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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

nara, JGpOT-
Z NROM tho few American periodicals
/ ' that reach me in japan \ learn
with great regret that there ap-
pears TO be tendency on the part Of
y small minority Of Americans to hold
prejudice against the British people
and to resent reference to Americans
as an "Ang o-Saxon race"
To-day many English and some
American families boast OF direct Nor
man descent, and resent being classed
as Anglo-Saxons, which implies distant
Low German origin. Allowing for hu-
man vanity, one can understand that
proud people might wish to trace their
descent from conquerors rather than
from the subjugated. 1t is an innocent
pastime. Very few families listed in
either Burke's "Pceragc" or LANDED
Gentry" can automatically prove beyond
the latter part of the twelfth century,
when heraldry was first established in
England A great part OF these few arc
Irish, l recall
count of fancicd Norman dcr1vati on,
do not care to be called Anglo-Saxons,
there is far more important and di-
verse population that has no afinities
whatever with either Anglo-Saxon or
Norman characteristics These arc de-
sccndants of various Continental and
other races. These naturally resent any
sweeping classification. Better to-day,
| think, 20 erase ak these foreign ny
phcns and have but one class of citi-
zcns in the United States "Unistatian7
might serve to distinguish US from the
twenty or more other american ma
tons, in North, Central and South
America, who have as much right to
the title "American" as VIC have
AS to any prejudice against the Eng
fish race, or lukewarmness TO the cause
in which Great Britain is so molly en-
gagged, I can hardly conceive that such
conditions can exist in the United
States, except among distinct pro- Ger
mans. No nation, not even our own,
has ever entered into a war not origi-
nally of their own making or immedi-
ate vital concern with less to gain if
successful than have the English in the
present stand against the aggressions
Of the modern "Scourge of Cod
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Fears Many Will
Not Believe Her

She fears her "Enli ghtenment to the
World" will meet with some skepti.
cism. III know there arc many who
will not believe this story" she writes
"There is too much room for fabrca-
ton. But | leave it to the public to
trust my word"
The contents of the ghtenment arc
disappointing even to "Azoth," which
appears to have set a high standard BY
which to judge its angel contributors
They are not "of much value to our
knowledge Of after death states" it
complains. Nevertheless, to one not 40
versed as "Azoth" in post-mortem soci.
ology they are certainly interesting.
Friends Of Mr.. Twain will be most
concerned about his personal situation
1t is good, and he is happy-very
He writes under the heading, "Beauty
and Blue:
"This plane is full of beauty and
love and truth. We ourselves arc of
rather remarkable nature, beautiful,
of course. I don't want to seem stuck
up, but | know that l am beautiful.
III look nothing at all like the physi-
cal or astral Samuel Clemens. | am
an egg Gin form, that is; am not
an embryo chicken)--a beautiful ecp
shining with a bright, rosy. golden
light. | describe myself because that
is easiest. AS everybody else looks
like, me-. in describing myself I de-
scribe all. We radiate a sort Of phos-
phorescent light, visible only at NIGHT
Thus, day and night are all one nm
mere. At day the sun lights us; at
night we light ourselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Congress Of Allies
Might Change Things

If the youth of the British Empire
we're to be nurtured exclusively on this
sort Of diet, could one blame them #
they grew into insular, preiudiced men
and women? AS l have said. they have
but to read "Thc American Rcvou-
ton" by that truly cultured native
Englishman, Sir George Trevelyan, in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Was Already Fitted
To Mental Plane

More details of the mental plane
ana his activities there are given in
another note. g e'' ~
"No one knew it, but when died
IN my heart really believed nothinp
..nouDtcd nothing. ] came out here
WIN the fixed idea that | would know
al iast the Great Secret was ready
TO flnd out the why and wherefore. <
'teachcr, ono not yet high enough to
be d master. yet who is already a mem
Der OF the Great White Dodge, showed
me the why and wherefore of every
thing AS consequence, | am already
ltted Tor the mental plane.
DO not say | was a materialist. I
was not. Neither was I a spiritualist
l was one who determined to find ont
the truths for myself. And NV teacher
lah, would that knew what he knowsll
mas given me. permission to impart nv
kInowlcdge. little as it is, to the world.
through him. have not lived in the
usual cramped quarters and limited
PAGES OF this astral plane. l have
travelled over and over it. have seen
ana heard everything. He thought
best. and | have placed myself entirelv
under his protection. When YOU ret
mere 20 thou and do likewise.'"
Ills observations regarding sniri+
life. which "Azoth" passes over "a
contributing nothing. were ncvertheless
ghosts WV al
You morta]s never really see us
he writes. eff VIC want to appesr to
you for something or other, we fix IN
an elemental to look like us.
Don't think you are being cheated he
hastens to assure US. "Remember that
although it is not your deceased rel
atlve who is standing there. still tho
warning comes from the relative him
SER. ), This elemental acts as a me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Like Youngsters
Round Christmas Tree


