Chicago. at the New WILLARD recently.
This movement is here fantastic and
extravagant. there superstitious and even
disgusting, and there again scientific,
progressive, and healthy Speaking sum
marily. it may be said TO be a revolt
against the materiaIstic trend which
till recent years dominated medical SCI
ence, revolt brought about By a more
vivid realization Of the power Of the
mind over the body
1t is this fact. continued DR.. Prince,
which lies at the root Of Christian Sci
ence. mind cure. faith cure. metaphysical
\ healing, and many other quasi hilosoph-
I ical qpasi-rellgious systems Of American
origin The point 20 be emphasized is
that these more or less elaborate doc
trines. partly theological. partly psyche
| logical ought to be kept distinct from
( the fundamental fact 10 which they seek
/ 20 give expression namely that mind
can and does affect the fortunes Of the
body, and that mental influence can be
utilized in the scientific treatment OF dis
ease. While it is true that Christian
! Science. TO take for illustration the most
popular of these cults. rests upon a mis-
Interpretation Of matter. teaches the IN
reality OF sin and sickness. and repudi-
ates academic medicine as an immense
Illusion. yet the valuable truth which
lies behind these irrational notions de-
serves our recognition, and ought 10 re-
eeive practical application at our hands"
H. F. Miller, a lawyer. Of Charleston,
s c, who was seen at the Raleigh. in
speaking Of his native state, said last
night:
South Carolina was the first Of the
thirteen colonies to carry resistance 10
English power 70 the extent Of forming
an independent provincial congress.
When the break between the North and
South came. South Carolina was the first
State 70 secede, and IL was at Charleston
that the first fatal shot was fired at the
Union flag. The South Carolinians some
|, times make mistakes. but they cannot be
accused Of a lack Of independence. What
, South Carolina is 10 the Union, so
Charleston Is 10 the State.
The people OF Charleston" continued
Mr.. Miller, have been known TO nullify
successfully State laws, especially those
relating to the liquor traffic When Ben
. Tillman was governor and the new liquor
r laws caused rioting, some CO the ancient
and honorable militia companies Of
. Charleston. with proud records ante
dating the Revolution, resigned rather
, than aid IN enforcing the obnoxious will
r OF the States executive II IS writ in
the law OF South Carolina that intoxicat-
! ing liquors shall be sold from county
r 'dispensaries,' but the cheering cup must
not be quaffed on the premises Pur-
chases must be made In original pack
] ages, In Charleston this statute is null
E lined Liquors are sold through the me-
dium Of that beast popularity known as a
blind tiger but that animal is not a
2 shrinking and timid creature His lair
b is wide open, and the suangest Of
strangers may go in and purchase a
package Of a variety original only with
Noah
Charleston" concluded Mr.. Miller.
. protests against the oft-repeated state
ment that the city is dead It is true it
does not pretend 10 the high relative i'm
portance which ii once enjoyed as the
second seaport OF America, but it rightly
objects 10 the stories which tell that its
, prosperity is all OF the past. The cotton
that used 20 go 10 England from the
e Charleston wharves is now being made
into cloth in the Carolinas. The turpen-
tine and other naval stores are not as
important as they once were 20 Charles
toms trade. because the resources Of the
surrounding country have been exhausted
and the business has gone farther South.
in the territory around Savannah It has
been found cheaper TO grow rice in Louis
, lana and Texas, and the Carolina rice in
dustry has fallen OF. The forest Of masts
once seen in Charleston Harbor is no-
there. but the tonnage OF the larger ships
which now ride in that deep harbor shows
an increasing total from year TO year"
Speaking Of treasures sunk and buried
at the bottom Of the seas. Capt Ellis J.
l Holland, Of san Francisco, Cal. who IS
at the Riggs. said that the Great Lakes
e OF this country had a long list Of disas-
tiers 10 their credit, disasters that have
enriched the sands with cargoes as valu-
able although less romantic than those
borne by the galleons Of seventeenth cen
fury kings.
Ships with valuable burdens Of iron.
copper, steel coal, and machinery have
gone down IN some OF the Lakes terrific
/ storms. and have left their cargoes in the
depths 10 tempt wrecking companies and
Adventures in coming years. From 1873
70 1S9S alone 5000 vessels were wrecked
| on those INLAND seos and about 100 %