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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
Here the Quality of Lunacy Is Very Apparent
CONGRESS-

which seems to establish the fact that
while the normal individual possesses
little or no artistic ability, as soon as
the mind becomes diseased ana the
imagination disordcred. the ability 10
paint or draw O" model almost in
Tariably manifcsts itself.
II was pointed out. for Instance,
that no less than 20 per cent OF the
patients admitted 10 certain lunatic
asylums displayed a more or less
Hall developed ability to draw or
paint soon after the onset of their
particular malady. although in no
instance had the patient previously
revealed any artistic talent.
Willie 1t does not logically follow
shat because the insane manifest ar
ilStic ability AL artists must ncccs
:&ri!y hc insane, the inference IS POI.
mlS>uble that tho association between
arr anG insanity Is perhaps closer
than was ever bcfora imagined.
The concrete evidence used IN sup
port Of the remarkable proposition
advanced at the Medical Congress
consisted principally o! a series OF
drawings and paintings made by in
mates OF insane asyiums who. in
the majority CT cases, had never
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07

before shown artistic ability Some
0. these interesting exhibits are pre-
seated on this page.
One CT these pictures bears n re-
markablc resemblance 10 the work of
tie cubist school. AS 4 matter of
fact. the insane author of the draw
inG probably got his idea from the
workmanship OF The cubists. but the
fact remains that before bis mental
disease developed ne mad never been
able 10 draw at all.
Another one o. the sketches shows
Z giraffe. Ii presents what appears
10 be Il peculiar mixture OF the cubist
and post iniprcssonistic schools of
arr. 1t vas made by an insane
woman who had previously shown no
artistic ability whatever.
A very remarkable drawing shown
NJ the Congress was made by Il young
man wao is now a hopeless horlcidal
maniac. He was sent to the asylum
after having murdered his father. Al.
n,ast Immediately re manifested Il
desire 10 draw and paint. Materials
wee furnished him and he COM
monced AZ once on series Of six
pictures depicting the six human
passions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
iaeh"oN"d
Remarkable New Medical Theory Advanced Before the
Worlds Greatest Medical Congress That lima ginatve
Art Is Only Symptom of Lunacy--and the Pictures bv
Lumatics That Insnirad the Thaonax
Lunatics That Inspired the Theory
London. Sept.

London. Sept i.
hT HAT artistic skill is nothing
more than symptom of
- Insanity is the startling asser-
ton made By medical authorities at
the recent International Congress of
Physicians and Surgeons held in
London.
The proposition. is certainly a radi-
cal one. At first blush i. might APP
pea! 10 lax crcdullty. Consideration
CT the clinical evidence presented in
its support, however, rather compels
the conviction that it may be we'll.
founded. At any rate, the revelation
oncnS up a new line OF psychological
research. and neurologiSts the world
over are evincins considerable inter-
est in it.
II IS obvious. of course. that the
average individual possesses little or
no artistic ability Tc infer from tnis
fact alone, however. thai tile artist *
necessarily: aanorlnal would hardly
be Justified: and is not Ike line O!
argument relied upon by those who
adNancA the new proposition In adj
d.t!o. tc This self e"'deu; fact they
bring out some remarAa5.e statistics
gathered IN English insane asylUms
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
How You May Know Your True Soul Mate

q the males. and the males must
be III the second house OF the fe-
males, or, in either map. in good
aspect 10 the sun, moon, Venus and
Mercury
Find these planetary conditions in
males and females map OF birth
and they occur frequently enough
to taEe advantage Of and you have
found the true souimates. Ana their
love Tor each other viii be so FIRM,
sincere and lasting that TO matter
what might happen, what might
tempt either, or what the circum.
stances or conditions in theiG ives
might be, neither would ever permit
another or anything 10 come be.
tween them and their love; nothing,
indeed but death.
on the other hand If the entire
five rules are not adopted, serious
results are apt to follow. For in
stance: y female with the sun in
sagittary in her horoscope. and a
male with the moon in sagittary in
his would be attracted toward each
other when they met, form Il deep
affection, and become united. In
that case their love would be all
"onesidcd and would last Just as
long and no longer than the third
party would permit when he or she
came upon the scene Hence. scan.
Gal, separation. divorce: and If Mars
WAS in evidence in either or beth
Of their natal maps, crime, iriprjs.
onmenI ana disaster.
When the female has the sun, the
moon and Mars in her seventh house
OF the horoscope, shc is to be avoided
when she reaches maturity. in
deed, it would better for her 10
remain ingle rather than marry
B'ii sho siEp.y ca3nct-sc chats the
use? she oeccn?ec an adyeaturess
sociai catcas.
When she meets male waose
aaial map he's Mars 10 conjunction
with Venus, ia tae seventh house,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07
BY Pref. VIM. Fl. Maccabee.