The barracks hummcd with iollity.
The men opened their bags eagerly,
spread the contents on nearby tables
and examined them with all the enthu-
siasm of the youngstcr at the foot of
the tree on Christmas morning.
The large khaki handkerchief filled
with American candy was the first sur
prise in the bags. Then came wash
cloth soap and towels, toothbrush,
tooth paste and shoestrings. But when
the large package Of American tobacco
two packages of cigarettes, tin of
good smoking tobacco and three bags of
pipe and cigarette tobacco-camc to
light enthusiasm boiled over
III bet my mother had something to
do with choosing these things" shouted
one youth as he laid out the presents
on the table.
AS the last Of the men filed past the
Red Cross women "Santa Clauses" an
officers voice rang out.
"What's the matter with tho Rcd
Cross" he doomed.
They're all right" came back the
answer with chorus of hundreds of
voices
who's all right"
THE American Red Cross"
The words came like peal of thun-
der, The sound swept over the camp,
made the lonely guards stop for mo
ment in their steady tramp and rolled
on until it was lost in the distant hills.
Three cheers and q tiger were pro-
posed for the "repre women
of America" and again the newly made
wooden barracks shook with burst. of
sound. The Red Cross women smiled.
then broke into excited laughter; one
cried, unashamed. in the sheer JOYOUS
ness Of the moment.
And this scene was repeated MANY
times that evening and the succeeding
Christmas Day. Due to military emer-
gencies all Of the squadrons at the
camp were not able to be assembled at
the same hour. SO each of the huge
barracks had separate hour for the
coming of Santa Claus" but hy noon
on Christmas every one of the thou
sands of men-for this camp bears the
distinction of being the largest avia-
ton training school in the world-had
received his Red Cross Christmas bag
from the hands of Representative
woman of America"
why. if it wasn't for the American
Red Cross. don't know what we should
do here one young fellow said. "It's
cinch we wouldn't have had much of
Christmas"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Finally Faith
Sprouted in Her

The fortunate recipient Of Mr.. Glenn
cns's revelations is Miss Eunico
Winkler-her address is not given, but
it appears that she is charming, intelli-
gent, and is attending a manual train
ing high school. "Azoth" has examined
WINGED.
The girl herself supports This view in
letter to "Azoth"
81 never believed in any Of the cur
rent supcrnormal phenomena" she
writes in telling how she bought 8
planchcttc. 81 was exceedingly ma
tcrialistic. thought that when a man
died that was the end Of him, so far as
VIC were concerned"
But the planchette did stunts and
faith sprouted in her. Then one morn
ing she found note pinned to her bed
room wall; she locked the door, but
that did not keep out the next note
(thc window, it seems, was five stories
up SO that unless spirit the writer
could not come in by it,. Her mother
slept with her few nights, and had
some effect, for a note said "Mother
breaks current" So mother withdrew
and the current ran again. The first
notes were "silly',' but they gradually
became intelligent.
Finally, there was farewell note,
and the current broke; so far it has
stayed broken. But three weeks later
Miss Winkler found ten pictures in the
bottom of her trunk,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Prejudice, Wrath Among
Nations, Should Be Laid
Americans Urged to Support All Allies
With Spirit Of Good Will as Well as Mill
tary Aid-War Antidote for Much of
Poison of Histories

