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Generals ,Admirals,
Lord High Chief
Justices and Cap.
tains of Industry
Are Among 4OO,.
600 Follow rs
Claimed by Pei.
manism in Eng.
land--How ItLifts
People From Ruts

are always complaining about the,,
luck; OF people who have lost their
nerve as well as their ambition: O,
job towards living in fear Of being
fred.
For one person with the power o,
concentration there are hundred
without it.
Original thinking is almosi a los,
art. We look at games instead o.
playing them. The less the ments,
demand the more popular the rlea,r,.
cal offerings. There Is music in re-.
tsurants because it Is too much trop5l
to talk intelligently. Life IS full ~
ruts with half the people in them no
daring to look over the sides
This is why I say that Pe,ntn.sm
is the greatest thing that has como %,
the United States in many year. /,
is a splendid and necessary addition T.,
American education, for it takes funda.
mental truths out OF college moreu.,
and puts them back into life and r.al
use. II substitutes i will for L wish
II am q Pelmanist. I studied III,
course when abroad recently. | know
what it has done for ME ard hor
greatly it has helped me. sav Do.
, .!berat ely and with deepest conviction
that Pelmanism will do the things that
it promises. Followed honestly, it viii
give greater power OF self-express.on
and Standardization in thought. word
| and action. And anything that can do
| and really does this is a poon to men
and women OF this or any other coun.
try"
William ]. Ennever, the director NJ
, the Pelman Institute in London, wa,
| in this city a few days ago in consul.
| tation with Mr.. Creel. He was &C.
companied by his colleague, r Sha-.
per Knowlson, director Of instruction
! and a we'll known psychologist A,
Pelmanism is applied psychology,
there are several leading experts like
Mr.. Knowlson connected with the In.
stitution.
"Pelmanism," said Mr.. Knovlson,
presents in understandable form and
for practical use many Of the old
truths. Even as there Is no royal
road to learning, neither is there any
short cut to the increased mental e'.
flciency which Pelmanism teaches
Pelmanism is no ready made plan bu'
must be studied and worked at in a
systematic manner. Therein lies q
great deal OF it's value. It compel'
mental exercise. and intelligently d.
rected it cannot but lead 10 a better
fuller and more comprehensive men
tally"
The headquarters Of the Pelham r.
stitute in America have not yet beer
selected, but they will probably N
somewhere in the neighborhood o
Madison Square.
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invitation of the Southern Presbyte-
rian Church. The meeting appointed
a committee OF twenty, headed by
S. Earl Taylor, who was executive
secretary of the recent Methodist Mis-
sionary Centenary. This committee
took UP the task OF drawing a plan
which would comprehend the aims OF
every denomination.
The enthusiasm aroused by the plan
finally submitted by the committee of
twenty may be judged from the fact
that every one OF the great interde-
UNCONVENTIONAL bodies. such as the Home
Missions Council and the Foreign Mis-
sions Conference. adopted it without
single dissenting voice. The wa
had much to do with this. OF course.
for they haG seen the ADVANTAGE of
united working toward a common pC--
pose. Il meant the elimination of
, many of tho petty rivalries and ieal-
ousies OF tn0 T-i-sions as conducted
in the past, il meant that in the flu
I lure they would all be working toward
the same goal under a common leader
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Madison Possible
of

! definite and temporary mission. 1t
viii not duplicate or conflict with
other UNCONVENTIONAL agencies. 1t
does not assume responsibility or au-
thority in questions OF church or mis-
, sionary policy, recognizing that these
belong 70 the cooperating agencies and
organizations
So It can be seen that the Inter-
church Movement is a work designed
to make possible the fullest power
service OF the various church agencies
and 10 provide plan in which all de-
nominations can unite for their COM
mon good without quarrelling. That
Is the reason it has been approved by
every body to which il has been sub
mitted.