T70 test girls or a mans love
by actions and words il
- not a safe and sure ex.
pertinent. The proper method. how.
ever, ana one whicn rarely. If
eVer--iails probably once in thou
sand trials, is &c compare the males
with the females nativity. The Chi
nese, Eindus. Greeks. and others
have made these tests for thousands
Of years, and with success At the
birth OF girl the chic: priests have
her natal map drawn up, and then
so about searching for a male. In
whose natal map the planetary con
ditions for happy marriage concur
with those in the girls horoscope
When he is found, the two become
engaged and at maturity they
are married They are, in reality,
and from scientific viewpoint real.
true soulMales And this method OF
finding ones soulmate is simple
enough; that is. according to the
following rule, viz
LIST The sun In the lemale's natal
map must lie on the place OF the
moon in the males natal man. and
the moon in tn2 males nata! map
must be on the place of the sun in
the females natus, or,
Cd, The sun in the females natus
must be in the seventh house (house
OF marriage OF the males na,us.
and the moon OF the malcs na,us In.
the seventh house of the females.
90. No cyl planets must be In ovj.
dencc, either in the seventh house
2: affecting the sun. the moon or
'enus, by conjunction, square or on.
position
4th. jupiter must oc IN. the sev
enth OF either or bctn = IT, BON
so much the better. o; II good az
pect 20 the sun. Venus or the moon
5th. The part of fortune in the
females must be in the fifth house
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ted at the Bethlehem Royal Hospi-
tai, the exhibits present strong evi.
dence that the ability to draw or
paint is an abnormal one that only
the mind disordercd is lpnble of it.
"The ordinary person cnn not draw
:. presentable picture of even the
most familiar Objects" the doctor de-
clared. This is because he lacks the
power to visualize clearly enough to
transmit what he sees to paper. An
artist sees an object once and the i'm
preston it makes on his mind is so
sharp that he visualizes that object
again whenever lie desires That
there is something radically different,
then, between the makeup of the
mind Of the artist and that of the or
binary individual would seem to be
apparent
Now comes this remarkable evil
dence that the insane acquire with
their malady this same faculty which
distinguishes artists. In other
words, the ability to visualize abnor-
mally and to draw or paint seems
now Ia be a symptom Of insanity.
Scientific men will take up the
study Of insanity anew In the light
of these revelations. 1t will be in
teresting to ascertain just. how the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07


The &C lception was a most anbi-
tious one, hut the cra2ed man carried
1t out in n most remarkable manner.
One of the pictures showing a man
acled giant and intended TO represent
the passion OF agony. has been de
clare1 by art critics to exhibit Ill
usual artistic talent.
The Courtyard of m Inn pic
ture made by another hopeless luna
tic, who had never displayed any de-
sire or ability to draw until he De-
came Insane. aroused lot OF interest
ut the Medical Congress II was re-
garded as an exceptionally fine piece
of Work, considering that II was ex-
ecuted by man who had never be-
fore handled brush or pencil.
So much for the evidence. The con-
c!uslons TO be derived from 1t remain
to be considered.
According TO DR.. Frederick Kunz,
wcllknown Vicnnesc neurologist.
who attended tho Congress ana who
made a most careful study % the
artistic works of the lunaticS exhibi-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-07

