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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02

to his critics that DR.. Hyslop refused to
join in the investigation Of Eusapia
Palladino and the supposed phenomena
attributed to her mediumship. He might
have done so, he intimates, If the invest-
gators had sought something interesting
for abnormal psychology" or if they had
known enough to investigate her as
hysteric instead of acting as if she were
a conjurer' DR.. Hyslop seems to forget
that one aim of the so-called research So
ciety Of which he himself is, or was, the
head is 'to approach these various prob
lens without prejudice or prepossesslon
of any kind" In refusing to consider
the phenomena on any suppOsition eX-
cept the supposition of hysteria he showed
o pronounced prepossession which was
allowable only in so far as his own choice
was concerned, but did not in the least
Justify his reasonless and Incorporate
abuse of those who chose to adopt an
other hypothesis.
The original task of the Investigators
was to establish the nature of the phe-
romena. 1t had been alleged by Palla-
dino's supporters that these were, in the
current cant, supernormal, and not I'M
naturally it was decided first of all to
determine whether they could or could
not be attributed to known agencies. For
this purpose it was manifestly desirable,
as in all similar inquiries, to adopt an
hypothesis. 1t did not matter whether
the hypothesis was true or not; if nothing
could be done with it it would be easy
to drop it and try another. Provided it
was useful it would serve its purpose
sufficiently The hypothesis of fraud,
conscious or unconscious, was chosen as
the most promising, and this circumstance
accounts for the Investigators of Palla-
dino "acting as if she were conjuror."
DR.. Hyslop as a scientific man, had no
more reason to object to their hypothesis
than they have to object to the hypothesis
he uses in his inquiries. There was no
primG tacie objection to it, and since it
proved to be useful it was obviously a
good choice 1t matters little what Pro
fessor Munsterberg believed or whether
he or some one else caught Eusapia's heel;
the important point is that the trick was
detected and "A feat which might other
wise have passed as supernormal was
shown to be merely skilful in a gymnasti-
cal way. Clearly the investigators had
been justified in "acting as if she were a
conjuror."
1t is conceivable that DR.. Hyslop was
rot interested in this point, that he was
interested only in the mental state of
the medium, and did not think it worth
his while to investigate her performances
except in so far as they had bearing on
her hysteria. But his own interests do
not justify the scorn he expresses for
those who were only intent on discover
ing whether the phenomena were pro-
duced by normal means or otherwise, and
it is regrettable that one who has presum-
ably had a scientific training should fail
to see how utterly unscientifc his atti-
tude is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Hyslop-Munsterberg
A Noted Investigator Explains His
Attitude Toward Spirit Messages

