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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Suiritrlalism, ''the Most I'm
portant Crisis in
History

arranged with one Of the best me-
diums in the country" while he was
president Of the Psychical Research
Society. "The London Times" says:
He explained that during the first
two seanees the medium was not aware
Of his identity. Before the third, ow-
ing to q friends indiscretion, she got
to know who he was, but though there
was ample time to arrange his 'dossier'
this made no difference. He dismissed
the hypothesis Of fraud in this ease,
though fraud was unquestionably prac-
tised by some professional mediums.
All the seances he had attended were
staged which was not quite satisfac-
tory to an impartial investigator. 1t
was only by unconsciously assuming
the reality Of the spirit known IS the
CONTROL who was present continuously
and began after . time to treat the
Investigator ~ II he were IN old IA
miiiar friend, that he could get into
communication through him at all.
This also was unsatisfactory, for
the control himself professed to be the
spirit Of some departed person, and
having accepted him they could hardly
help taking the whole lot for granted.
The whole problem was very largely
centred in these Controls and their
characteristics should be classified and
carefully studied. The spirits were
generally people whom they knew and
could oross-examine, but the controls
were often remote people like French
doctor Of the time Of Louis Philippe,
an emigrs Of the Revolution, an ORR
entail girl, or even. a. In . case he re-
Gently heard Of, an Egyptian priest Of
the time Of Pharaoh.
"Dr. Jacks described the common
stage pstter' and the strong tinge Of
the vernacular Of Theosophy as very
annoying and, coming to the actual
phenomena Of the seances, said that
none Of his own blood relations ap-
peared on the scene. though there were
many Of them with whom he was most
anxious to communicate. IN one IN
stance the spirit was about the last
person in the world he expected. He
referred In particular 70 four mani
Testing spirits, A, B, c and D. On
several occasions the voice Of the de-
ceased friend was introduced with
startling effect breaking in on the
babbling tones IN which the medium
usually spoke Ike a we'll known strong
mans voice breaking into the tones Of
child.
"One Of the spirits got on the track
Of an article he had written which was
lying In MS. in his study drawer, the
contents Of which were known TO no
living person bu. himself, and showed
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watched the expression of suffering
on her face. Then he advanced:
"Lucien has come to say good
by?"
She nodded, and then added:
Excuse me, my dear. knew
that you were very busy. thought
I ought not to interrupt you"
"My dear Jeannel Why this pious
deception? He wanted to see you
only. passed by accidentally. In
voluntarily I heard your converse
ton. Lucien has not disarmed. But
have no fear. Ny feeling toward
him hasn't changed. He is my son
because he is yours. He is sensitive
and ne sins because Of his great love
for you. The future will show him,
no doubt, the groundlessness OF his
luminosity toward me-
Then, after a silence:
when I overheard your CONVEX
sation was coming to tell you Of e
resolution which | had taken and
which you cannot but approve. AL
though my age exempts me from
service, ! think that On physically
fit for it and that ought 70 GO"
His wife made gesture CT de-
spair. He added, 20 quiet her:
"Do-'t be alarmed. Your son has
Just to- you that it will be an affair
of only a few months. And you
must be able to say that all the men
Of your family have done their
duty"
Nine. Pascal was overwhelmed.
The war had taken everything from
her-the son Of her youth and the
admirable companion whom Prov-
dence had provided for her, who was
equally a part Of her life. After
tho misery Of not having been able
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

