The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-26
MARKHAM
CALLS DOYLE.
ANENACE
MAN With A Hoe Says
New Religion isABaneful
Propaganda
By JAMES l. K1LGALLEN

BY JAMES l. K1LGALLEN
ysrsrF CORRESPONDENT I. N. sERVfcEl
CHICAGO, April 2e.-Sir Arthur
ronan Doyie's spirttualistic seances
snd stories before audiences in this
sountry of his communication with
he departed souls were branded by
Edwin Markham. famous America
poet-philosopher. author of the
bHdan with tho Hoe" as menace
tp our people and "a gospel that Is
IN contradiction with the gospel
preached by Jesus
Mo good and much harm can come
sf the propagation of such a new
he,irion. "a Sir Arthur advocates,
according to the Poet Of Democ-
ucy.~ who viii celebrate his seven
kfsth birthday. He Will be given a
reception by the Book Lovers club
u Chicago.
Sir Arrnur's spiritualistic teach
snxs and tho teachings of Christ do
not line up, 1fr. Markham said. and
he believes IN Jesus"
~I have investigated spiritualism.
raid the gray-bearded, gray headed
philosopher land am convinced II
ls one OF the best things in the
world to let alone.
Tt tends TO queer all people who
go into IL. II sends them to the
insane asylums- Several of my
friends have dabbled in 1t and all
nf them became unsettled mentally
They became detached from the
practical. They took on wierd
look in the eye. They became alb
normal.
Now. anything that detaches US
from practical affairs had better
be summed
h the doinws of the seance, and vet
there may be a grain of reality IN
der the tawdry show of the so
called spirit communicable Tt Is
possible, / admit. that some discar-
nate spirits communicate. But the
communication is always common
place, a mere exegesis of the obvi-
ous & ramble of words about things
of no consequence waste Of
time.
Sir Arthur hands out 10 us q
weak. habby OPTIMISM teachins
that is in direct denial of the heroic
philosophy of Jesus. for Jesus phil
osophy is that life is battle and 4
march. Sir Arthur says that the
way to life is not narrow and hard
as Christ said it is, but that it is
broad and easy. This doctrine re-
duces life to a mere Laughing Mard
Gras."
The genfrf literary giant whom
william Dean Howells termed "tht
greatest OF Americans" appears Il
be IN the best OF health He said
he felt as energetic as when he was
twenty-five.
AT the brink OF 70 I feel none OF
the pessimism and despair of tn.
typical old man" he confded.
The supreme need of the worlt
today. he said, is a practical appIi-
cation of the principles of Jesus
Only the spirit of Christ, he de
clared. can save civilization from IT.
present crisis-and that applies t.
the Genoa economic conference a,
well as the national coal strike il
The United States. The sermon or
the mount. he said should be sub
stituted for the "artifces and In
trigues of statecraft" and its teach.
ings applied In the everyday in,
dustriaI world.
Flappers with their extremeI,
short skirts. he said, are '-unsightI,
objects to behold He said the,
miss the very things they are striv,
Ing for-beauty and attractiveness
A Californian himself. the note.
noet said he heartily approved ant
hpp1auded the noble" action of viii
II Hays in barring Fatty" Ar
buckle from the screen.