The Washington times., 1919-08-21

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Did you hear the legend of the kings of Orion?
Once upon a time the planet Orion was inhabited by
race Of kings. Some good kings and bad
kings. Because the whole did something which dis
pleased the Creator every king of them good and bad alike
banished from Orion Of course their bodies
bed to dust only their souls actually being banished
These banshed king souls wandered about in space for
while seeking habitation. Finally they discovered the
earth They found the earth inhabited by men with no
surplus for souls but, Kipling says, 1.-THE
winds that blew between the world they cut them like
knife, and they eager to get in somewhere.
Consequently the souls of the kings of Orion crowded
into the bodies of the of earth along with their native
souls
There are more earth men than there were kings in
Orion that not all earth have two souls but many
sOf them have
Some of US have in u.s. in addition souls the
souls Of the good kings and have the souls of the
bad kings The good kings noble and herOic those of
the bad kings evil and cowardly.
This legend may account for the otherwise unaccount
ble actions Of It teaches that hastily
6udge persons for know what latent powers they
possess because of their hngly visitants.
Nearly everyone has had experience in which he
has been tremendously surprised by unexpected action
either unexpectedly cOwardy or unexpectedly nObe-Of
some person.
This might be explained by the fact that in times of
stress the native soul Of the earth fagued and the
latent soul of the king of Orion takes command
! There are few people who have not known of cases
where seemingly mild and diffdent has suddenly
developed the highest courage and the most surprising
powers This is due to the fact that the king of Orion has
command Contrariwise we have known have led
exemplary lives suddenly to commit crime In such
cases people say He is not himself" This is absolutely
true according to the legend He is not himself He is
dominated by his king of Orion
stevenson's story of Dr. Jelyll and Mr. HYDE is fine
example Of this sort of thing But have to go to
fiction to find illustrations
The report the war of Field Marshal Sir Douglas
Hag contains amazing facts in support of the legend
This report says among the British commanders there is
brgadier general who before the taxicab driver
another famous terrific fighter who peace times was
the mdest sort of village schooImaster third who was
quiet lawyer The British list of cases in which the
kings of Orion took command the earthsous is long
In addition the above includes among the best fighters
and commanders college undertook, government clerk
insurance agents bookkeeper and architects assist
ant-au quiet unassuming whom nobody before the
would have suspected of possessing spark military
9rowess
Every little while we read in the newspapers amazing
stories of horrible crimes committed by ministers quiet
workaday clerks mildmannered and diffdent persons
ordinarily believed incapable of harming an ant
Astrology teaches another explanation It says that
born under the sign of the zodiac dominated by the
twins Castor and Pollux-that is the period from about
May 20 to June 2Ohave double personalities half spiritual
and noble and half worldly and, perhaps, inclined to
fensuaity.
So the quiet clerk who sits bending over his desk all
day may when the magic moment arrives become the great
est Of warriors while your college football hero brave
adventurer may suddenly turn cowardly
That kindO kiupo of lie