New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
The Lantern
80. n.r rolt Trlhan. boz. lIll

| Us tnAt tno bnitD ihbNas
were bitten on his right hand on
Christmas Eve, 1897, by a mad bull
seal. a few hours after his dis
coyery Of the North Pole, returned
10 him az the result Of q syStem OF
auto suggestion invented by himself.
CAPTAIN Fitzurse claims that his
psychological discoveries hntsdated
those Of tho famous DR.. Emile Coue,
Of Nancy, France, by many years
"I will be ninety-fve years old on
tho 2sth Of February, 1925" said
Captain Fitzurse yesterday. How
did / reach this great aEe7 Sir, by
practicing the Fitzurso SystemI I
could have died a dozen times in
tho last twenty years II ! had
wished to. But did not wish 10.
That is all there Is to it. e
"My present intention is 10 die at
the age Of 125; but | may change
my mind and live longer.
However, I did not intend 70
talk about myself, but about my
System"
He pulled from his pocket n num-
ber Of letters and began TO tell US
what they contained.
"This one" he said, "is from a
pair Of Siamese twins, who were
formerly triplets. They felt a GER
tain shame at being triplets q.
it seemed too unconventional 10
them, I suppose. After using the
Fitzurse System faithfully for six
months they became twins instead
OF triplets, and they write that they
cannot thank me sufficiently for
what the Fitzurse System has done
for them.
"And this one Is from a gentleman
who became tired Of his wife and
wished 10 marry another lady. She
had been very good-looking when he
married her, and he vaguely ex-
pected, without thinking very deep
ly Of the matter, that she would
continue to be beautiful. He used
to argue with her about It, but In
spite Of everything he said to her
she persisted In losing her sttrac-
tivenesA Naturally. this display Of
obstinaey on her part led him TO de-
test her. But there was no legal
manner In which he could get rid
Of her, as she had never done any
thing amiss. He finally took up the
Fitzurse System and gave his wife
the suggestion that she was a vamp.
She eloped with a blind man within
six weeks and he has married the
other lady, who is quite young and
very handsome, and now everybody
Is happy. It Is all due TO the Fitz-
urse System, he writes.
"And here is one from the widow
Of a man who was a barber before
prohibition came 10 the country and
who used 20 drink a great deal.
After the Volstead act went into
effect he found a certain difficulty,
being a poor man. IN getting all the
liquor he wanted.
$50 he took TO drinking a brand
Of hair tonic which contains about
10 per cent Of alcohol. After he had
been at this for nearly a year he
began 10 feel a tickling inside Of
him. He would burst into laughter
at the most inopportune moments,
and when asked the cause Of his
mirth he would say: Something
tickles mel
"His wife discovered that the poor
barber was becoming lined with
hair, as a result Of his indulgence
in the hair tonic, and she tried to
persuade him to desist. But he
would not do 90. Aasl He was
fast In the clutches Of the Drink
Demon! And he grew furrier and
furrier inside.
"His wife tried the Fitzurse Sys-
tenn on him. She would stand by his
bed nights and say to him, over and
over, hundreds Of times: Turnl
Husbandl Turnl' She meant, Of
course, for him to turn from his
evil ways and cease to drink.
~But his unconscious mind, which
heard her repeated adjurations, evil
IDENTIFY construed them literally. One
night the barber turned. Physical
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