Evening star., 1923-01-01
BY LAURA MATTHEW'S.

NANCY, France, December 10
Those who come from afar to the
Little Wizard of Nancy for either
study or cure are at first greatly
dIsmayed and little disappointed.
But he is so simple. Why have /
come so far for only this? Do you
feel that he really has strong per-
sonality" And didn't you find those
little exercises that he had us do with
our hands rather infanrile? Has he
2 ever cured an organic disease? Is he
: not, after ALL merely fad with nerv-
GUS women.
These are the daily contributions
from newcomers. But the parting eX-
preston of gratitude is something
totally different and il is this meta
morphosis which takes place in the
life of every one who really comes
in contact with Prof Coue that l
wish to touch upon-the living testi-
mony of the man who goes about
doing good
7 was ushered into his comfortable
home by the kitchen maid. who in
formed me that NJ Coue never re-
CelNeu any one III private nut lhd |
If / wished to attend his public clinics
j might do so. At that moment a
short, rather stocky man entered the
hall He took cigarette out from
his Drowned mustache and held 1t
sbetween tobacco stained fingers while
he gave me the keen look of a
trained observer. Then a waiting
swoman jumped up and exclaimed:
Woman Rid of Pain.
"Oh. NJ. Coue, you don't. know how
you have changed my life by ridding
5me of that pain in my shoulder which
j have had for eight years. I have
splaced myself entirely under your
control
But, my dear madame, that is just
5what you should not do. I am not a
4lIealer, ] am merely a professor and
Il endeaVor to teach my pupils how TO
cnre themselves. If | had cured you,
then the next time YOU were i'll you
would be obliged to leave your home
in California and come to Nancy to
he cured. | want you to develop
within yourself the power of healing
so that you will never have to re-
turn to me-
.face was radiant with light seen
only in people OF consecrated lives
1t is a young face tinged with a
healthy coloring; white hair recedine
from q very high forehead. His eyes
are often half closed in scrutiny OF
laughter The pointed white beard
and sharp nose seem to follow the
piercing eyes and somehow help to
project into your consciousness the
telling words with which he ad-
dresses you.
After the first meeting | left feeling
that ] had received no benefit whatso.
ever. but it might be my own fault
would try it again. At the occasion ot
any next meal | remembered that I had
decided to chew my food Thoroughly
Naturally, l had always known that !
should. but since Prof. Coue had pia nted
athe suggestion so firmly in my sub.
conscious mind that l must chew my
food. | was going to do it. And ] did
it most naturally. ! realized that al
his suggestions regarding my sleep. my
daily physical life. my state of mind
were all becoming slowly but surely
realities. | became gay where l had
been worried, composed where I had
been irritable. happy where | had beer
unhappy. Something came yelling VI
from my inner self and saying to my
conscious mind: You are going to have
confidence in yourself. You are going
TO do your work well because it is easy
and the thing you should do. You are
going to approach more and more the
strorg physical self you should be-" Al
my thoughts had become positive, cheer.
full and healthful.
Without Personality.
But I told myself that it was simply
my common sense working this change
in me. Certainly it was not the force
of NJ. Coue's personality. for he
had none. | had never seen a man sc