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Thursday, March 6, 1919.WITH MY FEET ON the OEOUHD(By BERT HUBBARD.)I don'* Hk\o in ghosts.I don't bc'icre in miracles.I don', believe in material,eu„on 0f mM sage* from the spirit world.1 never saw a ghostthrough a paid or unpaid medium, the Ouign Board, the Trumpet, Slate-writing or any other form of materialisation. There is a certain phenomenon about it all to be sure. Deucedly clever! The thing that 1 wonder at is that so many enlightened people take serious stock in it. Perhaps thoso people will say I am unenlightened. Well, maybe, °or recognised a as I approach the gates’* and advance inwisdom, I’ll change my views.But for now, I appreciate and marvel atmiracle nor received a mo,«ga fron, , dc parted spirit.Supposed message* from Elbert Hubbard! the work of my friends, Houdini, Kellar,■ lillif a. —- a fa\e eon sen to me from many people. \ Thurston and Raymond more than the Spirit onlt; o cm ore any characteristic state- messengers. They tell you outright they’rejust magicians and to catch ’em at it if youCucumber Pare # : thinly, spr minutes, r; can drain ing, seasoi toe cueuml fere servicments.Once. 1 went to a trumpet meeting at the invitation of a friend. The room w». abeolntelr dark. On .be table around which we sat (about a dozen people) were two tilings a guitar and a tin horn. This horn was about three feet long-just a good big tish horn. I looked through it before the lights were put out. There was no aquawker in it—nothing.We sat in a circle and held hand*. Bad to do it for if we let go. the spoil wouldhe broken! My wife sat on one side of meand several times I let go her hand, butthings went on just the same.A voice in a harsh whisper seemed to coute from the table. 8omcbody recognised it as that of a departed relative. The horn rattled around on the table—the voice seemed to come through the horn which one felt”« (but could not see) was pointing at the per-to whom the voice spoke.W rbe guitar strings were being picked. There was no harmony in the music. The hoixj seemed to be floating in the air. Something tapped me twice on the bead. Then the guitar left the table and wont floating nil around the room—mnkiag odd strains and playing the while.The trumpet voice got tired and said good bye. Down onto the table plunked the horn, and the guitar plinked and planked its way back to the centre and stopped.Of course there was a medium in the group. He heaved a big sigh and we nil relaxed 81 this sign. My wife held tightly to one of his hands and another skeptic held the other. We chatted and waited. Another xnirr spoke through the trumpet and said things of no material moment. Always the voice found the one in our eircle to whom the spirit’’ would converse. We all got messages.When mine came 1 was rapped three time* on the cheat—the high sign. 1 suppose. Of course, it was my father speaking—in n material, honest-to-God voice, through a tin trumpet in an inky blnrk room with me in n circle of friends, and my wife by my side trying to crush my hand! T broke her grasp nud T crossed my feet under the table, but the voice kept on. T asked questions of the voice which was speaking through the horn right into my face. T thought T detected a tinge of a cigar breath—maybe not. There was something uncanny about it. T admit.The Message? Nothing!' T am happy bore. The climate is fine. •'Keep up the work. T’ll come again- remember me ^ to all, You must keep well. etc.. etc.All »he messages were about alike—same size, fl* any form, won’t tear or rip. never hurt, won’t shrink, run down at the heel? or set anything on fire. The seance lasted about an hour. The end came when the trumpet deposited itself in a far corner of the room with n bang. We were told that the spirits had gone. The lights were lit. Two of the men paid the medium some money. T hesitated to follow suit for my friend had invited us. TTe was a friend of the medium. I learned.A Indv in the party gently asked me if 1 had paid. No, but I’m going to. of course.** So T paid our way on!—a dollar each! Worth it? I consoled myself by thinking so. It surely was a clever stunt— a phenomenon, perhaps. Or more likely, just plain humbug.Some people believe in if and get groat consolation from the messages. But ’he idea that any mortal can call up thp spirit world, 2-11 14 Heaven, if you please. Central and get a connection via the dollar line i* absurd—just bunk. The pity is that so many people believe it can and is being done.I think if Elbert Hubbard in his spirit form want? to advise me or send a message, he won't do it through the medium of any so called psychic third person. He will communicate. with me through my own subconscious mind, whatever tha* i«. And. T'11 got the meantge myself away out in th** wood*, with nobody near, except his horse — Garnet. You know. Garnet is the horse Elbert Hubbard rode for twenty years. She I-ill the youngest horse in the barn. 1 keep healthy exercising her. The message Garnet and I g'-t won't be written on paper nr a slate or a tablet of stone. I won’t have fn % pnv a dollar for it. either. Perhaps T won’t rcrognise it at the time—may be not at rlIf there ?« *ueh a thing as communication between this world and another. I don’t kno»* nnvthing about it and T don't believe any one else does.To communicate with God is simply to commune with thr good that ’ies right within one’s «olf. Whatever thlt;’ influence of the oternal i- upon mankind. T confess T don’t ^rknow, and knowing not T am content to disbelieve. Stil!. I’m not such a cantankerous infidel a« Manila Ricker, ^he. won’t even admit anything. Besides. -ho writes book* to prove it.The people who delve nfo the unknown lose connection with their surroundings. They get their feet off the ground and they leave undone the thing- they should do.f'm interested in my work and my fellow workmen. There is a joy iu living and doing- The 'piritual detract» from the real. I believe that if you let if alone, the spiritual wjH take care of tself. If 7 do my work and have regard for the other fellow, try* to be unselfish. and live a- f:ir a- possible the ideal** 1 hold, then T need no assistance jnnterinlix'd from the ethereal.1 have no belief in ’he commercial telephone system to Heaven or Hell, connectedtan. They are on the level.