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BERN1CE REDICK

sub-conscious mind was function
ing. Her conscious mind was
not. But by keeping my finger
on her temple and comma ndins
her to think, / was able to bring
her conscious mind into opera
ton.
II am sure that I will be able
to cure the girl. When she has
recovered / will give her a posi-
ton in my studio so that / will
be able to keep her under my
direct supervision until she Is
permanently cured
"She has been a victim Of dual
personality since last summer at
least, and 30 1t will take sometime
to subdue the childish personality
and restore the normal one
am confident, however; that we
can do It."
DUAL PERSONALITY
And there, for the present, rests
the case Of Claire Beauclairs,
whfs about q thousand miles
away Bernios Rodiok, an Ohio
girl of about tho Same age, 10
shaking off q similar influence
after moro drastic treatment,
But Bornioo's case carries An
even stronger suggestion Of the
earle and unoanny than that Of
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Unwelcomed Suitor Who Attempted to Force
Affections Upon Claire Believed to Haye
Mentally Annoyed Girl Until She Thought
Herself Under Mystic Spell, Scientists Have
Conc. 1cd.

entirely, II. indeed. that personal.
ity II not now eradicated."
And this Ia what Bernice Redick
herself said Of tho dual experiences
through which she has passed;
1T all seems 30 strange and I'M
real-this thing Of having q dual
personality. never knew that .
four-yearold child personality
Lived in my body until DR.. God
dard and his assistants told mo
about It. I know. Of course. that I
was sick and subject to q kind
OF fainting spells. but when I
would recover from them and b.
my own self again, I would bavs
no recollection Of lapse OF time
or what said or did when I
was not my real self.
II felt myself getting better a.
soon as DR.. Goddard began hypno-
tizing mo. After these treatments
could recall Polly and remember
what Polly did.
Certainly. could have no wish
to let q four-year-old child person.
atty dominate me. And as soon
AZ came to understand my Polly
personality, I found myself follow
ing DR.. Goddard's suggestion to
destroy 1t.
CASE WINS HIM FAME.
II already have tho upper hand
Of It now and I hope to be rid Of
It entirely within . short tina"
DR.. Goddard has been the storm
center of a political fight since he
was brought to Ohio by former
Governor Cox to establish the ju-
venile research bureau. but the
case Of Polly has won for him in
ternational recognition. He re-
marked with confidano~s
II think We have succeeded In
destroying Polly and pre-. wing
Bernice untainted by any r!re-
rior presence. Miss Redick' I'd
Is fundamentally right. The GU
Bile was that the wrong inha BIZ ant
got into 1t. but that inhabitant has
been driven out and will b kept
out and Bernice Redick viii be-
Miss Bernice Redick and n one
alSa.~
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Kites
On 4=Mile Wires To
Gauge Air Strata
SCIENTIFIC expet

A SCIENTIFIC expedition to
Central Asia will leave Eng
land under DR.. FHippo de Filippi.
the italian explorer, who In
1894 reached the glacier pa
teau 10000 feet high. in tho Kara
koran range, north Of Kashmir,
and collected meteorolosic data.
At tho same time DR.. de Filippis
bearers believed that they had
reached the roof of the world.
The new expedition is q sequel
to that of 1894, which had to
be broken off owing to the war.
Meteorological stations will BE-
established at a height of $4,000
feet DR.. dc Filippi intends to
fly kites from this altitude on
wires 10000 feet long carrying
self-resisterins instruments which
will collect data for days at a
time Of atmospheric conditions at
heights as yet unprobed.
The route Of the expedition lies
over frozen rivers and narrow
gorses hemmsd by precipitous
cliffs and spanned by psrilous
rope bridges. On his last sxpe-
dition DR.. Dc rilippi travsrssd
mountain passes strswn With the
remains Of animals dead from
starvation, carcasses Of horses,
asses, and camels. surrounded by
birds Of prey; and beyond this
region there IL q desert plain
marked Its entire length by = line
Of akAlatonA
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Gamdhi Not
A PacifiSt
Continued from Pare .

