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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 5, 1920.
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The Bee's Platform
1. Nw Union Paitaofar Station.
2. Continued improvamant of I ho No
bratka Highway, including the pava
nant of Main Thoroughfaroa loading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A abort, -low-rate Waterway from tho
Corn Belt to tho Atlantic Ocean. ; '
4. Homo Rule Charter for Omaha, Mvith
City Manager form of -Cwrarnmant.
A COMMUNITY CONSCIENCE.
Hardly a week passes that the' press of
feome state or city does no flame up in- a
,' burst "of 'righteous indignation against local
authorities for failing to enforce the laws.'
And yet it is an axiom accepted among
lawyers hat for the jnost part our statutes ;
are enforced just as rigidly or Just as laxly.
as the prevailing sentiment 'c;f,;fbe cotnmun-'
ity dictates.-r-Saturday Evefli$liv Post. i
And thus squarely doesvEdrtpr;orimer state
the truth. Government at '"any given ' time 'jot
place fairly reflects the aUitgrJrej). the people
governed. This is true' to 4 considerable "extent
even of despotic governments, for , : tKebJ most
autocratic ruler had; finally td,:dnd. on some
body outside his immediate circte to enforce, the
w or edict. As we. recede frona,,,tbe'depVf and
i approach the democracy, law becomes more arid
more the creature of the individual, and there-
! fore partakes in its efficacy something of his
mood. Just as1 the individual is indtfned so is
i the statute obeyed or broken. V'v:
This has another anglef-however, which re
cently had anexoellent illustrationin Omaha.
Well devised traffic lawl were of little avail
and our ffiy streets reached a Strangely danger
ous condition because of the individual attitude
towards the regulations set up for securing the
safety of the public. An awakened public con
sciousness, however, brought a sense'of responsi
bility to all, voluntary traffic oversight by citi
zens served to check the carelessor indifferent,
and a decided improvement has followed. Such
an example might serve to stimulate other mani-
' testations of a community conscience.
If everybody , were zealpus in sweeping his
own dooryard, the streets would all be clean;
if those who peri'hitentfy neglect to; s,weep their
dooryards were reported to the central author
ity by their outraged neighbors, the effect would
be to secure cleanliness for all. Many' salutary
laws are rendered ineffectual because" those-who
observe the infraction refrain-frorn. reporting the
fact to the constituted powers.' ; This, ;.; of;
course, because of the inherent reluctant to
turn informer; nobody wants to be classed
among the tattlers.
But is it tattling to give proper and war
ranted information about such actseor neglect
to act as amount to a violation of lawAnd there
fore an offense against the entire, community?
Sound reason answers, no; in such a case the in
former is doing public ; service,..; Most of the
immunity enjoyed by offenders", great and Small,
flows from the fact that "private individuals do
not like to depart from their privacy; they shun
notoriety of any kind, and allow themselves
to be imposed upon rather than incur possible
publicity through resistance to what they know
is wrong.
.. We are not contending for a rigid, exact
enforcement of all laws or of any law. ; It is,
however, a bad sign when any law is generally
ignored or administered with such laxity as
makes it ineffective. This breeds a disrespect
for all law. A true community conscience is
one that looks to the enforcement of such laws
as rest reasonably on all; relying on the good
sense of the majority to move for the repeal
of statutes that are inoperative, and the enact
ment only of such as meet public necessities.
It is unsafe to leave to the individual any choice
as to what laws he will obey and' what he will
disregard. That leads directly to anarchy.
But the individual must be the keeper of the
community conscience, for he contributes to it
to the extent that he is conscientious in the ob
servance of the laws as he finds them. And
now let us quote Editor Lorimer's own con
clusion: Before our statutory hypocrisies can be
abated we must renounce the childish be
lief that law can make character. The
women can do much to help if from the
first they refuse to be deceived by the fal
lacy that is responsible for thousands of
pages of foolish man-made statutes. Then,
too, we must take a livelier' interest in the
law of the land. We must talk about law.
think about it, and read about it. until we
come to realize that wise law making in
volves one of the most difficult-and baffling
of all sciences. Moreover, we must learn to
I think clearly, march warily, and to see to it
that our statutory advance guard never
outpaces the main body of public opinion,
in which lies its only hope of survival when
the battle is joined.
