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The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
women ASK ONLY
JUSTICE FOR SEX.
Leaders Here Discuss Death
Penalty imposed on Lon
don Woman.
RECEIVES NO Sympathy
Should Get Same Treatment
As Man # Guilty, Is
] Verdict. Y

Washington women leaders and
feminists are opposed to sex dis
crimination when the question Of
punishment for offenses against the
Commonwealth IL involved.
1t was the consensus Of Washing
ton women interviewed last night
that Mrs. Edith Thompson. convict
ed in London with Frederick Ed
ward Bywaters for the staying OF
her husband. should pay the same
penalty as that imposed on By
waters---death by hanging.
OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY.
However. the Washington women
interviewed declared their opposi
ton to capital punishment. but said
that II II Is the existing law In any
community. the woman should pay
he same penalty as the man,
Here are comments made last
night: .-'
MRS. LYMAN 8. SWORN
STEDT. president Of the Woman's
City Club-"If o woman 10 equally
guilty as a man. she should suf-
fer the same penalty given him.
There should not be any discrimi-
nation because OF sex in the i'm
position Of sentences by the courts.
AS long as II is an x.sting law
that persons convicted of capital
crimes be hanged. there is no rea-
son why a woman should not
suffer the same fate as man"
MRS. CLARA SEARS TAYLOR,
q member Of the District Rent
C0mmission-"In the first place,
/ do not believe in capital punish
ment. But, however, / see no
reason why q woman should be
Disseminated by courts because
Of her sex. II she is guilty of a
crime. she should receive the same
punishment meted out to man"
MRS. RUBY LEE MNAR,
president Of the SorOptimist Club
BY no means should there be
any discrimination because OF
sex between man and woman in
the imposition Of sentences for
crimes In the courts. / do not
believe IN capital punishment.
but IL the woman in the case is
equally guilty she should suffer
as he''
ALICE PACI. COMMENTS.
ALICE\PAUL. president OF the
National Women's Party-"There
should he no difference IN the
melting out of punishment for law
violation between man or woman.
OF course. ] am opposed to capital
punishment. but IL IL prevails and
woman Is equally as guilty as
a man no discrimination should
be given her because of her sex"
DIR. CAROLINE e. SPENCER,
secretary Of the National Women's
Party Of Colorado, Colorado
Springs. who is a guest Of Miss
faulE"A woman who commits
any crime is deserving of the
same punishment as that given
to a man. no matter what it
may be-capital punishment or
other. We feel the woman is the
equal Of man and as such should
be recognized by juries and courts
In the imposition of sentences for
offenses against the common.
wealth. There is no inequality,
we feel. between the sexes. She
should absolutely receive the
same treatment from the courts
as a man"
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
WOMAN SENTENCED
| TO DEATH IS SLAYER
sobs innocence As Death with
Man Accused with Her
Is Decreed.
CASE STlRS ALL BRITAIN
Court Shows Sex No Mercy
In Netting Out Terrible
Penalty.
CASE sTIas ALL BRITAIN
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ited and proposed to Bywaters to
murder her husband: solicited and
melted Bywaters to conspire and
agree, with her to murder her hus
band. When arraigned both pleaded
Bywatsrs was a steward upon
the steamship Morea, After his ar
rets a number of love letters from
Mrs. Thompson were found in his
quarters. They were produced u
the trial. One letter. dater January
8, 1922. and addressed to Bywaters
at Plymouth, said: =
am going to leave everything
to you. only would like to help
you. OF course, he knows that
you are due on the seventh and
will be very suspicious OF me
from then. have surrendered
to him Internationally now. DO
you understand me? ! think It II
the best way to disarm any sus-
picions. In fact, he has several
times asked me II I am happy
now, and I have said Yes, quite"
but you know that 1t Is not true.
don't your
ASKED ADVICE.
In another letter dated February
%, and addressed to Bywaters al
Port Said. Mrs. Thompson wrote:
Darlingest Boy: This thing
that l am going to do for us
both. will It ever at all make any
difference between US? Do you
understand what I meant Will
you ever think any less OF me?
Not now. 1 know, darling, but
perhaps later on; perhaps some
years hence.
Do you think you win feel
any different because Of this
thing that l shall do? Darling.
II 1 thought you. would I would
not do it. Noe not even that we
could be happy for one day. even
for one hour.
am not hesitating. darling.
through fear of any consequence
of the action. Don't think, that,
but would sooner 90 on IN the
old way for years and years and
retain your respect. l would like
you to write me. darling. and
talk to me about this.
Mrs. Thompson was nearly forty
wears Of age when she fell in Low,
with Bywaters. but looked ten years
younger. Bywaters was less than
thirty.
Percy Thompson. the husband
was n steamship shipping clerk
Testimony at the trial showed that
Mrs. Thompson was dissatisfied with
the family station and wanted a
husband who was aggressive and
worth money"
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
Fire Apparatus Pledged
for Glen Echo Heights

