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The Washington times., 1922-06-25

always, but she win have found
some one else there whom she
loves even more deeply. In heav.
en- there Is q soul mate for every
man and woman. II is 30 sad TO
think that altheusA here thars are
80 many splendid men and women
who are suited to each othsr. thSy
never meet. There It win all b
different. .y,-,,. ..As. p. ..,siy
Everything IL made up 70 4 per-.
son after death. There 10 absolute
justice there. Those who have been
denied opportunities : here have
them then. I often feel so sorry
for my maids. They have real
musical ability. but their circum.
stances do not permit them to ds!
velop It. tell them that after
death they win have the chance to
bring out their musical ability.
I have found that the best
mediums in the world are
amateurs. I do not think that any
one should attempt more than one
seance q week. Every person 10
more or less mediumistic, just d
everyone n moro or lees artistic.
I am teaching spiritualism to
my children-Denis, who 10 thir-
teen; Malcolm. who In eleven. and
my little girl, Billy. who 10 nins.
They are too young a. yet for
seances. however. do not think
that It 10 good for them to do this
while they are still busy with theft
studies at school. Seventeen o.
eighteen is the ago at which .
young person can begin 10 attend
seances.
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Bv LADY CONAN DOYL.E E.,
(WHe Noted Writer Spruat in Message Woen)
The Women Heaven Are Not Old and Unbeauu She Says-Thy
All Return to the Beauty of Their Youth and Remain Beautiful For
ever and There Men and Women Are on Basis Absolute Equality

men and women, % also is there
equality between those who have
been rich and poor before death.
The poorest tramp will enjoy the
same privileges there as the rich
est man. Perhaps he will enjoy
more, to make up for the suffer
inss he has endured in this world.
The happiness after death il q
real human happiness such al We
all long for In this life.
Every human soul can be recep-
tive to spiritualistic messages. The
churches can supply nothing to
stop the ache that 80 many are un-
dergoing today, but we know that
II is possible through spiritualism
for. every man and woman to re-
ceive comfort from the other world
In Just the way We have.
have heard the voice Of my
dear stepson, who was killed in
the war. I have seen IN part his
face. have seen the face Of my
mother. I have seen also my
mother-in.law's face and my broth
er. I have talked with them all. No
one could have impersonated them
In q way that would have deceived
me. Their voices, their infections
were perfect. s..
I have seen 80 many poor dear
women who have been helped by
spirituaiism. -,
MOTHER WAS CONsOLED.
recall one mother in Australia.
who had lost her son, boy Of
fifteen, under the most tragic cir
cumstances. She had been to her
clergyman and he could not tell
her anything to comfort her. She
finally wrote to my husband in the
hope that he could help her. He
sent her tickets to his lecture and
later she came to our hotel for .
seance. The medium did not know
the woman. I did not even intro
duce them. And yet the medium
was able to bring that woman's
son to her. When she left Tire
hotel that day she actually looked
ten years younger.
Sir Arthur has said that there
10 marriage In heaven and that
there one marries ones soul mate.
The question naturally arises in
the mind what happens under GER
tain circumstances say q
man has been happily married TO
two women. the second ons being
his wife after the death OF the
other. and when both women have
loved him equally. ! am Sir Ar
thurs second wife.
No woman need worry under
these circumstances. In heaven
you find your true soul mate. II
the man finds his true soul mate
10 his second wife his first wife 10
not unhappy. shs may lows him
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Z xuPrRsrITIoN a. : domi.

