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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
GARRETT P. SERVISS
ON SECOND SIGHT,
Engineers Power to See and Read Through
Opaque Objects Opens New Fields in
Psychology Of Subconscious.
By Garrett P. Seryiss.
nous Astronomer md Wrter on Scientiffc Topics y


design. Here is his own descrip-
ton of what passes within him
during such an experiment:
Il begin by arresting the &C
ton OF my conscious power OF
reasoning, and, with all my In
terror forces, sustained by my
faith. exalt what call my
ideal vision" Soon. / find my.
self in peculiar state in which
! see and comprehend everything
Independently Of any sense OF
time or space. A little later
yerttable lucidity comes to me:
my spirit beholds scenes, often
Of the past. see the person
who composed the letter In the
act Of writing it, and It il them
while following his success
motions that / become aware d
what he has written or drawn.
Does Not Use Eyes.
While there is & certain OBJ
scurity about this statement, arts
ing from the unfamiliarity Of the
process that 1t describes, yet Il
must be admitted that 1t bears
evidence Of a genuine effort, on
the part of the cIairyoyant, to
observe and describe. as near as
he can, just what goes on in his
mind. He adds that the state
of 1ucidity" comes on sometimes
in q few minutes, and at other
times not until after hours Of
effort. II those around him keep
looking at him too closely, or Il
they show not so much a lack OF
faith in his power as a want OF
sympathetic interest in his effort,
the operation Is impeded or pre-.
vented.
It is to be observed that there
is no turning down of lights, or
placing of the clairvoyant IN q
position where all that he does
cannot be clearly seen. There Is
also no room for suspecting aid
from confederates.
M. OssoWieclxi AYERS that, dur
ing his clairvoyance, he does not
see with his eyes--tne power OF
thing quite different from or0i-
nary optical seeing.
DIR. Stephen Chauvet, in describ
ing his own observations OF
Ossowieclxi, suggests that there
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tector'' through which the clair
voyant's subsconscious self is put
into connection with the region Of
consciousness, or by aid Of which
waves" are transmitted which
the subconscious interprets IN 8
manner which the conscious can
understand. A palmer way Of
putting this would be to say that
Ossowieslxi possesses-an others
may possess, In embryo or unde-
veloped another visual center in
the brain, besides the ordinary
one, activated by the machinery
of the eyes. There Is q remark
able vegetable substance that
seems to have control over this
supposed sub-conscious center TO
which / may return In another
article
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN
cOpyrisht. 1sa8 ~ staF cOmDaas.

JUSTICE is obedience to the
written law.
The absolute good Is not q
matter Of opinion but of nature.
Law is an eternal principle
which must direct the whole
universe.
A state cannot exist without
the foresight and diligepce OF
judges.
Few things seem SO possible
as they are till they, are at
tempted.
Forget your past circumstances
whether they be sorrows or joys.
The one is not without remedy,
the other not perfect. Both are
past-why remember them?
Be not the first to quarrel, nor
the last to make it up.
Inc OSSL legacy d ld(ACL N0AA
leave to his children Is the fame
Of a virtuous and well-spent life.
Nothing is more becoming than
in all our actions and in all our
deliberations to observe consist
ency Of conduct.
Politeness has been defined to
be artificial good nature, but
we may affirm, with much
greater propriety, that good ma
ture is natural politeness.
There is nothing more to be
esteemed than a manly firm
ness and decision Of character.
We must like a person who
knows his own mind and sticks
to it, who sees at once what is to
be done in given circumstances
and does it.
We are sometimes less un.
happy in being deceived by those
we love than in being esteemed
worthy of the happiness that Is
enjoyed.
Copyright, 1923, by Newspaper
Feature Service. 1hc)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12

