TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY. FEBRUARY iS 929_
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1923
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it that I am inclined to think that the black against the bliie, faintly utter-
expurgation has been rather light. ing their wail of a cry.
To give an idea as to the plot I have . "On the other side of'the Pombo, or
found the following: o nthe other- side of the Bembe, some-
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Coue, the miracle man, is not a mir- [ MILLARD PRYOR jects. There was an immediate rush
acle man at all. He not only says so ans in a few mutes the stage was al-
but insists upon it. It was one of the' most half full of people anxious to
greatest regrets he had while in this tral at 7:45. So I presented myself "to me there is no differences. Unless have "the little chemist of Nancy" help
country that people would come to at the depot. The train was ten mm- it be in France. For. you see, here them with some ailment either mental
him as a healer. "I am not a healer" lato and we knew there would his eyes danced, "I am a Frenchman." or physical.
is almost the first thing he said in his very little time for interrogation Then I asked him if he could cure him-
and decidedly the first thing there. Soon the train arrived and self of the tobacco habit if he wanted n e sdo o e e
interview, ndsecidealong at the end of the crowd came to, for he smokes cigarettes continual- and performed a very simple experi-
he said in his leeture. ment that is known to every hypnotist.
the Coue party. There was no mistak- ly. "Yes," he replied, "it is poss-eeble. He had the man clasp his hands to-
He is not even a doctor, n spite of ing the famous Frenchman, his pie- But I don't want to. I like it." I was gether with as much force as possible
the multitude of times he has been tures had done him justice. Along very lucky in asking him a question and then showed him that he could
called Dr. Cone, although he gives with him came his tour mapager, the in which he seemed very much inter- not take them apart as long as he
everyone that impression with his grey Paris correspondent for the New York ested by inquiring as to what he thought he could -r '. He performed
imperial, goatee, and unassuming but Times, who came in very handy at thought of the teaching of suggestion everal similar experiments with other
confident air. If asked for a descip- times as an interpreter, an Italian and auto-suggestion in the colleges members of the group on the plat-
tion of him I would say that he is a noblewoman by the name of Mannucci of this country. He replied that it fom, rst taking them one at a time,
white-headed, good-natured, rly-pol Capponi who is a student under Cone was one of his ambitions to see these and later three or four at once. Then
little Frenchman with the itherriest 'and hopes to establish a clinic in the'subBets taught in every medical col- heakdeeyni h uinet
twinkle In his eye that I have seen for 'Unted States at some future time. and ege in the United State. His voice te a ed ev ronein the adie e to
a long time.-sh dhti
showed is enthusiasm. it appeared to be successful in the ma-
The whole keynote of his character! Soon it was time for his lecture. Af- jrt fcss
is confidence. I could feel myself saiy- Sonitwstiefr i lcue.A-joity of cases.
ing 'ieisaman I havld elmyse cosay- ter being introduced he started right As soon as ' this was finished he
ing, "Hiere is a man that I have confi- is as calmly as though he had been .ssn s s s th
dence in. What he says will be all is almly as though hes een brought his lecture to an end. But the
peaking in public all his life. His audience acted differently from any
right. He isa real human being." Ad English was grammatically perfect other audience I have ever witnessed.
that is surely the secret of his tremen- but his accent was very much in evi- Instead of putting on their wraps and
dohs popularity. His doctrine is not denceex s
new. Philosophy, science, religion, n. making their exit as soon as possible,
hypnotism, and even so-called ciarac- The context of his speech was neith- they merely settled more comfortably
ter builders use it in part or in whole. er deep nor subtle. But it was easy in their seats as though the best part
But he has a new way of putting the ,o see how much in earnest this kind- was only beginning. They were wait-
thing over. His doctrine is a non- ly little Frenchman was. After mak- ing to see what would be done to those
scientific Ipragmatic statement of an ing the statement that he was emphati- on the platform. They seemed to be ex-
age old truth, and because it is the cally not a healer, he said that all he pecting a miracle of some kind i1
Iruth it has worked so well when hon- could do was to show how one might kpitt of all M. Coue said.