nant torce naS propapiy
passed for most Of the pec-
pie who read these lines.
But the remnants Of supersti-
ton cling to M all. There - none
but has some ink spots Of It here
and there In his mind.
In fact. you win find It IN the
most unexpected places. You viii
be surprised to discover that the
professor Of Psychology win not
pick up pin Il its point II toward
him. or head. forget which. and
that the bishop does not care to
walk under Q ladder.
Even the manicipated. the az
nositc and the infidel. II quite
likely to be carrying luck piece
in his pocket and to refuse to be-
sin an important enterprise on
Friday.
AZ q matter. of fact nonsense In
far more widespread than sense.
And in the realms Of souls.
there 10 easily ten gallons Of blind
incredulity to one pint Of intelii.
gent faith.
Even our most honored institu.
tions. ecclesiastical and other
wise, are not above appealing .
bit to plain rank superstition
to strengthen their hold.
What IL superstition?
It 10 simply faith that II oon-
trary to reason and offensive to
Intelligence. ...... ........
Faith II the most essential thing
any being can have. without II
he can be neither happy nor eff
Client. without II he can have no
peace himself and he win be un-
able to Live with . wife. get along
with his neighbors or be o useful
citizen Of the State. s
OF this valuable thing. supersti-
ton is the counterfeit.
It II as old rs ig4orance. II
comes down to US from the time
of the gods. In the days Of poly
theism. life was beset by innum-
cradle fears because there was not
Just one Deity waiting At the
Judgment Day to deal with men.
but the woods were fun of them.
Some mischievous god was wait.
ing at every corner to trap Us and
to punish us. ...
This 10 the condition Of our an
cestors, and the human plant. like
other plants. tends to degenerate.
Paul Bewsher. in . recent ar.
ticle. gives some interesting In.
stances Of superstitions stin ex.
listing among the folk In England,
and those Of US who are Of. Anglo
Saxon origin will recognize some
Of them a. still lingering with Us.
Itching. for instance, has al.
ways been thought significant.
When ones nose itches. some.
body 10 coming. II your right
ear itches, some one is speaking
well OF you. And II Il IL the
left ear. some one IL slanderins
you.
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THE SPECTATOR
Remnants Of
Supers tition

The meaning Of the itching eye
70 shown In the rhyme:
Left before right, cry before
night; right before left. sign Of
gift"
When your ear makes . ''whis-
Ting kind OF q Noise" you suddenly
reach out and shake hands with
whoever you happen to be with.
and give az reason, Kissed.
cursed or vexed--shake hands with
q fool"
II your knee itches. Il means you
are going TO knsei In church. &,
+. II you bump your left elbow. II
means q disappointment: your
right. q surprise.
(: There IL another significance to
the ringing in the ears. II one
hears It. the following conversa-
tion takes place:
''News bells in my ear" say q
number. , An
Ten" =
.Ah! Jessie Tn soinx %
"A. B. c. d. 70! F. q. Ii. 1. j..
j." J is the tenth number.
"Ah! Jessie Tn going to
hear from Jessie" H.,
You must be careful not to cut
your finger nails on Friday, for II
you do. you "cut for SORROW e
And you must not turn your
mattress on Sunday. for II you do
you win be with the devil"
II you have q dream on Friday
and tell It on Saturday II VIII come
true. according to the saying:
Fridays dreams. Saturday told.
Sure to come true. II ever 20 old"
Then you must always be on the
lookout for . black cat. which
brings bad luck n Il comes in the
house. - - t.E.r,iSe.'
You must not open an umbrella
In the house. or something or other
win happen that IL not pleasant.
II you carry b spade through the
house in at one door and out OF
another. II means that somebody's
grave win soon be dug. .t
, And, OF course, you would not be
bold and impious enough to sit
down alta table where there are
thirteen. .. H#,
In planting crops you have TO
note the face Of the moon. for all
root crops should be planted in the
dark Of the moon. and all crops
that bear their fruit above ground
in the light of the moon.
Also. Of course. you must never
look at the new moon over your
shoulder. - 49,
One might imagine that all these
silly notions are but fleeting and
temporary. The fact IL. however.
that they are older than religion.
and they cling firmly IN many
minds which are supposed to be
enlightened. a.,-. - ....t
They are as old al the sea. In
fact. I should not be surprised that
the highly civilized and advanced
man q thousand years from now
would be q little careful sbout put
ting his left foot first when he
comes into a room.
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Idaho Convicts Are
Taught Agriculture