Additional fire apparatus is prom
ised Glen Echo Heights. accord
ing to a report made at a meeting
OF the citizens association last night
at Glen Echo.
cd: Mckinley w. Kriegh. pres.
dent: H. 7. McCuen and Mrs.
Blanche Letter. vice presidents: f.
r. King, secretary; o. NJ. Freeman.
treasurer.
The association appropriated a
fund to obtain Indian entertainers
at a reception to be held in Jan
uary.
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SELF-|NAsTERY
EXPLA|NED.bY
TTsExP0NENT
Only Authorized Version of
Famous Treatment Set
Forth by Noted Frenchman
FIRST AID TO MANY ILLS
He Explains How imagination
Forces Conscious Self to
Yield to the Unconscious

The Washington Herald today
begins the serial qualifications Of
Dr.. Emile Coue's ot0n book, "Sef
Mastery Through Conscious Ax-
tosuqgsstion." The translation
cds made under DR.. Coue's o1cn
authorization and gives not only
the tcord, but the spirit Of his
method, sckich has literally stoept
the civilised soorId, and sets forth
as though he ,cere speaking to
the reader, his doctrine Of self
regensration - mental, physical
and moral.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
japanese Preparing
to Leave Shantunp

r SHANGHAI. Dec. II. japanese
troops that have been policing Tsing-
Tao, chief port Of Shantung PENN
sula. will leave on Thursday, said a
dispatch from that city today.
Chinese civil officials took charge
of the municipal administration of
rsing-Tao this morning. Negotia-
,ons are In progress with the
Chinese bandits who have been ter
"orizing Shantung peninsula, in an
fort to insure peace.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
Six Firemen Hurt; Many
Homeless in New Bedford

Six firemen were injured and l75
persons were made homeless by two
fires that caused damage estimated
.oday at S175.0
Two tenement houses, two wood
mills, two barns and three sheds
were destroyed. Thrilling rescues
were made during the conflagration.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
Mob in Texas Hangs
Assailant of Woman

STREETMAN, Tex, Dec. 11.-A
mob of 900 person seized George
Gay, negro, from county officers
here late this afternoon, escorted
him to woods on the outskirts
of the city, hanged him.. and riddled
his body with bullets.
1t was said Gay had confessed to
authorities to an attack upon Miss
Pauline Grayson.
Gay is said to have implicated an
other.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12

effort of your will you would be
certain to Fan to the ground.
Why is it then that you would
not fall if the plank is on the
ground. and why should you fall
If it is raised to a height above
the ground? Simply because in
the first case you imagine that
it is easy to go to the end of this
plank, while in the second case
you imagine that you cannot do
so.
Notice that your will is power.
less to make you advance; II you
imagine that you cannot, 1t is
absolutely impossible for you to
do so.
If Tiers and carpenters are able
to accomplish this feat. it is be-
cause they think they can do it.
Vertigo is entirely caused by
the picture we make In our minds
that we are going to fall. This
picture transforms itself i'm
mediately into fact in spite of an
the efforts Of our will, and the
more violent these efforts are,
the quicker is the opposite to the
desired result brought about.
MEN UNABLE TO SLEEP.
Let us now consider the case
of a person suffering from in
somnia- If he does not make
any effort to sleep, he will lie
quietly ID bed. II, on the con-
trary, he tries to force himself
to sleep by his will. the more eff
forts he makes, the more rest
less he becomes.
Have you not noticed that the
more you try to remember the
name of a person which you have
forgotten, the more 1t eludes you,
until, substituting in your mind
the idea 81 shall remember In a
minute" to the idea II have for
gotten" the name comes back 10
you Of it's own accord without the
least effort?
Let those OF you who are
cyclists remember the days when
you were learning to ride. You
went along clutching the handle
bars and frightened of fallins
Suddenly catching sight of the
smallest obstacle In the road you
tried to avoid il. and the more
efforts you made to do so, the
more surely you rushed upon IT..
Who has not suffered from an
attack Of uncomfortable laughter,
which bursts out more violently
the more one tries to control it?
What was the state Of mind OF
each person in these different cir
cumstances? 81 do not want to
fall but / cannot help doing so:"
Il want to sleep but I cannot" II
want to remember the name Of
Mrs. So and So. but I cannot" Il
want to avoid the obstacle, but I
cannot" II want to stop laugh
ing, but I cannot"
AS you see, in each of these
conflicts it is always the imagi.
nation which gains the victory
over the will, without any excep-
ton.
To the same order of ideas
belongs the case Of the leader
who rushes forward at the head
of his troops and always carries
them along with him. while the
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
DWARF TO SELL SEALS