Export Market as a Test
' For more than five years the export trade
of the United States was limited only by the
capacity of ocean-going vessels to carry the
goods. Something of a slump took place in
this a few months ago, not because our cus
tomers did not want our wares, but because
they had no means of paying for them. Europe
-was as anxious as ever to get what we could
furnish, but asked for credit longer than could
be granted. During a considerable part . of
the war the trade was financed by money from
this side. Immense loans were made the Allies
first through banks, then through the Treasury,
and the proceeds went to pay for food, muni
tions, and needed supplies made in this country.
Under such stimulus the export trade swelled
out of all proportion, and the falling off that
followed on the armistice and the shutting down
of credit brought considerable disappointment,
particularly to those "exporters who had goods
at the seaside, but would not allow them to go,
abroad on the only terms the prospective pur
chasers might offer. Our government declined
to extend its credit to further 'cover private
transactions, and some other basis had to be
found. It evidently has, for the report of ex
ports for the month of October shows an in
crease over September of $55,097,018 in value
of manufactured goods ready for consumption.
This indicates a healthy revival of trade, an out
let for the surplus wares produced, and as such
is a noteworthy sign of the future. America is
holding its own in the trade of the world.
Cancellation of Contracts.
A practice that has grown up within the last
few months until it 'has reached a stage that is
a real menace is the withdrawal of orders for
goods contracted for. The disturbance that
has resulted from this is more than an annoy
ance to the manufacturers; it has introduced an
element of uncertainty into business that pre
vents safety of operation. It is, of course, an
outgrowth of the "falling market," an effort on
part of the dealers to anticipate or avoid pos
sible loss incident to decline in selling price.
After making full allowance for this, the fact
yet. remains that until contracts are regarded as
binding there is little probability of bringing
business affairs, to a state of satisfactory sta
bility. Permission to withdraw an order once
placed puts the manufacturer in such position
as requires him to operate on a much wider
margin for .safety than if he kitew that he would,
be required to deliver as'and when agreed "tiport.
Te.remdy is ndtfo readily applied, perhaps,
but one way out seems to be. for buyers to
scrutinize closely all conditions, tb refrain from
uncertain ventures as far as possible, and to con
tract' for the ' purchase, of such wares bnly as
their necessities" demand... 'Such a practice may
limit trade. , to a. certain extent, but. a limited
number of orders certain to be delivered and
paid for is much better for the makers than are
more liberal contracts subject to cancellation or
countermand. Both sides admit' that a hard
and fast rule to govern cannot, be laid " down
or enforced, but all are aware that good busi
ness 'practice requires some modification lof the
custom now complained about.
.. Another of Omaha's Needs.
, In., 4he course of his musings "Senator"
Sorehson discovers that the presence of 5,000
people at a "muny" concert on an inclement
evening is proof of the desire of the public for
music. If any such proof were needed, the
masses . who attend the Auditorium services
when., the City Concert club is putting on a pro
gram, provides it. Another and equally impor
tant faict thus established is the willingness of
Omafia musicians to assist in making the under
taking a success. Having thus made certain of
a public desire and the willingness of qualified
persons to aid in realizing iat desire, is it not
plainly a duty of the city government to make
some further provisions for the proper presenta
tion of music? With a number of projects in
the air, all looking to the replacement of the
present City Auditorium with a more suitable
and better located building, certain definite- sug
gestions made in the past by The Bee may still
be held in abeyance, but ,we suggest that in
any planning for a new auditorium the item of
music be considered, and that some' special fa
cilities be made available. Among these should
be included a great organ, such as adds So
much to the pleasure Denver people find in their
great city meeting house, or .San Francisco's, ot
any of a number of ot,her cities where the pub
lic hears the best of music from time to time,
with all expenses borne by the community. Till
the time when this can be cared for at the
charge of all, much thanks to the enterprising
local singers and players who have made the
present concerts possible.
Mothers and Life's Struggle.
w Of all the tragedies, the death of a mother
is perhaps the most heartbreaking. It does
not matter whether the children are young or
frown, the loss of their mother alters the whole
world for them. How easy it is to understand
then the loneliness for his old mother in Sweden
that drove a young and penniless immigrant to
suicide in Omaha the other day. Stranded in a
friendless community, he must have felt that
the distance between him and the old home
was so great as to make it as if she were ac
tually in another world.
; . To most of us, however, no matter how far
we,depart from the-Cld hearth, the knowledge
that back there a mother is waiting, anxious to
serve, is an everpresent help. If we fail in life's
effort, or even if we bring disgrace upon our
selves, we know that there is .one person in the
world who is always ready to comfort us, and
to encourage us to begin anew. )
With the death of a mother it is as if the
whole business of life alters. No longer, is
there any buffer between us and hard fate. The
struggle becomes one without quarter, a bitter
and merciless one. If we lose, there is no one
to whom we can turn who will understand, no
one like a mother to soothe a bruised soul or a
suffering body.