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: friend sent me your editorial con-
ments OF November % on the recent publ
cation Of things connected with Profes'o'
Mdnsterberg, and, as there is grave mis-
understanding Of the whole problem in thos
comments, | hope | am entitled 10 a cor
rection of il.
THE whole editorial assumes thaDT be-
lieve what was reported about him in The
records. | may say that We Investigators BE-
lioyc neither the mediums nor the spirits
There was not word in that report that
signifed / would believe or did believe .
word he said, whether living or dead. |
might have proved that certain things wer'
true and credible on the ground Of that
proof but | never accept a single word a
tue from a spirit or a medium.
professor Mdnsterberg did not cath
Eusapia Palladinos heel. ! have the doeS'
mentary evidence to prove that II was
some one else that caught IT, Professef
Munsterberg left the seance room with ne
belief that he had supernormal phenonene'
and changed his mind when he learned that
another had caught her heel.
st is curious that the writer OF ne
editorial should say that Eusapia Pallsdu'
was my pet medium" SO far is this fron
being true that | would not touch the case
was asked to take sittings and refused 70
do 80. was glad Of the fiaseo, as il vas
bound 10 turn out that way with the methoci
employed. II the men who played with ne
case had known enough TO investigate Der
r. a hysterc instead Of acting as
she were conjurer they nigh. hs~
found something interesting for abnoraH
psychology. II they had succeeded In fs''
ting lot OF physical phenomena 10 psf'l'
the laymen and scientific men alike, IL vagN
probably have injured psychic research ."
ten years. I was very glad that il sndss
as it did.
Existence Of Spirit Sole Question
MY problem was 70 determine, rot %,
truth Of what Professor Munsterberg "N
in the supposed communications, but whe'h'i
we had any evidence that he existed a..
was communicating at all We never seeev'
word Of alleged communications beeAsN
they come through a medium. We 70"
two things TO prove in all such eases; "
The absolute ignorance Of the medium "
garding the facts and (2) the relevanes
the facts TO the personal identity Of me
legged communication. We do not primsr1
admit the existence Of spirits AZ all. ~.
is what We Rave 10 prove, and We cannot
IL without proving the personal identity
particular dscarnate consciousness
supernormal information directly bearing y
that identity. Such thing as oels"ss
what a communication says is never 10 ~
minds. We simply set down as fools w.
who do this or assume that this Is
legitimate thing 20 do. II We can pro's"
then the case is different.
ST the writer OF that editorial had ~
the time to read my introduction 20 the
port he nigh, have saved himself some
understanding both Of the facts and o. 80
attitude toward them. The whole ~'"''
was plainly stated there. ov ;,
JAMES H. HYStoE
Boston. Mass Nov. q. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Present Day Brown Sugar
CVomad. IN the Boston Transcript

tNOmdd. IA The Boston Transcript
Brown sugar is very different thing, a.
we get it to-day, from the brown sugar that
some of us can remember well as the ordi-
nary sweet'nin' OF our childhood. In those
days you had it spread about "a quarter OF
an inch thick on a generously buttered slice
of bread. You had it in your coffee and in
yotr cambria tea. The brown sugar of those
days was dampish in consistency. 1t never
dried up and never solicited, and it was
very sweet. 1t smeared beautifully on any
article of food and handful of it, grabbed
out of the tub, clung together somewhat like
a ball of clay until you got it safely into the
woodshed. The brown sugar which is now
offered the Nomad TO put OH his breakfast
cereal is altogether a different article. It is
dry, pale, horribly lumpy and is very deficient
in the saccharine quality. 1t disappears,
when eaten, without leaving any real effect Of
sugar on the palate 1t seems TO be a sort Of
residue of the molasses after the sugar has
been taken out of it. Is that what it is? The
Nomad is not sufficiently familiar with the
processes of making sugar TO be able 20 tell
with any degree Of authority. But he was
horribly disappointed when Mr.. Hoover
handed him this article. II was no more
than a poor photograph of the good brown
sugar Of his boyhood Il is possible. of
course, that the youthful palate was much
more easily satisfied than the ripely mature
palate and that what was gloriously sweet in
those bygone days seems fiat now. But the
strange and crumbly consistency of this new
stuff is altogether against it. The Nomad is
quite sure that something has been sub
tracted from the brown sugar that is being
mt nrnr ON IL nnNN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Singing From Joy

The place was filled with light-electrics
hung every few feet down the room. Light
tlazed upon the tables, and washed the walls
end reached to the ceiling and the turthest
corner. An incessant pour OF white bright
ness: it lifted the spirit of these men VINO
have known the darkness till 1t entered their
soul and stopped their speech. II only needS
a few minutes of leht to start men playing
and singing who had been silent for thirty
five months. | have never heard men sung
together at the front never seen them eaten
2 rhythm with their feet and fingers. But
here they sing and beat tipe. They answer
to Joy for the first time during the war. Out
Of the sullen streets, dark in fear OF the
aeroplanes, away from the miserable MOLE
holes, where the best is a sinking sulphur
match for brief candle or dripping mufied
lantern, these men turn into the blare and
yivacity OF the lighted Foyer du Soldat-the
hut with fire in its belly. For little time
they can think themselves back into the
life that once was, the life a happy man used
TO know. when he met together with pals,
little wine, little song and bit Of chat,
and so good night.
Inc so!dlers nut IL PlaCe " NC "-Ff'
together, TO forget sudden death and long
torture aud vermin, cold and hunger and
monotony. II Is a reading room and writing
room. billiard room, a store. safe, Clue.
For three years the Young Mems Christian
Association has had the honor OF maintain
ing Foyers du Soldat for the French army
in the war zone. II now continues its work
with itx oYn army but 40 far from lessen
it's co0pera,ion with its ally II plans great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
The Name
lFron The Boormanl