The men back OF the work hope that
II will also redeem the failure OF the
churches il the war by providing a
means OF avoiding bitter disputes be-
tween capital and labor They foresee
in the time OF reconstruction many
difficulties and battles between these
two forces which might be averted by
| the recognition on each side OF an OBJ
| legation toward the other, an obliga-
ton based upon something higher than
the selfish desires OF either one
First Hand Information.
During the Cleveland meeting there
was a parade past the hotel in which
| the delegates were meeting in which
some men, including soldiers, carried
red flags. The crowd on the sidewalk
| broke through the parade lines, tore
I ha no
carrying them and a riot started in
which one man was killed and many
others hurt. Many of those pursued by
the mob took refuge in the hotel, and
the delegates got at first hand an en-
tightening view OF some OF the forces
which are loose in the world to-day
They decided promptly that industrial
work and education were as necessary
part OF their plan as spiritual educa-
ton, and they hope that through theii
appeals to both employers and en-
ployees they may be able to check
; many serious outbreaks. That alone
shows the changed viewpoint on the
part OF the churches due to the war
IL has walked them up.
So when these delegations OF in
vestigators go into cities and town:
! this year they will gather information
as to the kind of industries in the
place, the nationality and character O.
, the workmen, tho status OF wages anC
/ living expenses the condition Of con
tact between the employer and the en-
t ployee and a thousand other things
, which will make it possible To-
: definite plan Of helpiulness to b.
} worked out. And at the same time. o
course. they will learn the educational
r sanitary and spiritual needs OF tn,
4 community.
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as the "art of thinking scientifically"
"A Pelmanist," he writes, us one
who. having passed through a course
of mental training. has attained a
knowledge not only OF his own capabil-
tiles but Of how to utilize them to the
best advantage, coupled with the power
to use them automatically in every di-
rection."
The advocates Of Pelmanism stress
the idea that memory, will and reason
are not developed separately, and that
as all mental powers are strengthened
in unison this method has the supreme
advantage over all other plans for
mental training. They especially ad-
vance the usefulness Of Pelmanism in
taking advantage of stored expert
ences and OF preparing those who
practise it for giving suggestions to
themselves and in influencing the
thought and action of others. They re-
gard 1t as a full course in mental eff
ficiency balanced and arranged in such
manner as to meet every require
ment Of thought and life.
CreeI Gives His Views.
George Creel, in making the an,
nouncement of his plans. gave some Of
his reasons for undertaking his new
work.
The curse OF the world said he
lis preventable inefficiency America
| is full of old men at 40; of people whit
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TIME report that the Interchurch
World Movement was looking
Il for a building big enough to
house it's manifold activities. a sort
of Billy Sunday tabernacle that would
accommodate the enormous working
staff which will be sending forth the
doctrine of practical Christianity to
all corners of the earth within a few
months, has resulted in q survey which
shows there is not a building in the
city to be acquired that will be ade-
quate.
Some members of the movement
have been casting longing eyes at
Madison Square Garden in the hope
that the great arena of the circus and
the prizefight might be converted from
its pagan uses to Christianity and that
it might become the home OF the
greatest religious movement the Prot
estant church has ever known. For
they wish to make the present move
ment, whiCh is slowly growing toward
its full stature. a workable religion
in keeping with the evolutionary
movement. OF the world, n religion
that will Il ch the man in civilized
lands and the native in the jungle TO
be clean, to raise better crops. 10
seek education, in the hope that by
improving the body and the mind the
spirit may be reached.
Enormous Requirements.
To do this will require an enormous
organization, backed by 50.00o0oC
Protestants in this country and by
the many millions abroad, will require
an enormous fund. estimated at more
than 81 .000, 900, 600: will require more
than 100000 new workers. ply
sicians, teachers, agriculturists, clergy
men: will require a speaking STAFF
to fill the 100000 pulpits of tht
country, will demand a perfection
OF organization second only Il
that of the Liberty Loan. No wonder
that they need q Madison Square Gar
den, for the shortest period for which
they plan ahead to make their work
effective is five years, and in that first
five years they intend to learn all the
needs, physical mental and spiritual
OF the world And having learned
them they intend. so fas as is pos
sible, to cure them.
