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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1919 | MAURICE MAETERLINCK’S THEORIES The Dead Live and Move In Our Midst; Their Desires And Thoughts Surpass Ours By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Se Coprright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Eyening World) 8 there personal immortality? Do the dead speak to us? What have tho Spiritualists proved? What can they prove? ‘These are some of the questions which Maurice Maeterlinck, poet, dramatist, essayist and mightiest mystic of them all, finds of such impelling interest that he has come to America to discuss them. Like Sir Oli- ver Lodge, Sir Arthur Gonan Doyle and other intelligent moderns, Maeterlinck takes most seriously that emo- fe tional aftermath of the war, Modern Spiritualism. Be- y dnee fore his arrival a friend said he would not have come at Ceamms all had it not been for the opportunity to talk to Amer- jeans of “The Unknown Shore”— re P . “the undiscoverd country from whose | Of us, The least worthy of them, in vourn no traveller returns.” |shedding the body, have shed its Just what are the conclusions on Salen its littlenesses, its weaknesses, t i ; 7 ; | which soon pass from our memory as me survival of the dead and Tl well; und uhe spirit uione remains, communication with the living | which is pure in every man and able reached by the man who is not only a| to desire only what is good, This is writer of beautiful dream dreams but | W"Y. as we purify ourselves, we re- | store life to those who were no more the scientific, accurate observer of the | and transform our memory, wh Life of the Bee”? His first public | they inhabit, into Heaven, utterance has yet to reach an Amer- foan ay tience. But it is probably fores’ sowed in two extremely inter- “And what was always true,” con- |tinues Macterlinck, in « splendid tribute to the war's dead, “is far more true to-day, when only the best are chosen for the tomb. Not one of |them but has gone up, not down, to, his déath clad in the greatest sacri- fice that man can make for an idea cannot die. | ‘Our memories are to-day peopled y a multitude of heroes struck down in the flower of their youth and very different from the pale and languid cohort of the past, composed almost ; wholly of the sick and the old, who had already ceased to exist before leaving the earth. “There are dead whose energy sur- paases denth and recovers lifo; and we are almost every one of us at this moment the mandatories of a being greater, nobler, graver, wiser and more truly living than ourselves. It is the first time, since history has revealed its misfortunes to us, tha man has left so great a host of such mighty dead soaring above his head and speaking within his heart Nevertheless, in considering even} the most remarkable incident in that Bible of the Modern Spiritualist, Sir Oliver Lodge's “Raymond, or Life and Death,” Maeterlinck can but say “the j interventi of the deceased should be adinitted only in the last resort.” He adds, with irrefutable logic: “Will any one ever be able to supply us with that compelling proof? What can the discarnate spirit do when try- ing to establish that it continues to exist? If it speak to us of the most secret, the most private incidents of a common past, we reply that it ts we who are reviving those memories within ourselves, If it aims at con- vineing us by its description of the world beyond the grave, not all the most glorious and unexpected pictures of that world which it might trace are worth anything as evidence, for they cannot be controlled, If we ‘seek a proof by asking it to foretell the] future it confesses that it does not| know the future much bette: than | wo do, which is likely enough, seeing | that any knowledge of this kind im- | plies a sort of omniscience and con- | sequently omnipotence which oan hardly be acquired in a moment.” Maeterlinck’s conclusion is that though the vriments do to mingle materially,” they eetiig and timely chapters of his book, “Mountain Paths,” newly pub- lishe by Dodd, Mead & Co. and the > bt book of its author to be issued since the war. Toward the tenets of orthodox spiritualism Maeterlinck’s verdict is the old Scotch one, “Not proven.” That the voices heard by the consul- tants of the medium are the voices of the dead he is by no means pre- pared to grant. And he offers a clear and interesting chain of reasoning to show how absolute proof that the iiving speak to the dead is virtually impossible to obtain. Yes, he delleves in exactly the same immortality in which he had faith when he wrote “The Blue Bird.” “We do not die,” the grand- father and grandmother of Tylty! and Mytil told them in effect, “so long as we live in