, No Disguises Needed.
Just what aching void will be filled by the
revival of the Klu Klux Klan is enigmatic. The
evil conditfotfs out of which this secret force
sprang in the reconstruction days following the
Ciil war have passed. Race hatred and intol
erance or undue self-assertion by negroes are
not prevalent enough in the north and west to
warrant the reported intention to extend this
masked order from the south. And even if these
conditions did obtain, no such methods of ter
rorism as were used by trre ancient clan would
be necessary or advisable.
The traditions of the Klu Klux Klan are not
such as to inspire public confidence. If the idea
of violence and terror is absent fr'om this rein
carnation, the choice of the name fails to give
the promise. What is needed in all parts of
America is less heat and more light. The
original Klu Kltix Klaiij was full of heat and
shunned the light, and its white masked and
shrouded horsemen have no more proper place
in this age than does an African voodoo society.
Greece may have all the self-determination
she cares to exercise, but will be required to
choose between "Tino" and the Allies,' just the
same.
Young democrats at Lincoln will need more
than a vision to get the old machine into good
running order again.
A little readjustment of Nebraska freight
rates might help more than potato growers.
No, gentle reader, the burning of Cork does
not forecast a minstrel show.
Bandits are doing their shouumg early
enough
A Line 0' Type orTwa
Hew to the Line, let the quipi (all where they may.
TRANSFORMATION.
Sometimes I wonder If the Parthenon
Was just so perfect when it sparkled new,
Kresh from the Phidlan mallet, when withdrew
First from its Hides the builder's skeleton
And bade astonished Athens look upon
Its briKht-hned splendor. Now the winds imbrue
Its beauty with eternity, the dew
Paints it more perfect, dew and Attic aun.
Like "Alexandrian gem your face was cut
In gleaming candor, graven crisp and clean,
A palo intaglio whose Hps between
No fragrance breathed. I found it faultlqss, but
Love It I could not 'til Its classic cold
Warmed In Love's sun to Ivory and gold.
PETHARCH1NO.
A CONSIDERABLE to-do is made over a
letter receivtd at the postoffice in Lancaster, Pa.,
which was mailed 52 years ago. In fairness to
Mr. Burleson it should be said that he is re
sponsible for only a few years of the delay.
, SPOTTED. V
(From the Mt. Olive Herald.)
Notice. The party who Is keeping my
dog is known. Please return same to me.
Mrsr Jacob Goetz.
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE.
Sir: It was a Chicago public school teacher
who, in the eottrse of a conversation, remarked,
"I used to wouldn't eat carrots." SAME HERE.
BEFORE the dry era it was possible to
obtain at least strap room in a street car during
the rush hours; but these straps are now fought
for by the persons who used to stay "down town
to lap up a few. Add Horrors of Prohibition.
WHy TJHIS PREJUDICE AGAINST
' '. " BREAKFAST?
i (From the St. Joseph, JIo.. News-Press.)
Tark College, Parkville, Mt)., has issued
Invitations ' toits supporters to a banquet
at the Robldoux Monday evening at 6:S0
o'clock. The dinner is given In order to
better acquaint' the people of St. Joseph
with Park college. There will be brief
addresses by Mr. Stanton Olinger of New
"York, and President Frederick' W. Hawley
of the college, .who, .with Mrs. Hawley and
Mr. Olinger, will meet the guests before the
luncheon and afterward.
"BUT," the Kenosha News reports a citizen
as saying. "Since Socrates learfied Greek at 81,
7 guess I can learn scouting at 42." Wasn't it
Epictetus who learned Greek at 81?
EASILY ROUTED.
Sir: Speaking of embarrassing moments, I
was talking to a few sweet young things at Va.
Beach, and the subject of sunburn tame up. I
mentioned that my face and neck wero badly
burned, and one of the s. y. t. replied: "That's
nothing, you should see me; I'm sunburned all
over." That scattered the crowd, and I grabbed
a handful of box-cars and left town. JOHNNY.
OUR Tokyo correspondent, Sib, is com
plimented by M. W., who says that Sib is the
first white resident of that cify who has not
commented on the presence of Chinese officials
in Japanese banks.
ROSE REVERY.