Continued from Page -
Is infinitely superior to vic -nrA"
Thus what General Blsnuor
said to King Judhisthira in ne
Mahab harata. 1000 B. c., wa,ht,
ma Gandhi repeated in 1920 a .
All through the centurie 80
martial races Of India ha, D al
ways preferred death te
nominy. The Mahratta ano va
Mahommedan. the RaJput mo-
the Sikh are ever anxiou 90
fight on tho side they think -
be right. Latest press dispat -hes
from India and England have
already begun to speak of the
spirit Of insurgency in the Sikh
regiments Of the British army Of
occupation in India. 1t il said
that the Hindusthan Gadar
Party Of California has been
active in alternating tho Sikh sol.
diers from their unpatriotic and
mistaken sense Of loyalty to the
British crown.
Altogether there are about 400.
100000 Sikhs in India. In brav-
cry on the battlefield none has
ever equaled the mighty Sikh.
During midas war Of independ-
ence of 1s57-5S It was the Sikh
soldiery that reconquered their
own country for the British Raj.
! have been told by eminent
Sikh revolutionists that the Sikh,
community rs q whole Is repent.
ant for It's treason against the
motherland in 1888, and r.
quite willing and anxious to make
full amends for past sins, and
help India win her independence
by force Of arms.
It IL reported that the militant
sikhs have recently burnt the pic.
lures Of the erstwhile non-violent
Mahatma Gandhi Mt Amristar, the
holy city of the sikhs.
The arrest Of MahatTns Gandhi
may mean the end Of his non.
violent, ncn-cooperstaon move
mont. And with the end Of nm
cooperation, revolution begins IN
India. According 10 reasonable
expectation IN tho light Of his past
tradition. Mahstms Gandb' viii
soon have q chance to recruit s,'
Aiers again. this time not for Eng
land, but for the republican army
al InAia.
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Concl.'ed.

she HAD absolutely no recollection
Of the Polly personality and no
acquaintance with 1t, and vice
versa.
SIX DAYS AS OTHER GIRL.
"one day. when she was Bernics,
she asked II she might take q walk
about the grounds. and We were
willing that she should. But. as
she was putting ON her hat and
cloak. she fell asleep. and for six
days after awakening she was
Polly every minute.
AT the end Of six days, when
tho Bernics personality again got
possession. the first thing she said
was: We'll. I think I'll 60 out and
take q walk
Success in treating the case be-
gan with hypnotism. Invariably
when I placed her in a hypnotic
state. I found that the nineteen
year-old personality possessed her.
I was then able. for the first time,
to introduce the Polly personality
to the Bernics personality. I did
this BY telling Bernics all about
the four.year-old Polly and how
she acted when she was Polly.
II impressed on her that no
young woman with her education,
talents and reflnements would
want to be . four-year-oId Girl.
I made her understand that when
she came from out Of the hypnotic
influence she must remember
Polly.
CURED By HYPNOTISM.
This proved to be tho case.
After each hynotio treatment,
when Bernics became her normal
self again. We could 500 that she
was coming to have . better un-
Outstanding OF her other personal
ity and with tho determination
not to let tho Polly personality
possess her.
AZ her nervous system began
to mend and her other general
health to improve, Bernice's lapses
from normally into the Polly
state became less and less fire.
quent. until now w feel confident
that Polly viii soon be eradicated
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voyants. but tho girl, waking. has
no knowledge of any such power
or even understanding it.
While resting on q couch IN her
home. in Brockton. Mass. recently
she described In q childish mono
tone an automobile accident in
which she seemed to think herself
involved. She was Weakened. ~
one wakens . dreamer. and the
incident caused only casual COM
mont until tho evening newspapers
printed an account Of just such .
collision. and the details Tailed
to tho last, least phase.