Little Lord Roberts. dwarf enter
tsiner appearing at the Strand
Theater this week. viii assist the
Society for the Prevention OF T1.
berculosis in it's Christmas seal sale
today. He will offer the stamps
for sale at Woodward and Lo-
throp's department store and at the
corner OF Eleventh and r streets
northwest at noon.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
By EMILE COUE.

Suggestion, or rather autosug-
restion, is quite new subject,
and yet at the same time it is
rs old as the world.
1t is new in the sense that
until now It has been wrongly
studied, and in consequence
wrongly understood.
IL Is old because it dates from
the appearance Of man on the
earth.
In fact, autosuggestion is an
instrument that we possess at
birth, and in this instrument, or
rather in this force, resides a
marvellous and incalculable
power, which, according to cir
eumstances, produces the best or
the worst results.
USEFUL TO ALL
knowledge of this force is use
full to each one Of US, but t Is
peculiarly indispensable to doc
tors, magistrates. lawyers, and
to those engaged in the work Of
0education-
BY knowing how to practice
.utosugsestion consciously it is
possible, in the first place. to
avoid provoking in others bad
sutosuggestions which may have
disastrous consequences, and sec
ondly, Consciously to provoke good
ones instead, thus bringing pnysi-
cal health to the sick, and moral
health to. the neurotic and the
airing. who are the unconscious
yictims-and to guide into the
right path those who had a ten
dency to take the wrong one.
In order to understand properly
the phenomena of suggestion. or
again to speak more correctly, OF
autosuggestion. it is necessary to
know that two absolutely distinct
selves exist within US.
Both are intelligent. but while
one is conscious the other Is un-
conscious.
, For this reason the existence
Of the latter generally escapes
notice. 1t is. however. easy to
prove its existence If one merely
takes the trouble to examine GER
tain phenomena and to reflect a
few moments upon them.
Let US take for instance the
following examples:
Every one has heard of somnam-
bulism. Every one knows that a
somnambulist gets up at night
without waking. leaves his room
(after either dressing himself or
mott goes downstairs. walks along
corridors, and, after having exc
cuted certain acts or accomplished
certain work, returns to his room.
goes to bed again. and shows
next day the greatest astonish-
ment at finding work finished
which he had left unfinished the
day before.
II Is. however, he himself who
has done it without being aware
Of IT.
What force has his body obeyed
N it is not an unconscious force.
IN fact his unconscious self?
DELIRIUM TREMENS.
Let US now examine the case Of
q drunkard attacked by delirium
tremens. AS though seized with
madness. he picks up the nearest
weapon knife, hammer. or
hatchet. as the case may be-and
strikes furiously those who are
unlucky enough to be in his vi
cinity.
Once the attack is over, he re-
covers his senses and contemplates
with horror the scene of carnage
around him. without realizing that
he himself Is the author of it.
Here again is 1t not the uncon-
scious self which has caused the
unhappy man to act in this way?
land what aversions. what Ills
we create for ourselves. everyone
of VS. and in every domain by not
''immediately" bringing into play
"sooI conscious autOsuggestions"
szainst our lad unconscious
sutosuggestions." thus bringing
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12

your hand over your forehead, if it is something
mental, or over the part which is painful, if it is
something physical repeat extremely quickly, NOV
ing your lips the words:
1T is going it is going" ETC., ETC., as long as
it may be necessary.
With the little practice the physical or mental
distress will have vanished in twenty to twenty-five
seconds
Begin again whenever it is necessary.
Avoid carefully any effort in practicing auto
suggestion. ~
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12

