The Washington times., 1917-03-31
GURU GETS PEEVED;
SEANCE Is LIVELY
DR.. Sarak Entertains Highly At
Meeting of Esoteric
Center.
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Clous accent, that he coulon spedh
English. and apoIogized for using an
Interpreter, in which capacity Miss
Aarsland acted.
Is a Capab( Interpreter.
Then he struck an attitude, cleared
his throat, glanged about the audi
ence, and in French. with a decided
Spanish accent started on an haT-
angue which Miss Marsland trans
lated, phrase by phrase. 1t may be
said in passing that Miss Marsland. IL
not an unusual orator, is an inter
prefer of no mean ability.
After q few Introductory remarks.
DR.. Sarak started right in to tell how
WONDERFUL he was. He said he had
travelled in many lands. and the press
usually had hailed him as a man who
did great things. Sometimes, how
ever, he admitted, the press had said
some cruel things. This he allowed to
pass.
He confessed that he had the power
to punish, but, pouf! he had stayed his
hand
Then, after a rather long-drawn-
out screed on brotherly love, he an
nounced that he had a mission to per-
form He had been tempted to leave
this mission, he said; he had been
offered gold: he had been threatened.
But, righteously, he had scored the
publicans, and now, he was happy to
state, the seeds which he had sown
had prospered.
Then he passed on to his son, Boudh
Sadou. who, by the way, was seen but
not heard as is entirely 1T and proper
for one OF his age.
His Future Not Settled.
Boudh-if it isn't sacrilegious to
call him by his first name-is a de-
cidedly swarthy, diminutive youth OF
possibly eighteen, who sat in the
corner and watched the proceedings
with decidedly bored, even though
dreamy, eyes.
Much, said DR.. Sarak, had been
said of the new adept-to-be. Distort-
cd stories, he intimated, had been
spread in the deceitful Sahara-as he
pleasingly designated the rest OF the
world.
But, he declared; the time has not
yet come. Boudh must learn English
before he can start out with his dis
eiples. Then, and not until then, will
the world be allowed to offer homage.
There seems to be some doubt
about the temporal profession which
Boudh will choose. Maybe he'll be
an engineer, maybe a man Of science,
maybe just a common laborer-but
whatever he is, he'll have his fathers
power. His father admitted it.
Then DR.. Sarak told all about his
powers. He said that when someone
rang the bell he knew who il was; he
said that when a person was admitted
to the house, he knew what he want
ed; he said that when he hook ones
hand he knew whether the person so
honored was going to be a friend or
would prove treacherous. He also
said he could heal the sick.
But, he declared, in tolerant tones
he wasn't going to advertise fortune
telling or anything like that That
would be too cheap. He was just go
ing to teach the sixth sense And. he
said, to his disciples. IL they proved of
merit, would be impaired his powers.
Prayed Against U-BOats.
Then, almost as il to impart. the
human interest" touch necessary in
play or story, he told about his expe-
riences with submarines, When he
had come to this country. he declared.
everybody had been afraid of the
U-boats-that is. everybody but him.
He had scorned the Germans-he had
lived in an entirely normal way, eN-
cept that he had refrained from sleep
ing on the way over, and had prayed
all the time.
The result?-they had not been
submarined. This, he admitted, was
proof of his strong powers.
Then he closed his speech, and an
nounced that the second act was
about to be staged. brief inter
mission followed. pending the pre-
sentation Of Little Miracles ! Have
Met"-with apologies with Ernest
Thompson-Seton.
The lights were turned down. the
victroIa started on a dreamy sort OF
music which repeated monotonOusly
for the rest Of the evening, and a gen
eraI air Of expectancy was apparent
when operations were resumed.
First. Dr. Ssrak went into a trance.
II looked pretty easy, but presently
he announced that 1t had taken. and
that he didn't even know where he
was. There must have been an astral
draft. though, because he interrupted
proceedings a minute later to ask
that the door behind him be closed.
Narcotics and the Eyes.
First. he said. he would demon
strate to the gentlemen Of the press.
lie asked one Of them to step behind
him and put his hands over his eyes
Then he said there two drugs,
opium and atropin.
Atropin. he said. diIates the pupils
of the eyes. opium contracts them.
which. he asked. would the gentle
man of the press choose.
The gentleman of the press. a mild
and rather bewiIdered young man,
chose opium.
Aha" said tho doctor. through his
Interpreter. Then which eye?"
The reporter chose the right eye.
AHA" said the Ruru. THAT means
the left. because in the astral plane
directions are opposite. Very well. I,
shall contract the pupils of my right
astral eye"
He shuddered bit. went through
few mild cOntortions. paIavered
bit and. after a lot of preIiminaries.
got one OF his disciples to open his
eyes.
Sure enough. the left pupil was
smaller than the right.
Some skeptics in the audience were
unkind enough to remark that he
hadn't allowed an examination Of his
eyes before the miracle had been