Evening star., 1921-07-31

effort will fail of important effect
upon his mind.
RIP Van Winkle beat Uncle Char
ley by four years. Rip Van Wrinkles
body lay upon the hill like a stone.
decorated de- with Wit thousands % Of dreams,
and Uncle Charley Blake had the
full use of his body, and was all the
time lost in one particular and def
mite dream: still if Rip Van Wrinkle
At least, this was the, view of the
younger alienist. DR.. Morphy, who
Succeeded DR.. Cowrie in 1919.
In the. course of some long and
sympa thetic talks with his patient
DR.. Morphy slightly emphasized
suggestion that of late tin had come
to be considered the most desirable
clothing material; the stiffness and
glitter of tin, as we'll as the sound
of it. enabled person to be pretty
sure he had something over him, the
doctor explained. Then he took an
of armor in tin. and left it in Uncle
Ci,"' tey'S corrido' h. stolen.
The patient accepted the tin armor
tangible and Opaque enough for
modesty since the night his sister
had taken him to the Folies Ber-
sI'~"s i'' 1907. Tha' mo-nlrr. fo- ne
first time. he made no dive under
his bed at the sound of a knock
upon the door, and when he went
out for his exercise he broke his
long habit of darting from the shell
ter of one tree to another. The tin
greaves pinched him at the joints
when he moved. and DR.. Morphy
pointed out that silver cloth. with
rows of tiny bells sawed 'tt,on u
here and there, would glitter and
sound even better than tin. When
the patient had worn a suit of this
silver cloth. instead of tin. for
removed. row at time, until
finaliy they were all gone. Af."r
that the silver was secretly tar
nished. yet the patient remained sat
isfied. Next wooden suit of vivid
green and red plaid was substituted;
thar it's predecessor. until at last
Uncle Charley grew accustomed to
the daily thought that he was
clothed. His intelligence cleared. in
fact: until upon THANKSGIVING day.
1920, when Mrs. Troup came to take
him away: h" was IN evertthins-
except body forty-six years old
the same young man who had arrived
in Paris on a November evening in
1904. His information, his point of
view AMI his convictions w'rr those
of commonplace. well-brought-up
conventional young American of that
period; he had merely to bridge the
gap.
DR. MoRPHY advised Mrs. Troup
-. that the bridging must b. done
with as little strain as possible upon
the convalescent's mind. and there
fore. the devoted lady took her
brother to a mountain health resort,
where for month they lived in a de-
tached cottage, walked .footpaths in
the woods. went to bed at 9. and
made no acquaintances Mrs. Troup
time. but she had brought such
books as she thought might be use
full; and every day she talked to
him as instructively as she could,
Of the terrific culminations history
had seen during the. latter part of
his Incarceration.
II declare!" he said. mo sensible
person could make head or tail of
1t, If l may use such an expression.
I never dreamed anything could ac-
tua1ly come of all these eccentricities
-woman's rights. socialism. blue
I've heard of such people-heard
jokes about 'em-but never in my
life met person that went in seri-
ously for any of 'em. How on earth
did it all happen?"
Upon this she was able to enlighten
him but feebly. and he rubbed his
forehead again.
Its no use" he told her. There's
no reason behind these things the
only thing to do is to realize that
the worlds gone crazy"
Mr.. Blake went to his. afternoon
nap. shaking his head. but in silence.
Natur9ily he was confused by what
ne heard from her, and once or
twice he was confused by some
things he saw. though in their seclu-
sion he saw little. One mistake he
made. however, amazed his sister.
From their pleasant veranda a
rounded green slope descended
slowly to the level lawn surrounding
the Georgian upheavings of Az end
less hotel; and at port cochere of
this hotel q dozen young women,
come from ride on the hills, were
getting down from their saddles.