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And yet, if we will not believe, we must in-
evitably wonder. Always the brain of man
has dreamed things outside his world, beyond
his brain. Especially to-day, and especially
Americans, are dreaming these dreams. But
at the same time we are eagerly investigating
everything that is beyond ourselves. We are
willing to read everything, to listen to every-
thing. We are eager. We want to know.
It is with such impartial attitude that we
print the article by Mr. Thompson. The
photographs that accompany it were sent to
us in good faith as actual spirit-photographs.
The one which we print on page jor is said
to be a genuine photograph of a materializa-
tion, a print made from a negative exposed
under a flashlight, and absolutely not re-
touched or tampered with in any fashion.
In this series of articles the entire psychic
and occult field will be covered. It is a diffi-
cult subject to deal with, but every effort is
being made to give the real facts as estab-
lished by scientists working along these lines
—to reveal all that is actually known.
CHESTERTON AND CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN Science is manifestly beginning to
occupy the position in the mind of Mr. Gil-
bert K, Chesterton that King Charles's head did in
that of Mr. Dick. Do what be may, he cannot
getaway from it, and any editor who accepts an
article from him ‘must be prepared to find this
reference to the head dragged in.
Hiis articte in the January number of your maga-
zine is an excellent specimen of this. The-references
to the head crop up on every other page, without any
necessary connection with the context, and finally
make their exit in a peroration of the most execrable
taste and lavish misrepresentation. But then, Mr.
Chesterton has a reputation for epigram to keep up,
and epigram coiners are apt to Imagine that other
people revolt from accuracy of expression as much
as they do themselves. ‘This is what makes Mr.
Chesterton say that “England will never condemn,
Christian Science; simply because it declares itself
to be scientific.” ‘It is really a little tiresome of Mr.
Chesterton riot to have jearned that there is a dis-
tinct difference between people laughing at your
epigrams and laughing with you.
‘Then again, Mr. Chesterton tells your readers that
Mrs. Eddy would never have been allowed to give
her views of Christmas in England. It is really un-
fair of him to take advantage of the A‘lantic in this,
way, for the fact remains that one of the great Lon-
ddon'papers reprinted Mrs, Eddy’s views on Christ-
as intact only last December, while other papers
pied the extract, without, it now appears, Mr.
sterton’s knowledge or approval.
When, however, Mr, Chesterton talks of it being
possible in England “‘to pr2vent a point of view be-
ing really uttered at all” he is talking of something
he should understand. For there is certainly just
Hampton’s Magazine
one paper in London which has allowed him to be
nite violent in its columns on the subject of Chris-
tan Science, to shoot the most vituperative crit
cisms from the place you would really least expect
them, his place in the “cavalcade of Christendom,”
and to refuse to allow any answer to be made. One
of the things he said was: ‘Christian Science says
that pain is not a reality. Christianity says that
pain 1s so great a reality that even the Creator could
feel it. Christian Science says that a man need not
think of death at all. Christianity says that even
God thought of it with awe.” From this you can
begin to understand the wisdom of the editor of that
paper in deciding to play the part of Bre’r Rabbit,
“to say nuffin, and lie low.”
Christian Science, of course, does not say what
Mr. Chesterton makes it, in the sense he implies, any
more than infinite harmony can be conscious of
pain, or infinite life be awed by death. But then,
an epigram is worth having.
Unfortunately for his theory, no number of epi-
grams, however inaccurate, can destroy a statement
of truth; and science is truth, or it is not science. If
Christian Science were anything like what Mr.
Chesterton imagines, it would have destroyed itself
years ago without any help from him. He may take
Gamaliets word for that, even fhe will ot take the
word of a Christian Scientist. Asit is, being science,
he will find it cannot be destroyed.
In forty years Christian Science has wrapped it-
self entirely round the world in forty years Christian
Science has won a great army of followers in all the
countries of the world; in forty years Christian
Science has healed thousands upon thousands of
men and women, not merely sick, but standing on
the brink of the grave; not merely in pain, but tor-
tured by want, by despair, and by sin in every form.
It will take more than cpigrams to undo this.—
Frepeeick Dixon, Boston, Mass.
CASSON DISAPPROVES OF
CHESTERTON
| READ Gilbert K. Chesterton's essay on “The
Future of America” in the February number
of Hampron's Macazine. I always do read such
articles. A man named Wells wrote a whole book on
the same lines lately and I read it, too. I regard it as,
a duty I owe to the memory of Columbus to read
such articles. It enables me to sympathize with
Columbus, to know how he felt when he returned to
Spain, and had to listen to the kings, and queens,
and cardinals, and presidents of geographical asso-
ciations, telling him the real inner nature of America,
and the Atlantic Ocean,
T am not going to answer that essay of Chester-
ton’s. It cannot be answered. It cannot be made
better or worse. It must be taken for what it is,
just as though it were an English sparrow’s opinion
of Westminster Abbey, or a jack rabbit’s prophecy
on the future of Texas.