appli d. help oneself by the application of con- No doubt a large number of them
astsy applier . . scious auto-suggestion. "If I was a were disappointed. In this respect
It was a veryfotunate traintofevi- ealer," he said, "I could not help you much of the newspaper publicity given
with this famous exponent of auto-sug- after I am gone. But if you apply the this once obscure apothecary fias been
gestion, upon his recent visit to De- principles I teach, you can receive injurious. People have come to expect
front. He was scheduled to come in help all of your life." Then he ex- too much of him, regardless of how
from Toledo, where he had spoken n plained what auto-suggestion was, modest he remains. All he did was to
the afternoon, on the Michigan Cen- two or three others of lesser import- how it helped, and gave a number of repeat what he had alerady said to
ance. examples of what it had done. these people and assure them that if
:!111A1111U1111111111111111$ittInIIIilfIlII111- At Orchestra Hall, while final de- One of the outstanding statements they used the well-known "Every day
-;tails were being taken care of for the that he made was "Imagination and in every way" formulae, about which
THE lecture, the famous M. Coe was given' not will power is the first quality of Cone is perfectly sincere, they would
G ."the only reception he received that man." Also that negative words had ccrtamiily improve.
"Tnight by an informal round of ques- a stronger suggestive power than posi- Taken all around Cone affirmed no-
SOPERA GLASSES =tions and answers. It seemed as though tive words and so should never be thing that he could not back up. le
every one of the reporters was seeking thought. But this point he stated, made no false claims and remained
for some point that had not already "Such words and phrases as 'I cannot the modest, good-natured Frenchman
.t1iiiI1iuIII1plu~tI~tl11111111tEo1iIiuIIIII1i been touched upon in the previoun in- 'Impossible' and 'It is stronger tan I' that he is. It anyone was disappoint-
THlE DO)O PLI YERS terviews with the man. I asked him are not English. Forget them!" ed with him it was his own fault.
A Review by Robert Bartron if he found a marked difference in his But the most interesting part of the Perhaps he has been over-rated but he
audiences and disciples in France, evening was when he asked for a few impressed me as one who would not
Last Thursday evening I saw the England, and America. "No" he said, volunteers to come forward as sub- bring about such a condition himself.
work of the DoDo Players for the first
time. To begin with, 1 niust tell youlii HI1 i iii l ii 11I i li illill i 1i1ill 11fl il il ifillill 111111
that I was unfavorably prejudiced:
there has been too much superlativer
praise of their plays recently to lend
a tone of conviction to it. Perhaps it
was because so many of these little
theatre organizations start out in this =
way; there is a great fanfare at first_
but-not enough inherent talent to make T
them permanent. The "Venture in Trade"
Nevertheless, after attending tue =
DoDos' production, I have nothing but -
the highest commendation for this lo- n the boisterous days ofmerry Hal a favorite trick f London merchants
cal theatre workshop. Indeed, many I h oeKing
of the features which I had imagine was the "Venture in Trade." A ship would be laden with precious mer
would be serious drawbacks I found wo
resolved into virtues. chandise and sent to trade with chance customers encountered on the high
In the first place, I was prepared to h
criticize their ruling that only origin- seas With good luck two years would see the ship back in port-her
al one-act plays by members could be se
produced. This, it seemed to me, un- cargo sold. Truly a precarious method of marketing.
necessarily limited their field. On the c
other hand, I discovered that it rather
intensified their usefulness. Unques- =Today the merchant has far better means of securing a market. Risk is
tionably such a cultural center as Ann I
Arbor is an ideal place to conduct un- = greatly reduced and the whole process of selling is one in which credit
usual dramatic experiments; and I as-
sure you the DoDos are doing this. operations play the major part
Another unfortunate feature of such o
societies is their very complacent sat- yy.
isfaction in their littleness. However, It is only natural that the banker plays an important part in marketing. See
I am quite converted to the wisdom of yn.-
the DoDos beginning in a small way, '. that you secure your quota of banking assistance. This bank is here for
for thus they are able to be financially' that purpose
independent of "popular" support and t
1, -
can experiment with many of the new- = =
er forms.