diseased mind acpires this added
faculty
Taking up the question from the
other standpoint. the situation is
equally interesting. The evidence
produced certainly seems 10 indicat.
that what has hitherto been re.
ferrcd 10 as the StStic temperament
is nothing else han form OF in.
sanity.
"of course, in ne majority of
cases, whatever fr.ny or mania ar.
fists have possessed Vas been mani.
tested only in thclrNwork There
have, however, been some notable
exceptions.
William Blake, the ,amous Eng
iish artist, for instance,pot only re-
yealcd his mania in h!sremarhabe
work but was regarded a lunatic
generally. The ecccntrlcies OF other
famous artists have bcenput down
to the temperament OF ANUS, but
In the light Of the revent violations
1t would seem that they night more
properly have been rcgardd as the
irresponsible acts of the insne."
William Blake was an E1lish ar
fist and poet who died 7e,rly one
hundred years ago. He Wis regarded
rs mystic, and there S no doubt
that his genius had n INST peculiar
bent During the lntta' Years of his
life it was necessary toktep him un-
der constant restraint.
Among the exhibits hovn at the
Medical Congress in tbs c,rnCctioo
were a number of diwil,S AMI
paintings made by inSanl artists. 1t
vas regarded rs sigllcant that
while the onset Of the mu;auy in
these cases had changed he dsposi-
tions of the patients In may respects.
such artistic ability rs tina had pre-.
viously possessed seemed 20 be en-
tirely unaffected by the rental dis
order. In other words. tAir work
executed after the insanity developed
and previously was exactly of the
same character.
Or Max u. Freund, a wd-known
alienist of Berlin, who also ttcnded
the recent English Congress. vas dis.
posed to minimize the importnce OF
the conclusions to be gathereS from
the exhibits of drawings by insane
persons.
Willie they evidence stimulated
power of INSTALLATION in the Elm.
sane he declared, at is yet too arly
to shy that this power is character
istic Of insanity.
THAT the artists faculty in his
respect is abnormally developed an
not be denied. but it Is not every ID.
normally developed faculty that To-
sets the stability Of the mind. II
must be admitted. however, that til
fact that this faculty seems to b,
sharpened in the insane is worthS
Of research. 1t does imply thar
the, faculty is one which is not neces
sary to normal mind and seems in.
separable from an abnormal one.
The statistics presented showing
that 70 per cent of the inmates of
certain of the insane institutions,
showed desire and ability to drawl
or paint where neither had been dist
played before are too weighty to be
disregarded. :.
Great allowances have sometimes
been made for the vagaries of great
artists on the ground OF their artist
tic temperament. 1t would seem nowI
that there was even me reason for
such indulgence"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-08
YOUNG MAN HELD FOR MURDER
OF HIS SWEETHEART

JOINS, 70 years OLD, Is unQer arrest
here charged with the murder, of
Alice CTispwell, his beautiful 18-year-
old sweetheart.
Johns denies his guilt, and the po-'
lice are throwing a great deal Of I'M
necessary secrecy around the case.
The body of the girl was found in
HarVey's Lake early yesterday. The
last time she was seen alive was July
4, and she then was with Johns in
the neighbOrhOod of the lake.
Johns claims that he left the girl
a mile from her home, on the night
Of the 4th because he was not feeling
well, and returned to the city.
On the other hand cOttagers about
the lake say they heard a girls wild
screams for help coming from the
direction of the lake on the evening
of the 4th.
S. T. Nicholson, president Of the
Vulcan Iron Works, told the police
he and his wife passed Johns on the
lake road the night of the murder,
and that they also had heard the
screams the cottagers talked of.
After being clOseted with the chief
of police, both Nicholson and his wife
fatty refused to discuss the crime.
Johns, in his cell, is in a state of
deep mental depression, but he also
refuses to discuss the crime.
Physicians have examined the
body of the slain girl. They found
no apparent cause for the tragedy.
Alice Crispwen was noted for her
beauty. She was not missed until
yesterday. Her employers at Har-
vey's Lake thought her with her
folks; her family thought her with
her employers family.
An inquiry was started when a let
ter to the girl from Johns was receiv-
ed by the girls father at her home.
The letter was written Sunday; it led
to the dragging Of the lake, the find
ing Of the body.
Tho DOIion will not nyoO admit INV
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-08


with Johns.
COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION
THAT LEADS TO HOME RULE
Aid. Merriam, at last nights meet
ing of the city council, succeeded in
having passed without opposition a
resolution calling upon Gov. Dunno
to summon the legislature in extra
session to pass an amendment to the
recently enacted public utilities law
which will grant home rule to Chi
cagO.
A second clause in the resolution,
directing action on an initiative and
referendum bill, was deferred until
next week, with little change of pas
sage. .
Several aldermen in discussing the
home rule section of the Merriam
resolution assailed the governor for
signing the public utilities measure.
An amendment to the police reOr-
ganizatiOn ordinance, sanctioned by
Mayor Harrison, providing for the
appointment of ten pOlicewOmen to
look after bathing beaches and dance
halls, was referred to the committee
on police. It is planned to pay each
Of the feminine coppers 5000 a year.
When the police reorganization
was jammed through several months
ago the administration pointed out
that too many men were in plain
clothes who should be travelling beat
in uniform. Chief McWeeny pre-
pared a list of officers who should
go back in harness." and sent it to
the mayor. After considering the
plan, the mayor had another amend
ment to the ordinance passed last
night, extending for four months the
time in which the changes must be
made. ...
An ordinance prohibiting the bury
ing of cadaYeTs without buriaIs per-
mits was referred to the health COM
The evening world., 1913-01-02
Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer
Substitutes an Estimate
for Judge Carrison's
Budget, Which Placed
the Limit at $50, and
She Asserts Cheap Gar
snents Are as ExfraUa-
CANT az Too Expensive
Ones.
Marguerite M00ers Mnrshaii
1ov much should woman
Day for hnP olothSl7


