The PhalanxA JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY AND F R IEND SH IP

Indited for the Edification o f the Elect by DELMAR DEFORE/T BRYANT

Being an attem pt to find the w ay in, the trail throughand the path out.

Herein I think my thoughts aloud And .scatter them afar

And. if I aim above the crowd.And sometimes hit a star.

It beams and streams and seems to say You j o l t e d me the other day—

But I thank you for the jar.

Acknowledging as the source of all expression, the inspi ration of Egeia, the wisdom-giving N y m p h of the Fountain, unless otherwise signed, all prosy and poetic patterns of pyro- technv, novel and otherwise, originate from our own teeming brain-mill. None are trade-marked, copyrighted or patented, but strangers and the weak-kneed are cautioned against monkeying with them too freely, especially in public.

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TITE JO U R N E Y O F A S O U L .............................................. 1DRAGON, S P H IN X . C E N T A U R .......................................2T H E C A L IFO R N IA C R IM SO N W IN T E R R IIU

B A R B IN D U S T R Y ..................................................... 5IN V E R T E B R A T E H E R O ISM .......................................... .12FROM TH E M A ST E R W O RD ............................................ U>SITTING U P AND T A K IN G N O T IC E .........................10RARE EPIG RA M S ....................................................................W

T E R M S O F S U B S C R IP T IO N — O n e D o l la r p e r D ozen , d e l iv e red a t y o u r door. T h e p le a s u r e is a l l o u r s . T o m a k e you sm ile and q u ash y o u r fe a rs , fo rg e t y o u r t r o u b l e s a n d y o u r te a r s , is w orth t h e t r ia l of a y e a r ’s — s u b s c r i p t i o n — a n d th e co s t , will no t be lost.

T r y a case . S a m p le s F re e . If yo u l ik e i t , r e c o m m e n d it to y o u r e n em ies .

Address the Editor

B ' I*0 * A n g e l e s , C a l i f o r n i aovlfir*- of tit* U nited St.«ut*>

U-ENDRA E- A G A VA \

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PHILOSOPHY A N D FRIENDSHIP

, ,, J A N U A R Y N o . 1

[ml if Ilian canst no I realize the Idea l , tleou shall at least idealize the Real.— (J. S . Cal early.

Beautiful fr iendsh ip tr ied by sun and wind, Durable from the dust o f daily life.

— St ephen JJhMips.

O t) e ~3ourrt<2^> o f a S o u l

A soul, the vital spark o f heavenly flame,Thought from the Eternal Mind,

Into the dawning, conscious earth-light came,Itself so undefined,So weak and helpless, blind,

It searched the earth for one bright ray,Some light to lead it on its wav •«/ 7

And searched, alas'.—in vain.

At last it found a m erry, joyous throng,Of children unconcerned;

It looked upon their play and heard their song, And for such joy it burned.And m ingling, soon it learned;

Ah. soul, thou'rt now imprisoned in the clay. And thou alone m ust plod the weary way ;

These joys, poor soul, will wane.

A youthful form it seized and stirred the heart With longing for achievements hold;

A restless energy of thought it did impart,A wondrous tale it did unfold —A tale that flushed the youth when told.

F illing his eyes with starlight's golden sheen. D isplaying pictures that he ne'er had seen:

And n e’er might see again.

A Hum in prime ol years doth pass |>(*If is I lie sell's,-i me lace;

Mul. in Hi<‘ I'lK'i* 11,1,1 H"iir<> somei 11in ... m,m .Is seen of addedAs i I’ ii I Mil 11 e i' sl,< rod in place,

Moved liy I Ik* s m i l e old spied older provvn, The (lower* ol manhood h illy blown,

Burst from I he buds o f pain.

lie si amis alone, his p iercing dark drown eye Sweeps /I’i t I he land and sea,

And lakes in all betwdxl IIn* earlh and sky; W halever e,an if he.That, lie I tins si rives to see?

It is the Jonji'-soiitfht, heavenly boon,Thai, Iialli been promised at, tin* noon.

To come and to remain.