your hearts, so Jong as you remember us.” It is this faith which Macterlinck sums up anew in “Mountain Paths” when he agserts that we are the mandatories of the dead. “The dead live and move in our midst,” he declares, “‘far more really and effectually than the most ven- turesome imagination could depict. Under the tombstones where we be- leve them to lie imprisoned there are only a few ashes, which are no long- er theirs, which they have abandoned without regret and which in all prabability they no longer deign to remember. All that was themselves cSntinues to have its being in our midst. “ana their thoughts and their de- sires are always ‘higher than our own. It ds, therefore, by uplifting ourselves that we approach them. It is we who must take the first steps, fer they | | | with us SOMETHING THE Ross SENT TO LITTLE INCONE TOMAKE Hit, FAT SEE THe LITTLE BONus DADDY GOT For LITTLE INCOME “ } YOURSELF The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell CH IT'S A CUTE LITTLE By Maurice Kette THAT Wit BRAcE His UPA LITTLE i} After Christmas By Sophie I:ene Loeb |wave it up! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1919 In Dear Old Cuba Cuba Ain’t Much as It Stands on the Map—Simply an Island Surrounded by Water—But the Way It Stands on Prohibition Is a Whole Lot Different: By Neal R. O'Hara Copyright, 1919, by The Prees Publishing Co. (The New York Lrening World.) USH of the 1919ers to Cuba proves it takes less than gold to make # R thirsty guy migrate, Birds that are flocking to Cuba don’t want any gold—they want to get rid of it, Reason they go to Cuba ts the freedom of C’s—champagne, cognac and cocktails. Prohibition in the U.S. has made Cuba more than a winter resort—now it's a LAST resort. Cuba is rainy for six months, but its wet season lasts the year round. Cuba ain't mach as it stands on the map. Simply an Island surrounded by water, But the way it stands on again, If they took a vote on Pro in day, a majority would never be able to stand up. Not that the Cubiex don’t have their wets d drys. They do, Wets favor everything the drys fuyor only martinis and chai pagne, ‘Twenty-five years ago when army blank- were all wool and $1.25 apiece it was Spain that owned Cuba. Then came the Spanish War. It was a terrible strugel The opera companies guit playing “Carmen” and the pols quit throwing the bull. Cer- vera's fleet was bottled up, which shows it would have been metlow staff by now ff they'd only let it stay bottled. The Maine was sunk in Cuba right after Maine had voted for Probibition, which shows where Cuba stood on the booze question, even in those-early days. The U. S. got Cuba when the war was over. But, thank heaven, we If we hadn't, Cuba would be dry now along with the rest of us. We gave Cuba « constitution without amendments, And to-day Cuba's a democracy, although it's not quite democratic enough to stand for Pro- bibition, “Remember the Maine!” they used to holler twenty-two years ‘ago, and they'd rush off for Cuba. To-day they try to forget Maine and the other Prohibition States, But still they're rushing for Caba! The Rough Riders of 1919 are the guys that take the boats from New York to Havana, They'll follow their toddy anywhere, ‘To-day Cuba's a thriving winter resort, It could trade places with Greenland and stil! be a winter resort. For booze is the real Havana filler, Its principal imports are thirsty birds and its principal exports are U. 8. souses. Principal industry is bookmaking, with the card of after- noon's races the six best sellers, There are more New York barkeeps in Havana now than there are Havana cigars in New York. Cuban weather is mild, just like its cigars, but it’s neither the weather nor the cigars that draw. Leading sports of Cuba are the guys that bet on the races, Yes, my fellow Americans, we saved Cuba! And now Cuba is saving US! It stands between Florida and South America, but it also stands between us and a terrible thirst. If booze is one of the rights of small nations, then Cuba's got plenty of rights and then some. And {t should be tickled it ain't a great nation. Cuba has a few American customs, as you'll discover If you try to smuggle stuff in. Cubies also lke outdoor and indoor sports. They love highballs and baseball, although they don’t belong to the league— _ not even the Anti-Saloon League. Cubles also love American money, All the saloons will take U. 8. coins, but we WILL say they furnish their own mint, But everything's high im Cuba, from temperature to . tables d’hote. There’s no change in the weather and no change wher you pay your check to the waiter. Every- thing’s wide open wherever you go, in- cluding the bellhops’ palms, Food in Havana costs like drink in New York. ‘The only American that ever