Do roses know the love that in us wakes
For them? I fancy so. Perchance they store
It up in us that it may strengthen more
And more the soul. Truly, for their sweet sakes
The throbbing heart with joy and rapture aches,
Beholding them, dew-drenched, beside the door,
Reminding' us of old and treasured lore, "
From which. It seems, their fragrant beauty
breaks,, i
Aurora-like, in many a far oft land.
Till lpl.we see them lie on Helen's breast,
Or ktes the lips of Sappho, red as they; j.
Or see them tossed by Cleopatra's hand
To Antony;-or yet behold them rest
Where Khayyam sleeps, drearriing of yesterday.
C. G. B.
ONE of our Immortals, Mr. Lemon Ice, of
Sistersville, W. Va., has received permission of
the court-to change his name to Lee Ice. This
retires him from the Academy.
- THE CABARET BEAUTIFUL.
Sir: Suggestion for a Chicago cabaret: From
"The Crime of the Boulevards," a French
mystery story, by Jules Claretie:
"A small hall which a few months before
had been a common wineshop had been trans
formed into a lugubrious place. The walls were
painted a dead black and were hung with a
large number of paintings, scenes from masked
balls, gondola parades, serenades, with a bal
cony scene, some of the lovers' rendezvus of
Venice . 1 . . and in this strange place with
its romantic pictures the tables were made in
the form of coftlns with lighted candles stand
ing upon them; and the waiters were dressed
as undertakers' .assistants, with shiny black hats
trimmed with crape, on their heads.
" 'What poison will you drink before you
die?' asked one of these creatures of Barnardet"
F. T.
ONE of the leaders in the hike of the Prairie
Club yesterday was Miss Fahrenbach. At last
account the hikers were still trailing.
THE CONVENTIONAL DISTINCTION.
(From the Elgin News.)
The service which will be read at 8
o'clock at the bride's home will be witnessed
by a company of 130 relatives and a few
close friends.
"ORLEANIANS Die Less Frequently."
Times-Picayune.
Because, perhaps, of the high cost of dying.
By the way, is not Orleanders a better word?
TWILIGHT.
A single lamp Is shining In the square,
The darkness drops down softly everywhere
Lights twinkle out in answer, till each pane
Has blossomed in the grayncss. The day's rain
Is swishing in the gutter, scattered white
With soaking paper boats sent out to fight
Dreadnoughts of orange peel and get away.
All dripping quiet is the end of day,
Quiet as pain and dim as peace, while far
A single street lamp beckons to a star.
MARY.
"TWO seats on a motorcycle make a con
venient place for two persons to ride," says the
Illustrated World. It do.
A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
(From the report of the treasurer of the
University Club.)
Nobody knows the ultimate life of a
building such as ours, but it is obvious that
the building will become inadequate or
obsolete and have to be rebuilt or replaced
long before the expiration of our lease,
September 30, 2105.
THE BooWfellows have just brought out a
little volume of Miss Laura Blackburn's lyrics.
Thanks, my dear, for the dedication. ,
WE HAVE NO OBJECTION.
- Sir: Why not include Mr. Taylor Kussmaul
of Newport, Ohio, in the list of Immortals? He
is a superintendent of water works and can af
ford to. W. N. C.
THE HAPPY HAM.
All smokers are inveterate;
Their vice becomes inured.
Only a ham can smoke and smoke,
And smoking still be cured.
PAN.
SHE passed a good night, but her tempera
ture this morning reached 102.2 Fahrenheit."
The Trib.
Lucky it wasn't Centigrade.
LES PAUVRE POISSONS!
(From the Aberdeen, S. D., American.)
The Non-Partlsan league state o' North
Dakota is going to have a new fish hatchery.
The poor fish!
A CHICAGO man choked his wife because
she pronounced a movie film poor, and a New
York citizen was so thrilled by a screen melo
drama that he kissed a policeman. Two schools
of criticism. B. L. T.
Harmony
What some men would like to know is why,
if cirls never put on long dresses now when
they grow up, they shouldn't keep on wearing
hair ribbons. Boston iranscrtpt.
How to Keep Well
By OR. W. A. EVANS
Queitiona concerning hyflene, aanlta
. tlon and prevention ot dlaeaae, aub
mltted to Dr. Evan by reader of The
Bee, will be anawered pereonally, sub
ject to proper limitation, whore a
tamped, 'addressed envelope l en
closed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnoaie or preacribe (or individual
diseases. Address letters in care of
The Bee.
Copyright, 1920, by Dr. W. A Evans.