MALAD. Idaho. June 24.-Gov.
d. W. Davis announced that
prisoners at the State penitentiary
are receiving courses Of instruction
In all the various branches OF
agriculture in which the university
extension division has specialists.
Governor Davis heartily approves
the idea, and said he would give
II his utmost support.
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Of the effects Of the triumph
~ OF Prussia In the great war.
ana the, present prosperity OF the
victorious German empire. Our
political ideals were naturally af-
fected by the triumphal entry OF
the kaiser into Paris and London.
So. at least. It must seem to the
legislators. for the story Of German
defeat, Of which rumors have al
ready reached England. has not
penetrated TO westminster or
Whitehall.
We should think It odd II people
were stiIl saying that success could
only come 70 IN II the King would
turn up his mustaches. and wear
an eagle on his helmet: but we are
doing exactly the same thing. We
are saying that success in social
reform can only como by initiating
Prussia "
We were very proud Of having
borrowed from Prussia an insur.
ance act which forces q workman
to spend part Of his own wages on
q doctor he may never want, in
stead Of on . dinner he does want.
II is customary to call this serv-
lie social method ''grandmotherIy''
iegislation--winich is q gross SLAM
der on grandmothers. II II not the
method Of q grandmother, but Of a
grenadier Of Potsdam. Indeed. the
method rather specially insults
grandmother. for among the poor.
whom Il chiefly persecutes. the
grandmother In often the fairy god
mother. A note on the nature Of
this Prussian principle may Be .
timely thing. .t.' '...
LAUNDERING PRUssIANs
The Prussians area very stupid
people; and they fell into . very
simple blunder. But the Prussian
prestige fs stili 20 strangely strong
in this country that our publicists
20 on repeating that biunder mo-
notonously . million times over. In
answer to any plea for liberty.
1t L. the blank. bewildered. bot.
tomless imbecility Of saying that
something must be state-control.
led because II is 20 important.
Thus they win say that drink must
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LONDON. June "a.
LTHoUGH 90 much has al
ready been accomplished.
the science of wireless com.


a ready been accomplished.
IA the science Of wireless com.
munication is even now only In
its infancy, but sound foundations
have been laid. and the develop
ments which are likely to take
place should be more startling
than they have been In the past.
The principles which underlie
wireless communication have been
mastered. It only remains to ap.
ply them TO find the solution, Of
many Of the problems which have
90 Ear remained inexplicable and
unintelligible. ,... ..........
There 10 always the inspiring
hope that, at any instant, an ex-
periment-perhaps a mistake
may reveal the missing, link Of
knowledge which win enable q
wonderful new chain Of discover.
les to be forged. ......s
The radio-telephone is now an 40
complished fact. .r...
Apparently, much more rapid
progress in wireless telephony has
been made in the United States
than in the United Kingdom But
this 10 not really 30. Enthusiastic,
energetic, sentimental. the Ameri-
cans have gone too fast. Know.
Ing very little about the subject.
they tried to do too much. and
Britons were wise to hasten slow.
ly. They have been able to learn
many useful lessons from the mis-
takes Of Americans.
It n not correct to say that
Americans are 'ahead--certainiy. AZ
regards technique, England leads
the way. Britain has waited until
the foundations had been laid; and
now that the work has been done,
rand progress can take place.
Al to the practicability Of radio
telephony. when worked on tho
broadcasting system. n h enough
to say that whom Melha sang at
Chelmsford, two years aso. her
voice was distinctiy heard IN most
Of the European capitals. A. the
rscsivins station outside cAris-
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English-S h-Speaking
. Doctors MObilized

