The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-22
Open Forum
for the discussion
Of
PSYCHIC
PHENO MENA

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impatient If their contributions
ore not printed Immediately.
By MEREDITH MANNERS
have been interested in the re-
cent symposium in The Times. deal.
ing with the pro and con OF
spiritualism, mind reading. astrol-
ogy, psychics and kindred subjects.
While not processing to be more
than layman on any one Of these
topics, am convinced in my own
mind that most Of them are con, Z
with the word games added.
Senator Copeland recently intro.
duced in Congress bill against The
granting OF licenses to soothsay ers,
fortune tellers, n1ystics. palmists,
sspirituaIists. etc, III the District of
Columbia. and this bill strikes at
those charging as high as 50 for q
sitting or reading, as well as the
gypsy-lady whose palm can pc
crossed with silver thin dime.
This blu, il It becomes q law. viii
even prohibit Miss Bart. the worlds
greatest known astrologer. from
apredicting' iii Washington. + has
been stated Ia the public priHts that
Miss Belle Bart receives as high az
81 900 for single sitting, reading
or is It lying
Probably her greatest flop oc.
CURED right here in the Capital
city less than six months $50.
One Joseph Caillaux came to town
TO gafIy adjust few little I'M
anciaI matters relating 70 France
and the non-payment Of her war
debt to us. Caillaux cabled MISS
Bart to meet him here september
"a. She came on from New YORK.
and at the MayfIower Hotel, AFTER
long and urgent message rom
the stars assured the French Fin
ance minister that negotiations
would Sc successfully concluded by
september 90. and that final agree
rnenf with the French government
would he ratified between October
s and IA. ri Is d matter Of COM
NOR. knowledge that III. CaiHauN
ref,laed Americas offer to allow
France to pay ns $40, 600, 900 e year
eor. five years. On his return ~
rs,.anea the franc and bonds Went
Gown iii all markets. Miss BarI
also nroulesied that Caillaux Would
eorsy. become elevated to premier
81 france. Instead he and hls
cabinet were thrown out bodily !.
Probably H was this same buncn
~ afara that Caiilaux hftched MS
s. "a en- r. II. III 1915. For at that
lime ne came very nearly being
..eIavated,s along d death-hiteh route
bs,t finally was banished from
E,,ance instead. There IS some.
.ft,fno the matter with Belle Bart
snlar system because In this par
tic,Iiar 81 900 instance she did not
ar,1ess right In a single Item
when Miss Bellies stars sang
tarefher they must have been a.
out-of.tune as little German
band. e
some fifteen years ago one ~
nv relatives by marriage. cnakIIl.
ing. cultivated, travelled gentleman,
became tremendously psyche.
finally procuring license 70 uo
hts mental stuff. From the first
he made friends and money. One
tlav while reading the past, pres
enc and future for q sitter. my
relatives stepdaughter was burned
Is death in a kitchen not three
rooms removed from where TINS
ma r,.wIlo Iaxnew-a things was dis
Eniaving his supernatural powers.
He gave up fortune telling, stud
led and practiced dentistry and
finally committed suicide. And
that's all / know of interest 70
your readers Of this symposium