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something. Let the gestures be free and
large from the shoulders, not from the
elbows.
sign of the ageing hand Is enlarge
ment OF the knuckles. This can be mini.
mlzed by gentle. downward strokes Of
the fingers, always with cold cream.
me skin of the hands, like that of the
lace: withers because Of Inadequate cir.
culatlon: Renew the circulation by exer.
clses Of the hands. Twill the hands.
round and round. upon the wrists. Drop
mem as though they were heavy weights
from the shoulders. Raise and Inwey
them rapidly from the wrist.
me hands of old and young are apt to
be spread by work That result was once
counteracted by women anxious to pre,
serve lhelr beauty by placing rubber
bands around the knuckles, Rut this i'm.
peding circulation as it does, is now I'm.
derstood to be harmful.
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For instance. he would prick its hand
or left ear. etc, with a needle and the
subject seated six or eight feet distant,
would feel the pricks on her own phys-
cal body at precisely the moments and on
the spots they were made upon the
ethcric body some distant by process
technically known as ''repercussOn," the
pain or injury reacted on the physical
body while the astral or etheric body was
injured.
These phenomena Justify in a curious
way the old witchcraft belief that injury
done to the astral body" witch would re-
act upon the physical body OF the witch at
distance. For instance, it was believed
in hose days that witches had the power
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could not clearly make out it's form, but
she thought ii was a kind Of Il dog.
Annoyed by these Soings and cominga
and not being able TO scare it away. she
threw at ii a wooden clothes beaten
which struck ii In the eye. The animal
Immediately disappeared At the same
moment the children OF Bigot heard the
latter utter cry of pain from the bed
and cry: "Ah! The wretch. She has
destroyed my eye" From that day, in
fact, he became one eyed. These pine
nomena are curiously supported by the
newer researches of Colonel De Rochas
and others.
Finally, as to the witchs Sabbath, we
must remember that before going there
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Modern Psychical Science
and Its Purposes.

Modern psychic science. while it thus
has certain points Of resemblance to the
older witchcraft yet differs from it
in certain essential "details. In the first
place the object is no longer evil--to
bewitch or destroy someone else In fact,
helpful advice is nearly always sought
and given. The methods OF inquiry are
now scientifically based on medical and
Psychological lines. Mediums, so called,
are men and women possessing peculiar
powers. unsought as rule. and they
should no longer be prosecuted as
witches, but rather be developed along
the right lines. so that their peculiar
powers, whatever they are, may be
scientifically understood and explained
and turned TO the advantage Of human ity.
This is the object which should be
kept in view by all those whose duty it
is to investigate and prosecute so called
mediums or psychics when it cannot be
proved that they are using their powers
to harm others or to cheat them ont OF
their worldly goods and possessions
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the witches invariably rubbed their
bodies with a sort OF pasty ointment
called the witches ungucnt" This was
doubtless opiate OF some kind and alb.
sorbed through the skin, had the power
OF inducing sort OF drug sleep or de.
lirium in which they experienced visions
or dreams Of all klnHs, which were COL
ored by the beliefs or traditions Of the
time. The natural or rational cxplana-
tion OF most OF these withcraft phen-
omena is thus afforded by science but
1t Will be seen that there was after all
some basis OF fact for the belief in e>itch.
craft in that day. and that it was not all
pure imagination or imposture as many
believe. The facts were unusual and
have only been explained nationally by
further scientific inquiry
There is Il great similarity between the
older witchcrait phenomena and the
present day psychcal facts. Neither of
them can be explained by their own gen.
Grafton. but probably will be by the ad.
vances Of science. Witchcraft appeared
mysterious to the people living 800 years
ago; occult and psychica phenomena ap.
pear mysterious to us still. The world
progresses, but the air OF mystery still
hangs about these mysterious manifesto
lions, which have been recorded In all
ages OF the worlds history
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Don't Let Your Hands Shouu How Old You Ire