When come back from secret dreams
In gardens deep and fair,
How very curious II seems
This mortal name bear.
For by this time | make their bread
And trim the household light
And sun the linen for the bed
And close the door at night
wonder who myself may be.
And whence it was | came
Before the Church had laid on me
This frail and earthly name.
My sponsors spake unto the Lord
And three things promised they,
Upon my soul with one accord
Their easy vows did lay.
Ny ancient spiut heard them not.
think it was not there.
But in n place they had forgot
It drank starrier air.
Yes. in a silent place and deep
There did it dance and run,
And sometimes it lay down to sleep
Or sprang into the sun.
The Priest saw not my aureole shine!
Ny sweet wings saw not he!
He graved me with a solemn sign
md laid a name on me.
Now by this name stitch and mend
The daughter OF my home,
By this name do | save and spend
And when they call, come.
But oh. that Name, that other Name,
More secret and more mine!
10 burns as does the angelic flame
Before the midmost shrine.
Before my soul to earth was brought
Into Gods heart it came,
He wrote a meaning in my thought
And gave to me a Name.
By this Name do | ride the ar
And dance from star TO STAR
And behold all things are fair,
For | see them as they are.
plunge into the deepest seas,
In flames I, laughing, burn.
In roseate clouds take my ease
Nor to the earth return.
Il is my beauteous Name-my own
That have never heard.
God keeps it for Himself alone
That strange and lovely word.
God keeps it for Himself-but yet
You are His voice, and so
In your heart He is calling me-
And unto you / go.
Love, by this Name | sing, and breathe
A fresh, mysterious air.
By this | innocently wreathe
New garlands for my hair.
Rv this Name | am born anew
More beautiful, more bright.
More roseate than angelic dew,
Apparelled in delight
I'll sing and stitch and make the bread
In the wonder of my Name,
And sun the linen for the bed
And tend the ireside fame.
By this Name do ] answer yes
Word beautiful and true.
Bv this I'll sew the bridal dress
shall put on for you.
From "The Masquc Of Poets series of anon
IA poems. the authors of which 10
,ounced in the January or February "Bookman.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
Serious Books the More Popular

at is extraordinary he said, "how the
soldiers like anything connected with why
men fight and the analysis OF war instincts.
Here Is Gustave lie Bon's book on The
Psychology Of the War II Is immensely
popular. The more serious book is the
more popular. Dickens is very popular, and
iolstoy's Resurrection Victor Hugo, Dumas,
Daudet. Marcel Provost, Henri Bordeaux. The
book 'Gaspard,' which is all about poilu,
hey don't read. It Is too exaggerated for
hem. The people back home read that"
I came back to Paris from this trip with
the hope that VIC shall take over into our
American huts some Of the spirit OF these
French foycrs-the decent sociability that
finds quiet pleasure in talk. One has the
longing that our men may become welded
as these French have been, our men Of the
mixed races, and that some OF the same
ideals may shine for us that have lighted
France down the generations. These poilus
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02

