Indiana daily times. [volume], February 24, 1920, Home Edition, Page 11, Image 11

About Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922

Image provided by: Indiana State Library

                
SPIRIT WRITING
CLEVER TRICK,
SAYS JASTROW
No Mystery, He Asserts, but
‘Manifestations’ Due to
Subconscious Mind.
SCIENCE ‘HOODWINKED’
•
NEW YORK, Feb. 24^—It is a singular
fact, as Prof. Joseph Jastrow, psychol
ogist cf the University of Wisconsin,
points out, that the most eminent con
verts to belief in spiritualism have been
scientists used to dealing with distinct
phenomenon—Sir Oliver Lodge, a great
physicist and chemist; Sir Conan Doyle,
a physician long before he became a
teller of tales, to mention only a few.
Men of science, who deal only with phe
nomena which can be weighed, measured,
felt, seen or heard or were leaders in
the worldwide revival in the belief that
the spirits of men dwell in another
world and do communicate with the liv
ing.
As for Dr. Jastrow, himself of emi
nence in the psychological %ld of
science, he will have none of it. Lectur
ing in Genealogical hall, he confessed to
a kind of puzzlement over the tendency
of some fellow scientists to accept a be
lief, which, he asserts, certainly has not
been proved. He thinks that Sir Oliver
Lodge does not bring to the solution of
the spiritualism problem that part of his
brain he uses for physical problems.
OUTSIDE REAL
OF SCIENCE.
Among the interesting speculations of
fered by Di\ Jastrow in his lecture,
'•The Revival of Belief in Spiritualism,”
is his opinion that belief in after life is
a product of individual faith, something
that lies outside the realm of science,
something which is not prepared to af
firm or dispute. Converted scientists, he
holds, have allowed only a ‘‘reserve”
area of their brain to become convinced.
Dr. Jastrow plainly seeks to combat
the rising tide of belief in the occult,
and to discredit, scientifically, such cult
accessories as the ouija board, the crystal
ball, the planehette, automatic writing,
spirit photography and the like. He
maintained that, aside from fraud, psy
chical manifestations are explainable
from a few recognized principles, and
that the “mystery” which seems to en
velop the whole subject Is no mystery at
all.
“Spirit manifestations,” said Dr. -las
trow, “are traceable to reactions of the
subconscious mind in highly jseyed tnd
nervous personalities. The underlying
cause of so-called dual personality
trances, spirit writing is the same, the
singular operation of the subconscious
mind.
“One of the reasons so many persona
come to believe in sptrituu .sui .s'l.i
personal nature of the communications
they believe they receive from departed
loved ones. But they do not understand
She subtleties often employed by me-
Siums, the ‘fishing’ carried on by means
>f cleverly disguised leading questions,
be keen observation employed and per
*aps by means of little understood, in
tangible processes of mind which seem
mpernatural.
lASTBOW CALLS
iT HALLUCINATION.
“But no person has actually any more
extraordinary power of communication
han has any other perron. Some per
ions are more senstlvely. nervously con
itructed than others. They are more
tubject to trances and forms of hysteria
ml hallucinations. We know that some
persons faint easily while others never
surrender consciousness except normally.
It Is a matter of a highly geared, highly
sensitized nervous system and of the
curious workings of the subconscious
. mind, i have watched a good many me
diums that have gone Into trances, but
I have never seen the slightest proof of
spirit contact. The mediums in trances
babbled and mu-mured just as people
talk in their sleeo.
“So far as automatic .writing goes
and the denial of persons having the
faculty that they are ever conscious of
what they write, or that they under
stand anything about it except that it
occurs is simply a hallucination. I
doubt not that these persons are quite
sincere as a rule, but they merely put
upon paper ideas from their subconscious
mind.
“That part of the mind which dictates
such writing docs not function except
under certain conditions, and under
these peculiar conditions they can do
things they are not conscious of being
able to do. It is exactly like the familiar
circumstance of being unable at sudden
need to recall the name of a person or
place, yet having the elusive name pop
out of the mind subsequently in some
absolutely Irrelated situation or trend of
thought. *
“Dual personality, as it Is termed. Is
Just children's pretending. We all know
tow children like to pretend they are
somebody or something In their play.