A look of holy ecstasy now o ’er him steals;fo r in the horizon,

He views the cloud approaching, and lie feels,If is the long-soiiyht one,And I hat f he nice is run ;

An angel form approaching- svvilf is seen,The air is filled with chernbim s lietween,

Chanting a sweet, refrain.* *

d r a g o n , S p h in x , ( T z n t a u r

l i v S k h a i m u t a .

’I’herc arc three mythological creatures the products "I human imagination. The mind that directed the hand of the artist who first drew* the.se figures had in v lew- something- which In* washed to portray in such a joiisc that, another mind ha virtu- the same ideas might urasp his meaning. 111 * might have told w,orifs, hid lie chose a picture instead.

I here is a seal, a lion, an angle and a*e throe

his story in

hire’s handiwork. Combine 1 heso I hrserpent—Na -

animals intoon<*, arid yo* ‘vc a Dragon. The head, nook and win us },rr ° f 11,1 ' body of a Minn and t he tail o f a tter-

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L II,. i„»trunit, mMI«, v.,liifil« wi.l I'llI of lif« from

Itf'fik to claw. # , ' i i i i i #*F m w Dragon to Sphinx is <juito ;i st/*|> m Hio ladder o|

evolution Tin* radical transformation i« brought about.Ijv (lofilli ;unl resurrection. The Logic s booked beak, theliH-y longue and Serpent tail of tin* Dragon symbolizingcnii'lly and lust, become wkojly changed.

Tlie same elements that made up the body o| the one ure ineorporaled into that, of tin* oilier.

The aftrihiil.es of Sex and. Wisdom, which have always been assigned to the Serpent, when transformed by giv- iny Wisdom, the dominance will allow our frightful Dra- eon to reincarnate as a Sphinx. And what, pray, in a Sphinx / a mighty landmark upon life ’s highway and a, .symbol of an eternal tm lh . A human head and face mid neck and shoulders, running down into massive lion paws where.one would look for hands, and a lion’s body instead of a woman’s.

I his figure seems to have no animation, though she is not asleep. She is simply waiting. She is on a higher plane than our Dragon, for* her body is ruled by intellect and love two attributes .of God which have indeed eh- wended from on high in order to elevate our L ion’s earthy body. Our Sphinx then may represent a Royal Ihirlh in which are embodied the forces of the animal, the mentality and electricity o f the man and the mag netic love principle of the woman.

The Dragon has become the Sphinx. The subtility shown in the Serpent,’s tail has passed into the strength exhibited in the powerful |>ody and paws of this king of Iwasts. She is waiting for the summons to call her into action. Then, instead of repose, there will be alertness. Her paws will change into hands and in those? hands there will be the man’s weapon, the Dow and Arrow.

The Sphinx is now the Centaur. The Centaur pos sessed great wisdom and was a teacher. It requires greal strength of purpose and wisdom to use some bows mid arrows. When we look at the picture of the Cen taur, we think of that other creature of the imagina tion. Pegasus, the winged-hortae. He descends from Mount, Parnassus to drink at the Pirian Spring, and

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can do just to hold hi, ujc his hands a :

while h e d r i n k s , t h e man with golden i)rj,m and becomes one with him. Thus we j,av*. Tr cur'* h iJ and Man n i l in o n e . iiave Hor», Ea*i-

A t f i r s t t h e m a n h a s a l l he

h o r s e . h u t as Pegasus s o o n becomes ta use successfully the bow and arrows. Our Centaur th! shows strength, fleetness, skill, intelligence and a know" edj-o which enables him to use these many qualification* iie can easily become a -conqueror. Pegasus is no com rnon horse and the man who succeeds in° bridling him is no common man, and such a man on such a horse will never know defeat. H is aim will he perfect.

The arrow is the most im portan t feature shown in the picture. I t can carry a m alignant poison or a Balm or Gilead, according to the intention of the mind of the projector. I f it is Ju p ite r, the Good, who hurls the thunderbolt, there will be sent broadcast a quiver of ar rows whose mission is to produce life instead of death.

