New-York tribune., 1916-07-03

the kind blue eyes bent upon her face
to the big old-fashioned clock that beat
AWAY over the mantle. Outside the
school room, during the strange treat
ment." wandering band struck up
some lively air. Marie, of course.
couldn't hear. and her teacher was too
busy letting the "supralminal" flow to
notice It.
Only One Kind Of Treatment.
That's the only sort Of ear treat
ment that any child at this school ever
gets he explained after Marie had
tottered away toward the play room
Each pupil has twenty minute
period Of it every day. While | sit
and look at them there is psychical
power. which ! designate as the supra
liminal, that flows out OF my mind and
acts directly on the human organism.
My claim is that this psychical agent
teaches the deaf organs 10 perform
their normal functions"
The proof of the pudding is in the
tasting. SO. after the supralimnal had
flowed uninterrupted into little Marie
Trein for twenty minutes, Barrows
brought forth TO the schoolroom
George. as Exhibit l. and Frank. as
isNHlbIA IL lht IhifHAN VI DONu U'9 :
have kept them at the Barrows school
for more than year.
Both. il is claimed by Barrows. were
deaf and dumb when they came. But
now George can spell aloud a fixed
list OF words when Barrows reads them
TO him. And Frank can write a similar
list on sheet Of paper as they are pro-
nounced.
L l. nor q
says, George. spell home" George
will proudly lisp the letters cat. -
And now and then, when Frank is told
to write ball" he will neatly pencil
Soup" in his notebook. But this isn't
often. The expert who went to the
school at The Tribune's request point
ed out that neither boy could spell a
word that wasn't given him from the
fixed list in the proper sequence, and
that neither could hear single sounc.
no matter how loud. when his back was
turned. and when he couldn't watch
his questioner's lips. lie stated the ar-
Parent hearing developed in the Bar
rows school was trick" hearing, and
that it did not aid the pupil in under
standing sentences.
Parents Get Angry.
"Can you give the name and address
Of . single pupil that has been dis
charged from this school as cured OF
deafness? ?" Mr.. Barrows was asked
Il can't" he returned, because We
have never had an opportunity TO keep
child long enough TO get our final re-
suits. The parents usually get angry
with us and take the children away"
Specialists declare that your method
has not even the shadow of scientific
foundation" he was told.
That's natural" he replied. "Thsy
are jealous of me and don't want me to
succeed"
"Can your pupils hear the same words
in their homes that they appear TO hear
in the SCHOOL,"
"No. The atmosphere Of the home Is
different from the school ROOM
"The new charity campaign calcu-
lated to reap funds for the Barrows
School deserves certain failure" DR..
Harris Taylor told The Tribune. ut IS
dangerous, because II is likely 20 build
UP false hopes in the hearts OF mothers
and fathers who would go 70 the end
of the world TO have their deaf children
cured.
"T talked with Barrows two years
ago. offered him a room at this
school and every facility for demon
strating that his method is practical. .
He refused. Through The Tribune |
offer TO resign as the head OF this
school, 10 give Mr.. Barrows my job and
10 devote myself 10 getting him funds
if he can show a single totally deaf
child he has cured"
"No Basis for Claims"
Mr.. Currier said;
THE claims made by the Barrows
School are idiotic. They have no
basis in science and should not be
considered seriously. Far from wish
ing to see pioneers in the work of
curing the deaf fail, we are anxious
10 see them succeed. If Mr.. Barrows
can demonstrate his claim he will
be the biggest man in the country to-
day. None of the cases in which he
has developed apparent hearing are
bona fide cases Of total deafness, so
far as | have observed"
"Mr Barrows cannot cure total
deafness" Mr. Pach the deaf photog-
rapher, asserted. 'He maintains q
school for the deaf, and to support IL
has begging cups in hotels, asking for
pennies. Alexander Graham Bell and
Thomas Edison, two of the greatest
inventors of our age, have failed in
doing what Mr. Barrows processes to
do-cure total deafness. share the
dislike, common TO all deaf people, Of
seeing such mockery."
Since The Tribune has laid the
facts developed by its investigation
before the campaign manager and the
treasurer OF the new charity cam
paign. both have severed their con-
nections with the National Deaf Mute
Fund Both assert that when they
took up the WORK they did not under
stand Barrows declared he could cure
deafness by his strange psychical
method, and admit that they did not
explain this fact when they were writ
ing their letters asking well known
men and women TO become patrons Of
the fund. They have agreed to return
to the contributors any funds which
may come to their hands.
HERO OF 40 WRECKS RETIRED