bear what is said about them. often to
their faces, or suffer The consequences
that can legally be visited upon any
alien who is reasonably thought by any
military officer to be disaffected or
dangerous. If any one doubts this
statement let him read the files Of al
most any Australasian newspaper be-
ginning in the fall of 1914, and also
inquire Of any respecting and
candid American travellers who have
returned home 1t is unnecessary to
say that educated, broad minded Aus
tralaslans have not shared this stupid
an;mosity, any more than that the
same type Of American holds to igno-
rant prcjudiccs against the British.
Narrow, provincial prejudice is at the
bottom of all these racial misunder-
standings, and l think it may have
taken root largely through the false
teachings of the moro popular "bis-
tories" which either chauvinists or
plainly ignorant insular writer's on
both sides have viciously, or foolish
~, put before the millions of growing
young people Of different countries.
Chauvinism is the most insdious bad
habit / knowa thousand times worse
than opium or alcohol! 1t is humanity
tempting to jump upon a racial mound
of earth aud crow at all corners. 1t
is also tho easiest way TO start fght
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Lies Make the
Demon Larger

"Indeod, Satan is composed Of evil
thoughts. Satan $ murder. Every
thought that has to do with the plan
ming Of murder goes to build up the
great Prince Of Evil. Ut will be noted
that the writer fails to give aid and
comfort to the pacifsts by saying
'killing.D The lesser devils. his col
leagues, are each made up Of sepa-
rate style of evil thought. There is
the Devil of Lies. You can easily
imagine how enormous he must be.
Every lie told adds to his stature.
Then there is the Demon of Selfish
ness. the Demon of Greed for Food,
the Demon of Greed for Drink, the
Demon Of Greed for Gold
"Thc demons are made up Of evil.
Take the Demon of Lies, for example.
Every time lie is told anywhere in
the world, he grows bigger. But every
time "A lie is worked off by the liar (in
accordance with the laws Of Karma)
the Demon Of Lies shrinks just SO
much.
"Think how big the devils would be
if no sins were worked off.
''You must understand, though. that
sometimes a devil-in fact often-gets
TOO large to be. in his own estimation,
comfortable. SO he divides in half
and forms two devils. These, if they
get too big. also divide again. Now
YOU sec Why there arc SO many of
thcm'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

God, msgnitied and glorified human
being. is seated on throne Of ivory
and gold. Around Him are grouped
angels, all singing and playing harps.
and all dressed in immaculate costumes
and all supremely beautiful. / am
afraid that that man Will be very much
disappointed Elementals can imper
senate the angels TO sing and play, and
he himself can be provided with wings,
harp and halo. But the mainstay is alb
sent. No one can impersonate Cod
and God cannot neglect His all-impor-
tant duties to come and sit on throne
to please one man.
next take the atheist. the plaything
Of the Prince Of Evil. the barbarian.
the hopeless savage. who believes that
the death Of the earthly body ends all;
that man has no soul-therc is no here
after. These persons know no hcreaf-
until their next incarnation"
On the subject of devils, as was to
be expected, Mr. Clemens's spirit is
precise:
ain the beginning. as you probably
know he writes, there was no evil.
Paradise was in Atlantis--lost to you,
perhaps forever. The fall is incor-
rectly stated in the Bible. 1t was not
Adam and Eve (only those weren't
their names) who sinned. They were
even faultless. 1t was their son Cain
(only that wasn't his nance who in
rented evil. There was no forbidden
tree. Cain was selfish. He slew his
brother. His evil thoughts coagulatcd
and made Satan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Mark Twain Sends Illustrated
Notes From the Dark Beyond
Dead Author Shyly Pins Communications to a Young
Woman's Door-Fcs Not Stuck Up Over
There, but Knows He Is Beautiful