Dragon, Sphinx, C entaur—each has its sphere of action on an interior plane o f existence. One object of all of these changes is to bring fo rth from chaos, an Eternal Substance, likened in the gospel unto the King dom of Heaven, and it again is com pared to leaven, which a woman took and hid in some measures of meal until the whole was leavened. A mass of yeasty dough is of no use for food un til i t is baked. Then, indeed, it is a bread of life. I t must be eaten, digested, and as similated before it can become L ife itself.

I t is thus with our immortal Atom. W hen at last it is perfected, it is a seed capable of reproducing itself a d i n f i n i t u m . Place this seed in p roper soil and there will appear first the blade, then the stalk, then the tree whose leaves are medicine, then a f ru it w herein is a seed. This, if planted in a Living Substance, will produce life germs in g r e a t a b u n d a n c e . I f p lan ted in m elted metal, it will act like yeast, changing it atom by atom until, in place of a mass of lead, there will be one of gold. Sup pose you treat this gold as Moses did the Golden C a l f - melt it, grind it to dust, cast it into the w ate r and let the Israelites drink it? The gold in this s ta te is called “ potable gold” A considered by the W ise a most wonderful ir

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ob* California (Crimson W in ter 3\l)ubarb 3 n 6 u stry

\ r e a r ago. in the initial number of The Phalanx, we gave our readers an account of the Crimson Winter Rhu- j'arb industry, which, at that time was comparatively jn its infancy, being with us. little more than a formu lated plan and purpose.

In the interim that has elapsed since then, the plan has been elaborated and the purpose consummated to an ex tent fully up to our anticipations. We went into the business altogether on judgment and faith, believing that so excellent an article as Crimson Winter Rhubarb would be acceptable and find a ready sale in the Eastern markets, if it were properly produced and properly transported.

The Adiramled Association was formed as the pioneer rhubarb growers organization, and went ahead to demon strate the possibilities of this culture. Last spring a hun dred acres of the Association ’s lands at Pomona were set °ut to rhubarb plants—a really large and expensive un dertaking at best, though a great deal was saved by rais ing plants from seed sown the previous fall. These little plants, no larger than a pencil, set out during the spring months, by culture and irrigation made a remarkable growth. It would sound like a ‘‘fish-story’’ to an East erner to be told that a tiny rhubarb seed, sprouted in February will grow into a large, thrifty plant, and inside of nine months from the time it was planted, will pro duce a quantity of succulent stalks. The writer has seen plants a year old that were as much as four feet in diameter, from which twenty-five pounds of rhubarb was gathered. But these are exceptional plants. Most, of the plants are much smaller, and quite a good many are unproductive, having to he replaced the following year.

During the past .year the Association has been making some very substantial improvements on its Pomona ranches, the more important of which may he noted as

f0lJO" SThe sinking of a large well, 500 feet in depth, and

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{hv ' Us' ailal ' 'm ° r a ii,u' i 'umpiu- plant, whieh yhwarom uvctuxs . a “ m in ers m oh" ivum cquitl to *****

ot water per minute'' 1t is run b\

h a \ m tl nhulIK" >1,1 '. " 'u> U\.

palUm diseluuV ftSStUlt >'\\. ............. v " *«• m iiurtN ,;Vo . '{H>w nos pumping plant is situate) tbs hl? vpoint nt’ tho eompauy \s lands, »>>.! . . « l;' u'stui "‘''ip-atos hv o-,.nvit; al>om seventy uvo artvs ol rhubarb. In ooumytioU\ v, this plant thorn has boon laid about a mile 0f u j 1 ground oomout piping. whieh earries tho wator to ov!.\ part of tho 'and. At imorvaU ot' twenty feet, aro pl*u*oP upright s tands thr.modi whioh tho wator is brought to tho surihnv amt distr ibuted. whilo at harbor distances aro “ tu rn o u t s " harper s tands with pates tor tho purpose of divert iup‘ tho wator in any dosirod dirootion. This adtnirahlo system is in peneral usr on all up to date fruit ranohos in Calit\>rnia.

d Tho erection of a tine, larpu packing houso. to whioh tlio Salt lake railroad is putting in a spur track, so that tho product of tho several ranohos oau bo oasily o-moontrated. packed and shipped diroot Hast.

The building of a larpv barn, with shod, stables and eorrals for the company's tools and teams.

