The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-23
AT THE HOTELS.


Christian Science is nothing but mem
tai suggestion and hypnotism. said Ar
thur Deiroy. OF London. England. al the
Riggs House last night Mr.. Delroy.
who styles himself the original London
psychic demonstrator. and exposer of
fakes" is a young man wearing Van
| Dyke beard of Uu c-tain melange. and
has an unusual flow OF language, always
well kept within bounds of convention
atty, however, with the exception Of
once in a while venturing into little Brit
ish jokelets, puns. and humor.
/ Well, 10 begin with Mr.. Delroy said
that ali fakes were fakes and that Nine.
Palladino and others OF her class are
fakes. and that he had come to America
TO expose their work at social gather
ings before the elite at so much per.
There are people who can easily be
hypnotized," said the English fake-ex-
poser, because they are willing to be.
Now, could never BE- hypnotized be-
cause I am not willing 70 be- See the
/ point? Clever. eh? The same holds good
with regard to Christian Science Many
| people are benefited by it because they
are willing 10 be; because they are will
| ing to become subjects TO the mental
suggestion which is at the bottom OF Mrs.
| Eddy's doctrine. Now. I am absolutely
proof against mental suggestion. and.
therefore. Christian Science would never
benefit me. That's the whole secret
About 30 per cent OF the sO-calied
! psychic experts are fakes, while the rest
are basing their work on hypnotism. OF
course, everybody knows that hypno-
tism is recognized by the medical fra
ternity and it really is a science and
power in the hands Of experts, but it is
used mostly by takers"
Mr.. DelrOy said he could read a per-
sons character by his handwriting, the
lines in bis hand, the manner in which
! he wears his heels down or cuts his
whskers. by the way he holds his spoon
or whether he eats with his knife or
fork and uses the toothpick in public.
To prove his assertion, the fake exposer
from London produced a large electric
globe filed with a fluid resembling red
ink. which he asked his interviewer to
shake well. This being done. the Lon
doner placed an electric light behind the
fluid and revolved the receptacle, thus
causing the sediment in the red stuff 10
form odd shapes, something Ike the
grounds in a cup, which he interpreted
with serious mien as meaning ali sorts
of gladstone and diresome surprises in the
future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benamy storer. Of Cincin-
natl, Ohio. are at the Shoreham.
In ordinary routine and procedure on
board ship. and especially on men-of-war.
according TO Capt. J. II. Ellis, Of New
York, who is az the Arlington, tradition
PLAYS a large part. Many formslities
and functions" said Capt. Ellis. who IN
his younger days followed the sea. have
no other justification than tradition. The
United States navy has many such, which
have been handed down from its early
days. and which are carefully preserved
and followed in spite OF the tendency of
this matter-of-fact age TO eliminate every
thing not serving a useful purpose.
An entire chapter in the United States
navy regulations. continued Capt. Ellis.
is devoted to the subject, 'Honors and
distinctions. and in it are specified in
great detail the procedures 10 be followed
under all possible conditions requiring
ceremonial or other observance. u covers
the ceremonies 10 be observed on board
vessels Of the navy or at naval stations
in honor Of the President Of the United
/
dent, the President or sovereign Of a for
eign state. members Of royal families,
! Cabinet officers. the Chief Justice Of the
, United States Supreme Court. governors,
members Of Congress. and other digni-
taries. The routine in each case is mi
nutely described. even TO the extent %
naming the tune that shall be PLAYED by
the band. in cases where the band is re-
CURED TO be paraded.
, To the casual American observer these
formalities might be dispensed with. They
are, however, necessary, and their aboli-
ton would simply confuse matters Dis
: cipline is the first rule on board ship.
and formalities and ceremonials is disci-
: pine to a certain extent. What we need
more than ceremonials is a powerful
navy. or rather two OF them, one in the
, Pacific and one in the Atlantic. and a
great merchant marine. Il is near time
Congress would wake up to these i'm
portant questions"
H. B. Miller of Chicago. who was seen
at the New Willard. in speaking of DIT.
Cooks disappearance. said that he
! thought that Cooks whereabouts are
: known to many people, and that If they
were not known it would be comparative
" easy to md him if he we're seriously
wanted.
a criminal cannot mysteriously dis
appear" said the Chicago private de-
tective, for many Of them try and fail.
l am not now referring 10 DR.. Cook. An
honest man can step out Of his house.
take car at the corner, and never be
seen again. Death is always the expla-
nation of the mystery preferred by the
. friends and the family Of the disappeared,
for any other theory is less kind, and
broad charity treats the disappeared and
the dead alike and Of them says only
good.