fessiens' Professor Jacks emphasized
The powerful influence Of the desire
20 believe and its overpowering in
nuenes on the exercise Of common
reason. While At times 1t actually
seemed as II he were communicating
with departed spirits, q. others this
feeling was rudely broken by trivial
i.v and foolishness. He discussed the
analogy Of spirit seeking with dreams.
and said that II . person once com
mitted himself to the statement that
he believed in spirits he would fight
20 the last ditch until every vestige Of
regard for facts had been thrown to
the wind.
"The same thing happened with
ghost hunting. He had been asked by
experts who had seen . ghost TO in
vestigsts . haunted house. He was
distinctly on the point Of seeing the
ghost himself Csughter), and now
realized that with . very little more
nervous tension he would have seen
It. This was . fact they could hardly
understand till they had tried IL. When
he presented his explanation he got
ths BLACKLIST Of black looks-and the
temptation TO avoid q lot Of trouble
By saying he had seen the ghost had
suggested Itself. As q matter Of fact,
the courage Of the madness Of fear
caused him to run toward . column
Of light instead Of running away. and
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to bring them together, was she now
TO lose them both?
&.
In the shelter where the hospital
staff and some stretcher bearers
were awaiting orders the telephone
bell rang.
"They have our range. We must
evacuate at once. Send Sanitary
Post II Ahw
Here came a formidable report,
which the telephone apparatus regis
tered. Thereafter, in spite Of re-
peated calls, the sanitary post re-
NAMED silent
Afar off the cannonade continued
ominously. 1t was necessary to
await a lull.
But a man volunteers to go at
once and find out what has hap
peaed. He Is a simple stretcher
carrier, but one who has proved his
superiority TO the others by his
mastery Of language and the many
proofs Of courage which he has
gwen.
He will 60 ahead alone. After
ward they will see what Is to be
done.
When he has disappeared into the
communication trench the men ex-
change views about him.
at isn't a very prudent thing
for him to do"
But he Is always very head
strong"
What could he have been In
civil life 10 have such a character?"
II have read his tag. It says:
Jean Pascal, ffty-fvs years old;
profession, man Of letters.
The conversation languishes and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
TT WAS the hryt time that the
young doctor, Lucien d'Auriol,
had crossed the threshold Of

the celebrated popular novel
ist, Jean Pascal, his stepfather.
His stepfather-that is to say, in
his eyes, his enemy. 1t was this
man who, fourteen years before, had
carried of the mother whom he had
jealously loved and worshipped and
to whose desertion he had never be-
come reconciled.
Mobilization was decreed. AS q
physician, d'Auriol was ordered to
report at once to the central mill
tary hospital. Silencing his resent
ment against her husband, he had
gone to say farewell to his mother,
whose image had always been en-
shrined in his thoughts.
Was it not she whom he saw bend
ing over his crib in the sleepless
nights of his childhood? Was it not
she who had helped him in his
studies! Who had inspired him with
her own lofty sentiments? Who had
taught him to love his native land.
now threatened With attack Az
far back as his recollcctions carried
him il was she-she only-whom he
recalled.
So, instinctively, he could never
wholly pardon her for having re-
sponded to the affection Of Pascal,
then already a successful man Of
letters and destined TO even greater
fame.
As a boy Of ten he had looked on
his stepfather a. a rival and had
never consented to live In the same
house with nm. In spite OF his
mothers entreaties he had sought
refuge with his grandmother. When
she died he was in his second year
at college and took up . residence
in a neaf5S quarter.
Nine. Pascal lad bsld out her
arms to him when he arrived, and
he had fallen int tAsm. Realising
her anxiety. he tried TO reassurs
her:
Don't b afraid. The war win
nst hse lmR WA Asyb ssans 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

Jp ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE,
q having arrived at a complete
~ faith in spiritualisn, is impa-
tent with those who doubt
arhe conviction is spreading in
ri. country, and spreading very
,,pidly, that a huge mistake has
Ian made over spiritualism and
,hat orthodox religion, orthodox
..;snce and the materialistic press
are about equally to biame," he
said recently in a message to The
Tribune.
1T is time to look facts in the
f.ce and to give up pretending that
. thing doesn't exist when thou
sands and tens Of thousands OF wit
resses can tell from their personal
experiences that it does exist. Such
m exhibition of human levity and
peversity never before has been
seen; but the levity has died away
IN the face of seven million corpses
aad the perversity cannot be main
tanned much longer.
"Spirituaiism is by far the most
important crisis that has come to
the human race, and the ultimate
result, / think, win be a revival OF
vrmitive Christianity"
Recently Sir A. Conan Doyle de-
lyered a lecture in Manchester,
where he outlined his own CONVEX
don from "the naterialism with
which he left the university as a
young doctor thirty-three years
sgc."
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the knowledge Of the medium. and took
the cases Of two whom he named old
Scott srd Young Scott To put the
case Glory, he asked the audience to
ina. ma. old Scott was Sir Wal
ter Scott and Young Scott Sir Gilbert
Scott, architect. 'Sir Walter made his
identity clear. spoke about Abbots-
ford and his dogs, and answered ques-
tons to the point, but suddenly the
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quite an intelligent grasp Of It, mas
tering a highly peculiar phrase, but
bogaling over some Of the words. An
other phenomenon was the introduce
lion Of a gentleman whose obituary
notice he had agreed TO write the day
before the seance.
'Dr. Jacks spoke OF the marked
tendency Of spirits A, B, c and D, or
two Of them, TO get mixed up without
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06
Figures Never Lie