A RE we about to have in the
realm Of psychology q
"A sudden and immense en-.
lightenment, resembling the sud-
den and immense advance re-
Gently made In the realm Of me-
chantcs, through the conquest OF
the atmosphere?
This question is suggested by
the continually increasing mum.
Der of surprising experiments ex.
hibit1ng apparently supra-norfna1
powers possessed by persons not
otherwise distinguished. 1t has
been shown that none of the
many manifestations OF such
powers to which attention is now
being SO widely drawn are really
new; all have been known from
time immemorial, but, Ike the ex.
periments in aerial flight, which
date back thousands of year and
only In our own time have sud.
IDENTIFY fructified, they have hither-
to led to no decisive result.
Even yet no such result has
been attained, but attentive OBJ
servers may expect to see some
thing truly novel, and perhaps
astonishing, develop from the eff
forts now being made.
The philosophical principle Of
identity q. e., the reduction Of the
diverse to the one Fundamentally,
which underlies scientific investi-
CATION, demands that all the phe-
nomena shall be found to have q
unitary origin. When any par
ticular phenomenon has been
traced back to its point Of diver
gence, II ceases to be mysterious.
This applies to the very re-
marIxabIe case OF Stephen o.
soWiecld, q distinguished engineer,
OF Warsaw, who possesses mar
velous power Of seeing and read
through opaque objects and OBJ
structiOns. An interesting pc
cuIiarity Of this case il that the
possessor of the abnormal fac
ulty Is not only an educated man,
but one whose profession OF en-
gineer would naturally make him
a critical and accurate observer,
not easily to be misled.
Describes Methods.
M. Ossowieclxi. recently gave
an exhibition Of his powers in
the presence Of number OF OBJ
servers, including Marcel Provost,
and Doctors Osty and Geley, at
the Ceta-rsychic institute in
Paris. He read writing and re-
produced drawings which obvious
" were completely concealed
from his eyesight.
Many others have done the
same thing, but not many. IL any,
have described in detail their
method Of proceeding. He held
the envelope in his hands behind
his back, and, while staring into
nothfngness," ceaselessly tknead-
ed 1t with his fingers. Mean
while his face showed the strain
OF powerful mental concentration.
After q while, he would exclaim:
II see; yes, see;'' and imme-
diately would read the written
phrase, or reproduce the sketched
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12

a free-thinker, very well built. of
robust constitution, agreeable
face, and able to converse in
many languages" A widower Of
forty-eight. loyal, frank, and
weighing 200 pounds, is cross
eyed and desires his second wife
to be afflicted in the same man.
ner, even without the .dowry.
Another widower Of seventy-four,
mot appearing his age,' calls
for a good, simple wife. No
money desired.
Widows and Divorces are in
greater demand than maids, but
preferably without any Off
spring. Good looks and youth
are the main qualities called for,
as well as love for the home
and warm affection. Music and
other arts are not scorned.
Most Of the women who are
searching for helpmates have no
longer the first bloom of youth,
but they are not without their
tie here below''-a life-partner
good-natured, simple and devoted.
A little country lass from Au-
vergne demands nothing more
than "big heart and a little
auto" Another lonely one would
like a gentleman.farmer, and
still another has hopes OF find
ing a good patriot" Not a few
fond mothers use the columns
of Marriage" in search of hus-
bands for their daughters, and
these are the ones who usually
have the largest dots"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
By Frank Herbert.

" HE storekeepers were at
fable and laxative. for he
was buying. Presently he
paused in q doorway, above which
was a Spanish name. In here
were mostly souvenirs and nov
elites.
A girl was standing by the
counter, apparently trying to sell
something, for he heard the shop
keeper say: mo, no, I tell you,
senorita. Thirteen cents string
is all I can pay. and I shall not
want any until next week. I
have enough now"
But you sell them for dol
lar
At the first corner the young
man turned, crossing an angle Of
the hotel as the girl entered a
narrow street. One block down
she went into a grocery and made
a purchase. AT the next corner
she. crossed the street beyond.
He followed at some distance,
without the remotest idea Of
what he intended to do: But the
girl was in trouble. He felt sure
of that. It had been in her voice.
It was in her face as he saw it
when she turned from the coun-
ter. She was beautiful, true;
but it was not so much that as
the usefulness and appeal. She
needed somebody-him. When
he turned to follow 1t was with
the resolve of helping in some
way. Near the city gates he saw
her pass into a garden.
Five minutes later he knocked
at the door. The girl herself
opened it.
"I saw you offering some bead
strings for sale just now" he ex-
planned. "They were just what I
want"
Eyes, will sell you some" she
consented. "I-I shall be glad
to. They will be IS cents-what
the dealer offered. have many
kinds-Spanish bayonet seeds, lit
tie shells, sea beans. rose beads
and many others. And I think
do my work very we'll. will show
YOU"
In q few moments she came
back, carrying basket filled with
delicate specimens Of her work.
"I don't want them at that
price," he declared. What do you
suppose relatives would say to a
1S-cent PRESENT. OF course, l.
would have to be honest enough
to tell them"
"Then why did you not buy frbn
the dealer?"
''Too. high" candidly. ''I viii
pay rs cents, no more, no less.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
The Returned Immigrant
Some Things Would Surprise Him.

