Evening star., 1922-11-07
ONTINUING his Atlantic City
discussions, Sir Arthur said:

nao q long taik one HloEhe
ing with a Mr. Weintrob. a
we'll known citizen of the town. he
has had some very curious mani
festations OF psychic power. In the
year 1907 he was lying In his bath
and had just turned on the water
when his soul left his body and he
had an amazing series OF adventures
which ended, after many journeyinss'
| in his being aware that he was With
in some foreign palace end seeing
there two pictures, one Of which rep
resented ship laboring in a heavy
| sea and the other a combat of giants.
| 1t was explained to him that the real
meaning of these pictures was the
combat of the spiritual against the
material. When he woke from his
| vision the bath was not yet quite
full, so that the whole occupied less
than half n minute.
Seven years later, in the spring or
1914, he was sent by the American
government as a delegate on agrfcui-
tural matters to the Balkan states.
While there he had long interview
with Carmen sylvia. Queen of Ruma. !.
mia, in her palace. To her he rela:ed
his vision. upon which she led him
into an adjacent room and showed
| him the two pictures he had seen in
, his dream. with the remark that the
artist had told her that they were
| meant as allegories as described.
weintrob's Strange Vision.
Early in June. 1914. Weintrob had
another vision. in which he saw the
| war. great bodies of men struggling
with each other. and an assurance
that it would all prove In the end TO
be for the ultimate spiritual benef1t
OF mankind when the full message
was learned.
These visions appeared to be timed
Tor every seven years. as In 1921 he
had another very long and clear one.
| which 1 will put down in detail in
case the future should confirm it. He
first saw a number of women and
| children in apparent agony. with long
red worms. about foot In length.
| upon the ground around them. The
word "Pestilence" In luminous letters
| appeared before him. There he saw
! dressed in white. with blue crosses
i upon their sleeves, Above them was
the figure Of ST. Paul and above him
again the number "9." This process
sion moved across. distributing what
| appeared to be spiritual messages
|
| earth. THE Order of the Blue Cross
| was the name conveyed to his mind.
| 1t was curious. vivid. apocalyptic
vision. though I agree that 1t needs
no prophecy to foresee a pestilence
as probable after the horrors OF the
and you cannot have a gangrenous
limb and expect that the other organs
will remain sound.
Mr.. Weintrob Is less like a visionary
than any man you could conceive
short. stocky. full-faced, but with
kindly. human eyes.
Sir Philip Gibbs Attacked.
have beguiled my time at Atlantic
City. though rather sadly. by reading
Gibbs More That Must Be Told" It
is not cheering reading. for he has
a quick eye for the seamy side. But
he has also a reaching out for better
things. which is the sign OF a hne
soul. But wish he would either leave
spiritualism alone or else learn the
first thing about 1t. for his only allu-
sion to 1t is an unworthy sneer. Sir
Philips words are really worth quot
ing as an example of the strange
ignorance which even so intelligent a
man can show Of this great modern
movement, q movement which has
deeply moved a saint like Wilber-
force or a scientist like Crookes or
Lodge. He calls it reaching out into
a spirit world by means of incanta-
tions. spells and wizardries." 1t may
interest my friend Sir Philip to hear
that I have been in touch with this
movement since 1886. and that in
thirty.si1 years I have never heard
Of an incantation, have never learned
a spell. and the only wizards I have
met bear a close family resemblance
to st. Paul and the apostles. But 1t
is clear that Sir Philip is confusing a
m MI
semblance to any save that of the
early Christians, with the abraca-
dabra pentagram business of the mid
die ages to which he directly alludes.
1t Is pity to find a man who has.
above most mon. keen spiritual side
going out of his way to talk so wildly
Of subject Of which he knows moth
ing. Is it not q clear proposition that
the first need OF the age is to prove
that there is . life after death, the
basis of all religion. and that we are
SO? We need to be more direct and
practical and objective in our treat
mont of religious subjects. for we
have had enough Of those vague dog
matte faiths which have broken down
30 completely in the actual test of
tragedy which has left 10000, 900
young men dead upon the ground.
Observes ~Invalid Chairs,
One of the favorite amussments Of
Atlantic City when you are not mov-
Ing along the Boardwalk in the huge
invalid chairs-I thought at first that
It was q population Of convalescents
lis to go down to Young's Million
Dollar pier and see the fish net being
drawn. This occurs twice q day and
Is certainly we'll worth seeing BY
some device which is beyond me, the
fish are led up through a series of
nets until they finally assemble in a
cul de sac, which is duly brought to
the surface. They are very numer-
Gus and very varied-indeed. it is
rather a horrible sight. that mass Of
pulsating life, tapping and beating in
Its vain struggle against extinction.
Crabs predominate, red crabs by the
hundred, and big king crabs. like
huge horny tadpoles. never seen by
me before save in museums and in
paleozoic rocks. Then there are the
nsh proper. queer blowfish. which puff
themselves into spiky balls and gasp
through their parrot beaks; gurnArds
and char and hake and comely sea
trout and big, stupid. heavy-eyed
groupers, the fish which the diver
fears more than he does the shark.
Presiding over the whole scene. meg
aphone in hand. was Mr.: Young him
self, he who built tho Mfllion-Dollar
pier. 4 democratic figure, as he shout
ed small jokes to the crowd and gave
directions for the emptyins OF the
once, though 1t leaves q repuSnant
feeling in the mind.
A Britisher passing through Amer