dear! What an awful, awful language
to try and describe things with! 7
can't find any other words TO suit, and
yet those don't even come within a
mile or the mark. ! shall have to
leave 1T to your imagination to get
the color.
"You should let your imagination
run full play at times. 1t is worth
more than you ever dreamed of.
Can YOU realize what it means to
nave no evil around: That is the
mental plane. Can you realize what
1T IS to be able to hear only beautiful
SOUNDS sounds far beyond mortal
cars? That is the mental plane. Can
you realize what it means to sec moth
ing but beauty. beauty such as you
never realized was in existence? That
is the mental plane. Can you realize
what 1t Is to know anything you wish j?
mat Is the mental plane. Think of it.,
And yet you sit in himsy green
thing called park and breathe in the
AR OF evil and say, How beautiful is
ms Miserable reptiles! Earth
chalned worms! Wake up! Think!
quo KNOW! For to me you are as the
neeIlc, thoughtless, vain, proud, boast
lng OIL your miserable possessions of
diluted gold, putting yourself in the
mouth of the danger of evil in vour
vanity. Oh, why is mortal thus ?
IN other words, why is a fool? Don't
dress up in your Sunday best like the
peacock and go turning round in front
Oh the world as on pivot! Live.
mere IS one emotion left to the
dwcllers on the mental plane-happi-
ness. The happiness of living, the jov
OF being belongs to us. | am striving
10 tell you all. but I fear it is way.
way beyond your narrow comprehen-
Think Of blue! And Won dream of no ),
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

What d'you know about that?" cried
ono enthusiastic soldier. "a card from
my home town-Dctroit.' And so it
was. He had received bag. In the
bag which came to him were gifts from
people in his home city. And his was
not an isolated instance. Some of the
company commanders took the rosters
of their squadrons and cndeavorcd to
sort the bags SO that each man would
receive a bag bearing a card from his
home city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

In the upper row (from the lcft--
Astral amusements: Mark Twain in
swing with an elemental" to
swing him; Mark Twain swimming
through space; an astral portrait Of
himself, by himself; astral author
ship.
Lower row-Satan. Prince Of Evil Uhc
chair is 5al miles high, showing how
much evil there isl; Marks own por-
trait of his spirit, "a beautiful egg
shining with bright, rosy, gol-
den light; his spirit in state, with
an "elementap to carry his train.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

"a" article By James II. Hyslop,
IN the January mumoer Of thc "Io,,,.
nal Of the Americon Societu for
Fsych'cot Research" treats ser;oasl,,
OF the apparent commetnica lions rs-
ee'red from Mark Ts0ain through the
oat3o board and claircoyants. No
reference IS made to the ssye,,e1o-
toms published IN "Asoth."l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Mark Admits
A Crime, in AUTHORSHIP

81 only wish that the world might
wake Y. up to its faults and see Wherein
MY two books, Mysterious Stranger,
ara What IS Man. are nothing short
or c,1''"" ] wish the former were not
printed. DON'T print the latter, what
ever you DO. see my mistake now.
] admit it. I confess it. I knew NO.
the truth at that time. know Il nov
May the blessing of God rest unon
you. dear readers. and the best wishes
or yours truly, MARK TWAIN"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Finding 4Anhdotes
for Historical Poison

The namc of tho American school
history which gave nc my first i'm
pressions is fortunately forgotten
Had / not been Of a curious disposition
/ should have absorbed it's narrow
teachings as gospel truth. Hume, Ma
caulay, Trcvclyan. Burkcs speeches and
those of his overwhelming opponents
our own Bancroft and Irving, and later,
tho scholarly McMastcrs, were anti
dotcs to that school historians poison.
When, in Australasia, it first dawned
upon mo that | was not loved by the
populace as democratic brother, but
was rather looked upon as an alien dis
sentcr against the Red" I sought for
the reasons. went first to the public
Libraries, those foupts of popular wis
dom that arc now to be found in every
cline must say in passing that those
in Australasia, while excellent, arc not
attended to the extent that is usual in
England and America. | found many
historical works by British authors -
particularly Sir George Trevclyan's OK
Revolution, of which gave the
most lucid and unpreju diced accounts,
but which were all of such solid char
actcr that they would hardly appeal to
the average young person. The eX
cellent physical condition Of these
books testified to the fact that they
were not popular even with adults.
searched further, and came upon we'll
worn Historical books" in large paper,
large type, pleasing formal. with beau
tiful" painted illustrations-thc kind of
gift books one selects for studious Tom
or Jane, on their sixteenth birthdays.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