—Boycroft.AMERICAN!AND US.Oatmeal R Put fou two pints oatmeal is of grated lt;per and t grate a lit iu oven til(By P. FOX BENSON).J^JISS O’KEEFE, ODe of Australia*! foremost dress designers, has just returned to Sydney, after spending nearly a year :n America. She is a keen observer of peoples and places, and what surprised her roost, was the average American's ignorance of Aurtralia, and Australian condition?.We are not even a mighty atom to them, 'he said. Once 1 was asked: ‘How long did it take you to learn our language?* Another time: ‘What language do you speak in Aua-tiaiiaf’ It may bo that America being such a vast country with a j*pulation of 120,000,000, New York alone absorbing eleven and a half millions, nearly a third of whom are alien*, the people there have no time to consider other nations. However, the influx of the Australian soldier into America has done more to popularise on than anything else could possibly have done. It has forced America to recognise n*.There are no children in New York, M we know them in Sydney. During the Liberty Lean campaign, I was surprised to see children of eight and nine years of age, in booths, selling the loan?, and giving prospective purchasers the history of the War of Independence, not forgetting to mention the part their ancestors played in it.President Wilson is greatly loved by the people who unquestionably obey any law he make?'.I saw him receive a tremendous ovation at the launching of the fourth Liberty Loan.Tomato Sc Wipe tw them into small bpai cook them enough to a line sieve quart of \ spoonful o: gently for down tight Tomato : and is esse or steaks, ever, it wi owing to 1 half a dox* pan with ; them stieki before the them from pass fhruui of sugar an and serve :A CONSERVATIVE SET.In social life.’* the American ‘upper ten,' ’’ Icontinued Mias O'Keefe, is even more ronservr.tivc. and a greater stickler for the conventions. than English people of the same class, for whom in their hearts they have the greatest admiration, though they may affect the contrary Americans, however, differ from the English in that they are able to combine go-nheadness with ccnservativenevs. They are unique in this re -peel. In one month in America you will learn ' more about the pedigree of the British arista-erney than you would, in England, in a life- J time. This is quite an eye-opener to Anstra lians who have always been taught to regard Am riea as the home of democracy.t • *LACK OF INDIVIDUALITY.A stranger to New York, she went on, at once notices the monotonous architecture nf i the residences, street after street, showing exact- | ly the same style of building. The houses bare neither verandahs nor balcoines. which is a great drawback in summer, when the heat is as intense as it is here. Even Pierpont Morgan '«* palatial town residence, containing among other : treasures, the finest library in the world, and guarded night and day by eight detectives, cannot compare with some of the beautiful homes of Australia.Though efficient and smart, New York women show lack of individuality in their dress ( as well as in their home*. You see thousands nf them all looking alike. Fashions change i every few weeks, and sheep-like they all follow them in the same way, not like Australians who. while following the general lines of the prevailing mode, give it individual interpretation. But an Australian in New York unconsciously finds herself dressing as New York does. On Easter Sunday there is a fashion parade in Fifth Avenue, after church, when the newest fashions are exploited. I’ve come to the conclusion that American women arc the ties! shod in the world.• • *VVHKRB AMERK'A TS' AHEAD.Miss O’Kerfo ha* nothing but praise for the New York hotels. They are the acme of comfort. In summer the guests dine, and dance on gorgeous roo? gardens, which in win ter are converted into ice skating rinks. She thinks this idea might be advantageously copied in Svdney.Another institution for which the United ; States is famous, and Australia might copy with benefit, is the Country Hub. These clubs arc situated just outbid** all the big cities in Amerio:», and the snlf courses and tennis courts nrr probably the finest in the world.Public holidays like Good Friday, Easier Monday. Boxing Day. anil New Year’s Day, arc unknown in America, and we could with advantage dispense with many nf our public holi days.Then we might. Miss O’Keefe thinks, take n leaf out nf America’s book, and show more ap nreciation of our local talent. In America an artist is appreciated according to his or her attainments but. though the average Australian it, noted for a high standard of ability, An • tralia is loth to recognise it. so many promising aifists and literati are lost to us through lackof encouragement.In conclusion, Mi»? O'Keefe -aid that if we had America's population and her irrigation wo would run rings around her.Beef Colioj Cut the square and the pieces 1 little fat u from the fi add yuflicic small mince ketchup or jniee (if * taste. Sim cooked, and jacket*.Cofee Esse Take hall able, fresh1 it into a j ing water, i reduced to lt;cold. Boil to bring 1 syrup. Stri feetly dry tcaepoonful milk to tasH1N1Piano Keys Piano ke etrument iscauses the t movement cthuj imped is to move ing the ins help to dryKeeping St Fine eme ing steel hi satisfaction soft cloth 9in good coiRemoving t Take a le one end ur inches, and regularly rt hold of tin manner as ' and the th: the circlet, the knuckleTHE RICWHAT HE DID.As n child he was quiet and retired. He was never quarrelsome, and preferred lo give in rather than argue. The wiseacres shook their hen !-. He lacked sand, they said and had no chance of l*eiug anything. He would merely grow up, one of life’s failu-**-. one of the many who never do anything worth while. He is bur-i d somewhere in France.The disc to who ha. est woman Talbot larc have ovcrh who inheri th* Duke o vented her Queen « Easton, in rirory. \Yi1905, Lady iu Britain.Lady «i r for her sta pital on tl and from . wearing prSinItalyMenu To So hoi La-an a to tleffoiXmpriean Fuel Administrator Garfield esti-uuil*'H that 3,.00,000 tons of coal were snv*d in *d\ month- bv industrial plants adopting his « usorvation re.-ommendntions.■ iagiin Spa: H h; paid 11: Mon part
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Thu, Mar 06, 1919
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