Now there is no value in mentioning '
which numbers of this month's pro-"
gram were or were not good, which
actors portrayed their parts more skill-
fully than others, for, as Mrs. Grenell," mu A A 1 *
the unofficial director of the organs- T. A1 Y A3 DCr S av mgs B anK
zation, pointed out the DoDos are not i
a little theatre in tlhe accepted sense "TheB Sank of Friendly Serbce"
of the word, but rather a playshop, a
laboratory of the theatre. Therefore, i Resources $5,600,000 Two Offices
it is only to be expected that certain '3
of their productions should fail.' if all
of their plays were perfect the work- =,-
shop would be without a purpose.
It is so very easy to criticize minor -
Taults in an undertaking of this sort, '"±=
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Bissibingui arrived.
"He was a handsome young man,
strong, well-built. le -always found
something to eat at~Batouala's home,
and a bogo to sleep on. For Batouala'
honored him with his particular es-
teem. Nor was the gr'eat mokoundji
(Batouala) the only one to cherish an
affection for Bissibingui. Of Batolala's
nine wives, eight, without his know-
ledge, had testified as to the warmth
of their friendship to Bissibingui.
"As for Yassiguindja (Batoala's
favorite wife) she was already less
obedient to the orders of the man who
had purchased her than to the orders
of Bissibingui, and she only awaited a
favorable ocasion to show how great-
ly she cared for him.
"A woman must never refuse a
man's desire. Neither must a man re-
fuse a woman's desire. The sole la-w
was instinct. To deceive your hus-
band, to belong to him alone, neither
the one nor the other was of much im-
portanc."
But Batouala sees the perfidy of
Yassigindja an.d his friend; so he
calmly plans his death. But as he is
about to do the -murder, he is attacked
ajid fatally wounded by a panther. And.
at the end Bissibingui and Yassigindja
are alone in the hut with Batouala,
who is lying on his bogo in the last
quiet delirium before death.
"Sweet to be alive. Vondrous mo-
ment. Bissibingui went to Yassigind-
ja and drew her into his arms. She
yielded to his desire.
"Batouala it is useless for you to
persist in struggling against death.
Don't you see--they alone exist? They
have set you aside. You no longer
count for them. But why have you
stopped hiccoughing?
"Ah, your eyes are opening, your
eyes have opened, and you, you have
thrown the covers off your horribly
emaciated body. You have risen. You
walk, tottering and holding out your
arms like a baby learning to wall.
"Where are you going? To Bissi-
bingui and Yassiguindja? You're jeal-
ous, then, up to your very last gasp?
Couldn't you let them alone, Batouala,
seeing that soon you are to die? They
have no thought of you.
"Ah, you've done it! Are you happy
now? Are you glad they've separated?;
Are you glad they're standing glued
to the wall, their limbs quaking, their
teeth chattering with terror?
"And you, ha, N'Gakoura! Over-
come by the effort that you have made,
killed by your own self, you topple
over and fall to the ground unbending
as falls a tall, mighty tree.
"The ducks quacked, the chickens
cackled, the goats rair in all direc-
tions. Djouma, from mere habit.
growled without opening his eyes. And
the white ants never ceased filling
their galleries of brown earth to the
sound of long, steady rummag-
ing. But Yassigindja and Bissibingui
had fled into the night.
"Gradually the noises quieted down.
The animals fell asleep.-
"Nothing watches over you now,
Batonala, but silence and solitude. The
great night has descended upon you.
Sleep.
"Sleep."