came away from Cuba with money in his pocket was Joss Willard. And Jess had to knock out a guy to do it. Race suicide don't bother ‘em in Cuba. If a guy picks the wrong pony and then shoots himself that's his own business. National anthem of Cuba is “Eat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow you die.” And to-day Is always some guy's (o-morrow. The Cubies are al- ways raising cane, which expialns their lovely sugar crops, But the only crop the Cubies show any interest in is the one that a horse Jockey carries. And the dice shooters are the guys that put the cube im ets a a Cuba, Cuba's also a land of lovely damsels. A brunette’s as scarce as @ temperance nk. But there are more dark dames than there are dark horses, although they stand 50. island is a sweet proposition, DRINKING it 0 on speed. All in all, mates, life on the The proof of the pudding in Cuba is the everyday in order alize how rosy the glow is within, as you have thought it all over—t! rood thing that you have done, et . there t# nothing like it the wide, wide world—not wll” the gifts of the world can equal the sense of satisfaction that comes at the end so much about annual Christmas giving, with ppointments, or its isness, must be ex- the The its reerets and a) surprises and joy tended throughout every day 4 year, If we are to get closer to the| of such a well-spent day. j truest teachings of the Prince of| If you «ve every day, some way, | yea somehow, during. the, years -whed } ‘weep no more over the dead} Christmas comes it will find yor net of yeeterday, and the might: | sorrowful that. you have failed os beens; let next Christmas find| receive so much, but at least. ecm, you not wailing over what vou ex-| what natiafied ‘that, you have nee Fected to Ref. but rather what you! failed to give your share, | fave tailed to give: Nothing materi . 1 wonder if you have known what! much, and every sp tabeiy will tied It means to Ko home Kome gray day| you younger and better becauee th a day in which you have done some | spirit in you will have been kept ‘alive i fine thing—some good thing, and with giving rather than gettin, Your Sweethearts’ — Bevwaled by Their j Characteristics Coprright, 1919, by The Pres Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) 4 na yheres ove these dead tinue to live in| : can no longer desce ns ‘where pa eis Pee yauon’ morarandentiv corotsnndly:| Copyright, 1919, by The Presa W’ublishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) Copvriaht, 1919, by Tho Press Publishing Go, (ihe New York Ereving Wortd.) d always ene oF US 10 Tae, or ne | personally and passionately than had | $ ; 4 ‘ dead, whatever they may have been) hitherto been believed, and that in : A i y on life, become better than the best/ it is more than we dared to hope.” Mr. Jarr Falls Of the Kindness Wagon he Good Will of Xmas Must ; — — but Climbs Aboard Again Extend Into Every Day —_—_—_———— = = & ET z J 4 TAL KS ON HEALTH AND BEAUTY PSPITE his resolutions for the, “Come and see the new quarters ND now that it ts all over, andjten at what is transpiring every- . . glad New Year Mr. Jarr had’ our club,” said Mr. Stryver in @ you are putting them away—| where. n By Pauline Furlong lost his temper, He was Jn) patronizing way. Ho know Jarr eoutd | the gifts—to whom or what| Go Into the rellet committee rooms a Coprright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) practice ahead of time not to let his|Mot afford to belong to such a club| are your thoughts] and hear the ery of the suffering, the on Loi ———— ADkry passions rise in 1090, He haa | and Uy might properly emphe es Siralns ? 5 ase vee Ponies the sleatlfutes a pr there. ie | portance of the rich man to take disappointed thal heir Christm. has held Helpful Suggestions for Brunettes given up John I yeorn by 1aw, ANd | ine Hoorer one through those palatial | ‘some gift that you! sorrow for the loss of dear « o N recent articles I advised my read-) tain glycerine are usually found bene- |W be was trying to give up thelana stupidly dull halls a it had expected had] were in the thick of the battle, but I en tendes 4x8 brunettes |flelal tor peur te tailet use, because | tempter of his tamper by moral self-| would cost very little-ae Mr. Stryver not materialized?