In January, 1910, there were in
the United States 62,6s3 single men
insane and 26,047 married men in
sane-which shows that the crazy
men stay single. At the same time
there were 37,ll5 single women in
sane and s5,975 married women in-
sane-which proves that in January.
1910, married life made more women
crazy than it did men. And the
more you study these figures the
erazier it makes you.-Ths Journal
Of ths Amsvisem Medical Assoeia-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

they were still. after oil these years,
very near the beginning Of their In
vestigations, and the haste some
people were showing TO force sur
vival as the only possible explanation
was damaging inquiry. The dificul-
ties Of investigation were 80 great that
i was G pity further to accentuste them
by exciting the prejudice Of the public
an the course Of some amusing con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

THE right to play belongs to
L erey child, regardless Of
race, color or creed. Every citi-
zen should be interested in seeing
that this right is secured. IL is
not sufficient to proride large
and distant parks, but each child
should hare in his Immediate
neighborhood some place, large
or small, where he may be a real
child witho1tt fear or danger.
George Gordon Battle.
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to develop a race Of prematurely
aged manhood and wornanhood-a
stunted race.
What is New York going TO 10
for its great child population of
more than one million during the
hot summer months, when all nature
calls for recreation and play?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

then dies away IN the anguish Of
suspense. The man doesn't reap
pear. They are becoming alarmed
about him when they see him arise
from the trench, the weight Of an
inert body on his back, his own
hands bleeding and his clothes torn
to shreds. AS they press about him
he explains:
at is nothing. Only some
scratches. The trench was OBJ
structed at the exit. / had to make
a passageway with my feet and
handa. It is frightfull Not single
SURVIVOR
At that moment the surgeon
major, who IS caring for the wound
ed man, makes, in a loud voice, this
depressing announcement:
Poor d'Auriol! Another good
man who IS going 70 go!
To Pascal, who steps forward
breathlessly, he explains:
He was an enthusiast, who was
unwilling TO stay in the rear. He
was in q hospital At vichy when he
asked as q favor to be sent TO fly
ing first aid station, just behind the
fighting line. He has been cited
twice in orders Of the day. II he
escapes now, It will be . miracle. He
has O wound all the way across the
top Of his skull"
This morning ono Of the buildinsl
Of the little hospital behind thu
front is IN ftts.
General P comes himself to dis.
tribute those glorious decorstions-
the Croix de Guerre and the badge
Of the Legion Of Honor.
First Of eli he Who IN mace time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

conversation left the track and he de-
clared that he had died 1000 miles
from Abbotsford The professor asked,
What Scot. are you-are you Scott
at all? The answer was. Yes, an
Scott But what Scott are you oh,
I am Sir Gilbert Scott
''Desire to Beliere"
"He did not, frankly, know what
TO make Of this. Il seemed TO him
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DOYLE on D0ubters