Children mostly outgrow this instinct to
pretend. But persons with the so-called
dual personality (when It ia not actually
, a fraud) not only do not outgrow the
Impulse, they permit it to become a
dominating delusion. They are as much
deluded as are others."
Dr. Jastrow said that after life can
not be proved or disproved by science.
Science knows no proof as yet of the
supernatural. He warned against fraud
aad denounced spirit writing as a clever
piece of trickery.
TOSSES SHOWER
OF GOLD AWAY
Factory Owner, in Talk to Men,
Illustrates Waste.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Feb. 24.
Silver and gold were thrown away to
illustrate a talk on the waste repre
sented by carelessness among factory
workers of the McCallum Hosiery Com
pany. Geo *ge B. McCallum, treasurer of
the company, told the operatives that in
a week 11,700 needles, worth 1% cents
each, had been lost. The effect was the
same, he said, as if $147 were thrown
from the shop window, whereupon the
treasurer took from his desk a pile of
147 silver dollars and tossed them out
of the window.
Silk scattered under foot was as much
destroyed as if thrown away, he added.
Estimating the amount of* loss from this
cause last week at sr>o, he tossed a shower
of gold coins among the workers. Some
listened to the treasurer's later remarks,
others scrambled for the gold, while
many rushed out of doors to search
for the silver in the snow.
Banker Pinched for
Exhibiting Flask
CHICAGO. Feb. 24.—A “rule of rea
son” should apply to prosecutions of
persons guilty of carrying “hip liquor,”
in the opinion of Federal District At
torney Charles Clyne. He held that
Charles Neil Thomas, president of the
Commonwealth Trust and Securities
Company, did not stay within the “rule
of reason” when he proudly exhibited
a handsome flask containing 100-proof
Scotch whisky in a restaurant here. The
banker was arrested.
T‘WHY?’
THE BOYS IN THE OTHER CAR
/tHEK) 'Sf DEMAri O Z/ZZa k
/who WHO H> tiTTV* rtATCHeZpj CLANG!
\ y / h °'' MO \ THAT
NOSE FOR BOOZE
TRACES G[N JUG
Police Chief Runs Down Dis
tillery Stock.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24—Probably not
even a wife has more sensitive nostrils,
when it comes to sniffing whisky and
gin, than has Chief of Police Gargan of
Pelham Manor. After taking dvp Inhala
tions while talking to two men In a
stalled auto in front of the Huguenot
Memorial church the chief peeped Into
gasoline cans and a jttg in the auto.
He found what he said were a dozen
cans filled with whisky and a ten-gallon
Jug crammed full of gin.
Gargan took the two men to the p*ollce
station. One was William Flandreau,
chauffeur, and the other was John .T.
Tyrrell, a saloon keeppr. They were
turned over to revenue agents.
Chief Gargan said Tyrrell confessed he
had. been selling booze two months, that
he got it from a manufacturer In Yonk
ers, and that many saloon keepers were
selling it In Weschester county. The
chief said the auto bore license and
engine numbers not correspondingly
registered. _
He had hopes his nose had put him
on the trail of big moonshiners.
Advance Sale of
SPRING SUITS
't
For Women and Misses
' •
The value giving Up to $55.00 Qualities, This sale sets at
supremacy of the Sale Price naught the idea that
Basemen t Store is only a high price can
redemonstrated JIL obtain a fine suit
a ;3o m
,> Tricotine Suits hrenc/i Serge Suits !'f
Black and Navy Blue Suits . / J \ ¥
\iL - lV ool Poplin Suits / ft ’J i\ \
I We captured a maker’s samples—also a number of vTV A jh J jJL
! i jte suits that the maker gave us at an out and out reduction
m m as a courtesy for our big business with him. |flyH J
Ipp. - /r® We ask you to see these suits—just to see them. We |w j{r
j / know your enthusiasm will be unbounded. You’ll like /
J / everything about them —their fabrics, their fashions, ® . J
fil their silk linings, their workmanship. 438 t
jar l£ Every suit is fine and fashion- These are suits in high-waist \ V
g J able. They are silk lined, they models that misses will adore; /TT
,Ja %k show those little niceties in there are other styles for more Aj |
m • i • , . j mature women. Tuxedo front s'
sis making that only good suits , . . „ ,
Ml'l A B ir x /rrm styles, box plaited effects, \\
f possess. Up to $55.00 flared mode ] s , etc Up to $55 00 U
✓ " suits $38.00 | qualities . > $38.00
THE Wm. H. BLOCK CO.