This movement is the outcome of &
long growing discomfort by both lay.
men and the clergy with the practica
work of the Protestant church. They
have felt for years that there was tcs
much duplication in foreign fields, too
much sectarianism, too much bigotry
This was accentuated by tho war
There were many clergymen, some o
whom wrote eioquently on the subject
who felt that the war had found IN,
church entirely unpre pared and that !
had failed in It's mission. Their hu
initiation was keen. AZ DR.. S. EaI
Taylor. head of the Interchurch Move
ment, said recently:
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We were so divided that when we
tried to so into the army camps, and
do as Methodists as n church ought TO
do, and Protestant Episcopalians as q
church ought to do, we had to be put
cut. The church did not have a united
force, and could not have X, under
conditions as they were then. The
church must find its voice, must step
into community service.
DR.. Taylor ana the others associated
with him in this work. which has the
! backing already OF thirty denomina-
tons in the United States. feet thu
although the war has shown them
their great weakness it has also giver
them their great opportunity. They
feel that the state of mind of the world
is more receptive than II has ever
been, that there are more ways in
which united church movement can
DO good than it ever could before. ami
the many pra ctical methods OF service
! which have been evolved by painful
experiment by the churches during
the war have given them foundation
On which they can successfully build.
! They want TO carry the benefits of
civilization into the places where 4,
| will yield material benefit to the people
with whom they come in contact
| They want to put into effect the mir
acle by which Christ made three loaves
and two fishes feed the, multitude, 80
! that the ignorant negro in the centre
! OF Africa, or the Hindu in starving
/ India, may be able to raise ten times
! the amount of grain on his ground he
evec raised before. By giving these
natives, on whom heretofore the bene-
| fits OF Christian theology have been
mainly impressed. the idea that theil
teachers bring them material good and
better ways OF life, the missionaries,
be they doctors, clergymen or sgricul-
| turists. believe more can be done to
raise the general level OF happiness
and morality OF the world than any
thing else.
| The practical churchmen who have
evolved this idea have delved into sta
tistics which have shown them that IL
the one item of health OF the nom
Christian races could be made TO equal
that of the Christian races the pro-
ductivity of the world would be at
least doubled. What that would mean
in the sum of human happiness and
comfort they leave II TO the layman's
imagination to estimate.
United for Common Purpose.
That is the whole programme of the
lnterchurch World Movement, the
most comprehensive movement Of the
kind the world has seen. 1t has been
the dream of progressive churchmen
for long time, but it did not develop
Into definite form until last December
when lTo representatives of thirty -.
Nominations met in New York at the
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George reelHeads
American Branch
of British Mental
Training System
Which Is Credited
With Spreading
Zeal of Efficiency
w here mud
ding Through"
Once Was Rule
By JOHN WALKER HARRINGTON

TIE Pelmanist and let George
X Creel tune up your brains!
- The recent director of the
Committee on Public Information has
become one, and as soon as he can ex-
tricate himself from various affairs of
state he will head the American branch
Of the British mental training system,
which has spread the zeal of efficiency
throughout all England,
Generals of the army, Admlrals OF
the navy, Lord High Chief Justices,
soldiers suffering from shell shock and
the laborers in the big industrial plants
and the hackmen in Picadilly have all
taken to Pelmanism. There are now
four hundred thousand Pelmanists in
the tight little island over seas, and
Pelmanism is just beginning to go
strong.
The small gray books and the work
sheets, which are the visible signs Of
tho inner faith in efficiency, are conned
in public conveyances throughout the
British Empire. The system is a-sub-
stitute for the many success schemes
L
respondence course in Pelmanism is
akin to many plans Of the kind which
are now in vogue in the United States.