Thousands Of European immigrants
quota is exhausted Pretty tough for the fellow who
and to take the westward ship and from his
window looks at last upon the gateway Of the better land
Just life dawns the door Of hope slams his
and he goes back to despair
He feels does the prisoner who breaks the
hides and arves and craw until he his in the
distance Then breaking twig betrays him and captors
him with rifles.
this detected immigrant goes down harbor he
should lot Of New Workers committing suicide he
think them very strange.
And he should American statesmen trying to chain
this country to the continent Of hunger he would
think them stranger still.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
u. COINS ARE
ORNAMENTS |
IN YUCATAN |

" gold to the extent that the
currency Of many Of the
nations of the once wealthy con-
tinent is not worth the paper on
which 1t is engraved, down in
Yucatan are millions of gold coins,
mostly American gold, which are
completely out of circulation, be.
ing used entirely for purposes OF
ornamentation. -
Yucatan is one of the most
southerly states Of Mexico. It Is
a peninsula which forms the south.
ern prong of the Gulf of Mexico.
Its capital Is Merida, a city quite
modern in some aspects, possess.
ing it's Castilian upper class and a
fairly large colony Of Americans
and Europeans. The Yucatan
ladies, both white and those con-
tanning an Indian mixture, have
a mania for coin necklaces. At
recent dance attended by about one
thousand half breed girls, 1t was
estimated that more than a half
million dollars in American S. and
$40 gold pieces was displayed IN
the form of necklaces worn by the
bronze bellies.
Few of the chains had less than
$3.50 in coin dangling from them,
and one chain had as much as
$4,000 worth of gold on it. No
matter how dire the poverty these
coins are never broken off ana
spent. They are handed dwon from
mother to daughter, and each gen.
Grafton adds a few coins to the
string. AS Mexico issues very lit
tie gold coin, the Mexican unit be-
ing a silver dollar, worth SO cents
in our money, American currency
has been used for this dolling pur-
poses.
Copyright, 1929, by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
Wings of Wood

A MSTERDAM.-A new type of
"A monoplane, with wooden
wings, the design of Fokker, IA
nous Dutch aeroplane designer,
has just undergone successful tests
here.
The machine has a huge single
wing span Of nearly a hundred
feet, and is several feet thick in
the center. Although only driven
by one engine, the aeroplane can
carry ten people at a speed ap.
preaching 100 miles per hour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
BUYER AND SELLER
A STORY OF SPANISH ROMANCE
J That wilI save nae q lot

That will save me lot OF mCna
for I shall want four dozen. -
it win be price that WIN ot
seem shameful to relatives"
So the next day he bough Tour
dozen more strings. and the next
day another four dozen. and the
fourth day as many more. And
every day they stood in the door
way and talked. And in the talk
it came out that her name was
Carmenita Hernandez and his Fred
Losing.
After they separated on the
fourth day he whispered her name
softly to himself. and behind the
closed door she whispered his to
herself, for he was a different
kind Of man from any she hal
ever known.
The following day, after he had
purchased his string of beads, an
evil-looling man came round the
corner Of the house with d basket
of shells.
"The senior will buy some shells
now" the man snarled. BEAD
strings they are too common
among his relatives by this time.
Also the senior will remain away
from Carmencita."
1t was three days after this.
while walking past the Cordova,
that Fred LOSING felt light
touch on his arm.
'Carmencita-"
do not speak like that-here. /"
the girl interrupted, hurriedly.
Somebody will hear and tell
him. I escaped and very likely
he has found out by this time
and will follow. owe him MONEY!
and he says I must marry him. /"
Fred Losing threw back his
head and laughed happily.
''There Is only one thing Won
can do" he declared-''marry me. ~
Fred found the toying sell
Of beads in the Plaza and we
straight for him with his eyssl
blazing and fists closed.
Three minutes afterward the
man was ducking and lodging
from the Plaza, one eye shut, and
his face distorted by astounding
terror.
Fred and Carmencita then sought
a priest.
The next day they started north.
But first. Fred sent a box con-
tanning strings Of beads to the
curio dealer, with note which
read: can expression OF thanks
which is not deserved"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
Once-Overs
Copyright 1923
THERE MAY BE REASONS WHY YOUR HUSBAND
DOES NOT ATTEND SOCIAL. FINCTIoNs