We went TO the battlefield Of the recent
weeks. riding from SCISSORS to Fere-en-Tarde-
Iois, looking up to the ridge of Chemin des-
Danes. The touch of war was everywhere.
It was heavy on the fields that lay burned
under the weeks Of hellire, and rotten from
me filthy litter of battle-shell casing and
barbwire and fostering rags and leather. 1t
had squashed the stout stone houses into
shapeless crumbling piles. II had split thick
green forests into splnters of dead wood.
And heaviest of all is the touch of war on
the spirit of living men. The pressure OF
war on mems minds is like a thumb on the
throbbing sensitive spot Of a baby's skull
IL leaves "a lasting havoc of WEAKNESS and
despair. Silently, heavily, men go through
the motions of the day, faithful at the post,
munchng the crust Of bread, sleeping pro
foundly, waking to suffering, watching, wait
ing, the body register Of few primal SEN
3ations Of cold, hunger and pain.
SO il was here on this battlefield of Dc
tober and November, 1917. Through all the
pulp and weller of disntegration, in the mud
of the bitches and the mud Of the banks
under a gray sky and chilly wind, we saw
thousands of French soldiers standing in
soggy boots waiting as they have waited
for three years. As they waited, they were
eating each his piece of bread. The melan-
choly days had come, the wet, cold, cherries
days of the autumn and winter. Life is mean
and nasty and miserable in the dugouts Of
The front There is 10 comfort anywhere.
The Ancient Sociability of France
Then. few hours later. ! stepped into
the great grain exchanges Of scissors, now
converted into shelter for French soldiers
And vet not wholly converted. Stern pictures
Of warning stared from the lower walls,
drawings of british men, sodden with drink,
and shrinking women and children posters
calling to repentance from the horrors or
alcoholism" Over the head, six feet nearer
heaven, gay nude figures Of joy women rode
BOTTLES Of Heidsieck and the vintage Of Moet
and Chandon. But neither the pictures
rrophesying voc. nor those Of gentle license,
troubled the poilus, 200 of them, crowded
into the long, warm, lighted room
They were talking in groups Of four and
six, writing letters, playing domnoes. Inc
ancient sociablity Of France had come back.
This room was the home of talk and laughter
and music These we're the men have known
through all the weary months Of the war
known them long enduring but tired, brave
but silent. And here in this room the curse
was lifted looked well to see the cause.
First, the place was warm. After the
eternal seeDng wetness of the earth holes,
wet that cuts through leather and soaks the
sky blue tunic till it is sponge, men learn
to know that one warm dry place IN wet
universe is good. Failing the sun, and God
doesn't grant his sun in this winter Of dis
content, an indoor place is sweet, where the
ehiver OF the bones passes and slowly glow
spreads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02

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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-26
CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE
aRAcEYs COLONIAL MAIDS cor

GRAcEY's COLONIAL MAIDS com
ing 10 The Central Opera louise for
An entire week. starting Monday.
Jan 20, is not one OF the old poorly
pQt together sterotyped tabloid at
fractions. but Manager Gracey has
brought his attraction UP to a stan.
dard which makes it start where the
other tabloid managers have left off.
thinking that anything was good
enough for the popular priced three
a day theatres. The attraction al
thoueh consisting Of only T. people
has been BROUGHT 10 standard of
the St5o attractions. every detail is
carefully looked into, to make the
presentations the best, and will of,
fer more for The money than any 9TH
E" tabloid musical comedy company.
E'fa Davis and Ruby Wentworth, two
oetite and clever little singing and
iancna soubrettes. Misses Hammond
Yewart Argyle, harris. Weddel.
Young and others in the beauty Choir
u.s. ami MANY features seldom seq,
,,ith an attraction of this kind. All
dis and mere VII be seen at the
n"nular central next week. Matinees
win be given daily.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-26
HAS MOVED

Mrs tnar Schroeder has moved
rom HS Boyd avenue IS 7a4 West
King street
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-16
BETTER Than cAloMEl
Thousands Have Discovered Dr.,
Edwards Olive Tablets are
q Harmless Substitute

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sub
stitute for calomel-are a mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous. They are the re-
suit of DR.. Edwards determination not
to treat liver and bowel complaints with
calomel. His efforts to Danish it brought
out these little olive-colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do the
good that calomei does, but have no bad
after effects. They don't injure the
teeth like strong liquids or calomel.
They take hold of the trouble and
quickly correct it. Why cure the liver
at the expense of the teeth? Caiomel
sometimes plays havoc with the gums.
So do strong liquids. 1t is best not to
take calomel, but to let DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, "dullness" and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
disordered liver. Take DIR. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel '1oggy" and
4theavy." Note how they ''clear" ciouded
brain and how they "perk up" the spir-
its. 10c and Csc box. AL druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-16
For Those Who Sufs
Pain in Stomach, Back
or Joints