BERLIN, June 2t.--Americans In
Berlin no longer need be AFRAID
in case Of sudden Illness Of being
unable to obtain the highest clsss
OF medical attention bscauss Of lack
Of knowledge of the German Ian
guage. y ).
The American Chamber Of Com.
merce here has completed the mo.
bilization of all English h-speaiins
doctors In the city who will b.
available In such emergencies. s.'
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.tiana In Norway. the record WIS.,
30 clear that II was possible to re-
lay the songs over the ordinary
telephone wires right into the OF.
fices Of the Christiania newr-
papers.
= The receiving station at Sultana.
bad, In northern Persia, also re.
ceived the song clearly. This was
q military station, and 1t was the
most distant place at which Me-.
ba's songs were recorded.
Since then, however. great de-
velopments have taken place IN
tits clear that the radio-telephons
has emerged from the expert.
mental stage. and IL ready to b
adopted by the public. , .t
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n RY husband became interest.
M ed in spirituaiism thirty
N1 six years ago. but did not
believe In II seriously Until 1914.
When I was married he told me
something Of his beliefs. but I an.
swered him by saying that to me II
was something uncanny. and that
one world at time was enough
for me. ! .'
II was not untfl after had lost
my beloved brother In the war at
Mons and dear friend OF mine.
who 10 really like my sister. had
also lost three brothers that I be-
gan to be seriously interested in
spiritualisfn. ....N' 81 r
Il was In . little family circle
that first had conclusive proof
that II 10 possible for us to receive
messages from those who have
gone from US. When I had had
proof after proof Of this. the con.
ISOLATION that came. to me was
enormous. My only regret 10 that
did not know Of these things be-
fore. I have missed 90 much all
these years that might have been
mine. esq.,. Il. ln-H ..1p.n
Because my husband and I know
that It 10 possible for every person
to communicate with those in the
other world and to enjoy this same
consolation that we do, we have
left our home to tell others what
we have learned. d ....-.
HAVE DUPLICATE BODIES.
Nobody loves their home more
than we do, and nobody dislikes to
leave Il moro. Yet we feel that
others need our message, and we
must travel abroad TO give Il to
them. Ei.... ...l, ,
After death there 10 no age, A
woman may be ninety when she
dies. but only for \ short while
does her body remain old.
You know that within everybody
there 10 another body which is an
exact duplicate Of our body az we
know. II now. This other body
goes with US when We are dead. but
presently It becomes once moro
the normal body N we knew It dur
' ing the best days Of our physical
life. A woman may be 100 years
when she dies, but she will be thir-
ty-five then,
Gray hair and wrinkles win have
entirely disappeared. Gray hair IL
. due merely to lime In the arteries
anyhow, and We do not take this
lime with us when We are dead.
After death there 10 absolute
equality betwosn men and women.
Il 10 only oharaStsr that counts
Just q there = ssusiity between
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"Hogged" Bed Covers.

Il os ANGELES. June 24--Chars
- OF cruelty, including afie-
cations that her husband took
more than his share Of the bed
covers and that be never gave her
more than 80 cents at q time.
although he wss declared wealthy.
wcs q divorces for pretty Hs,ss
Bradshaw.
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
By SIGNOR MARCONI---

(The InDentor of Wireless in an InterDieD)
Apparently Much More Progress in Wire
less Telephony Has Been Made in the
United States Than I'm the United King
dom, but That Is Not Really So-=Ameri-
cans Have Gone Too Fast. ..-..
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
LONDON, june a..

NUR present legislation Is fun
Of the effects Of the triumph
" OF Prussia In the great war,
The Washington times., 1922-06-25


muscles and fiery breath.
What, in comparison, are the
,conquests OF mankind by force Of
arms? Following the railroad.
modern civilization has been able
to penetrate rapidly in the farthest
continents, to people them and to
make them worth something. all
in the course Of two or three gen.
erations. ..f
Never had humanity won a moro
far-reaching victory over its tradi-
tional enemy. The victory was so
great that It appeared definitive.
Man henceforth was master Of
space. For fifty years this hymn
OF triumph has resounded in our
ears. In prose and in verse. The
giant was admired, and adored as
a god would have been admired
and aAored by the ancients.
And there was in truth in him
something Of the divine. something
that seemed to Indicate the gift
of eternal youth. And now.
brusaueiy, the giant 10 taken III.
The profound signification Of
this mysterious maiady 10 now
clear. Once again the most re-
cent and the greatest OF mans VIC
tories 10 to be questioned. We
thought II definite-wiii Il be only,
temporary. Ike all its prsdsces-
sorsf
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