With those several improvements, the eompany is non well ti\ed to carry on its business independently and sue eessfullv.

in order to make this bit®' The producti >n of a sit

' rhubarb, d. 'Hie proper>f the same. .

.> ,+ i>.m. Lii'.nwiN and slut

oeetoeu aim m • . • ].if nek's iti the East, through

should be exclusively handled. t 11 .: \-s do " ':i\. ;'.v facilities for extension «**

turn, and more than this, it was neeessary that >'!,a ;who had a personal and pecuniary interest in m'ss should superintend the distribution ot tho C ' ,To thus end, and in order to most eflioienily _°an. ' ;,u:- tho purposes of our orpa’.uration. a special . -plu', .my was incorporated in tho East, fcnOWB

It wa.s early pertil in;,;s elnetly wereness a oomplete superil *r yra.de and iU 1 s t !abut ion and m

Tireminp by thep o r s . the Assoeiatituns t have its own

oduets su

ripihtov Company

N:?v ' o,;uvAlr (Vmly sh ocm akoi.

nviug oft ices in Los A n g le s , i

ic p resident, and M r. I lurry y ' p u n i s o u / t h u secretary of Iliis com pany, spoilt several

ml lis last vear in C alifornia looking .over ( luv situation 'livt'iill' and learning o w iy l 11i11 • o f im m ediate interest

Vmi chantage to the com pany. R eturning Mast. they recorded lo inaugurate an ;nlvorlising cam paign which

h-ix In’t'ii so excellout ly carried out t hat Crimson W inter Klmbarb, previously unknown in the Maxtorn markets, is IU)U thoroughly introduced to ihe t rade, by which it is already regarded as a valuable accession to the list ot winter products, and a specia lty destined to become very popular.

Iv it understood that it is no sm all work to create a demand for an unknown and untried article of com merce. It is not enough to sim ply offer it for sale. The attention of people must be repeatedly called to it through various form s .of advertisem ent in order that its merits become known and appreciated, lake every other new tiling it has to “ make a h it ” with the public, for to the public it has to look for its success. Sometim es it take* years to accom plish a work o f this kind, and again success comes more suddenly.

take into ci'usiderati.on the fact that up to six months ago the Kast had never seen a stalk of Crimson W inter Rhubarb. having no idea o f its existence. All the Mast- urn varieties o f rhubarb, o f course, die down, becoming dormant in w inter and .only appear in the markets in the 1 atv' sp rin g and sum m er months. Crimson W inter, on the contrary, is an everlasting grower, being at its prime in m id-winter. Not only that, but it has very many superior q ualities to d ifferentiate it from the com mon sorts o f rhubarb.

Mirst. and most noticeable, is the deep red color of the stalk, which when cooked makes a beautiful crimson sauce, very attractive in appearance.

Second, its entire absence from stringiness and the as tringent, muddy taste, so characteristic ot the .ordinary varieties o f rhubarb.

Third, its superb flavor tart, fru ity and delicious. i

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urn a veg< ' blo-bh

able s<> mueli so |li;iiin<n*«v 11k »‘ ;| 1 is known as a ‘‘ \ cgi'l

All Mies.* points o f excellence have boon brought out • h k I emphasized in 1 Ik* mlver! isenient o f tJu* “ JiJd KMiii. barb,” tux il is now known I,o the Eastern t r a d e , so Unit il Inis jumped into lavor and is in good demand where- ever it has been introduced. I In* INmlanx Company con trol lh<‘ markets of Philadelphia and New York, and, us ini' those as (list ribul inn’ centers, aro reaching out to IN 11 shore'. Balt im,on*. Boston, and all tin' cities of tin Bast. If is believed in time that fin* demand for this rhubarb will be very ureal, and that if, will become as staple as asparagus or celery.

So much for tin* market end. N ow comes the matter of supply, which at the present tim e is probably nowhere equal to the demand. In a. way. this is fortunate for the present, growers, since it will tend at flu* .outset to keep up the price of tin* product.