ADMINISTRATIONS from the spirit
Z world arc becoming so frequent
these days that there is growing
fun in the lament Of Long John Sill
vcr's practical minded bos'n that "kiIl-
ing parties is a waste of time" The
latest is Mark Twain and he is illus
tratinS his spirit messages!
OF course, he is original about it.
No planchette, no rappings, no snoring
medicine for Mark. He writes his
messages out himself, and pins them to
the wall, or secrctcs them among a
young woman's lingerie. He smugglcs
his drawings into locked trunks He
signs them with scrawl that looks
like his human signature if ones
faith is strong enough. His methods
arc epochal in the spirit world.
All this on the authority Of "Azoth,"
monthly of the higher and future life.
1t gives twelve pages to record of his
revelations aud does not print them
all! This, in spite Of the remarkable
impression he has made on the editors.
"Howcver incredible it may seem to all
but Spirtualists," says "Azoth," "the
spirit has used pen and ink with his
own spirit hands, or by some other un-
known means"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Gold With amt
Pink Mixed In

we are sort or faint gold with
the taintest of pink mixed in-oh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
By Herbert Fitch
Nara, Japan

Nara, Japan
+ ,NR0M the few American periodicals
E that reach me in Japan learn
with Great regret that there ap-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
OLD ENGINEER
WAS KILLED
Crushed to Death in Cab While At
tempting to Stop His Train
in Order to Avert Bad
Collision.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
PEORIA, ILL.,, Dec. 31-Engineer
Patrick z. Haggerty. of Upton, Ind,
was instantly killed and fireman
and ten passengers injured late last
night when Lake Erie and Western
passenger train crashed into a To
ledo, Peoria and Western freight
train four miles east of Peoria.
The engineer was crushed to death
when ne stayed in his cab in futile
effort to stop the train and avert
the collision. His fireman, Harry
Rees, of Upton, Ind, jumped. Hag.
serty was seventy years of age and
one of the Oldest engineers ON the
L. E. & w.
Orders had been given the pas
senzer train crew to pass two
freight trains at siding. They had
passed one, but Haggerty evidently
was under the impression that both
trains were on the same siding.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
POLITICAL
EXPERIMENT
Non Partisan League in Control OF
North Dakota, viii Inaugurate
Several New Ideas
of Rule.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
BISMARCK, N. D.. Dec. 3l.-Ar-
rangements were completed here to-
day for the beginning OF new
political experiment. Tomorrow North
Dakota will inaugurate an almost
complete roster of non-partisan
league officials The league claims
machinery to carry out it's platform.
Governor Lynn J. Frazier, re-elec-
ted, heads the new regime. With one
exception all other state officers were
league candidates or endorsed the
league. The exception is Miss Min
ME Nelson, state superintendent.
Legislation proposed by the league
includes public ownership OF market
ing facilities, exempting land I'M
provements from taxation. initiative
and referendum and state insurance.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

receive a copy of this book free of
charge. 1t deals with the points of
discussion that will be brought up
at the school and will be of special
advantage to the men who attend
because they can study it after they
have gone back home. Authorities
say that this book is the best one
on tractors now In print.
The tractor school will be abso-
lutely free to all who care to attend.
There will be no fees or charges for
any of the instruction. All material
will be furnished free. There will
be nothing offered for sale and there
will be no selling talks. The school
is conducted purely for the benefit of
those interested in power farming. If
you cannot attend, be sure and have
the man or boy attend who operates
your tractor
Every owner of tractor or engine
is invited to attend this school. Make
your plans now so that you can
spare the time to be at the school.
/, will be worth your while.
Don't forget the datei Plan to
come and learn more about tractors
and engines. The school opens
promptly at 10 a. m.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

seized more than a year ago, was
to get her boilers and machinery in
order after the Germans had sought
to put her out of commission. They
found the great cylinders In the en-
CINE room broken; pistons were bent
almost double and many pieces were
thrown overheard.
Il will take my hat off to the men
who can get this boat in shape to
be of any use in this war" was the
boast of the vessels German COM
mander when his destructive JOB was
completed His hat may be taken
off to members of the BLACK gang
They got things back into shape in
time to transport over $4,000 Ameri-
can troops to France in the last
year. The first trip was made just
one year ago this month.
These boys have an ION four
hours, off eight hours" schedule Of
work. With their daily drills, in
spections, etc, they get a maximum
of five and half hours sleep in
twenty-four Yet they're happy
bunch and their leisure is rendered
pleasant by music in their great
sleeping room, entertainments OF
all kinds, and good food.