When Chancellor Lindiey A. Gar
fison pf New Jersey told me that, in
his opinion. so would purc hase "a do
cent outfit" I knew that the women
would have something 90 say 20 the
And I couldn't think
OF . better representative Of her sex
than Mrs Annie Nathan Meyer. founder
OF Barnard College, and nh author and
lecturer Of note. Curiousiy enough. the
narrowly escaped tragedy In Mrs.
Meyers latest play. The Dreamer"
has It's roots In tho natural feminine
passion for clothes. Tho daughter OF n
poor artist, deprived all her life OF the
pretty things other girls have, nearly
elopcs with n rich man whom she docs
not love. but who can give her tho
dresses she dcsires. And for q moment.
Mt least, the girls bea,ty-s,arvesi
mother Ia ready 20 approve OF her
dauGhtsr's wild snatch AT material com
fort.
Mrs. Meyer herself has anything but
tho traditional biue-stockinG's contempt
for purple and ffne linen. and she
laughed frankly and unrestralnediy nj
the Items Of tho outnt approved by
Vicc-Chancelior Garrison. Also she was
persuaded 20 mako out another list.
not for the shop-Ei nor for the mil
iionsire's wife. but for the woman In
moderate circumstances VINO wants TO
look fairly nice" Here II -:
The evening world., 1913-01-02
WOMAN SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.
Body Found IN Grand Union that
Of Mrs. Charlotte Rogers.

Tho woman who committed suicide IN
the Grand Union Hotel Tuesday was
Identified yesterday as Mrs. Charlotte
Rogers OF No as Gold street. brooklyn.
who was for several years employed rs
stock clerk in the Clarendon Hotel tina,
borough.
Mrs. Mary ITanlon Of No. IS Henry
street. Brooklyn. who with several
others Of the hotel staff had received
letters from Mrs. Rogers from an I'M
known address In which she threatened
suicide. identified the body at Bellevue
morSue. Mrs. Rogers was said by the
police to have been separated from her
husband and to have several married
children. She was formerly on the stage.
The evening world., 1913-01-02
COOKS WHO LOST
Jobs ARE ANGRY
At UNIONS BLUFF

An as,.A, ~ gto.n, and n..yIahn,.. al,
an. -. a.. :, 49,. -
"A' " '"' ~" y"
hssasusf'sas :" the international Hoi"l
WORKERS Union. 81 80 y West Tbiri'.
s,ss., .s,ss, Ths l,aa.,s a, ,h. .,.a,.
-, 49,, ,.
'ssu"' ""'s sss"
bivn' last IvsshaS "hleh blv' shs
promptly called D. We h"i'I ana roe
islrssi proprsiors are ihn isISsis fof
the fsyilsnsni ana abuse VI a1Oui lOi
eooss sna waii.rs, sho Ner' ioyd
.a,ush 40 ,h. union 4. bsils,. iAai ths
The evening world., 1913-01-02
RICHWAYMAN TAKES
FURS FROM WOMAN At
POINT Of A REVOLVER.
TOO Proud to Beg TO Feed
Family, He Says When
Caught.

Mrs Agnes Mcleod. daughter Of Capt.
James s. +. Mcleod. left her home on,
knlckerbocker road. Tenasly. -. j.. yes
terdsy afternoon and went 10 the library
on Norman place.
on her way she noticed q man fol-
lowing. At times he would come close
TO her. but she walked fast and 60. into
The evening world., 1913-01-02

the library building. Two hous !itcT.
srout I O'Clock. she s:artcs ho1e.
Passing clury o, bushes tie man
VINO mad followed Mss Mcleod s:eapr !
out. pointed revolver at her and told
her 10 hand ovc- hor parse. She grabbed
the revolver and attempted to wres, II.
from the man. Pushing her away ne
The evening world., 1913-01-02

placed tho nusalc OF the weapon to her
81 have NJ money" said Miss Mcleod.
Then give nc your furs." the man
SAID. and ne snatchei tie boa from
fed.
Miss Mcleod hurried to the Tenany
The evening world., 1913-01-02

police station. Sergeant ravfnsss -
automob'e went after the robter.
Two miles outside Of town shs. q
seant ca'ne upon a man carrying
woman's furs and arrested him. 10
said he was James Adriance OF Wse-'
hawken. The furs were identinedt sby
Miss Mcleod as hers ana she rec0e1|
nized the man a. the robbsr.
The evening world., 1913-01-02
WoMGr D7sss TO FETCH OUT
THEIR scs1 POINTS.