| whose problems right now are not differ so greatly that it is neces-| Oe °C" Ay blanching heal eed auasion, could claim he had lost the key to Has some one for-| of gifts, but dire necessities of life. e sary for each to} But a verbal passage at arms bad his jew is, his club locker. | gotten you, some} Just you realize that children a map out and fol-| Heavy sy cold creams should | taken in Jarr household, The invitation did not appeal to Mr. | one who you) haven't clothes to wear and are wan- ~ low certain lines of pee rig atti nh rare with | just before r and Reform—|Jarr. The thought of spending the} J thought would not) dering aimlessly remote regions. a treatments for the|is {nis will greatly exastorate ring | the details of which would be too/evening with a dullard like Stryver| seetwwmeravore "Ave felled yout | Then: Understand’ that old men and at caro of the com-|trouble, and only cleansing lotions | harrowing to the super-sensitive—and | grated on him in his present nervous | In a word, you} women have hardiy enough warmth is plexion, hair andjof the liquid variety, or vary thin| tho final words of Mr. Jarr culmin-|condition. "I've a very important | are disappointed. ind food-to keep body and soul alive. at body. Brunettes, | Joansing creams of goap, should be! ated in: “And some day I'll go out| business engngement, but thank you | Well then, just stop, look and Is- bank about in your own midst, and is as a rule, have) tiring. In subsequer © Te | and I'll never come back!" | just the eame,” he said. ini’ aa see the thousands, who although in a | rT quent articles I shall » —————— | etter and more pro > skin and scalp well) outline a few preparations for cleans. | It was not the last word, howe “How's the wife usked Mr. Stry- | ?” Rolie prosperous country at supplied with oiling greasy skin as Mrs, Jurr was atill voicing the|ver. ‘Mine's sore on me about some- | GOING DOWN! tM have to moet trials and tribula- th and the complex- euasieaen wrongs she endured as Mr. Jarr|thing. it's good t belong to a cl io bavaiaeu Poe Anes tnan 280; na re fon 4s therefore passed out, and the thought crossed | in such cases, Ever been driven from | DEAR NBIGHBORS: || Who have failed to got the momon to y-rech easier to deal with than the his mind that she atil! was harping | home? | Ast lock about maisithe: ||| 7 onus eae sepecied ew > dry, sensitive skin of her blond sister, upon the theme as he rode downtown| “Oh, no,” said Mr. Jarr glibly. | aucceenes in thie world 11] sum up your tertunate nttocin. All While the blond girl's hair is her to work (Mrs. dare ja the tempered|| am impressed with the fact that |} aay: “1 might hove teen om and fo crowning glory I consider the eyes “That's what I get for being too| woman in the world, I can't make|] those who get there ev ally MT y el Rath BAB OF vel otive part of the AVEr-| Copyright, 1919, by Tho Prem P ond,” was Mr. Jarr’s mental com-| her mad.” ‘ SEP PEGGING ; ot the most attractive par pi 1919, @ Press Pablishing Ca, | £004, » Jarrs her in re those who KEEP PEGGING But this i not all, It is not enon to age brunette. She should, therefore, (Tho New York Lyening World.) ment, “If a man does behavedimself | The Cheerful Lyre. ere es tint you stiaula oomfore yo is rk, take great care of them, rest and] 1. What President was nicknamed|and try to do right his wife isn't! Mr, Striver snorted il me tow| | “toe Al eee Serk aR ey ce eurand on them and even try to “dress|the “rail-splitter satisfied, She'd just as soon rake you| , it?” he asked, “This co | Ie tho fellow, who does not i . Pene bathe M ohve which enhanco| ,.2:, 12 What city is the Smithsonian ts te 4 viferpagis? sess ‘4 Mande truggle, who does not strain, || Parser ed wp to them Jolors c Institution? over the coals for a little thing as al), going to the dogs becouse the|| ® d 7 It is not enough that solace should} of thalr beauty and sizo should be se-| 3. How many members as the Su- | bis one. Doggone it! How did Thlalcctine hope too cucnt Well they ||| bub Who KeopA on tryiog to wet l'lommattaryan be realiaine tone ie ri yected, and the | brows, o Preme Court? fuss of the old year start uny-| can't boss ; |] somewhere who eventual lunate you a led should also be iven daily atteniiin. a Of What country is the tomato oe fee : caveat epee nopaae replied tend where? At the place ‘ fe gpeuid VOR: ommatli ihe mop rts Brunettes are inclined to be native ! 1 es ental pied is ere’ A 8 DI it should stifle all selfishness, d vill erisb,” wale coaas ats maar 6, What former Tammany leader is Quitting the Happy Home, \Jarr, “Lct them have their own w started out to reach mako you want to bring up ved | ply gallow complexion, so often in evi- | now a British subject? He could not exactly remember| it isn't worth fussing about and get One man I know kept pegging ||0%" level of fortuno, those who are r i skin | pt Di ble dence, and in order to keep 6. What State ls known as the “Old ting mad over, When they see you so unfortunate, No* Glear, lovely olive shade, as it shoula | pominion’? how it started, but he remembered | 19% ea overs wna Mey you! | away for fiftcen years studying A new year is beckoning-—a year er de Inside, as well 66 cutis da, treat, |"7, Who 18 known