TliE first signs OF age appear in the
hands The hands are the great
est telltales of age. Your age is
In your own hands"
Tho hands. being used more than any
other part of the body, age first. That
is the reason n woman who does manual
labor has older hands than has woman
of the leisure class
Ageing hands are starved hands. The
SKIN becomes dry and withered like a
faded rose leaf When woman has
passed the thirty year milepost she
should give especial attention to keeping
the hands we'll fed. The backs OF the
hands need the greater part of the nutri-
ment. for II is there that the infallible
signs OF age first manifest themselves
AZ least once a day cold cream should
be rubbed freely into tncm or they should
be well soaked in olive oil.
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considered witches were very similar 10
men and women who today We would
call mediums, that is beings possessed OF
out-Of-thc.way or extraordinary powers OF
some kind.
Again. one OF the colnmonest forms Of
hewitchmcnt, as We have said, was by
means Of the evil eye and casting 4 spell
upon a person. This was doubtless some
form Of hypnotic or mesmeric influence
WITH which We are now familiar, but
which, Of course, appeared uncanny be-
fore these powers were known TO exist.
Upon such powers depend, to a large cx
tent, the faith Of the African natives and
their voodoo doctors, rainmakcrs, witch
doctors and similar wonder makers TO
this day.
One OF the best known means Of ne
witchment was by employing Il wax figure
resembling the figure over whom spell
was to be cast, and this figure was stuck
full OF pins or slowly roasted over fire
until the person it represented died some
sort OF death. We may have various in
tcrpretations OF this. in the first place, IL
the person who was being bewitched
know Of the attempt being made against
him and actually believed in witchcraft,
his own nervous fears and imaginat ton
would probably in many cases bring the
expected results to pass.
Again tolcpathic Influences may have
ltiptl --uIic'i dCtiol DclWctD IIlHu anu
mind rcacling on the body Further, some
recent scientific experiments by Colonel
Albert De Rochas Of Paris. tend 90 prove
something OF the sort. Possibly he has
obtained what he calls phenomena OF
Decentralization OF scnsibility." tina, is he
has apparently detached by various
means the astral or cthcric body from an
en'ranccd subject. removed IL some dis
lance from the physical body and then
slightly injured in various ways this
double.
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OF speech, After n while they AGAIN dis
appear into the ground. They are then
served with 4 banquet at which all man.
ncr oc disgusting things are served and
grccdily dcvourcd by the demons and
witches Dancing and all manner cf
orgies finish the night, until the cock
crows when all disappear and the Sab.
bath is ended
There you have an idea OF the
medieval belief in witches. silly enough
much Of it appears 10 us but W must re
member that in those days tho devil was
Il very real parsonage TO The majority Of
people who implicitly believed in mis-
reality and constant interference in tho
affairs OF men
In our days II we arc 10 consider ser
onsly at all any of these facts and Try 10
discover what truth there may be amid
all This superstition and ignorance, wc
should probably come 20 believe mat
there are certain genuine facts which
probably occurred, among which We may
mention the following:
First, as 10 the witches marks, so
called. These we're patches or zones in
sensible 10 pain, and il was thought that
the devil had touched them there i'll max.
ing them witches. In testing people for
witrhcrait in those days, they were
stripped, hlindiolded and pins and needles
were stuck into them al over TO discover
this inscnsiblc spot. Ii il was discovered.
they We're held 10 be witches, sure
enough Today, however. know mat
in certain hysterical and nervous anac-
tons there exist these anacsthetic patches
insensiDlc TO pain. probably due 10 some
defect in the nerves OF the part, and this
gave rise 10 such beliefs
Again there is evidence that such phe-
nomena as clairvoyance. telepathy, see
Ing of apparitions. etc, were common in
those days as they are common now. and
ii is doubtless true that many people then
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o. assuming the
shapes Of various
animals at Will.
This power was
known as lycan-
thropy. The fol-
lowing case Is
typical OF this.
"a m i | | @ r
named BigOt had
some reputation
for sorcery. Ono
day when his
wife rose very
early 10 20 ana
wash some linen
not very far from
the house. he
tried 10 dissuadc
her, repeating TO
h @ s E V G I n ]
times: do not
80 there. You
will be fright
ened." - w II V
S h o Il ! d | b e
frightened" an
swered she. Il
tell you, YOU will
b e frightened
he answered. She
made nothing of
I n G s e threats
a n d departed.
Hardly had she
taken her place
at the washtub
before she saw
an animal NOV
ing here and
there about her.
AS It was not
vet DAYLIGHT she
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Thou shalt not suffer a witch