IN6IS BIO FUN ..
But at present women stlll deaire TO
express themselves In what they wear.
They want the dresses that seem to bc-
long TO thcTi. that bring out the finest
and most cXquisitc part Of their lndi.
viduaIliy. and such apparel cannot be
obtained cheaply. because tho un-
doubted improvement In the general
taste has not yet gone sufficiently far"
Mrs. Meyer paused for an instant.
and twinkle crcpt into her gray eyes.
III men really look with most ap-
prevail on chsaply- dressed women"
she remarked, "why DO they not re-
csivs more sncouragsmsnt7 why
dossnt the stern Cato trrn with
scorn from the young woman wear
ing the willow plume ana ask the
little girl In last years sailor for .
dancer ! have noticed that even the
husband who ruthlessiy oriticisss
his wifs's dress bills does not select
for his admirinG comments the most
plainly dressed women Of his &C
Quaintanoe.
II do not want to he understood ~
sanctioning or even acauiescing In wild
extravaganza. ] read this morning of n
woman who had lost n mum worth si5.-
0oc. No matter how many millions !
possessed wouldn't pay tina, much for
a nun. I think II more economical
when, at all possible, TO buy reasonably
| good-which means reasonably expen-
| sive-clothing. because IL wears so much
| better. But that excuse doesn't author
| izc a woman to pay 500 for a shlrtwaist.
The quite tentative clothes budget
which I suggest Ia based ON the 80
suit. The excellence Of suit depends
The evening world., 1913-01-02

81 notice that neither hosiery nor
Underwear II mentioned in the Vice.
Chanceilor's list." she added. 80 I'll
BE- equally modest and leave those items
out OF mine. Also ! sec that ne says
nothing about evening eowns. Perhaps
he thinks ladies' suing for alimony ought
not 20 wear them. OF course the cheap
est ami simplest Garb he could recon-
mend for this period would be sAok-
cloth and ashes. A piece Of sactcloth
costs almost nothing and ashes are TO
be had for the picking up.
The only person I over saw wearing
a cheap suit and looking we'll IN II In
Mrs. Fiske In the shop girl scene OF her
present play Perhaps vice-Chancelior
Garrison In judging by her; u 20. that
IL another Instance Of. tho harm the
stage OF to-day docs to- women. But
believe he testifics that no has seen
plenty Of suits advertised for 50 In the
newspapers. All can answer II that
for n person Of his supposed age and
authority. he displays q youthfuily gui-
iibie faith In advertisements. And n
the wife OF the gentleman approving
sue, n scale OF expenditure 10 the best.
dressed woman In Hudson county--well.
I want to move 10 Hudson County.
that's ALL"
GOOD rAerE 10 THE SOLUTION
OF THE PROBLEM.
but seriously" ! asked. must tho
clothes problem for women be solved
by n radical reduction In expendi.
's,urs7''
"fhs spread Of coca taste win
help moro tAan say other one
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means OF covering rather than ~ self
expression. Once the sa-torlgl cNtraVa-
gan"c OF mer cguallS,l. II II id not sir-
PISS. ;i1t OF women. Several centuries
ago there ~ n record ri = certain gen
tlcman's having paid sD.s9o for single
The evening world., 1913-01-02

thing In bringing down the dress
MAKERS BILL" asserted MIS-. Meyer.
people accuse me Of wanting 70
deprive the WORKING 9ir1 Of her
pleasures because I oriticiss her
fsathsrsd hats ana lace waists.
Really, I don't want her 20 have
less beauty In her life, but more.
I know that Z eoula DO 20 muoh
better with The money she has. II
she would wear . simple, we'll
made WORKING uniform, she might
AFFORD . pretty frook for her hours
Of 9eorsat1on.
Il doubt " any man aver understands
all that clothes means 60 q woman.
Ronncy. the little girl in my play and a
quito average little girl. II simply hun
cry for them. Sho In bitterly conscious
Of her homemade gown, put together out
Of wrapper and n msntci scarf--a sort
Of sartoriai hash She complains that
shc Ssn only dress at all by a process
Of cold STORAGE. I. e.. buying clothes
marked down st the end of the season
and keeping them all the season comes
round again.
Nobody can imagine she says.
how q beautiful gown seen In n anon
window positively hypnotizcs you. Some
how. there's nothing 60 irresistible. It's
% personal. You eco yourself In u. II
becomes part OF you. II isn't like
anything clse-a woman II her clothes
"Of course Mrs. Meyer added, has
ely. - woman IN great many other
things besides her clothes. And I think
it'a In the hands OF tho business woma n
Of to-day 70 reduce tho importance Of
feminine apparel. just a. tho business
man long ago made masculine dress a