PARIS june Is.-In q copyright
ed article publishsd n LII
h.stration, Gu0lislmo Ferrsro,
famous Italian historian, after a
tour Of Europe, DISCUSSES the old
scorids diiapidatsd railroad sys-
tens. There are no more fast ear
presses or chedp, clean trains,
and the oiant NTH steel rsslscIes
and breathing fire noso suffers
from asthma, says Fsrrsro.
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LONDON. June -.

n RY husband became interest.
Nv ed in spiritualism thirty
III six years aEo. but I did not
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-12-22
Notas de sport

FL domingo iiitimo nos trasladamos
al culto pueblo de Humacao para ce-
lebrar dos juegos concertados previa-
naente con las estrellas que componen
el equipo de aquelIa localidaG ell
team "Puerta de TERRA, compues-
to de los siguientes jugadores: Mu-
It's, Anselmo, MILAN, Angulo, Teles-
foro, Carolina, Natito, Costoso y
Manolo.
El juego de la ma7ana do princi-
pio las 10:3O A. NJ, pero siendo
interrumDido por la incesante lluvia
durante el curse del mismo
Actuaron &c "chief umpire" '
field umpire" respectivamente el Sr.
Gallardo Salvador Gonzalez.
Termino el juego a lis, favor
del "Humacao Stars"
Baterias por Humacao: -Moncho,
Jallase y Santana; por Pta. de. Tie
ira: Telesforo Costoso.
Score:
Pta. de TERRA 100 010 000-2
Humacao Stars 600 600 33x-6
POR LA TARDE.
Fue mas concurrido que el de la
manana, destaoelndose majestuosa-
mente el bello sexo en- las gradas de
la hga, aumentanGo con su presen-
Ella el amino de sus aguerridos 'pley-
ers", a quienes ovacionaban con de-
lirante entusiasmo.
Ell desafio de la tarde fue mas
agTadable por la escasez de la lluvia
que no interrumpio ell juego con la
frecuencia que 10 hizo por la mama
ma.
Hizo su debut el terrible lanzador
San que pertenecia a las Estrellas
Dominicanas.
A las $50 P. NJ, a los acordes de
la m1sica ocuparon el campo los HUI
macaeiios "Puerta de Terra" ocu-
pa e home, dando principle Ell juego.
Ocupan sus puestos los umpires
Ayila Salvador Gonzalez.
Esta vez Sc quedan los muestros
sin anotarse carreras hasta el nove-
no inning en- que Sc hizo una carrera,
gracias la pericia de Don Pepito
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NoTAs DE La IsLA
6oontlnuaci6n de i 4a. raR. J

fContinuaci6n de Ii IL. p9g.l
scfior Antonio Rodriguez, consume ac-
tualmente el pueblo leche pura. NO mis-
leches adulteradas en- Juncos, es Ia s1-
bia consigna. Estan de placemes las
madres y los hijos. Conservese puro ell
exclusive a,imento de la infancia, Y Ia
tremos economizado un alto por cieu.
to de vidas en- Puerto Rico.
LA NUEvA DIRECTIvA DEL CEN
TRO DE INSTRUCTION Y RECREo:
Pronto Ia 'daremos conocer gustosa-
mente, tan pronto Sc nos supla una
information que hemos pedido. ST pc.
demos adelantar, que esta integrada
ror cabaIleros de entusiasmos proba
DOS, que Sc proponen convertir el cen
tro en- una institution de placentera
vida social Sc nos ha informaao de
fuente segura, que Sc prepara un aris
tocratico bale para ell pomposo recibi-
Dliento del afio 1923.
Reportero LOCAL.
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PARA EsTRENAR EN- NA17v1DAD.,