HOT DRY AIR BRINGS
WINTER ITCH
"What can T do." J. B. writes, "to
stop the Itching in my legs from the
knees down. It Is worse at night
than at any other time. I wash with
salt water, but it does no good."
This is the first of a Hood. of let
ters which will flow in between now
and next spring. It has been so
every year for nine years. This win
ter will not furnish an exception.
The letters begin coming in Novem
ber and do not let up until about
April.
Winter itch is a frequent com
plaint among people who live in
warm, snug houses. In the main
the complaints come from north of
Mason and Dixon's line. A few
southern people write in about it,
but most of the letters are from
people who live in the warmer, drier
houses of the north. When I kept
count one winter, it seemed to me
a subject in which New Englanders
were especially tnterofted.
In winter itch there are no pim
ples, blisters, ulcers or anything else
to see on the skin until marks made
by scratching appear. The skin is
dry and . sometimes a little goose
fleshy In appearance. That is all
that can be seen. The only symp
tom, itching, generally starts on the
back part of the inner side of the
leg, just above the knee. It extends
up and down from the region of the
knees, presently involves the arms,
and sometimes affects all covered
parts of the body. It is worse at
night.
It results from living in houes tn
which the air is too dry and too
warm. Rarely does it affect young
people. It is essentially a discomfort
of the middle aged and the old. Be
fore the winter is over I suppose 50
remedies will bo reported. Each has
its merits. All remedies that relieve
itching are of service. The best are
those containing some carbolic, but
there Is some danger from absorp
tion of carbolic acid through scratch
marks. Greasing does some good. A
trip to Florida cures in 24 hours.
Living out of doors anywhere effects
a speedy cure.
Those people who cannot go south
for the winter and cannot live out of
doors will be relieved of their trou
ble if they will keep the room tem
perature down and the humidity .up.
I doubt if there would be any winter
itch if room temperatures were kept
below 65 degrees except during
sleeping hours. Whtn one sleeps in
a well covered bed the air about his
body becomes very hot. I also am
certain that there would be little
winter Itoh if room humidities were
kept above 60 degrees. A few old
pe6ple might need to grease them
selves occasionally, but that would
he all.
Many Theories on Goiter.
H. L. writes: "The writer has been
very much interested in the large
percentage of goiter cases in the city
of ' Cleveland. I would not desire
my family to stay here if the sltua-
CUTICURA HEALS
BOY'SJCZEMA
In Blisters On Face. Would
Cry and Try To Scratch.
Face Disfigured.
" Eczema tuned on my three year
old boy's face with a kind of rash
and then turned to busters,
",( ni was red all the time.
cause he would cry and try
to scratch his face. His
face was disfigured.
"A friend told me about
Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment and I sent for a free sample. I
bought more, and when I had used
one cake of Cuticura Soap and two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment he was
healed." (Signed) Mrs. Anna Storti,
7 Rickley St., Columbus, Nebraska.
Make Cuticura Soap and Oint
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"Weakness oj Psychic Research''
In the December number of
Sorlbner's Wlnnifred Kirkland has
given a most lucid, logical and effec
tive dissection of modern spiritism,
so direct and so well reasoned that
it fairly deserves the rt-ading-aof all
who are Interested in psychic re
search. The author resists and re
sents the claims made for "disclos
ures" reported by the advocates of
the cult, and mercilessly holds them
up to the test of common sense.
When she has discussed the appnr:
ent futility of the communications
so far received and set down by
Lodge, Doyle, Cameron, Hyslop and
others, saying they contain nothing
but what might have been better
said by the holder of the recording
pen, she goes on: - - '
"No spirit freed from the limita
tions of the flesh has yet been able
tion along this line is very bad. I
have familiarized myself with the
experiments j conducted by two phy
sicians on young girls of school age
of Akron and Cleveland, and noted
very carefully the effect of adminis
tering certain quantities of sodium
Iodide once a year. I have come to
the conclusion that the cause of this
disease is the lake water and ask
your opinion as to the correctness of
that belief. What is lacking in lake
water which causes n swelling of
the thyroid gland, or what is con
tained in this water which causes
this effect?
"I was advised to use distilled wa
ter for the women in my family.
"This subject is one that should
Interest every person in Cleveland,
as every newcomer immediately rec
ognizes the prevalence of this trou
ble." REPLY.
While Cleveland lies In the Great
Lakes goiter belt, other communi
ties where the water supply is not
taken from Lake Erie or any lake
have as much goiter as does Cleve
land. In the Pacific northwest they
have more goiter apparently than
in the Great Lakes belt. There some
attribute it to drinking snow water.
