The Washington times., 1916-10-12
WHO THEY ARE.

sir: am the person who cannot
Withstand the charm OF the shoe sales
man am proof against taiIors and
miihners. never buy two hats when
start out for one. nor order an extra
coat or skirt when ! have made I'D my
hind 10 one suit and one only. The
wiies or the young person at the toilet
goods counter fail TO ensnare me; and
l never am persuaded to buy freak sta
uonery. But the moment n shoe sales
man removes my comfortable, we'll
worn shoe. gives II n delicateIy dispor-
aging glance and suggests something
entirely different. am undone. There
AFTER am as wax in his hands. Uo
always sells me two pairs OF shoes
one OF them. TO his credit be Il said. tho
solid. comfortable shoes I need: hut m.
other! On a shelf In nv clo,et stand o.
array OF freak shoes. pale coiored spats.
trees. brushes. and every lubricant and
po"sh Rhown TO the trade. 7 never
cream my own shoes. / never wear
,reakish footgear. am generally too
lazy or too hurried to use shoe tree. 7,
Is plain to be seen. therefore. that Tho
lnnuence or the shoe salesman stons n,
the door OF the shop. Why II ia? Ia n
some profound truth OF psychology dis
covered by the shoe trade and jeaIousIv
guarded by them? And does II explain
the present fashion in footwear? s
An advertisement in the Nautilus ,
new Thought magazine, recommends A.,
DOCK containing an account of nftv-
three experiences in New Thought Ono
cnapter OF the book relates;
An Object Lesson in suggest,on.
foung Man Healed OF the Habit OF Dis-
order, Procrastination and Dandruy
on another page OF the magazine We
ma the question:: ''Is Suffering Neces-
sary to Cosmic Consciousness?"
We should say offhand-and wI,bou,
consulting Hermione. who knows more
about these things than we ever hon.
TO know-that Suffering is Necessary 10
Cosmic Consciousness. We don't know,
how we know; but we feel sure OF n
somehow Things come 20 us
Just like that.
But what we would like to know and
have been unable to settle certainly
psychic as We are, is Whether DandrufY
il Necessary to Cosmic Consciousness,
or course all people who have Dan
druff do not have Cosmic Conscious
ness. But do not all people who have
Cosmic Consciousness have Dandruff'
field for some enterprising barber here:
we expect to see some preparation put
On the market with the legend:
use Old Doc Tonsor's Egg and Tar
Shampoo. II Stimultes the Capillaries,
Removes Dandrufr, and Positively Cures
the Most Stubborn Cases of Cosmic
Consciousness. No Head Need Be Bald
outside or In
The Bible intimates that by taking
thought no man can add a cubit to his
stature or a hair to his head; but 1t
seems one can by taking New Thought.
Turning another page in The Maui
illus" we find advertised a book entitled
GLOW 10 Go Into the Silence" We don't
know whether there is anything aoout
Dandrufr in It; nevertheless We have
knowr several BARRIERS who might read
n to advantage. Still another publica-
ton that we feel might be useful to
BARRIERS is advertised in the magazine.
and contains chapters on The Grand
Yogi Breath" and The Yogi Complete
Breath"
Now that we have discovered the
close relation Of New Thought to Dan
drum. we are thinking OF taking It UP
In a serious way. We have only been
waiting till 1t made good In something
like Dandruff that we know about.
Nearly any one can tell when he has
pandrufr. but a man may have tine
Cosmic Consciousness for years and
never suspect it, Phrenology. Yogi.
shampooing. spiritism. Manicuring, to-
Rether with all head rubbing and hand
holding phases Of modern thought. have
always interested us. We are working
nights, after the Sun Dial II written. in
a Work In Twenty Volumes to be called
Religious Raddles or the Cosmetic Con-
seriousness. There Is a chapter on Chi
ropody and the Stoics: Which Has Most
Influenced the other? The introduction
to this work will shortly be published
separately under the title: A Preface
to Book Of Court Plaster.
..-.-....-- DON MARQUIS