The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-18
BY EMILE CoUE

When, under the shadow of the
Statue of Liberty. 1 found myself
bombarded with questions by score
of newspaper representatives who
had come aboard the Majestic spe-
eially to meet my humble person, I,be-
gan to have a faint idea of the in
terest awakened over here by the
announcement of my lecture tour
When / found myself escorted soon
afterwards by stalwart American
policemen from the ship to the au-
tomobile waiting to convey me to
my temporary home with friends
and when caught sight of the
crowds gathered to welcome me 1
was inexpressibly surprised and
touched that I should be considered
worthy of such reception. Shall I
be accused of lack of modesty If 1
say that I am proud and gratified to
have been granted thus? l think
not; because l know that all this
sympathy and interest must be at
tributed to the characteristic keen
ness of Americans TO learn and probe
TO deeper degree the methods OF
auto-suggestion associated with my
name.
Since my arrival at New York, the
memory of which will never be eff
faced, I have not ceased to marvel
at all l have seen and heard and
read. or my general Impressions 1
shall have a lot to say later on. For
the moment / am still dominated by
that feeling of surprise which seized
me at my first contact with the
American people. In fact, my won
derment has grown every day with
hA "a faYa 90 i,l. 49,
people seem to have formed of me
and my powers. l do not want peo-
pie to have sort of fanatical be-
lief in me. 1t is true. of course, that
blind faith is always an asset in
favor of a sick persons chances or
getting we'll. People who come to
me with the belief already estab-
1ished in their minds that they are
going to be cured are more than
half way on the road to recovery
before they see me. But the number
of persons who can come into direct
contact with me must of necessity
be infinitely small, and even if /
possessed any extraordinary mag
netie power to heal-which I en-
phaticaly declare L do not-the re-
suits of such power would be limited,
for obvious reasons; whereas. there
are no limitations to the potential
titles of the system 1 teach I mean
that / cannot reach every one, but
every one can practice auto sugges-
ton. My aim, therefore. is solely to
show you how to cure yourselves
Rid yourselves of the utterly wrong
idea that l can cure. 1 am not a
healer
Mistaken Impressions
] had first mixing of the mistake
Amarfpa ma i'm xEh
paper reporters on the Majestic ad-
dressed me as Doctor and PROBES
sor," and l was obliged to correct
them with reminders that II am not
doctor; ] am not professor" The
papers continue to talk of the cures
] have effected in my Clinics
bad word, by the way, for the lit
tie gatherings at which / meet a
selected number of patients In or
der to endeavor to convince them
that by following my methods OF
auto-suggestion they can cure them
selves, or at least gain appreciable
Improvement. Yes, it has been my
joy to see many of these poor suf-
ferers benefit from my teaching; but
my joy will be still greater If 1 sue
coed in spreading faith in those
methods to hundreds of thousands OF
others and instill in them the knowl-
edge that they can cure themselves
without seeing me at all. And 1t will
be impossible to attain that goal ii
the impression be allowed to persist
that it is necessary to come into per-
sonal contact with me in order to
obtain results.
Unfortunately. it is very difficult
to convince some people that do not
exercise a certain influence oveI
them. When / tell them that they