Did you ever see the young COM
mercial travellers when seated in trains
take from their grips volumes with
such titles as Success; or. How to Get
There" and Personal Magnetism or
How to Make the World Your Slave"
You may have seen in some of our
leading magazines pictures of an alert
young mechanic with a paper cap on
his head and a wad of paper cur
rency in his hand standing before a
bank cashiers window. He thereby
constitutes an advertisement of the
advantages of high personal efficiency
gained by the practice of al few simple
rules and the filling out of sundry
blanks These are evidences OF the
American cult Of making the most OF
ones self.
As Practised in Britain.
Pelmanism, as now practised ir
Great Britain, is directed against the
habit of "muddling through" which
was so prevalent among all classes II
England before the war. The grea
access OF a demand for personal eff
flciency, which was so necessary Il
the success Of the army and navy, am
to the making of munitions. set al
England to inquiring. Am 7 efficient?
It was a question which all sorts ant
conditions of men and women aske'
o. themselves. AS an outcome Of it tn
Pelman Institute came into its own.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

The Belleclaire Golf and
Country Club, under the same
management as the Hotel Belle
claire, is undergoing process
of renovation that will make
the Club House and the golf
course very attractive The
formal opening Of the Club
will take place in April. Many
men and women are anxious to
become members and several
will, no doubt. be elected in
time for the formal opening,
judging from the splendid ref
erences they have furnished.
Election to membership in this
Club will be rather slow proc
ess because we want to be abb
solute!y certain as to the quail
ihcations Of all applicants. AS
originally announced, this is to
be a real country club whose
chief assets Will be good fellow
ship and sociability and friend
illness 1t is, in fact, to be
Belleclaire Club-and that is
guarantee Of the character Of its
membership. Belleclaire serv-
ice, Belleclaire food, Belleclaire
atmosphere are elements that
will make the Belleclaire Golf
and Country Club. at Bayside,
Long Island. one of the best
clubs in the country. We think
so, at any rate.
Robert D. Blackman,
Proprietor.
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the same hospitality she had shown all
 the others. There's always romance
 connected with the Italians. It seems
 to be a part of them. The Italian troops
 in Paris were said to be carefully se-
 lected. We had lots of them in our Pal
 ais de Glace. They were well hammered,
 courteous and always talented. We
 loved their songs ad their music and
 their happy faces. It was quite interest
 ing to look in any day in the afternoon
 and at meal time and realize that there
 was canteen in Paris in which the al lied soldiers could meet on an equal
 footing. There were always Americans,
 English, Scotch, Australians, French, Italians and not infrequently representa- tives from the smaller allied countries. There were women and men in uniform. The uniform was their admission card.'' 'I suppose you saw all of the great generals of the war. too?'' I remarked. "Yes" she answered, they were all in Paris when more than 100000 viewed the great victory pageant. Joffre and Foch came first in the parade, nodding their venerable white heads amid the respect ful exclamation of the throng. General Pershing, heading the representative American battalion was cheered with Long Live Pershing." Evidently pleased and proud, the American commander-in- chief was a figure to instill pride. There were some in our party who saw the first American soldiers parade the first Amer ican flag through the Place de la Con- corde on July f, 1917, shortly after the
 roots of the A. F. F. took hold in France.
 Those little. slender waisted, untanned
 lads-full of hope but unseasoned-pre- seateG an inspiring sight with their al- most confused manner of receiving the first caress from France and seeing
 Paris in the throes of mourning and fa- tigue and in the struggle of keeping
 hope uppermost in the heart But the
 victory parades inspiration came
 through the formality of it all sort of impersonal display by bronzed, trained, expert soldiers-deep- -chested and sure in the triumphant march of victory The British armies, with representatives from the colonies, followed Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and staff. Saluting with his drawn sword, General Diaz was on- Enthusiastically received. Marshal Petain mounted on the same pure white charger which carried him victorously into Metz was cheered loudly and created a sens,- tcn. liner. came General de Castelndu, loudly acclaimed, and General Gouraud and General Mangin stood out consp'cu- ously among the high officers, but when it came to unbounded enthusiasm it was tho private's day, despite a gathering oi
 generals and marshals second Fo no dis
 play ever staged"
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doubt receive the loyal cooperation or Anniston women in her efforts for sweet charity during the coming season.