cry Each man for himself" is
almost certain to cause a defeat.
Why Is this? 1t y because in
the first case the men lima CINE
that they must go forward; and
In the second. they imagine that
they are conquered and must fly
for their lives.
"PANURGE" KNEW.
"Panurge" was quite aware of
the contagfon Of example, that is
to say, the action of the imagi-
nation, when. to avenge himself
upon a merchant on board the
same boat. he bought his biggest
sheep and threw 1t into the sea,
certain beforehand that the en-
tire flock would follow, which in
deed happened
We human beings have a Ger.
tain resemblance to sheep, and
involuntarily we are irresistibly
impelled to follow other peoples )
examples, imagining that we can.
not do otherwise.
1 could quote a thousand other
examples, but I should fear to
bore you by such an enumeration.
1 cannot. however. pass by in
silence this fact, which shows the
enormous power of the imagine.
ton, or, in other words, Of the
Unconscious Self in its struggle
against the Will.
There are certain drunkards
who wish to give up drinking, but
who cannot do so. Ask them, and
they will reply in all sincerity
that they desire to be sober, that
drink disgusts them. but that they
are irresistibly impelled to drink
against their will, in spite Of the
harm they know it will do them.
In the same way certain crimi.
nails commit crimes in spite, of
themselves. and when they are
asked why they acted SO, they
answer: II could not help 1t, some.
thing impelled me, 1t was stronger
than t.,
And the drunkard and the
criminal speak the truth; they
are forced to do what they do.
for the simple reason they
imagine they cannot prevent.
themselves from doing so.
Thus we who are so proud of
our will, who believe that we are
free to act as we like, are in
reality nothing but wretched pup.
pets Of which our imagination
holds all the strings. We only
cease to be puppets when we have
learned to guide our imagination.
Copyright by the American Library
eervice.)
The second installment of the
authorized versien Of Dr. Cones
own story will appear In The
Washington Herald tomorrow
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
Fraternity Men Forced
to Postpone Their PLAY

Owing to the illness of several
members OF the cast Of the Kappa
Tau Phi Prayers. the fraternity's
play "a Regular Girl" scheduled
for Gonzaga Hall tonight, has been
postponed until December %.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
COue's elf-Mastery
Code in a Nutshell

EVERY morning before getting up and every even-
~ ing as soon as you in bed, shut your eyes,
and repeat twenty times in succession, moving your
lips (this is indispensable), and counting mechani
cally on long string with twenty knots, the fol-
lowing phrase:
Day by day. in every way, am getting better
and better" e.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12

Do not think of any
thing particular, rs the
words Sin every way" ap
ply to everything.
Make this auto-sugges-
ton with confidence, with
faith, with the certainty
of obtaining what you
want. The greater the
conviction, the : greater
and the more rapid will
be the results obtained. ?
Further, every time in
the course Of the day or
night that you feel any
distress, physical or men
tai, Immediately affirm to
yourself that you will not
consciously contribute to
it, and that you are going
to make it disappear.
To isolate yourself as
much as possible, shut
YOUR ewes, and passing
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
WILL AND IMAGINATION.

If we open a dictionary and
look up the word will" we find
this definition: THE faculty of
freely determining certain acts"
We accept this definition as
true and unattackable. although
nothing could be more false. This
will that we claim so proudly. al
ways, yields to the imagination.
II is an absolute rule that admits
Of no exception.
''Blasphemy. Paradox you will
exclaim. Not at all, On the
contrary, it is the purest truth"
I shall reply.
In order to convince yourself
of it. open your eyes, look round
you and try to understand what
you see. You will then come to
the conclusion what I tell you, is
not an idle theory. offspring of
a sick brain but the simple ex-
preston OF a fact.
Suppose that we place on the
ground plank thirty feet long
by one foot wide. 1t lis evident
that everybody will be capable Of
going from one end to the other
of this plank without stepping
over the edge.
But now change the conditions
of the experiment, and imagine
this, plank placed at the height
Of the towers Of a cathedral.
Who. then will be capable Of ad-
vancing even a few feet along
|. this narrow path?
Could you hear me speak?
Probably not. Before you had
taken two steps you would begin
10 tremble. and in spite Of every
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
nile Coue Tells Americans HoU to Become Better and Better

rORLISS PALMER, film star and leading char
~ acter in the marital storm which has centered
about E. ". Brewster, millionaire publisher, sued
BY his wife for $4,000 year alimony, as she ap-
peared in one Of her motion pictures.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-12