--Er0dus. chapter rrIl.. rs. 19.
~ o witches continue to exist?
We arc accustomed to think Of
49, witches as being out OF date
Imaginary beings who existed two or
three hundred wears ago in tho minds Of
the crcdulous and supcrstitous public.
1t may come as a shock therefore 10
learn that our laws against witchcraft
etll exist in several states. and that only
the other day Mrs. Sadie s. Darling, OF
Newark. ~ J.. was arrested under tho
statute covering witchcrafi-tha is, sho
was virtually accused Of being witch.
Mrs Darling. who is n medium and
pastor OF the First Progressive Spiritual
Church. No 81 Falsey street, Newark,
when arrested under tho WitChcraft Law
for pretending 10 exercise or use con-
duration, occult and crafty science to mis-
lea! or iofraud ignorant persons, said:
"lf am a witch why don't they hang
or burn me as they did in tho old days!
They are threatening to fine mo $50. Am
! a witch? DO people continue to believe
in witchcraft? Our laws seem TO SHOW
that they do.
Mrs Darling herself does not consider
that she is a witch by any means. nut only
n medium having remarkable psychic
powers Her particular gift or phase is
ELECTROMAGNETIC is. tho ability TO
handle certain objects belonging Ia DIFF
ferent peOple. and from these objects re-
ceive impressions relative 10 themselves
and their lives or TO 'spirits" about them.
For instance she asserts she can
handle a lock OF hair, and by feeling it tell
the disposition OF the person from whose
head it was cut, his present troubles and
difficulties. what has happened 10 him in
the near past and what is likely TO hap
pen TO him in the near future. She also
has other psychic powers, but claims that
all OF these arc used for good and helpful
purposes, which are exactly contrary 10
the harmful practiscs OF the older witch.
craft.
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Modern Science and
Psychic Phenomena.

In the remarkable mo-
ton picture serial,
THE MYSTERIES OF
MIRA," which is now
running nj the leading
motion picture theatres,
MIR. Hcreward Caring
ton and MIR. Charles
Goddard have worked
out on legitimate and
scientific lines a study
Of what modern science
is striving 10 accomplish
in the direction Of PEN
ctrating the unexplained
phenomena Of Fremont
lions. prophetic dreams,
visions and com munica-
tons with the spirit
world. and the m ysterics
Of life after death.
This photograph shows
Miss Jean Sothern as
"Myra Maynard" in q
psychic trance writing
Il spirit message" Her
hand is being guided by
MIR. Estabrook. who is.
in the role of Doctor
Alden" a scientific in
vcstigator Of occult mys-
ferries.
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Mr.. Hereward Darlington.
By HereUard Carring tom
The Distinguished Authority en-
Psychic Phenomena and Co-Author
with Charles Goddard of THE MYS-
TERIES OF MYRA,'' the impressive
New Moving Picture Drama Dealing
with the Occult Forces for Good and
Evil.
Thou shalt not suffer a witch
to live"
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Copyright, 1916. by tho star Company
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-04
THE PUBLIC FORUM

ton is the foundation of all that is
worth while Our education is OBJ
tanned from the means that are
placed before us by our association
with people of our own nation and
with the help of our foreign breth-
rem. Without cooperation we would
be in a lower stage of development
than the most uncivilized savage, for
without unity of action our efforts
to accomplish that which is so nee
essary for a civilized community
would be without avail.
The employer, the corporation and
the partnership have seen fit to or
ganize in order to gain the strength
to meet competition. Why should la
Dor hesitate? Why should the work
ingman attempt to carry on bat
tie with the millionaire without a
united body to do so? But the work
ingman will, for some unforeseen rea-
son, try to justify his action of work
ing without the aid of his fellows
with excuses that are not germane
to the subject.
I1S VIII ICn yOu IudI uO 10 d SOOu,
honest workman and earns as much,
if not more, than his united breth-
rem, but he does not concede the
point that if some one had not been
the means of setting a scale, by
which he could earn more than a
mere livelihood, he would be work.
ing for the necessities of life and no
more.
Why should this man be permitted
to reap the harvest when he refuses
to till the soil? Is it nothing but
selfshness in the last stage? Many
men will tell you that the unions are
the cause of strikes. Yes, partly, but
it takes two to cause a quarrel, and
if the workingmen we're as well or
ganized as the employers. strikes
would be thing of history only. For
it is the unorganized workingman or
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-04
MILITARISM.

