Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10

VelOpment since the first little ship was
built to the design of the Holland Com
pany will doubt that the end of this
chapter of naval evolution has not yet
been reached. The displacement today
| is 500 tons: in a few years time it may
and probably will be doubled or trebled.
see stable cruisers equipped SO as to
cruise submerged by day and on the suf-
face by night.
Peering Into the Future.
A most remarkable change is taking
place in the mental makeup of the Eng
lish people. at least so far as the higher
classes are concerned. While the English
gentleman, and still more the English
man of business. was a somewhat stolid,
very much matter-of-fact person, who
went on his way looking neither right
nor left, he has now become greatly af
fected by the general spirit of unrest
which has swept across the world has
grown superstitious and is seized with a
mad desire to know what the future
holds in store for him.
Most evident, of course is the change
In London society," whose strongest fad
now is the cult of occultism.
throughout the coronation season the
palmists and fortune tellers of London
reaped golden harvest from society
women of all ages who called to consult
them about love and marriage. Many
too, sought advice about contemplate ed
journeys, or as to whom they should in
clude among their guests at a particular
garden party or reception. Even the
day and date of the function were often
dictated by a disinterested seer One
woman came all the way from Devon
shire to London in June to consult
crystal gazer regarding the approaching
marriage Of her daughter, but fortunate
ly the seer approved of the prospective
bridegroom, and the wedding was allow
ed to take place.
Men Follow the Example.
But the women are not alone in their
enthusiastic belief in occult powers and
divination. Men of prominence in many
branches of life have taken up the fad
with equal fervor. A certain managing
director of a powerful corporation en-
ploys a woman mystic at regular salary
yearly to advise him in all his business
transactions. and he declares that he has
never made a mistake or lost a shilling
since he adopted this policy.
Another well known financier was told
by an. Egyptian adept that the reason
why certain ventures had turned out
disastrously was that the mystic number
of his house name gave out adverse
vibrations" The matter-of-fact Lon
don county council would not permit him
to change the name of his residence, SO
he sold 1t on the advice of the seer and
bought a new home with the right kind
of Vibration in it's name. Strangely
enough he claims that he has since been
successful in all his business dealings.
revival of spiritualism has also fol-
lowed in the wake of the general re-
crudescence of occultism in London.
Every few weeks the arrival Of some new
medium with abnormal powers is herald
ed among the elect. and every seance is
crowded with believers and seekers after
the truth.
Most Of these mediums come from the
United States, and though they have
been highly recommended very few or
them have succeeded in producing any
thing beyond the familiar manifestations
Of table-tipping or the delivery Of trance,
given messages Of an unimportant ana
unconvincing character
Regarded as Notable Exception.