In both of the above excerpts I be-
lieve you will have discovered a po-
-etry in his style. He says in his pre-
face, ". . . . To be sure, it is merely a
series of etchings but, I have taken
six years to complete it." And those
excerpts are but corners torn off of
the etchings; yet I believe they -show
a certain beauty of rhythm. Six years
he spent in writing this book for which
he has received the Prix Goncourt,
and has made a sales record of eight
thousand copies ner day in. France.
But more than that he has made a
breathing and living picture of his
own people and of his homeland, a
masterpiece.
Here is a characteristic portrait:
"The wind was laden with the per-
sistent smell of warm earth, trees, and
heavy vegetation, the miasma from
the lakes, the spicy aroma of the wild
mint.
'It was a riot of vegetation. The
birds called in bewildered -rapture..
High up in the air the kites volplaned
"KEy-hey - yaha - ho!'"
UAmong he Magazines
N. B.
THE FREEMAN for February 141
prints a thought-provoking review by
John Gould Fletcher of a book entitled
"Bali". Bali is an island in the Malay
Archipelago, and Mr. Fletcher in his
article gives some edifying facts about
it, together with some comparisons of
Bali life with our own. He ends with
this question: "And dour civilization
goes forward also to-what?"
"Egyptian Monotheism" by Robert
Hillyer ventures the conception that
the old Egyptian religion which, "held,
sway over the most important part of
the ancient world for more than four
thousand years" was essentially a
worship of One God; and he calls the
minor dieties "minor form, a, n d
ispects" of that One. "Thus the gods"
he concludes, "are individual traits
of the One. as distinct and as unified
as the Three Persons of the Trinitq."
An article on "Geoffrey Chaucer" by
Llewelyn Powys is splendid criticism
and serves to acquaint one with the
virile realism of Chaucer, who she
says "was blessed with a lust for ex-
istence."
The student reader will also be de-'
lighted to see in this week's "Freeman"
"Teti Poems from the Greek Antholo-
gy" which are evidently translated by
Albert Jay Nock.-especially this one
by Paladas:
"Naked came I unto earth,
Naked I pass into earth;
Vain the travail of my birth
Vain all things seen since my birth."
THE REVIEWER, contains a very,
pleasing familiar essay by Carl Van
Vechten entitled "On Visiting Fashion-
able Places Out of Season". Mr. Van
Vechten has a liquid, eatsy style that
is soothing as well as reflective:- nor
does he let the formalities of essay
structure deter his musings on favor-
ite books-indeed, he intimates that
one of the most fascinating of unfash-
ionable resorts is the shelf of books
of once popular authors, such as
Wilkie Collins, Thomas Love Peacock,
and H. C. Bunner. The January "Re-
viewer" also publishes an article by
Arthur Machen entitled "The Treasure
of the Humble, A Note on the Secret
Glory", and a discussion of the main
currents of French literature during1
1922 by Ernest Boyd entitled "The
Literary Year in Paris."
THE INTERNATIONAL INTERPRET-
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edited by Frederick Dixon, former edi-
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In the February 10th number of "The
Interpreter"' Mr. E. A. Sherman of the
U. S. Department ' of Agriculture
writes of "The Future Use of Alaskan
Forests" and discloses some phenome-
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a little better introduction; they burst
in and caught the audience unawaresr
and cold.
The costumes were nothing to sayj
much about. However the man in the
seat next to me told me that several
of the girls wore cotton stockings.
If this was true, it breaks the greatest
and most sacred of the musical com-
edy traditions. I did not see it be--
cause I was busy admiring the well
formed pedestals .of th- rather short
girl who wore no stockings at all.
This and Mitzi were the best things in
the show. Mitzi despite many years
in this country still retains a slight
accent- which is most charming. Her
vivacious manner and the flavors of
her spech saved the show from being
absolutely boring. Two songs were
well received by the audience, but
mainly in ."If", which consisted in a
series of impersonations, did Miss
MVitzi do her large share in keeping
the audience from leaving the theatre.
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