conceiVes of only two respectable
possible positions of the opponents
of militarism, i. e., that of those
whose ethics forbids resistance and
that of those who regard the invasion
scare as chimera, presumably or
iginated by the social thanatophidia
who make war tools for profit.
He omits categories, including the
logical position of the proletariat,
whom the bourgeoisie would arm and
train to defend, to-wit:
Our fair land, including most of
Americas acreage which no longer is
ours; the beaches whereat we may
not swim; the mountains which we
lack carfare to visit; the magnolias
we never have scented, and the
forests, lakes and valleys bearing mo
trespass'' signs.
Our institutions, including blue
laws and ''Berbotene Gesetze"; Com
stockery; the Mann act; child sla-
very; absentee landlordism; and the
third degree.
Our kultur, including pan-partisan
POhNAScAA SAhS1AOAy Jul NONhOh e1A ~
tocracy of diamonds, dudes and dogs;
our village idea of meum ct teum:
and our national holiday april u.
Our industries, including speed-up
systems; prison contract labor; the
munition plants; the stockyards
Jungle; the reserve army of scab
unemployed; the Pennsylvania L.
hour day and 7-day week; the sweat
shops; and the interests of those who
corner anti-toxin and salvarsan.
Die for these! Why, we are dying
by them; and every man in the in
tellectual minority of the proletariat
feels that if he had a 5-year old boy
who did not ache to fight against
them it would be well to submit the
child to euthanasia, since he could
never develop to beget children.
But / do not denounce so porten-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-04

the employed if he was not certain
that his business would be able to
run for a time at least without them.
No, never.-A. Welsh.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-29

Some claimed the
battle had been drawn. This was. Of
course. depressing. But when we learn
ed that the Confederates had left their
wounded and dying on the Geld In their
retreat l said the battle was ours No
victorious army ever left its men to
die unaided and uncontrolled
There was no joyful celebration that
day." added Mrs. Stewart. I'VE all felt
like weeping. Such sights as surround
ed us beggar description Sickness and
death and suffering were seen on every
side. Most OF the people spent the day
taking care Of those that were thrown
upon their mercy"
There was ON this Fourth a feeling
Of relief among the people Of the town.
The danger of the towns being razed
had passed. General Lee made prepa-
rations during the day to leave and
that night withdrew toward the south.
In the town efforts were made to gath
or provisions. There were loud calls
from the survivors. Many OF the unin-
1ured soldiers were In need OF food
Into the surrounding country scores Of
Gettysburg's citizens went begging for
provisions. Many OF the women went
frsn door TO door niltng baskets. Which
were sent out TO ths soldiers on ths
an
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-29

old and weighing only 104 pounds. TO
Gently made two long, loose circles Of
the speedway. On the third time
around, when she was about 1000
feet above the imitation fort they
were building for the flying exhibition,
she made a swallows smooth down
ward curve. then sheered up and back
over her own path. her head and the
upper part Of her machine downward
toward the ground. For a moment
the engine stopped; then the tune Of
It began again. Katherine Stinson for
the several hundredth time had looped
the loop, and three minutes later she
landed without even a jolt. She had
been up less than ten minutes.
Miss Stinson wears no elaborate avia-
ton wardrobe.
Otter she doesn't even tuck her curis
under her close fitting hood. She, wears
a short khaki skirt, high heeled boots
and the two warmest coats she can
find. Sometimes she wears riding
breeches. but she doesn't In the least
object to a skirt. She never allows
wind or clouds to interfere with her
flights. But l don't like rain" she
confessed. "It hurts. 1t feels exactly
like sleet when you ny in It"
Besides looping the loop, she has car
Red United States mail. dropped bombs,
made night flights. flown with her
plane upside down and performed Q
number Of other stunts" 'They al
ways want some fancy thing thrown
in at the exhibitions" she admitted
carelessly.
my sister Marjorie is only eighteen.
and she's a fiier. My brother Edwin
is twenty three, and he flies. In San
Antonio, Tex, we three are running
the Stinson school Of aviation. l have
another brother fifteen years old. but
he wants to go to West Point My
people on both sides fought In the civil
war.
"And II America went to war tomor.
row I'd be an army scout" Miss Stin-
son added stoutly. II tried my best to
make Pershing and Funston let me go
to Mexico. But they wouldn't"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-29

