Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-06-24
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rs. Palaces Of DeIusion.
Editor, Democrats.
It may be that the memories of sor,o
OF your readers go back to the vaar
1888, and those who may have attend.
co the great Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Will recall that along the great Mid
way, was located The Palace of De
tuslons. If yon entered that Palace
scd wandered for enough, YOU wolIId
ready to cry, Good bye-John!' so
lar as your ever getting out of there.
was concerned. The farther you went
the worse lost you were, and if Won
tried to turn back, you would only be-
come worse lost than ever; you would
even meet yourself travelling in the
opposite directions from where Won were
going. Looking into a great mirror 70
one SIDE. you would see yourself with
head downward and feet upward.
walking about, as if nothing was the
matter.
In your last extremity, you would go
up to fellow, who seemed to belong
III there, and hand him SO cents and
ask him to get you out of there, and
or course, you were then, soon in the
natural world again.
Somehow it seems to have gotten
into the heads of many people, that
modern life, has been turned into
huge Palace of Delusions."
The very word itself when analysed.
seems to come from the old Latin stem,
deludere, from which we get meanings
like, to play, to make sport of, to
mock, to lead from the truth into
error, to beguile, to- impose upon, to |
Illustrate, mislead, deceive, cheat, and |
even to overwEell1 1r wash away.
The world III 6e.psion," you say,
SHOW us, for unless you do we can
not believe it, we see no delusion.
All right, here goes; turn your eyes |
and look with me: Let's gaze on the |
Cars, Kings, Enperors, Sui
tans, Lords, Barons, Dukes, Noblemen, |
Dignitaries, Commons and other brio /
a-brac, and relics from dark ages, to-
gether with the poor peasant, bulgar,
teuton, turk, latin, pole, hungarian
and slav, all of low degree, III the>eyes
of royalty, and are they not all actors,
IN the Great Palace of Delusion? Will |
they ever see and realize that for
which they are ignorantly, foolishly, |
falsely, proudly, jealously, deceitfully, |
maliciously and wickedly /
sacrificing and throwing away for
tunes, homes and lives of millions, In
he greatest and most wicked war since
he DAYS of Adam As you wait to draw I
your breath, in establishment, you /
picture, of the heterogeneous palace OF
decisions, in poor old Mexico. Was
oN0T&Iu0 pO1kt4Cd1 WI III =
sion as to day?
Now we trust no one will have ran
cid criticism, or critical feelings boil
ing in his veins, when we say, that
many good people now think, that
something akin to metaphysical jargon
eas seized the religious world today.
Have not. the plain and simple, aye
ave, nay-nay, and follow me" teachings
Of the IowIy Nazarene, been largely
superseded by what we may call fra
.ernal palaces.
The brotherhood of man is certainly
deal. but is the church bringing 1t
about itself, as surely must have been
Intended, or is it under the new order
If things. to be brought about by ira
.ernal organizations, unions, leagues,
spdeavors, barracks, layman's organ1za-
ions, Philatheas, and what-nots' too
tedious to mention?
Divine right of kings, we refuse TO
believe; popedom and apostolic sue
,egsion we cast aside; dogmas and
reeds. we stumble att but; that the
Thurcfls was founded by God Himself.
Jesus Christ, what shall we
,ay. as we wander through the Palace
IL Delusions"?
Very sincerely,
THOS T. HICKMAN.