about the disappearance of all
unjust suffering).
II we compare the Conscious
with the Unconscious Self. we see
that the Conscious Self is often
Possessed of q very unreliable
memory. The Unconscious Self.
on the contrary. is provided with
a marvellous and impeccable mem
ory which registers without our
knowledge the smallest events. the
least important acts of our exist
ence.
Further, the Unconscious Self is
credulous and accepts with unrea-
soning docility what 1t is told.
Thus. as it is the Unconscious
Self that is responsible for the
functioning of all our organs by
the intermediary of the brain. a
result is produced which may
seem rather paradoxical to you;
that is, if the Unconscious Self be-
lieves that a certain organ func-
tions well or ill. or that we feel
such and such an impression, the
organ in question does indeed
function well or i'll, or We do feel
that impression.
Not only does the Unconscious
Self preside over the functions of
our organism, but also over all
our actions whatever they are.
1t is this that we call Imagina-
tion. and It is this which. contrary
to accepted opinion. always makes
us act even. and, above all.
against our will, when there is an
tagonism between these two
forces
The Washington herald., 1922-09-13
MARRIAGE
" LICENSES.

Unless otherwise specified. all the follow.
Leo J. Peavey. SO. and Madse n. Turner,
u Charles Z. Enselbrecht. 81. and Viola A.
Wnay. ~ Rev. s. 7. Nicholas
y, Redmond Mayo. 81, and Lacy q. Sherwood.
"A. Rev. W. J. Howard
Chrisley p. Dobeso. 80. and Elsie =.
fskabek. % both Of Arlington Va Rev
T. r. Killingsworth
Thaddius A. Foreman. ~. and Hattie Tsy.
Ior. 22' Of Lyttonville, Nd. Rev. c. Z.
Harry L. Willis. %. and Marth. Waters.
20. Rev. c. Vessels.
Melville z. Lynch. 20. and Anna r. LI,toa
%. Rev. J. D. Fowler.
Herbert R. Grummann. n Of Pittsburgh.
Pa. and Susan K. Frost. -. Rev. L. a..
n. Pierce.
William Marshall, -. and Keturah Prime.
2S. Rev. A. sayles
William Phillips So ami TYIc rIotnis,
so Rev. VI. A. HorwitI
Robert Pace. 81, and Anna Coor.r. "a
Rev s. r. ". Drew.
Charles Z. NalIy. IS and Bertha X. Wet
rel. 81. Rev. s. T. Nicholas
Frank b. Howard. 40. and Frances r
Rose. -. both OF Richmond, Va. Rev. II. n.
Mitchell
Clarence E. Walker. cs. and Fay NcKit-
rick. 10. Rev. II. n Mitchell
Edward Graves. "a. and Kate B. Olive
20. Rev. W. H. Brooks.
Redmond MAYO. and Lucy Fl. Sherwood. "a.
Francis ]. Tyler. -. of Detroit. Mich.
and Hazel A. Huntington. 25. Rev. L. C.
r. Pierce
Walter r. Chappell, "a. and Sidney R.
Webb. 20. Rev. z. s. Dunlap.
Russell Thurston. 81. and lila O. Kiise. 81
both Of Crozet Va. Rev. II. r Downs
Philip c. Chapman. AZ. and Theodore W.
Gerard, 20, Of Huntington. W. Va. Rev
l. O. Baker.
Fred II. Kicker. ~. and Annie l.. Martin.
~. both Of Richardsville. Va. Rev. II. d.
Mitchell
Richard s. Hansbrough, 90. Of Alexandria
We, and Anna L. Taylor, IS. Rev. ]. c.
Ball.
William n. Pyle. %, and Mamie W.
Wells, 10. both Of Baltimore, Nd. Rev. H
D. Mitchell.
Joseph Taylor. % and Rose Washington
10 Rev W. Hawkins.
william y. Pound, %. OF Leedstown. Va,
and Alice N. Shires. %, Of Brooklyn. n Y.
Judge r. E. Mattingly.
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The Dead Sentinel.

While driving home one evening
recently. about dusk. ! observed a
policeman in the street some dis
tance ahead OF me carrying a red
lantern. Having full knowledge
that he was about to place the light
as n. signal OF langer to passing
motorists. | drove cautiously in an
attempt to ascertain tho real rea-
son for the display,
Presently ] noticed a large brown
object in full possession of the mid
die of the highway, and as / passed
by saw the policeman place the Ian
tern securely, but squareiy, on the
stomach of a large dray horse,
AS l drove past on my way to
work the following morning horse.
and lantern percbed on top were
still there, "a Dead Sentinel? ?"
Yes, but Il gfstesque reminder that
the horse has not yet passed into
oblivion. at least from the streets
of Washington.-R, d, SHURE, Ia
kema Park,