British Tourist
Travel Ban Off
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Tourists travel
to the United Kingdom, which has been
under ban, is now permitted, it Is an
nounced by Capt. M. Jeffes, passport
control officer of the British consulate.
Previous regulations. In effect since 1914,
permitted of passports only to England,
Scotland. Wales und Ireland on business
or for emergency purposes. The lifting
of the restrictions will simplify the pass
| port work Notice of from three to ten
'days was required to get passports vised
but they can be used now in a few min
utes if properly made out.
‘Ether Highball’
Popular in Chicago
CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—Federal operatives
re Investigating the “ether highball,” a
strange new drink mysteriously circu
lated and highly popular among laborers
ai the stockyards district here. One whiff
>f it Is enough to cause the blind stag
gers while a drink will cause the Imbiber
to climb a trep and chatter like a chim
panzee. it Is reported. One quarffer ran
into his house, seized the family dinner
and fed it to the alley cats.
The drink smells strongly of ether, but
its general composition is a mystery.
THE- BASEMENT STORE
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1920.
LIQUOR SHIPPERS
FOOL DRY ‘HA WKS’
Trick Heats Law and Cargoes
Slip Away.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. -Hunting for
loopholes In the prohibition enforcement
regulations has been a favorite occupa
tion since Jan. 17. Prohibition Com
mlssioner Kramer told how ship op
erators had worked inside the law to
get around the regulation requiring all
liquor for export to be outside the three
mile limit by midnight on Jan. 16.
On a request for a ruling It was held
that vessels taking on part of tbetr
argo at a foreign part, could enter an
American port with liquor on board, and
take additional cargo wttbout fear that
the liquor would be seized. During the j
export rush Just prior to Jan. 17. some '
ship operators hastily loaded their liquor ‘
and left for Canada, or Cuba, where
some semblance of loading a portion of a
cargo was made.
When ship# with American liquor for i
export began dropping into American !
ports to pick up the rest of a cargo, the j
prohibition enforcement officer* had to ,
admit the law bad not been violated. 1
BRITISH DRYS
PINNING HOPE
UPON WOMEN
More Feminine Beer and
Whisky Drinkers Come to
Light, However.
FAVOR STATE CONTROL
LONDON, Feb. 24.—1f the British
drys are right, then John Bull in the
near future Is to have the cup that
cheers snatched from his lips as effec
tively as was done a short time ago to
his cousin, Uncle Samuel. The drys
here believe it will be the women who
will sentence John Barleycorn to death In
these isles, hut there seems to be a wide
difference of opinion among the women
on this subject. Even the temperance en
thusiasts bemoan the largely Increased
average of drinking among women, not
of cocktails In palatial homes, but or
dinary beer—very ordinary, as most
Britons consider it, because it is too weak
—and whisky in saloonß.
During the war thousands of munition
workers of the fair sek acquired an ac
centuated taste for alcoholic beverages.
That taste has not departed with peace.
More women are seen in wine bars, more
women between the ages of 20 and SO,
than In pre-war years.
The World has tried to ascertain from
some representative Englishwomen their
views as to Jvhether or not women will
send John Barleycorn to the scaffold, as
the male drys Insist.
The marchioness of Townsend said;
“Prohibition is an infi ugement of human
liberty which I do not approve.”
The countess of Warwick said; “I
believe in the democratic control of drink
*s the labor party program, and no
longer the source of private property, as
the only sane solution."
Dr. Mary Scharllef, one of the most
prominent women physicians la England,
said: “Women voters are likely to ac
celerate prohibition in the United King
dom, but probably not In the Imme
diate future. If the country bFanif tem
perate through other means, prohibi
tion would become unnecessary, or at
any rate would be Indefinitely post
poned.”