LITTLE ANGEL" TELLS HER.
Friends recalled then how she
had described places in Brussels,
Antwerp and other Belgian cities
to them and asked her what she
knew Of them. Claire laughingly
answered that she did not know
what they were talking about. be-
cause she had no recollection Of
ever having spoken Of such cities
or knowing anything about them.
But her descriptions were found
on Investigation to be accurate
A fortnight ago she rose from
her bed, and in . childish voice
said she was going downstairs.
She left tho house. Hours later
tho city clerk found her walking
through the main streets in her
pajanas, weeping like a lost child.
When she was Weakened she could
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AdPS JdllcO as q luIldtIC-
Yet what Is tho final answer to
the startling case Of Claire Beau
claire. the Brockton girl Of mys-
tery7 What satisfactory solution
can be offered for the amazing
condition Of Bernice Redick. the
Columbus child7
There arc no witches. no devils,
Ne demons. no fairies. Tho spell
Of the evil eye is rank superstition
and It 10 not possible for ono per-
son to cast . curse upon another.
Tho Jekyn and Hyde OF literature
were creatures without foundation
save In . fanciful authors imagi-
nation. Let these things be eni-
phasized as Of general II not ab-
solute conviction. and them
Meet Miss Claire Beauclaire.
She Is eighteen, handsome. accom-
plished. and apparently q healthy.
wholesome normal girl. with an
eager interest in the everyday AZ
fairs Of life. She will tell you 20
and her friends will agree.
BECOMES SIX-YEAROLD.
But at irregular intervals this
girl goes into frances, in which she
dances. sings. combs her hair and
conducts herself generally like q
child of six years. In this condition
she seems to possess the power Of
second sight to an extent beyond
that claimed by professional clair
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Ing has to be done to supplement
the supply. In that case the con-
densed water Is mixed with the
fresh water in tho tanks, as the
former alone Is rather unpalatabls
owing to its super-purity.
All water is stored In tanks in
the double bottom of tho ship.
They are cleaned out at the end of
each voyage and are always kept
In scrupulous condition, as are tho
breakers Of fresh water with which
each boat Is provided and which
are changed every passage out and
homo.
The water ballast Is necessarily
a varying quantity, for as the ves-
Sci empties herself Of fresh water.
coal and stores, ballast Is increased.
not in any haphazard way, but
under scientifically worksd-out
conditions to keep her in trim and
to preserve stability.
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Claire For where tho latter was
in her strange periods merely
childish, tho former was almost
vicious. A sprits Of wflful mis-
chief appeared to animate her
body.
She refused TO answer TO her
own name and asserted that In
reality she was Polly" She
wrecked and ruined the toys she
demanded and the clothing she
wore. She resembled closely the
heroine Of the screen play. The
Case Of Becky" which, by tho
way. she had never seen and
which In turn was taken from
an actual medical case Of record
several decades ago.
. ignoring the vast mass OF
and exagseration
which surrounded the girls con-
dition, listen to the cold. scien-
tifio statements Of DR.. Henry H.
Goddard, Of the Ohio bureau of
Juvenile research. who attempt
ed to and succeeded in casting
out" the spirit Of Polly In much
tho same manner ss demons were
said to have been exercised In
the Biblical pages:
at will be but a short time be-
fore tho personality Of Polly will
be dead forever and Bernice will
have solo possession of the girls
mind and body permanently; and
this Is well, for It must be remem-
bered that Bernice and not Polly
10 the rightful owner Of the little
patients mind and body.
"The girl was In a highly ner-
vous and hysterical condition. Oar
mental tests soon convinced US
that she was possessed of two dis
tinct personalities. In q single
day, she changed back and forth
eleven times. From four-year-old
child. she became q nineteen-year-
old girl. her normal SELF and
then changed back again.