PARA EsTRENAR EN- NAVIDAfD.00
Vendo: esplendida casa de concrete. Es-
tara terminada ell 10 de este mes. Pue.
de entregarse Ell 15 En- uno de los ST.
tios mas visibles e iinportsntes de, Con-
dado. Avenida Wilson. Doble entrada
de autom6vil. Pr6xima a la plaza pu
blica, al trolley, a. parque y los ba-
nos de mar. Sc REALIzA POR SU
CoSTO. Sclcite informes 357 verde,
santurce, 0 en- la propia casa en- cons
truccion. Sc deja en- hipoteca la mi
tad de su valor al diez por ciento annual.
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InpOrtante opinion rendida pOr el Tri-
bunal Supreme de Puerto Rico

{, ante Ell tribunal lie propusc que el com
rrara la casa pues la casa me habia
costado $500 y yo Sc la daba en- 5000,
| y Ell Sr. Anglero salio de mi ASA CO.
mo a las ocho de la noche para If DON
Ge Ell administrator que tisne el banco
para que me viniesen a co,nprsr la casa
y 10 que me contest6 Ell Sc Anglero es
traerme a esta corte.n Y Anglsr5, de
igual modo declarando en- eI j'iicio, sc
expres6 asi: "Despues de comprar la
fnca visite a la Sra. do.ia Antonia
Fernandez Y le pregunte 81 el panco lie
Labfa informado que la finca habia pa
sado mi propiedad, Y lie di;e cue ha-
bia comprado aquella finca ) deseaba
utilizarla Embellishments No le di
! rlazo por la razon de que ella ME dijo
que Sc creia con derecho a aquelIa I'm
ca por medic de un arrendamienrc, y
entonces desde luego 10 que hics fue
vo.ver al banco decirle que la seIiora
que ocupaba la finca Sc negaoa des-
ocuparla y el banco me dijo que recu-
rriera a los tribunales en- IN proccdi-
miento legal
La circumstances de que exista un
rleito pendiente en- que otra persona
distinta de la demandada rec.ame ia
propiedad de que Sc trata incluida en-
otra de mayor extension, NADIA tiene
que yer en- este pIeito. La demandada
| Contrato con Ell banco. FL banc) ven
di6. Ell adquiriente no esta ob.igado
por nj quiso reconocer ell contrato ha
Eiendo demandado su derecho aase el
tribunal por duro que clio sea esta Ell
tribunal obligado a reconocerlo a
hacerlo valer en- la forma que la ley
dispone.
En- e. alegato Sc levanta una cues
ti6n jurisdiccional. Sc alega que no
siendo Ia cuantia de, arriendo superior
de 81 900 anuales no tratandose de un
caso de precario, la corte de distrito
| AO Puuo COHOCSI tsb11udllCHIo ucl pl01-
to, correspondence la jurisdiction a
la corte municipal. Esta misma cues
ton fue suscitada resuelta de modo
adverse a la contencion de la apelantc
en- el case de Cuesta " Ortiz, 90 D.
?. r. 494, en- el que Sc estableci6 Ia
siguiente doctrina:
''Cuando Ell comprador de una finca
arrendada cuyo arrendamiento no cons
ia inscrito en- Ell registro no promote
respetar el contrato aun cuando conoz,
ca su existencia, no queda obligado
ror sus terminus ST ell arrendatario
no Sc aviene entregarle la finca pue.
! Ge ejercitar contra el la acci6n de des-
| alUcio en- la corte de distrito correspor
diente, va que no existiendo contrato.
la possession del arrendatario es euuiva.
lente al disfrute de la finca Ell preca.
rio no surge question del montant.
Gle las rentas anuales segun Sc decide
en- Sosa v. Rio Grande Agricola Co..
Ltd, IL D. P. r. 1149.''
Debe declararse sin lugar el recourse
= confrmarse la sentencia apelada.
! Juez Presidente.