Mrs. Philip Snowden, on the other
hand, believes the women of Britain will
put John Barleycorn out of the British
Isleg. “The women voters," she said,
-will eventually establish prohibition In
Great Britain. I have Just returned from
Scotland, where evidence of this is very
strong. The Scottish Independent labor
party Is also committed to prohibition." |
There are many well-known women
here, particularly aome of those in pub
lic life, who are not willing to go Into
print and therefore declined to state
their views. ,
Lady Frances Balfour, writer, when
asked her opinion, said; “Prophecy Is
not my gift”
Lady Astor at present ia campaigning j
for state ownership of the nation's booze.
She doesn't look for a dry Britain.
“I hate the word prohibition.” she
told a Liverpool audience. "I have Juat
so much of the devil In me that the mo
merit any one prohibits anything, that
is the very thing I want to do. Do not
let us play Into the hands of the trade,
but go In for state purchase.”
‘WHY?’
M W*H. BLOCK C?
Indiana s Largest Assortment of HART SCHAFFNER bf MARX Clothes for Men
For Wednesday Only
70c Brooms
49c
Sweep clean brooms, of good
quality Illinois broom corn,
household size, 4-sewed, extra
wsll made. smooth handle.
Brooms of this quality are sel
dom offered at such a price;
70c quality 4?>c
(No phone or mall orders.)
—Fifth Floor.
FROM OUR MODEL GROCERY
FRESH EGGS,
large select table
eggs, dozen In car
ton 56<?
DOMESTIC SWISS
CHEESE, Old New
York State, large open
eyed (pound, 79c)...
CREAM CHEESE,
new mild Wisconsin,
yellow full cream,
pound 39c
APPLE BUTTER,
Monarch, made of
fresh select apples
and pure spices, large
quart jar 45<*
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
$25 Coats for Women
and Misses, $10.98
_ Thirty-five coats of velours, diag
onals, recontres, burellas, etc., are in
this group, including belted and
semi-belted models, with fur collars,
silk plush collars or self-material col
lars. Many arc silk lined; navy,
black, brown, taupe and Russian
gray. (’oats from higher priced
groups; remarkable values for
M ednesday only—remember, please.
Up to $25.00 qualities, while the lot
of thirty-five lasts 810.98
(No C. O. D. or phone orders.)
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
Up to $6.00 Georgette
Crepe Blouses, $2.94
Almost an unheard of thing—
Georgette crepe blouses at $2.94
hut for Wednesday only are these
pretty blouses reduced to such a
price. Although the group is com
posed of odds and ends, as a whole, it
offers a variety of headed and em
broidered models of several different
styles and colors. Up to $6.00
qualities . $2.94
(No C. O. D. or phone orders.)
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
70c Silk Corset Covers
and Camisoles, 29c
Os Japanese silk are these corset
covers and camisoles, trimmed front
and back with filet pattern lace and
have lace shoulder straps to match.
Since there arc only 100 in the
group —and desiring that the oppor
tunities may be shared by many
women instead of a few—we have
limited 2 to a customer; 70c’quality,
Wednesday only 29£
N (No C. O. D. or phone orders.)
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
Up to $2.50 Union Suits
for Men, $1.59
Sizes 40 to 44. Men will no doubt take
advantage of this chance and btock up
for next season.
Heavy fleece lined union suits, silver
gray, up to $2.50 qualities, for
Wednesday only $1,59
(No phone or mail orders.)
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
Up to $5.00 Sweaters
for Men, $1.49
Sizes 36 and 38, “V"-nec*k, roll collar,
button front, two pockets, up to $5.00
qualities, for Wednesday only $1.49
(No phone or mail orders.)
For Wednesday Only—Domestic Specials
APRON GINGHAM, 27
inches wide, even or
broken blue and white
checks, fast colors, while
400 yards last, extra spe
cial, yard 24tf
PERCALE, 24 and 28 inches wide. Rood CHEESECLOTH, yard wide, * perfect
range of dress and shirting patterns, while bleach (limit 10 yards to customer), extra
500 yards last, exf.ra special, yard ..194) special, yard ’. I©^
(No mail or phone orders.)