•The Association received its first order for a car of rhubarb early in December, almost, before we were ready for it. Our packinghouse was not quite complete, and the railroad spur was not yet in, but we rushed around and succeeded in filling the order on the fifteenth. It was quite an undertaking. and there were lots o f details to work out, and lots o f things to learn by experience. If took about forty bands four days to pick and pack the car. The harvesting* is probably the most expensive part of the business.

If wo simply pulled and paeked everything in the field, throwing the stalks loosely into boxes — as is the custom ary way of gathering tin* product here for tin* local markets—it would be far less expensive and take but a fraction of tin* time. But we do it another way — a way that is far more attractive, and one that 'insures the satis factory condition and appearance o f the goods .on arriv al in the Eastern markets.

fhe rhubarb is very carefully selected, only the very fmesj. firmest, and most perfect stalks being shipped, first the pullers are trained to pull only the verv best, then tin* toppers who trim off all but about three inches ot the leaf reject any imperfect stalks they find, then,

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I js carried to 1 he pack critically every .stalk

4 oc “ seconds, t>tin'""' ®“* B Much of

'",y taken up I

in g house, tra in ed fo r d efects, and

th a t are broken or scarred rno rejected rhubarb is p er fec tly yy the local m arkets at a goodm

g o o d 1,1 frV'on we expect to arrange to can or preserve price- “ • or from th e ju ice m an u factu re eitherthe broken win'

vinegar. Rhubarb is said to m ake a sp ark lin gf rtvniiisite flavor com parable to cham pagne..vjne oi < A< i11

posing from the sortin g tables, the rhubarb goes to (I,,, imnchors, who gather into a bunch from four to six

j|.s according to size, w rapping each in a crim son- colored wrapper contain ing prin ted d irections for use,

fjj,.], tied with a green cord at both ends, m aking a verv neat, and attractive package indeed. On the Coast, rhubarb is sold loose and w eighed out to the custom er, but in the Bast everyth ing o f th is sort is required to be bunched.

We have a specia l crate for our rhubarb which is make to hold ju st th irty-six bunches. The crates are sla t ted top and bottom for ventilation , and are double-lined with paper to protect the fru it from the air and the temperature in transit.

The work of pulling, gathering and packing is carried on so system atically and sw iftly that the stalks are never allowed to w ilt, going into the refrigerator car as fresh as when they leave the field, and reports show that they arrive in very perfect condition.

The object o f ic ing the ears is more for protection against the cold than anyth ing else. In crossing the mountains the cold is often intense, and unless the cars wore pre-ieed and kept at a normal temperature, every thing would be liable to freeze. Tire cars go by fast freight and reach their destination in about twelve days.

I forgot to speak of our label which is a real work o f art. being a lithographic reproduction in five colors of a large and beautiful rhubarb plant drawn from life by our special artist.

A second car of rhubarb was shipped from Pomona on the 10th day of December, and then an unusual thing happened—something that has not occurred here for

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years- Southern California was visited by a very *eold wav*1 "'Inch lasted nearly two weeks. For several nigh*s the thermometer dropped to ilT and one uh>lu considerably lower in places. All the rhubarb holds were 0f course, frozen and this happened for several nights iti sttoeession, yet the p lants sustained no permanent injury whatever. A fter every freeze, as soon as the sun came up and shone upon the plants for an hour or so. all evidences of frost disappeared, and the stems and leaves straight ened up as fresh as ever. This shows the remarkable reeuperatrve power of 0 rimson W inter Rhubarb. as well as the potency of the California sunshine—the sunshine which keeps the dowers in blossom all winter long, anil produces strawberries and many other fru its and vege tables out of season.

There are really few places in C alifornia that are abso lutely frost!ess. but it is rare that more than two or three Light frosts occur in succession. The cold wave has new entirely subsided, and beautifu l weather is again here. The warm rains are starting in and our plants are put ting out a rapid new growth o f beautifu l red stalks, much finer than our first crop, although this was pro nounced splendid at the other end o f the line. W e shall very soon resume shipping again.

In the meantime, we have collected from the fields ofseveral small growers at Ventura, another car o f rhubarb which is now on its wav East and due to arrive about the 15th.