as the “Psalmist”? | how it ended, and he wondered to| Won't, fuss there's no trouble with|) - ditions in Europe and getting | {of reconstruction. Reconstruction to its’ ments ix essential. These consixor- | aor, At What Fahrenheit temperature | himself what would happen if he did them. | P eat Ww: It ca many people me os Red Cross or the len’ ome special physical culture oxer- | does water boil sociawhere for e tow tacnthe, only | “Welk & AuAt go oUut of the house|| ready for earesi war, 3b came harity organiza\on, or government ree, fises which stimulate the liver and] “9” tm what well known card game | °° °° hers 1 OMY | nd stay out till I think my wite is{| and with it a demand for this | | legislation. und plood to action and also close atten: lis there always a “dummy” hand? he could not afford it; or a few|*"4 Sc aes © 4 Mr 8 ast Bt AA BRArii aaneines In truth, the greatest reconstruction ep tion to diet and £ neral, Hiving oabe 10, Who wrote the Canterbury | weeks or even a few days, and he Meneeae ni pi aid 2) Btrrvar, waiiaa DeBger's a iv) if that can come is that in the humar ditions. Copious w drink! pe- | pales? would lose his job far that, Anyway, | ead be we 0 his gloomy club and t seems hard to fall in love juation—the relationship of man tc Ings 1 | silver to betray st? enviously watched ake several e war hus tu vthing es- tesets starches fats at all times, |" y2, From what city has Victor Ber. | furthermore, he did not care to fo— | tulltury *nootches.” || the end It pays, and if you have || it haw answered strongly in. the a will aid materially in Keeping thol gor been elected a member of Con-| Here his reflections were disturbed | ‘Then Mr. Jarr hurried hoine. Open-| | ability it will surely come to the |} {\mnative, the question of the a w 1 o€ © com | Nal ceri i vin and remarked sullenly: "Go as far| | 4 h ore equitable adjustment is T= plexion clear and brilliant. ANSWERS 182 VESTERDAY'S | extremely wealthy and also very | (You like, you Win | “You can’t keep a good man || constantly demanded in these datiy | : Zoaps and lotions should be used QUESTIONS. stingy acquaintance. Lahy. whmiever se (he matter with| , & dealings. A moro human element te ket, inthe bath which will cleanse the! 1, Tories: 2 Elijah; 3, Maple; 4| “Howdy, Jarr! Where're you go-| you? You're getting to be sudn o| | down’—or woman, either, entering into the everyday scheme ha Rin and scalp without adding an|Adz; 6, Suicide Squadron; 6, Jon jmee" auked Mr, Stry ver, ee) Crank,” sald Mrs, Jarr mildly, || Yours truly, of things. han, xtra amount of oi] to them and for Cabot; 7, Alamo; 6, Robert Burns; 9, ‘"E. ee i »|_Whereat he insisted tbey go to the! ALFALFA SMITH. And reconstruction = meane ons, purpose sulphur or tar soape are Stonewall Jackson; 10, New phe elise Td run dowatown,”| theatre, and off they went in bigh | | + \y « gentle reader, and all of us. foc iAdabin “wrepecations which cots i Guar: Ik Beleiux. * ~ wenlled Mr, Jarre, wond hamar. You naves ean tall vy The good will of Christmas muah and " ‘. see i aman. | LILLIAN F. X.—Stubborn. Affec-, Kind, considerate. A bit cold, Indi+ na Inclined to keep his own) cations ure fair success but not brill- i ’ Not quite su of himseit, | 42 ta he more adaptable, |, ©, O--Caretul spender, Stubs ; Must learn to adi |born, Constant. Somewhat reserved. Saving. Opt tic Good mind. Detailed. Rather sensie ; MARION M, G.—Not as straight-/|tive, Kindly, Prudent, sympathetic, forward ax be might be. Probably | Practical, Pavorable for matrimony, } good provider as husband, but little More stable than you. | tenderness, Indications are he is MEN’S QUESTIONS. ; fareful of bis own interests, very ¢ careful of hia own interests, viry iic.| CHESTER, C, K.—Level headed, Intelligent spender. Excellent mind,| Straisntforward girl, Modest, sav- Power of concentration, hes? hom Lav INR with @ {rbolesome aT rv : sel appreciation, Capable, ‘en aA hMA BerGinysy, Bnalyi pmind-) dency to be unpunctual, Rather stern nature, Simple tastes,| Re Gs H.-~Idealistic. Simple, rot at fe Well balanced, but|Imaginative. Outspoken. ‘Tendency self-centred Aterary inclinations.|to spend lavishly the first part of Indications are #u but littie ten-| the month and live on 1 the reat. lernes: | enthustastic, reliable. Sweet mature, K. E. K—Lacks concentration, No| CHARLES G. (or M. or N.)—Spect- great force, Constant, nest, Af-|mens and initials too mixed up for jonate, Writing shows physical! clear analysis. fatigue. Kindly husband, but youj oung lady very conven will have to supply the ambition, S ithout ‘intone H. M. Sg Brooklyn.—Nobility of| fection, but loy Capable, character. ‘Udealistic. Somewhat de- | initiative, Appreciative. Not Smarate, Marrying type Constant Lelve