"The Manchester Guardian" goes
On to say:
"Sir A. Conan Doyle said there ives
saly one way TO convert raterialist,
md that was by showing him material
things which he could not explain. In
bis early days when he had read Judge
Edmunds, Russell Wallace and Flani-
marion he had been very hard to con-
vince. It was the early experiments
Of Crooks in investigating the work
Of mediums which had finally over
come his skeptieism, and he was salts
aed tina. TIE real scientific attitude
vas that Of Crooks himself, and not
hat Of his opponents when those op-
,onents refused Crooks's invitation to
uamins The evidence, In much the
nms way that the churchmen Of the
Nddls Ages had refused to look
trough Galileo's telescope because
thy knew that what he said he could
NJ vss not there.
sHe vas convinced at that time, Sir
Arthur said, that the physical phe-
hsmsna reported were true. but he
essh not see what they led to, and
fimisssd the matter from his mind
But the war had taught all Of us more
samestness, and with the coming Of
IL var be began to see why God
lad ssn. this tremendous GIT into the
World These phenomena IN them
kives were nothing at all; they were
iN empty ringing Of . telephone bell
s-wkas ms.tered was the message that
vas coming through. People had been
e1rsslling about whether the bell
rang o. rot instead Of taking down
he receiver and getting the message
Yet the messages. which had come In
many ways. agreed very closely In de-
al. They had come By writing
mediums and By trance mediums-
p7eaking-and often through mediums
sAo told Of facts which they them
sNes eosld not possibly have known"
The messages always claimed 70
tone from the dead; they had been
thoroughly tested, and there was
bot q nan who had really tested
mem who had not been Convinced
o. the genuineness Of the phencfn-
ma During the war, Sir Arthur
said, he had referred many be-
fesyed people 10 a medium. "Mrs.
b." whom he had himself tested,
md he had received great heap
u letters full Of the most extrava-
ssat descriptions Of the results OBJ
ained. Concluding:
Hhs lecturer described spirituAlism
"a nsw revelation sen. by God. and
q ne churches were going 70 try 70
sr,s II out they were driving out the
s'ss vital and dynamic thing which
~ been sent ito religion In the last
ssse years"
rotessov Jocks's Experience
At the second Of the summer con-
sssnees Of the Religious Thought
s'e'ety, held at Denisor House,
ssuzhaIl Bridge Road, London,
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everything can't be settled by diplo-
macy within few days?"
In order to carry conviction he
kissed her passionately, as in the
days when she was the source Of
all his joys-the refuge in all his
griefs.
But at this moment his eyes
rested or a bust Of Pascal, standing
on a pedestal near by. An evil
thought, born Of his old bitterr ess,
escaped from his lips:
Why worry so? Isn't your hus-
band exempt because Of age? You
have nothing to fear. AS for me,
I don't count"
The mother sobbed ald laid her
head on the young mans shoulder.
Disengaging himself, he seated her
in q chair and knelt before her.
forgive me. know that hurt
you. But I cannot control my feel
ings-here, In his house. Remem-
Der that he took you away from me.
For you belonged to me. He de-
stroyed our happiness. How hate
him. Robber! Robberw
"stop. my sonl The man you
speak Of is one of the most honor
able and conscientious that ever
lived"
He kissed her hands and got up.
you must excuse me, mother.
love you 20 much"
And with the thought in his mind
that the war might separate them
forever, the young doctor drew her
to him In q silent embrace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

THOR the last few years the
X number of injuries to chill
dren has been rapidly in
creasing. So great has been the
rapidly advancing percentage Of
child fatalities and injuries in New
York that the city administration
has taken summary action against
violators Of the traffic lpws. But
action against violators OF the traf-
fic laws, severe as it may be, can
not and will not safeguard the lives
Of the children Of this city forced 10
play in the streets, and without
protection. And although the acct
dents have been numerous in the
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Translated by William L. Mcpherson
Copyright, 1919, Ne7c York Triburs Inc


Enss hywAo r h Comrades triumph
Fr@mm eaunryHo bond dpwN an y
A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-06

What fouotcs Is a consmuni-
cation from the Parks and
Fairgrounds Association, Of
1ckich George Gordon Battle is
President.
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A portiere Of the salon was moved
aside without Nine. Pascal noticing
Il FIX n Instant her hubbard
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Frofessov yocks's Experience

At the second Of the summer con-
s''snces Of the Religious Thought
sse'ety, held at Denisor House,
ssuzhall Bridge Road, London,
'eSessor L. p. Jacks told some Of
~ mney1onces = three sesueu
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