(By Samuel Hamilton, NJ. d.
In recent years investigation
means of X-rays, the observations
scientists such as Cannon, Gruun'
Paylov, Fowler, Hawk. prove tnat
abundance of water is necessary
good bodily housekeeping. TO ore
a pint of hot water before meas
good practice, and those suIei.,
from a catarrhal condition OF Y
stomach will find benefit IN aaul
about ~ grains (ohe-sixsh OF 80
teaspoonful) of baking soda, af'nl7
1t an hour before each meal
II your kidneys are sick, OF
suffer with lumbago or rheumsIn]
a. times. pain in the back OF i
Of the neck. take a little AnuiM
fore meals. Anuric double streas1
can be found at any good drug ~
and was first discovered py \
Pierce, Of the Surgical lnsei'u''
Buffalo, N. Y. 90. ;,a.
When rundown, when life inu"
has brought about a stagnan' W.
ton in the circulation-most wv
one is filled with uric acid-esps sS
ly is this so of people past w NJ
age. This uric acid in he
often causes rheumatism iu
swelling Of hands or feet, OF D.
like condition under the eyes :.
ache, frequent urination or .ne a
and stiffness Of the joints anu
hiood.nresanre are also often no'a
Everyone should drink plenty a 4,
water and exercise in the open
much as possible. l have 1o .sis
Anuric is an antidote LOT 'n a;..d
acid poison and that it VIII IN n
the accumulation of uric aci Sa,esdt
body much as hot water
sugar.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-16
DENVER. ILL.
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Arrangements are being completed
as fast as possible for the rebuilding
of the Christian church which was de-
stroyed Feb. 8, by fire. Plans are be-
ing considered, but as yet none have
been accepted.
G. A. Grove, who underwent an op-
Grafton some two weeks ago at the
Presbyterian hospital in Chicago, is
now at home again and is improving
nicely.
Dorothy Frazee who was so danger
ously Ill with bronchial pneumonia, is
now convalescing. Mrs. Cora Herring
is still very low. The daughter Helen
has been very sick the past week,
also.
The play Aaron Boggs, Freshman,
which was put on in our home town
and at Bentley, was a grand success
In every particular. We received so
many compliments on 1t that we real
ly feel very proud Of our high school
students who were so young to at.
tempt such a heavy play The parts
were very nicely handled. We are
considering rendering this at the Bow.
en- opera house and Basco hall very
soon. Slight changes are being made
on some of the musical numbers and
others introduced. Date will be an
nounced later. A musical prelude of
thirty Or forty-five minutes will be
giyen-play proper to begin at 500
or S:15. Our music runs somewhat
in harmony with the play between acts
so the miscellaneous part will be CIV
en- before.
The Rebekah masquerade which
was given here was largely attended
and was pronounced fine. The con-
test was so close between the char
acters that draw between six was
made. Miss Ruth Childers represent
Ing Pocahontas. being awarded the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-16
AN UNDIVIDED NATION.

= Virtually every newspaper in the country
has endorsed the action Of the president IN sew
ering diplomatic relations with Germany. In
matters of political policy fully sixty per cent
of these journals have been critical and at times
openly hostile; but on question directly m
volving the United States with foreign pow
er the president ceases to be personality and
becomes the commander-in- chief Of the army
and navy And this unanirnity Of support IS
never sufficiently understood in Europe. Ger
many might indeed have concluded that after
the president had been reelected to office on
the issue Of having kept the country out OF
war, he would maintain the peace no matter
what the provocation or the insult to national
honor; or that, seeking to enforce new policy,
the nation would split upon the question. But
the nation is not so divided. The one crisis IN
which the American people are able to rise
above politics has arisen.