EXERCISING 'POLLY.-
1.-THE four-year-old personality
said it's name was Polly. We made
tho usual scientific tests and found
that Polly was normal in every
way q child of four. She could
neither read nor write nor distin-
guish the colors. and most OF the
talk was baby talk. She took the
Same delight in playing with toys
and handling pretty things that
any other four.year old child would
have taken.
Then when the nineteen-year-
old personality would get the up
per hand and be in possession. we
would have q bright, alert, cul-
tured young woman to deal with
ono who wrote beautiful letters.
read good books and had ambition
to become a musician.
when Bernics Redick was her
nineteen-year self we would set
her doing the most exacting cleri-
cal work In the bureau office and
she would perform her task with
amazing efficiency.
But often, in the very midst Of
such work. she would dose off 10
sleep and wake up after . few min
utes completely possessed hy
Polly, the four.year-old child.
"our problem was how to destroy
tho four-year-old personality. This
presented great difficulties, be-
cause we found thsre was not .
single connecting link between
Polly and Bernioe, Whsn the pa
tlent was ninetsen-ysar-oid Bsrnios.
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|" HE word ship" conveys -
strongly tho idea Of a thing

" HE word ship" conveys %
strongly tho idea of a thing
from which water must be
kept out that 1t comes as a shock
to learn that. Of intent, she has a
good deal Of water inside her.
writes a correspondent in the Lon
don Daily Mail.
A 12,00o-ton liner carries within
her hull approximately 1.740 tons
Of water.
When I asked a passenger, Just
arrived from a forty-two days voy-
age from Sydney to London in a
liner of that size. how many tons
Of water were in the ship. he flip
PANTY answered, Not many,
should hope"
But on reflection he recalled
that there was always fresh water
for tho toilet in each cabin. though
only sea water In the bathroom,
and any amount of fresh water to
drink; that sea water was GER
tainly not used for the tea or cof-
fee or the cooking. or in the steam
laundry; that sea water could not
possibly be used for steam In thu
modern marine boilers because Of
the encrusing salt.
As the ships company Numbered
some 24o. in addition to several
hundred passengers. 1t Is obvious
that a considerable supply of fresh
water In a. essential to a liners
progress and habitability as fuel.
steamship passengers are familiar
with coal It 10 % much In svi-
dsnos. 50 often talked about, and
coaling at the various ports en-
route Is 20 unpleasantly obtrusive.
But watering q ship 10 such
silent, simple and unobtrusive
process that one never sees 1t done
and would not notice It II ono did.
A iinar Of 1000 tons usually has
six boilers each holding sixty
tons Of water, and the loss on q
days steaming is about two tons
per boiler, or a total per day of
from, twelve to fifteen tons.
This has to be made good. go q
store OF 500 tons Of fresh water 10
carried for feeding the boilers.
For drinking purposes there 10 y
provision Of $50 tons of fresh
water. and $50 tons Of sea water
IL carried for ballast. Add to these
figures the 30 tors Of fresh water
IN the six boilsrs 90 ,'lsd At the
commencement O. the voyage, and
you get the total allows rlsr 'lo-ed.
An average Of uftv 80 six. ,ns
Of fresh water par Bay IL cor ned
on the voyage Cccss,c1slg on
long runs bstvesr pnrt, I,-r' ems
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Claire Beauclaire, dual person
atty girl, Is tho central figure h
this group. On tho right Is her
mother and on tho left Is Mrs.
Winifred w. Harlow, who II hyp-
nothing her into health.
not understand how she had osms
to leave the house.
DIR. George A. Boucher, her fam
lily physician, who studied tho ex-
traordinary case. questioned tho
girl closely. and she said:
IT only know that when sleep
sometimes a little angel comes to
me and tells mo to wake. Tho
angel told mo to get . needle and
pick out tho awful eyes that were
watching mo and I tried to do It.
but I have not been able to do 1t
yet"
Then II was recalled that two
years ago Claire was attacked by q
Greek, who attempted to embrace
her. She slapped his face soundly
and he fled. threatening Ito follow
her with his eyes" as Claire TO
peated her understanding Of his
words.