patching up dam
age and d In 8
their best to re-
heve the wound
ed. Men lay on
the fields dying,
enduring incon-
ceivable Q u d Q r
ing. As yet no ar
rangements b q d
b e en- made for
their care. though
as many as could
be taken q W q y
were carried into
the town Of Gete
tysburg. --~S
THAT Fourth"
said Mn. II 8
M yer s-Stewart,
who was one Of
the nurses, was
spent by the peo-
pie nursing the
In J red Many
went out to the
field Of battle and
helped to bring
the wounded In.
Many even doubt
ed the success Of
the Union forces.
Some claimed the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-29

Here Is an interesting suggestion for
the young mother with the active,
creeping baby: Get a good sized gray
blanket. preferably wooden. Cut ont
the pictures from a cloth nursery pic
ture book and sew them to the blanket.
The bright pictures viii attract baby's
attention. and he win pat and pick at
them by the hour and keep perfectly
contented on his soft, warm. creeping
rug. This idea may also be used In
connection with the baby fence, for
baby may be left inside the fence with
his pictorial floor covering and run no
risks OF falling on sharp playthings.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-29

"
wild rejoicing. But Gettysburg, though
glad Of the victory. was sick at heart
because Of the CHASTITY, CORY spectacle
Of the battles aftermath that was be-
fore the eyes Of every man. woman
and child in town.
When the sun rose on the morning
Of July 4. the day after Pickett had
made his famous charge, it's shafts
emblazoned the roofs Of Gettysburg.
But from the streets came no sounds
Of rejoicing, no cheers, either for VIC
tory or for the day Of the nations
birth. All was silent, except when one
walked abroad he could hear groaning,
and he knew he was in town Of suf-
fering and sorrow. In many Of the
houses wounded men were CHARTERED
and cared for, and the townspeople
nursed them, Union men and Confed-
crates both sharing in the ministra-
lions.
Upon the fields where the grim bat
tie had been fought the sun blazed into
the staring eyes Of hundreds-eyes that
gazed vacantly at the morning with
the Darkness Of death. Hundreds Of
others opened their eyes for the last
time to see the sun Of day. Hundreds
lay moaning, their limbs torn, welter-
ing in blood. their heartrending groans
making the morning seem gray despite
the sun. Despite the heroic efforts Of
the surgeons and their assistants 1t
was impossible to reach all Of the
wounded in time.
The battle was over. Both armies.
declared Professor Aaron Sheely, who
saw the battlefield, were engaged in
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-29
TWO BIRD GIRLS.
Aviation Is Said to Be Woman's
Coming Profession.
ITS SUCH FUN TO fly"

Already Two Women Ar Making Tx
hibition Flights, and ons Family,
Two Of Thorn oIris, Has Founded .
School Of AvistIon In Tsxas-
Dressed in riding breeches and .
natty Norfolk Jacket and armed with
(harmless) bombs, which she dropped
over Manhattan, Miss Vera Pearcs, &C.
companied by p. @. Mflman. recently
few from Mineola, N. T. over New
York and around Battery park IN . b.
plane.
Miss Pearce has a rival IN this nsw
field Of enterprise for young women,
Miss Katherine 6tinson.
At sheepshsad Bay speedway this
young lady. not yet twsnty-ons ysars