‘The London brain is the London brain. It pro-
duces what it must produce, just as an oyster
secretes pearls, or as a tree trunk gathers moss.
“Fleet Street, Strand, and Piccadilly! Hal Whata
great world this is! ” Waiter, bring us a bottle of
stout, and this morning’s Chronicle, so we can see
where the human race has moved to since last
evening.”
But why can not some really great Englishman—
some Bryce or Morley—who can speak the LondonEditorial Notes
language, and so gain an entrance to the London
brain, erhy cannot they explain to the Shaw-Wells-
Chestertons the futility of these London essays on
the United States?
HeERsert N. Casson, New York City
AS CHESTERTON SEES US
| HAVE just finshed the February number and
want to congratulate you upon the work of G.
K. Chesterton. He is one of the deepest thinkers, if
not the deepest, living. He is one of the very few
who can view a people's character and institutions
without prejudice. His article on “The Future of
America” is worth far more than the price of the
magazine. But I fear it will not do the American
people much T have come to the conclusion
that the American people are to stupid to listen to
anything deep enough to be worthy of consideration.
Your so-called muck-raking articles are just what,
the stupid, money-mad American people need.
Also, your editor knows a good short story. In
fact, I consider Hampron’s the best magazine of its,
class.—A. S. H., Lebanon, Ohio.
“HANDS ACROSS THE SEA"
OME months ago we invited Alfred
‘Austin, Poet Laureate of England, to
contribute a poem to Hampton’s, leaving
the choice of subject entirely to him. He
might have written another “‘Fortunatus the
Pessimist,” another “Tale of True Love,”
or he might have been inspired by gardening
or fishing, his favorite recreations, and we
would have been glad to accept the result-
ing verses. But Mr. Austin happily chose a
loftier theme; loftier, perhaps, than any he
has dealt with in recent years.
In “You and We” the poet expresses
what he believes to be the actual relations
between the United States and Great
Britain, two nations “forging the thunder-
bolts of war,” but arming simply for the pur-
of “safeguarding Justice on her throne.”
In the letter accompanying the poem Mr.
Austin says: “It represents the universal
feeling in this country and we all believe
that it represents the feeling of the best and
most influential citizens of your land.” We
believe that it does.
STARTING A PROFITABLE BUSINESS
OF YOUR OWN
IX the two latest issues of this magazine we
inserted a short note to the effect that we
would show you how to start a business of
your own and that you could have a guaran-
teed income, ranging from $25 to $200 per
month. Many inquiries resulted, and to-day
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have actually begun operations on our lines.
Our plan possesses several features of ad-
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proportion to your efforts; you assume no
risk; you can work in spare time or full time;
you are set up in a permanent business.
Mr. Thomas S. Clark, an accountant with a
large corporation in one of the medium-sized
cities of New York State, enrolled on our Sales
Force simply as a means of increasing his
present income. During the three weeks that
he has been working Mr. Clark has averaged
$14.43 per week. And this, mind you, the
result of only three or four evenings’ work
each week,
Another illustration is the work done by a
salesman ina Massachusetts city. Inone week’s
time, and that his first, this man made $21.80.
One salesman in Chicago sends in, as the
result of his first two days’ work, enough sub-
scriptions to eam for him $7.40. Another
salesman, located in a small Connecticut vi
lage, sent enough business as a result of his
first day’s work to earn $6.30.
One young man, a clerk in a department of
the New York City government, went around
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as a result earned the neat little sum of $5.55.
‘These are only afew cases taken haphazard
from our records. There is not a single man
or woman in this country to whom we could
not show how to do this kind of work, or even
better. If you want such an opportunity as
this, write to us to-day. We shall be glad to
explain to you. Address Sales Manager,
Hampton's Macaztye, New York.
THE HIGHEST HIGH FINANCE
W OLED you like to know how three men,
from an investment of nothing but
their time, made $407,000,000? (Not in-
cluding interest and dividends.)
Would it add to your interest to know that
the three men came from Canada and made
this great heap of money from the citizens of
the United States?
Have you any curiosity as to how such
marvels of high finance are brought about?
Mr. Charles Edward Russell is writing an
article which will explain all this—and more.
Mr. Russell says it is the most interesting and
most informative article he has ever written.