Specialists in neurosis and kin
dred ailments Of the mind and
nerves studied the girl without as
certaining any definite cause for
her condition. Even the recalled
threat of tho Greek did not rec
oncils her slipping into . state
in which she talked and acted
as a baby, yet with eyes closed
could curl her hair with heated
tongs and dance without losing
balance or stumbling.
IS SHE UNDER LOVE SPELL.
So far as physicians and special
lists have been able to divine there
10 nothing abnormal about the girl.
Recommendations were made by
several who examined her for a
change Of air. relaxation and pro-
longed rest and similar remedies.
but DR.. H. P. Jefferson, a distin-
guished specialist of Brookline.
Mass, after subscribing to these.
added this explanations:
There was an unwelcome sutton
who attempted to force his affeo-
lions on her. He appears to have
given her no rest, no matter where
she went to avoid him. He fol-
lowed and annoyed her.
"All this merely served to dis
tort him In her mind into q fright
full ogre-Lke being and gradually
led her to believe that he had
placed her under a mystic spell.
"Claire 10 therefore suffering
from q psychic or mental and nerv-
GUS disorder. Physically, she Is
normal. A cure may only be ef-
fected. not by medical or physical.
but by proper educational influ-
ences which Will replace the bad
impressions now operating on her
mind"
So far. 20 good. but where wers
the educating influences to be ap-
piled and how long would the cure
rsquire1 The girl was brought in
stead to tho homo Of Mrs. winifred
Webster Harlow, . psychoanalist,
who offered her services toward
the disentangisment Of the warning
personalities In the child's brain.
PSYCHIC CURE WORKS.
For . fsw day. Claire slept al.
most continuously. and when she
awoke she was q normal girl in
svery respect But in her own
home the following day she
waksned. babbisd like = baby, and
asked fsr hsr picture books and
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SHIPS TODAY VIRTUAL
Z FLOATING RESERVOIRS

Modern Liners of 10000 Tons Require at
Least l,740 Tons of Water for Each Trip
Across the Atlantic, to Meet Requirements
of Passengers to Feed Boilers and To Be
Used as Ballast.
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for words. At the very summit OF
the crescendo he becomes dumb
founded! He prefers to leave It to
the imagination.
The Washington times., 1922-04-02
WINDS
HELPS WEATHER MAN

Interesting Table of the Indications of va
Ing Strengths, Prepared as Guide for Fo re-
casters, Is Graphically Explained By an
Expert MeteorolOgist.
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~ o EXHAUSTIVE in its msth-
DDS has the English weather
service now become that there
10 not . wind, whether 1t BE-
q balmy breeze or . Wild hurricane,
which passes across the British
Isles that IL not recorded and in
cluded in the story Of our eli
mate. Nothing 10 missed. says .
meteorologist. in an article in the
London Daily Mail.
For the guidance Of those who
measure the forces Of the wind an
interesting table Of the indications
OF varying strengths has been pre-
pared 1t IL q glorious crescendo,
beginning with q calm when the
movement in the air II less than q
mile an hour and terminating with
a hurricane Of an hourly speed Of
more than seventy-five miles. 1t
has much interest even for the
laymen.
On a calm day the smoke rises
vertically UP to the heavens. When
the wind Is moving at three miles
An hour its direction. not shown
by the weather-vane, 10 indicated
by the drift Of smoke. Increased
to six miles An hour. It becomes
officially . slight brssse. which Is
felt against the face and rustles
the leaves on the trees.
At ten miles an hour the wind Is
a gentle breeze which sets leaves
and small twtgs in constant mo-
ton and extends light flags. At
sixteen miles an hour, now a mod
crate wind, II raises dust and loose
pieces of paper and moves small
branches.
twenty-five miles an hour the wind
10 officially fresh" and makes
small trees In leaf sway and on in
land waters creates crested wave
lets.
