The New York herald., 1922-11-21
Pledge Silence on
Ailments on COue
Roads to Health
Hundred Men and Women to
Make SubcOnsiOus
Mind a pal

One hundred men and women took
their first step along the Coue path to
good health yesterday by promising not
to mention one of their ailments for a
month. Mrs. David Kirk, formerly of
Pittsburgh and recently OF the Hotel
Seymour, who attended twenty-eight of
the Nancy miracle workers" clinics
and is one OF the two persons authorized
by Emil Coue to spread over here the
gospel of DAY by day, In every way. |
am getting better and BETTER exacted
the pledge.
Mrs. Kirk went to Nancy last summer
as a final resort before entering a sani-
tarium permanently. She is so thrilled
by her own Improvement that sne opened
the first Coue clinic in this country at
the Gamut Club, AZ West Fifty -eightn
street. Miss Mary Shaw. president OF
the club. stood at the door as the group
of we'll dressed men and women entered
and told those who stopped to listen that
Mrs. Kirk was a member of the Gamut
Club and before she went to NJ. Coue
she couldn't climb the stairs, but that
now she could mount them easily.
'If It were not for my avoirdupois
and a mirror, which I do look into occa-
sionally. I shouldn't think l was over
25.' Mrs. Kirk remarked. For seven
teen years 1 couldn't use my legs. /
tried everything. Now l can go any
where. l don't want you to think l am
exaggerating. I'm not.
Why don't you try II on this game
Of bridgeT some friends asked recently
Use the Coue system and get a good
hand they suggested This method is
too sacred to me to apply it to anything
so trivial.
Mr. Coue says that IL you say you
can do a thing. you can. and IL you say
you can't. you can't. and that's the
foundation of the system
The rooms were so crowded that Mrs
Kirk had to teach the Coue kinder
Eartners In two sections. She put them
through relaxing exercising, arms. eyes.
legs and solar plexus after they had
tried closing their fists so tight they
couldn't open them ny repeating II can.
not open my hands. ! cannot open my
hands. / cannot open my hands, l cam
not, ! cannot. / cannot, I cannot, / cam
not open my hands, and then ending
with brief pause and the statement. II
can open my hands," The fingers flew
apart as II operated by machinery.
Among the symptoms and ailments in
the gathering were headache, rheuma.
tism. melancholia. imperfect sight, neu.
ritis. neurasthensa. cases of plain
nerves. low blood pressure. toothache.
angina pectoris. deafness. stammering
acidity and being just tired.
Mrs. Kirk asked all those having
symptoms OF melancholia deafness and
eye trouble TO remain after the others
had gone. I'VE recognize imagination,
belief and faith. nothing else," she told
them and gave them some more exercise
to practice at home
The Rev. DR.. Charles Taylor of Green
wich, pastor of a Presbyterian church,
who had related his success with the
Coue method at Mrs. Kinks lecture last
week. was called upon to tell them
again. There have been additional
Affections since them" DR.. Taylor adj.
mitted. i've caught n terrible cold"
You didn't take any medicine, did
your" Mrs. Kirk inquired
mo. ] tried chiropractic treatment" :"
he responded. Except for the cold Or
Taylor said he had improved wonder.
fully in the last week.
Make your subconscious mind your
chum." advised Mrs. Kirk. THAT will
get you along"
There Is no charge for the clinic, but
small fee is asked by the club to cover
expenses. no portion Of which goes To
Mrs Kirk. The clinics will be given
twice a week. afternoon and evening.