For Wednesday Only
$1.40 Wash
Tubs sl.lO
Galvanized, family size,
No. 2; strong and durable,
$1.40 quality sl.lO
(No phone or mail orders.)
—Fifth Floor.
BACON BACKS,
lean sugar cured,
light smoked in the
piece, pound..3o**
PEANUT BUTTER,
our own fresh Sun-lit
made while you wait,
pound 29<J
RICE, Blue Rose
New Crop Louisiana
uncoated (3 po inds,
50c), pound 17c
RED KIDNEY
BEANS, No. 2 cans
(dozen, $1.25),
can lie
CORN, Wisconsin
extra sweet evergreen
(dozen, $1.95),
can 17*
THE BASEMENT STORE
UNBLEACHED MUS
LIN, 27 inches wide, easy
to bieach (we reserve the
right to limit quantities),
•while 800 yards last, extra
special, yard 15C
For Wednesday Only
60c Mops
43c
Medium size, strongly made,
for kitchens or porches, 60c
quality 43*
(No phone or mail orders.)
—Fifth Floor.
COFFEE, ’ Blue
Ribbon, excellent
blend, in the bean
or ground,
pound 37C
PRESERVES, Lun
cheon brand, pure
fruit, strawberry or
raspberry flavor, large
jar (3 for $1.00),
jar 35C
MARSHMAL LOW
CREAM, for icings,
fruits, sauces, etc..
Jar 12'/ 2 *
VINEGAR, pure ap
ple cider, full pint
bottle 17%*
MACKEREL, small
fat shore, for break
fast, each 1214 C
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
$35, S4O and SSO Fall
and Winter Suits for
Women and Misses,
$19.75
Prices on this group of suits, in
cluding a few extra sizes for the large
women, have been slashed the limit
for final clearance Wednesday.
Early selection is advised.
Suits of burella, striped worsted,
velours, silvertones, oxfords and
poplins. Suits for the miss or for the
more mature woman—suitable for
spring wear. Foresighted women
will take advantage of this sale and
plan for next season.
The colors are navy, oxhlood, rein
deer, fawn, heaver, brown and black;
silk and satin lined: $35.00. $40.00
and $50.00 qualities; Wednesday
only $19.75
(No C. O. D. or phone orders.)
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
Nightgowns for Women
and Misses, Special 98c
There are only 75 in the group—
and in order that 75 women may
share in tins wonderful saving—we
have limited one to a customer.
Slipover styles of muslin or nainsook
trimmed in dainty embroidery; for
Wednesday only, special 98^
(No C. O. D. or phone orders.)
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
$3 to $5 Corsets, $1.94
Nemo, Royal Worcester, R. & G.,
Gora and Warher corsets of brocade,
broches, coutils, batiste, etc., broken
lots. This is a clearance. The price
is so low for corsets so fine that no
woman should miss seeing what the
lot contains; $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and
$5.00 qualities $1.94
(No C. O. D. or phone orders.)
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
Untrimmed Hats at $1.98
Samples and odd lots taken from our
regular stocks of higher priced models,
the most wanted styles and braids are in
evidence; black and colors,
special SI.9S
(No phone or mail orders.)
FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY
Millinery Trimmings,
29c and 79c
A large assortment of millinery trim
mings for developing the newest ideas in
smart millinery; special. 79*
and *9*
(No phone or mail orders.)
CURTAIN SCRIM, yard
wide, white, cream or Ara
bian, also plain centers
with fast color borders,
while 300 yards last,
yard 19*
NAVY BEANS,
choice white hand
picked, Michigans
....3 lbs. for 29*
WHEAT CEREAL,
Sun-lit, ground fresh
while you wait, pound
package 7 >4*
CREAM OF WHEAT,
very healthful, nutri
tious breakfast food,
package 29 *
CLIMALINE, t h e
wash day wonder (3
packages, 29c), pack
age lO^j
OLD DUTCH
CLEANSER
—Fifth floor.
11