At thirty miles an hour Iarg.
branches are set in motion and
whistlins Is heard In the telegraph
wires overhead. At th'-ty-six
HlllSS MI muir " 'U'' ITNNN 1SF W u
sway and It is tnly with incouve-
nience that II IL yrssible u walk
against the VIII AZ tCrty-ilve
miles an hour tie WIND becomes
a gale, breakin wigs n. tr,es
and generally ir nccinF The ~ os-
ress OF pedestris -
1t II on attain.nE q vclv-ily Of
fifty-two miles an hcur when Il IL
categorised as a stronS gale, that
the wind commsnces it, frolics,
sending chimney pots tumbling
down and removinS states from The
roofs Of houses.
At sixty miles m hour We have
q whole gale. r IS is very seldom
experienced milan 1, and when 4 10
considerable dam 80 70 done and
trees are uprootss 7. the -tnd
has q velocity Of F.Nty-''vs miles an
hour Il IL a stor, ard according
to the expert, It 10 BHyompanisd
by widespread IA rrGo.
When he sock 90 susSss' the
Indications Of q J -icAns--N wind
moving At more .uru twenty-five
miles an hour-t s,rsrt ia lost
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JTIFIC METHODS ARE SLOWLY FREEING TWO GIRLS
HELD i'm AFFLICTTON OF DUAL PERSONALITY ILLUSIONS
LOVELY GIRL BECOMES
SIX-YEAR-OLD BENEATH
AMAZING SPIRIT SPELL

Claire Beauclaire, Is, Strangely Resembles the
Equally Weird Experience of Bernice Redick,
Also Is, Whose LapseS Into "Polly" Charac-
ter Have Been Subject of Much Speculation
by Scientific World.
w ITCHCRAFT is obsolete, people are no longer pos
w sessed by DEVILS and he who would claim the
power to cast demons from the human heart
would be Knocked by the most ignorant today and per-
Evening star., 1922-05-14
GREAT PARK RESULT
or LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Site Changed From Flats Into a Beautiful,
Modern Playground BY Construction
Of Canal.'

,on the grounds for the convenience
of players. A canal will cross the
park, connecting the Washington
channel with the Potomac river.
To the northwest OF the Lincoln
Memorial extends the proposed Rock
creek and Potomac parkway. 1t forms
the connecting link between the Rock
Creek and Geological parks and Poto-
mac Park. This project will trans
form an area of about 162 acres along
Rock creek between those parks,
which has for years served as an un-
slightly dumping ground, into one of
the most interesting links in the con-
Meeting chain of parks and parkways
which will eventually surround the
National Capital.
To the west of the Lincoln Memo
rial, extending to the Arlington ma
tional cemetery. will be the memorial
bridge. President Harding has sent
to Congress, with his approval, an
estimate Of $4,000 for the purpose Of
making a survey for the memorial
bridge and obtaining plans for that
garded as an ultimately assured fact
for a good many years. but there is
great need for the bridge now as a
direct approach from the capital to
Arlington, which has become a CEN
ter of national interest. 1t is hoped
Congress will enact the pending legis-
lation to make the survey and secure
the plans.
Other Sites Considered.
Other sites were considered for the
Lincoln Memorial. and among them
some quite seriously-on the axis Of
Delaware avenue near the Union sta
tion, on grounds which were to be-
come part of the Capitol grounds; on
the axis of East Capitol or South
Capitol streets, on Meridian Hill, at
Fort Stevens, and at the Soldiers
Home, and there were those who
wished the Lincoln Memorial to take
the form of a memorial road to Get
tysburg.
BY a resolution adopted March 4,
1911. the Lincoln Memorial Commits
sion asked the Commission of Fine
Arts to make suggestions as to loca-
ton, plans and designs for the Lin
coin Memorial. After long and care
full study the Commission of Fine Arts
on July II, 1911. of which Mr.. Burn
ham, who ten years previously had
undertaken the great task of super