But it abounds in communities that
do not drink snow water. McCarri
son says it is due to drinking water
that is polluted with sewage. In
Portland some say it Is due to drink
ing water that is too pure. The
popular theory just now is that
goiter is due to iodine hunger. No
one can say definitely what causes
goiter.
to speak to those still held by it any
words approaching an idealism, the
beauty of life formulated by those
teachers of humanity who learned
1 to see and to express God as thpy
found Him in this world. Thoe
men who discovered God In this
world are Htill the best teachers for
us whose business is still so to dis
cover Him. The wisdom that has
come to us from the other se Is
but a feeble echo of the words that
ring through the. long, dim' corridor
of time, from the wisdom of Isaiah,
or Confucius, or Buddha, or Jesus.
"What I ask of the writers of this
new Book of Revelation Is simply
this: 'What have you found that is
going to help me when I wake up in
the morning to le a more vlgorbus
human being,' pluckier for today's
pain, more confident about tomor
row? And what have all your
ghostly controls said that was not
better said 2,000 years ago? Jesus
still seems to me to spoak with
more authority than any ghost I
have yet read about, perhaps be
cause ne.speaKs to my common
sense, which is more concerned to
know how I must live in this world
than how I may live in another.
The sheer human shrewdness of
Jesns is undervalued; he was a most
astute psychologist, and no one of
his parables shows sharper insight
than that of Dives. Dives, to whom
death revealed a wasted life, argued
that his brethren could be saved
if they were addressed from the
grave. The sad sagacity of Abra
ham's rejoinder has not -affected the
naive arguments of present day
spiritism. If morals have not in
spired them, thus runs the reply to
Dives, neither will miracles. 'If
they hear not Moses and the proph
ets, neither will they be persuaded
though one rose from the dead.'
"When he said 'persuaded' the
greatest psychologist of all time did
not mean that the brethren of Dives
might not be persuaded to sit down
with ouija or an automatic pencil,
and indulge In beoutiful caporings
about heaven, but that they would
not be persuaded to stop guzzling
end feed the beggars at their gates,
even 'if one went unto them from
the dead.
"The essential weakness of spirit
ism is its naivete. It knows more
about human nature after death
than it knows about , human. nature
before death. There is childlike
simplicity in the implication of all
spiritist argument that the certainty
that we would live after we die
would make us nobler men after
we die. It might or it might not, !
but most assuredly there would be j
no automatic response of morality
to the fact of immortality. To be- I
lieve that an Irresistible regenera
tion would follow a conviction of I
survival is to ignore both the force
lof human anlmality and the force-
! of human spirituality. Being good
j Is not so easy as all that. Being
j good is a matter of desperate choice,
of blind bewilderment, of traffic
' failure. The fundamental claim of
' spiritism, the fundamental hope of
jail who demand material prpof of
survival, is tnat the souls or tn n-
lug would be unnecessarily invig
orated by this .conviction. The es
! sentlal point for the ordinary man
or woman is not the proof or dls
j proof of telekenlsts, direct voice,
j materialization, automatic writing:
! but, granted the authenticity of all
of these, what difference docs It
I make to me and to civilization,
which is but the slow, torturing
emergence of a man from the beast?
! If there is something God-like, liv
j ing secret and prisoned in our flesh,
is this divine element strengthened
I or weakened by attempted coni
! munleation with departed spirits?
! In other words, van we logically ex
j pect to be spiritualized by spirit
Ism ?
"It Is not as a body of science ap
pealing to mentality, but as h body
of ethls appealing to morality, that
spiritism fails. As we look back at
the long history of our fallible race,
and at the short history of our fal
lible selves, Instinct and Intelligence
both pronounce that the only valid
force from chaos towards capacity
has been the force inside, not out
side, of man himself. However
feeble or staled our faith may be,
most of us do believe that evolution
has an upward trend. Most of us
at bottom believe at least this much,
that there was a purpose In making
man physical and in planting him in
a physical world, perhaps that he
might have the transcendent privi
lege of discovering the divine in that
world,, and In himself in other
words,- that he might share his own
creation by sprltualizing himself,
lie could hardly accomplish this ex- .
cept by self-dependence, by accept e
ing his body as a means of revela
tion rather than by scorning it as a
handicap. By our own clearing of
our flesh-bound vision, by our own
strengthening of our flesh-bound
conduct, by recognition of the im
mortal within ourselves, rather than
of the immortal outside of- ourselves,
shall we become men spiritual
enough to spiritualize the world."
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