Evening star., 1923-01-18

I am trying to collect my thoughts
and canalize a host of impressions
that are tumbling over each other in
hopeless disorder: and am thinking
how much easier 1t would be to write
Of my American trip when it is over
and when my undisciplined and, per-
haps, contradictory ideas have had
time to settle down and classify
themselves in that automatic way
which nature, or our subconscious
mind, follows to perfection. But
am caught in the whirl and hustle
of American life, and must hasten to
feed the printer with these possibly
disjointed notes.
After all, it is not SO hard for one
accustomed to feel and obey the in
fiuence of suggestion whenever the
latter does not clash with his con-
scious convictions. And what a stu
pendouS force is this collective or ac-
cumulated mass of suggestion which
one fells vibrating in this high-strung
! city of New York! have been here,
but few days, yet / have already
seen and marveled at this caldron of
energy and labor and Seething acttVi-
| ties. Time and space scarcely seem
1 10 limit Inen. ttdu LlIIl0 10 luuSC
and mediate ! would probably, fol-
! lowing naturally my own particular
| trend of thought, trace 1t all to the
| effect of ever-g growing masses OF suG-
geStion emanating from successive
generations of vigorous-minded an
4 cestors who helped build the mighty
| American nation.
American Activity UnivcrsaI.
| One of the features that strike me
4 &c hA -ali af Ia
! American activity. Restlessly, insati-
I ably IL explores every sphere; me-
chanical, scientific, artistic, intellec-
! tual. pick up the newspapers, ana
find pages Of advertisements an
nouncing lectures on every conelV-
able subject. Obviously they draw
large audiences, or they would not
be so numerous. There is nothing ike
| it in my country, or, indeed, In any
other European country. Even tne
churches advertise sermons or lee
lures by leaders of religious thousnt
on subjects which stranger would
deem outside the sphere OF any
church. For instance, l see that tnere
Is to be a pulpit address about myselt
and autoSuggestion on sunday next
All this denotes an eagerness to at
tain unscaIed heights of culture ana
knowledge which is somewhat ois-
concerting, when compared with the
undeniable evidences OF rank ma
I.
Rejecting on this contradiction, II
seems to me that New York's gigantic
skyscrapers, with their feet deep oug
in the earth and their heads in the
! heavens are VIVID Sympol ol Nhe
spirit of America.
Beauty in Monster Edihces.
There is beauty, and even spiritu-
ality, to be found by the thinking
man In many of these monster
NSk, "a
ugliness of other facades shock the
eye of the European visitor. But
cannot help thinking of the princes
of intellect and vitality who direct
the huge organizations or industay
whose tentacles stretch to verey
corner of the globe. They and thelI
forbears have written the history OF
! America. AS an apostle or sugges'
ton and autosuggestion l realize the
immense inhuense they have had ano
| will continue to have in shaping the
destinies of their contemporaries.
Unconsciously, perhaps, the latter
in incalculable numbers, RESPOND &c
! their suggestion, and initiate them
with varying degrees OF success. IN, IN
America is an amazing, living eX'
! ample of the force of suggestion
Every American Ia stimulated by the
irresistible current Of energy gener'
ated by the nations mastermlnos =
\
their creative force will carry them
we French have an expression tic
arrive" meaning to reach success.
think no American ought to fail &c
ARRIVE" for not only does he IN
herit ideas of energy and labor which
people his subconscious mind put ne
is also subjected to a formidable
bombardment OF good suggestions
from his very infancy. He knows he Is
| going to succeed, and will let nc
| obstacle check his march FORWARD.
AutosuggestiOn Long Practiced-
! Altogether, what have seen so far
OF America convinces me that Amer
leans have practiced autosuggestton
to a certain extent for long time
past, Borne on that national current
of energy Of which ! have spoken
each Individual automatically seeks
to Wrest the maximum Of what life
has to offer. Doubt Of his own pow
ers is unknown to him (of course,
am speaking of the average man
there must naturally be number OF
weaklings in every natfon). He
shares and at the same time feeds the
dynamic force and radio-a activity
which drives the whole nation In the
pursuit of progress.
The other day I called on q friend
who was staying in one of the biggest
hotels in New York-nay, in the