AS wife are you not often complaining because your
husband does not to attend the social functions Of
which you fond?
You often alude to the husband of some other woman
being much ideal companion because he is
often at social functions company with his wife
1t be that this ideal" husband has an eas;or o1,
Of earning his living, he may be better fixed financaly
He may not have to figure closely how to make
both ends domestic matters so has moro +no
to be socially agreeable.
Your husband is practical and far-seeing.
Your huband realizes that he together enouoh +
carry you both to the end of your lives and something
to the children he work and he think now
and he must plan very closely and to advantage.
With these thoughts he loses much Sleep and he cannot
feel full Of good spirits you who scarcely ever think
Of the future -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
Aliens COnspire

MANILA-A widespread con-
~ spiracy to bring Chinese IL
legally into the Philippines
through forged certificates of
entry has been unearthed by the
customs secret service. A large
number of Celestials' are believed
to have already entered by the
illegal route.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12

messenger fell dead at the end Of
his journey.
Hasses Kolehmainen, Of Finland,
who won the Marathon in this
years Olympic Games, holds the
worlds record for the event, hav-
ing covered the distance IN
hours, 80 minutes, 35 as seconds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
Unique Surname

NEANILA-Ponci G. Caramba.
AVA a Manila resident, has petit
toned the local courts to permit
him to change his surname to Ma.
ramba. He claims that his pres
ent name sounds so much like
favorite Spanish crossword that Il
causes him embarrassment at
times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
Big Yacht Race

DOME-Presented by the Royal
~ italian Yacht Club, a cup to
be called the Mediterranean Cup"
will be raced for In February,
1924, by yachts registered with
clubs belonging to the Interna-
tional Yacht Racing Association.
Rules will be the same as those
regulating the British-American
Cup races.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12
Geysers

GEYSERS are in a certain sense
~ miniature volcanoes. The heat
from hot lava beneath the surface
continuously applied to water at
the bottom of the geyser vent
causes it to he heated to a high
temperature while the water near
the surface is cold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12

IN Japan Is a settlement where
the wives support the husbands
and children. ana are the acknowI-
edged heads of the family. Eha
men keep house.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-12

Goethe took fifty years over his
famous dramatic poem Faust.
He was a young man when he
began 1t. He cast and recast ie
and finished the second part only
Just before his death. 10 1882.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-04-30

El Sr. 1sen, Representative de Ia
Universal en- Ia America del Sur,
ha inaugurado estos dias la sucursal
del Peru, :estableciendo las oficinas de
Lima.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-04-30

ma calle. Esa sensation de que habla-
ba la podemos comparar la que sien-
tie el que por primera vez baja en- un
ascensor toda velocidad.
Terniine mi tercera pelicula con ell
Sr. Curtis cuando Phillips Smalley me
eligio para representa- un papel de
apache en- una production que estaba
dirigiendo. Como nunca habia repre-
sentado mas que papeles e6micos vol
vi aesentir la sensation del ascensor,
Todo este pas6 hace varios amos. Des-
de entonces he represehtado para ell
cine toda clase' de papeles desde el
joven de deciocho amos al ,viejo de no
yenta.N He resultado muerto en- casi
ftodas mis- pelieulass " ssUlamente re-
cuerde una rPagame"y EN- la que Sc me
i:dejol n,erir con toda itranquiliaai en-
lila CANA. 81 .sY1ttt!, :,tp3s.ys G!f!
He hecho un estudio especial de los
papeles de caracter Y creo haber re-
presentado 9estos tipos nnejor que los
otros. Ejemplos de clio son, ''El HON
bre Milagroso', 'Penalidad', "Fuera
de Levy ,"La Trampa". III
Mi Ultima Joya Universal es GEL Te-
rrenoto" y 81 en- perfection otra peli-
cula llega ganarle esta sera '"El Jo-
robado de Mira. Sra. de Paris, que
ahora estoy filmando.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-04-30

de la Audiencia Judiciab fguran John
Cossar, como Juez Edwin Wallack CO.
mo Chamberlain del Rey, William
Parke como Josephus Roy Laidlan co.
mo Charmolu Y w. Ray Myers como
ayudantey de. Charmolu.
Entire los designados para tomar las
escenas de la Corte de los Milagros es-
tan Tully Marchal, Wilson Hummel,
Jay Hunt, C. E. Collins, Walter Rod
gers, Albert Frisco, Eva Lewis, Jane
Sherman Harry de Vera Y otros.
Los oficiales de la Universal Green
que Gel Jorobado de Mira. Sra. de Pa
ris" sera una super-produccion mas
grande Y mas costosa que "Esposas
Frivolas", Y que constituira una ver-
dadera joya cinematografca sin igual
en- el mundo.
Salnh
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-04-30

