Evening star., 1923-01-18
SIGHTS LURE COUE
ON EVE OF "ADIEU'

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NJ Coue uses to demonstrate the
power OF the Imagination over the
will.
The lad. a bright-faced boy, made
fine subject for NJ Coue, who had
him clasp his hands, think he could
| not open them. and then try his best
to do so: This experiment had pre-
NlouslY been performed successfully
! by some women, but IL was plain that
| many in the audience were skeptical.
| There was no mistaking that look
! OF surprise on the bright countenance
OF the boy when he attempted to pull
his hands apart and found that they
were glued together.
See now, how it is?" NJ. Coue radi-
| ated.
Hands C1nsped Over Head.
; He had the boy place his hand on
| top OF his head. Now think you
would like to raise your hand, but
| you cannot, you cannot, you cannot"
manner. The boy struggled: his arm
! shook; smile of boyish wonder
spread slowly again over his face.
! Now. think you can" said his
teacher. for that is what the auto
healer; an educator, not a doctor.
Slowly the boy lifted his hand, amid
the applause of the audience. They
were convinced now. 1t was as mon
Sieur said. When you think you can
for you, within the domain of the
possible.
! The boy then was asked to hold his
arms straight out, with the palms
touching, and told to think that he
would like to open them. but he could
not. he could not, he could not.
| NJ. Coue turning away, with the boy
struggling to separate his hands. the
lad was left to himself. Suddenly he
began to open his hands The au-
dience began to smile. 1t thought 1t
had caught N. Coue.
| But see!" exclaimed the delighted
Frenchman. He shows you that II
is not what 1 think, but what he
| idea into his head that he can open
his hands-and he can! He ALWAYS
does what he thinks or what he
imagtnes he can do"
Women Given Test.
The boy then faded into the back
ground, while two women were put
| through the experiments. One of
them held so we'll the thought "I can
| not open my hands that for a time
IT seemed as If she might have to go
through life with her hands tightly
clasped together. Even after nj.
Coue had told her to think II can"
she stood there, struggling to free
herself from her own thoughts. AT
last her hands came apart.
The boy came forward again. He
told NJ Coue that he stammered. The
| latter told him not to be afraid. He
spoke so quietly that only those on
the stage could hear him. You don't
stammer. you don't stammer." he as
sured the lad, speaking in the posi-
tive tone which he uses in such cases.
Il don't stammer. 1 don't stammer," )"
said the boy.
Now tell the audience that YOU
VIII never stammer again" ordered
The boy stepped forward briskly.
threw his head back. and spoke to the
audience in a loud, clear, smooth
'I do not stammer any longer al
though I did" he proclaimed, where
| upon the audience cheered him to the
echo.
! Questions Are Answered.
| NJ. Coue successfully met last night
| the verbal attacks Of those in the
audience who asked him questions,
some some OF which showed traces of de-
| m. Coue, what gives the uncon-
| scious mind its power?" asked a
voice from the back OF the hall.
What gives electricity its power to
\ q.
! audience applauded.
One man asked if the lecturer be-
lfeved in the "superconscious mInd,''
or the soul.
Certainly" answered NJ Coue.
Upon a question from Claude n.
Bennett, the Frenchman explained
| his own method OF Inducing sleep. He
said that 1t is necessary to take up
\ a comfortable position in bed, cease
| struggling to go to sleep, and repeat
4 rYVsio
| words, II am going to sleep" or their
French equivalent, preferably, max
ing the result a very low drone, like
bees.
one gentleman came to the stage
| suffering from some sort of disease
| which made him give sort of gaspin e
yawns at intervals. M. Coue, how
| ever, did not attempt to treat the
man.
Brings Joy to Cripple.
| NJ. Coue yesterday afternoon
! brought Joy TO the heart of a young
/ cripple, when he patted him on the
! cheek and assured him that if it
| were possible he might become bet
ter and BETTER"
when nearly all the 800 society folk
who attended the lecture given by
NJ. Coue at the home Of William
Phelps Emo, 177l N street, at 8
| o'clock, had left the home, following
| the lecture.
The cripple, who had been seated
in an ante-chamber, was waiting as
NJ. Coue came out. The latter tried
to make the boy hold hls arms out
in front OF him. but the lad was un-
able to accomplish this. NJ. Coue made
| no attempt to treat the youth, feel
ling that little or nothing can be
done in one such treatment. He did,
however, seem to bring inspiration
to the boy. who seid that he had
been practicing autosuggestion for
| some time.
| At both lectures yesterday M Coue
gave in detail his explanation of the
| theory and practice of his method OF
conscious autosuggestion, as pre-
viously outlined in The Star He re-
| counted the cure Of ehe stammerinE
| girl Tuesday, and held the case up
as an example of what he meant
4 when he said. ''the cure depends
upon yourself" He was introduced to
the audience by Rev. James z. Free
man of the Church of the Epiphany.
At Memorial Continental Hall last
night NJ Coue was introduced by Rev.
Robert Johnson Of St Johns Church.