The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-27
bY X. WALTER.

III N. W Ailfk.
LONDON, England. ,By Mail. M
Coue. the most ialked-about person in
England TODAY. denies any miraculous
cement in many truly wonderful cures.
some of which have just been witness
ing: but if VI. Coue accepts invitations
he has received TO come to America. he
vii! beyond every doubt perform a, leas,
one miracle-the miracle of a European
visiting the United States without any
purpose OF acquiring some good Ameri-
can dollars. For this strangely simple
little erey-haired. bright-eyed French
man. i, living miracle in that respect
he takes no fees either for lectures. dem
ons:raiions. cures. consultations or any
thing. He has London at his feet today
and he takes not penny.
At is great pity he said. speaking
to a group Of reporters. that any results
Of auto-sugges.ion should be referred to
as miracles. and it is still more depIor-
able to say that | perform the miracle.
1t is not even ! who make the cures.
am not faith healer or a hypnolist. 1t
is each one who cures himself. All !
do is 20 eNplain-jusi once. to those who
understand easily-the functions of the
mind in relation 10 the health of the
body: the rest YOU do for yourself 1t
is very simple. but it is not easy for
everybody. because they have erroneous
ideas about the relative power of the will
and the Imagination. shall explain
that now.
EAGER AUDIENCE HEARS HIM.
In the lecture room an eager audience
awaited him; pitifully eager were some
of the faces. He stood in the cem.er of a
clear circle about Is feet across; the rest
"f the room was crowded to the corners.
as NJ. Coue pointed out. against
one of the first principles of health. with
out which neither physician nor psychol-
ogist would hope for physical beitermen,.
He spoke for a few minutes in a quiet
lEile rather impersonal voice. almost as
if recEing well learned lesson. He en-
planned that by observation and expert
ment. it has been established that the
takes leading part in es-
the normal healthy automatic
functions of the body. He gave one or
two instances tending to prove that the
of abilities, such as that of
riding a bicycle. only comes 10 us in full
when the imagination has been persuad-
ed that it can take on the job of keeping
US upright. which thereupOn becomes au-
tomato. Then he gave some elementary
demonstrations of the power of the imag-
inatiOn in relation to that Of the will. all
of which illustrated the simple axioms
that it doesn't help to get a thing done
TO say its impossible to do it, and ih2t
We are able to do thing only when our
mind knows" We can dot
it. We know without argument THAT
is, subconsciouslyD that We can. if sober.
walk along fwo-foot plank lying on the
ground without falling off on either side;
but our subconsciousness tells us that If
We try TO walk along that plank from the
top of one skyscraper to another We
shall fall down 20 the street below
and so We should fall.
Then. any who wished to do so for
their better understanding of the matter.
were invited to try the test of clasping
their hands and trying TO unclasp them
against the repeated assertion that they
were unable to do SO and without letting
the conviction that they could do so at
any time enter their minds. The only