Ell sSr. Max Goosman acaba de es-,
tablecer la sucursal de la Universal"
en- Madrid, (Espana), con oficinas en-
la calle Mayor ntmero 4.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-04-30

Mi carrera teatral empezo cuando
tenia diez amos de edad y puede decir-
Sc que relativamente hace muy pocos
amos que trabaio ante la camara, sin
embargo estos han sido los mas fell
! ees de mi vida y he ehcontrado el cine
tan fascinador que no pienso abando-
mario. - %@A- - =
I'7VAhtes de trabajar ZEN Ell cine habia
adquirido gran ,experiencia en- el tea
tro, representando en- todos los lados
de los Estados Unidos. A pesar de
gustarme lnucho el viajar y ell rodar
por los escenarios de los teatros, no
creia por un solo momento que quiz
sierra volver a esta clase de vida: CO.
mo digo antes no pienso abandonar
nunca ell cine, este nuevo arte que
asombra al mundo y que creo dentro
de unos pocos amos nos asombrara to-
davia mas.
/ A los dieciocho amos trabaje en- las
operas de Gilbert Y Sullivan. Fran
representations de aficionados que Sc
daban en- beneficio de la Union de Ar
tistas de Teatro. Luego entire a for
mar parte. de la Companfa de Opera
de Columbia, como eorista cuidando
AL nismo tempo del gdafda- -ropa.. Sin
Eeplbargo al acabar la primera tempo
Erada era ell primer actor de IA Com
pania v ell Director de- Escena. Des-
lpu@s de vafias teinporadas en- esta
fConhpafifa ingrese. en- las zarzuela for
niando parte de II Conapahia de Wade
Ffazze, represente eli ias obras 81
, guientes: sEl Jefe Reap, sUna No
lehe porun d 'El idolo Rotoo y la
IHora, Ell Lugar v Ia Muchacha".
AL terminar la tenfporada decidf
vlover a mi casa para descansar in
Iteresarme por Ell cine. Pero este fue
por muy POGO tempo, pues sentia YER
dadera nostalgia por las tablas in
grese en- la compahia de Ziegfeld que
estaba representando, LA Muchacha
en- Kimono". AL acabar esta tempo
rada teatral, me encontraba EN- Cali
forfiia.
En- la proxima temporada hice una
tournee por todo este estado visitan-.
do. casi todos sus pueblos y me gus
| to tanto eI pals que decidi quedarlne
a vivir en- el y hacerma una casa.
Mientras estaba en- Los Angeles Of
|hablar mucho del cine v para satisfa-
Ger mi curiosidad un dia hice una visi-
lta Ciudad Universal. ALI conocf a
Allen Curtis, que en- este tempo es-
taba dirigiendo comedias. Me dijo
| que 'ingresara en- su compafiia, me pro-
lbo y resultando bien de Ia prueba, me
ldijo-ma este preparado para
trabajar las ocho y media. Habien-
do trabajado en- el teatro siempre CO..
mo c6mico, el senior Allen me encarg6
Jun papel de payaso con Max Asher.
No puedo decir IA sensaci6n que expe4
rinente ese dia ante la camara.
Las primeras escenas fueron toma-
las delante de muchos curiosos en- ple-
III
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-04-30
A [ raves de
Ia Pantalla

Der buscaba un tipo de vampiresa pa
ia una production titulada "Tambien
tu y yo" Y decide darme el papel a
mi de esta manera pase de la come
dia al drama.
Parecio que mi trabajo gustaba al
publico Y la "Unviersal" decide ha-
cerme una "estrella".
Mi primer pelfcula fue "La Mujer
de dos Almas', mi exito mas grande
"La Virgen de Stambul", "Fuera de
Ley, "Conflicto", "Miel Silvestre" y
'Bajo Dos Banderas".
La Ultima Joya Universal que he
filmado es "La Llama de la Vida" que
creo sinceramente es una de las me-
jores que he hecho. a,.