 Miss Noxie Lanning is being feted at a large number of delightful social events during a visit to Miss Gladys Pugh in Union Springs. Before returning Miss Lanning will visit several other girls in South Alabama, who were college mates of hers at the University of Alabama last year.
 A delightful event of the past week was a Heart'sDic at which Miss Ehza beth Gordon entertained at the Inn on Tuesday afternoon. She was assisted Tn entertaining by her mother, Mrs. T. R. Gordon.
 MT. and Mrs. w. H. Call have announc- ed the engagement of their daughter. Mamie Mabel to Mir. Herman c. Camp, of Talladega, the marriage to occur Tn October
 Mrs Edward Almond, who during her husbands service abroad has been with her parents, MT and Mrs. S. l.. Crook. left last week for Marion. where Major Almond has been detailed by the war de partment to serve as instructor of mill tary science and tactics at the Marion Military Institute.
 Mir. and Mrs. Percy Quinn. whose we'd ding was an interesting event of the past
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month. will spend the winter at the An niston Inn.
 Miss Alice Weatherby who w< delight fully entertained during visit to Val dosta has returned. Miss Weatherby will serve as the president of the Wednesday study club. one of Anniston's most prom inent and progressive organizations dur ing the coming season.
 Miss Emma Lea Ledbetter left for Chattanooga last week where she will teach on Lookout Mountain Miss Jennie Ledbetter will teach in Bessemer and Miss Bessie Mae Johnson in Atlanta.
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Among other things. Miss Der 1vanesian said in a letter to her brother: Your service in the United States army is my pride, because we all believed that America went to war to fight for noth- ing but right and the freed A of man. kind" Miss Derovanesian told of the horrible massacre of $50 Armenians within five hours, the Turks using rocks, sticks and knives, and of the scarcity of clothing and food.
 Mir. Charles S. Leyden, chairman of the Calhoun county war loan organiza- tion. has recently. published a most at tractive pahmplet on Thrift" it's ob- ject being to encourage thriftness and the habit of saving by calling attention to the great cumulative power of money when invested in interest bearing ob- legations, and to point out the rewards of industry and frugality within the reach of everyone MT Leyden and Mrs. Polk. the efficient county chairman of tn ''oDan's c5n,mii'"e of the war .c II organization. win endeavor during the autumn months to organize q savings society in every grade of every school. and in every store, shop and factory in the county.
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Miss Bettie Forbes is managing the Addie Weaver Association during the ab- sence of Miss Bund, who is away on vacation Many deserving cases were given assistance during the past month. Mrs. James c. Sproule. the president of the Addie Weaver association, will nc
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All of the clubs will be reorganized during September and plans perfected for the coming seasons work The Ma irons Study club and the Wednesday Study club have both mapped out in teresting programmes on short stories
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The Matrons' Study club held a busi- ness meeting at the home of Mrs. Elm met W. Ledbetter on Wednesday after noon when plans for the winter sea son were discussed The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Louis Kidd, when Mrs Ledbetter will lead a programme on "The History of the Short Story"
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Miss Margaret E. Lea. who spent the summer at Columbia university, has re- turned and will spend the winter at Noble apartments. Miss Lea. who is the beloved principal of Noble institute, an nounced last week the addition of two new members to the institute faculty Missa Alice Weatherly. who will teach Latin and science, and Mrs. Juliet Davidson Heath, who will be the physi- cal director. Miss Weatherly, a gradu ate of Agnes Scott and Columbia uni versity. is one of Anniston's most bril- liant girls, and Mrs. Heath, who has studied in New York and other places, is noted for her grace and talent. Tne announcement of these two additions brought universal delight to the pa irons of this popular institution.
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Mir. and Mrs. Percy Quinn, whose wed ding was an interesting event of the pas'
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