Evening journal., 1923-01-08
by MILTON BRONNER,
NEA Stan Correspondent.

I IN fNthA hNAhtTifbAAhDhAs
NANCY, FranceuThe outstand-
ing thing in tho autosuggestion
clinics Of Emile Coue Is that there is
no privacy.
When you come here 10 Nancy to
attend his meetings. you simply
have to make up your mind to
throw reserve into the dust-heap.
He shuns private appointment
He doesn't like to treat one patient
alone. He prefers 10 have them all
in one crowd where he can speak to
all OF them at one time.
There is here a point OF crowd
psychology. BY getting us all to-
gether, he makes us act and react
upon each other.
At any rate. Coue's clinic Is n
medal confession in which we con-
fess our physical ills. not only for
Monsieur Coue to hear but for all
the others present to hear.
once in a while there is an excep-
tlon. II some enc is suffering from
something that II would cause real
embarrassment to discuss aloud. the
patient is permitted to write down
what is the matter with him or her
and hand the slip TO Coue.
Starts work at Nine.
Nine o'clock Prompt to the min
ute. Monsieur Coue enters for his
lrst clinic of che day. He goes in. a
circle around the room, asking each
OF us something about our Ills.
Then he bids us close our eyes
and keep ,them closed until he
orders us to open them.
He assures us he will not put us
20 sleep.
There IS to be no attempt at
hypnotism.
lie tells us that in each Of us
there Is conscious and an uncon-
scious self. II we ompare them, we
find that while the conscious self has
a very unreliable memory our un-
onsclous self has a really marvellous
memory which registers. even with
ont our will. the slightest events, the
most unlmportant facts OF our lives
Furthermore Il Is very credulous
and accepts without reasoning what
It is told.
Matter OF Belief.
As onr unconscious self presdes
over tthe functioning Or our organs
nv means Of the brain. queer thing
happens--if A believes a certain or
gan functions well or badly that or
gan does really then function well .
or badly.
This unconscious self not only
presldes over the functions OF our
organism but over the accomplish
ment Of all our actions.
This unconscious self is called
imagination and It makes us act
even in opposition to our will. In
anv conflict between will and i'm
a aginatiou,~the latter always wins.
Createcs an Appetite.
''Now." says Coue. tell yourself
that ali the words I am going to
pronounce will be fixed in your
brain. will be printed. engraved. en-
crusted there: that they will always
stay there; and that without your
wishing II or knowing It. you your
sci and your organism are going TO
obey.
so now I say to you; Every day,
three times a day, at your usual
meal times, you will be hungry you
will eat with great pleasure and
without. overeating.
You will masticate your food
slowly so as to transform it into a
kind of paste before you swallow II.
I'm this way you will feel no dis
comfort or pain Of any kind in your
stomach or intestlnes.
you will as a consequence as
similate your food and your body /
will make use of Il to manufacture
blood. muscle, force, energy. In
word-life.
No Medicine Needed.
.'Your body will throw Off the |
waste material without medicines OF
anv kind. Every night you will en-
tov deep. tranquil slumber, without
and you will wake up |
feeling cheerful and ready for your |
days duties.
Furthermore, II you are some
times sad, or worry. or look at the
HACK side of things from hence
forth YOU will stop it and instead
Won are going to be cheerful.
"You will no longer be impatient |
or III tempered.
"You win be patient, you will al
ways be master OF yourself ana |
things which formerly annoyed or
worried YOU will do so no longer.
'I dow add that your organs are
functioning well. Your heart beats
normally and your blood circulates
as it should. Your stomach, intes-
tines. lungs, liver, kidneys ana
bladder arc all functioning properly
Need of clf-Confldence.
IT up to the present time You
have lacked confidence in yourself
this distrust will disappear and give
place 10 confidence. based on this
force OF incalculable power which is
in each one Of us.
This seif-confdence Is absolute
~ necessary. When you wish 10 do /
some reasonable thing or when you |
have to perform duty. think al |
ways that it is easy. Make the words |
difficult impossible cannot dis |
appear from your vocabulary.
SAY TO yourself instead, 1t Is /
easy and can. BY considering a I
thing easy. il becomes so for YOU,
although it might seem the reverse /
for others. You will do II quickly
and well and without fatigue, be- |