5 entura is one of the few frost less sections of the ^tate. Not a particle of frost was experienced there during the last cold spell, which is a good test. The As sociation has recently acquired a very finely located wghtv-acre tract of land there, tw enty acres o f which “as already been set to rhubarb .that w ill mature the corning season. It is designed to plant the balance of the an' 1° rhubarb and to lemons, to which the soil and cli-

: ’’nos valley are peculiarly adapted. The eom- | an ‘Vaf also purchased a packing-house site on the line

• iw f " uiiern Pacific Railroad, quite near and aoees- j.1 fitter other properties, which will in future afford

m excellent shipping facilities from that point.

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t p.v^.it about fifty acres of rhubarb IVu' ^ in slu;tH arrears and patches. Little

*row" !lt ,V |HH»n given there as yet to scientific culture.this is that it grows in that locality

t),U.' "Tmuch irrigation, receiving m oisture from the '.V*and attaining a remarkable size and color, pnnison Winter Rhubarb is a hybrid — a cross between

f(;1 Australian variety, a partial w inter grower, and the Omaigre. or wild rhubarb o f C alifornia. From the farmer it gets its size and succulence, from the latter, irs Haver, color, and its root system by which it is en- aMed to endure the heat o f our summers.

Let it not be supposed that- Crim son W inter Rhubarb can be perfectly .grown anywhere w ithout great care and considerable expense. I f allowed to grow wild and spon taneously. it goes profusely to seed and soon deteriorates.Ir should have very careful and intelligent culture from start to finish. Only a very few growers have taken die proper pains with it. A great work has got to be done in plant selection in order to bring the p lant up to die highest standard o f perfection.

hi going through a field o f rhubarb, an experienced oe^ ill readily distinguish a number o f d istinct strainsI) r. 'Nineties. Some o f these are fine, and need to be re- "’-ined. ail(-l m any should be elim inated. From the ideal, flood-red plants the grower should breed up both by >ced and root-cutting's u n til at last he has a perfect field °{ hie most desirable variety. A t present, m any growers

seed for the market, are accustomed to be very eare- -ss or indifferent as to what plants they gather the seed from. For this reason, those who buy seed and attempt t<> raise their own plants are likely to have many that itre very inferior.

Another point that is not generally understood, and =ne that only experience will teach, is that only young Mols should be set out. When the plants are about six ninths old. they will average about the size o f a lead pencil or a little larger. That is the choice size to set.

+0 secure quick returns. Old plants when trails-hlanted do not dn well at all. The

(1 it takes the plant too long to recoverII] ]-111 from such plants are small and spindling.

tap root has to he Tilt

A zri-at, many p e n ;de are now hoeo/nin^ interested )ri th“ culture of rhubarb, since the Automation ha* jjone Jat/j if, with so much confidence and on such an extended v-abr, and the interest. will become greater when it. h known that a "ood market has b<*;n opened up for it. :rj the East. through the effort . of the Phalanx Company

I do not, anticipate, however, that the production will be ever overdone for two reasons: 1. Jt takes patience ‘ ;me. and .:n'-;'b-ni ;jjjy considerable outlay to yain tie- /'• <1 unite evjr-rieuee to grow it. successfully and at a profit 2. The demand for jt is bourjd to ifjerea.se the more •//ioe 1;.' •? become-. known, and it wiJJ he to the interest of t.h-, lar/e companies now handling it to push it vigorously, and er<-ate a substantial market for it.

The .V-.-/>c;ation i;. preparing to put out an increase' aereaoe at Pomona. a;jd more at Ventura, believing that, a. irr'-a.t d'-;j! more will be demanded by the Fast another

son. It i v too earJy to state how Jon'/ the season of h i pf/j'-fj t. i J J be for rhubarb, left, we t h i n k it will J a s'

a bout five month. J/e'/innin'/ about Thanks'/i viny am; eiosiriy tne latter part of May.

And all this vast enterprise is the result, of a Thought, conceived by th<- writer three yeans ayro. and after the tf.o:;f/ht. the formation of a Plan, and after the plan. Work, and withal l-’oUk, without whieh nothin'/ in thi

as ever yet brought into reali/.at ion. Speak the word arid it shall happen!

“ T h e y also serve who stand and wait :Pot ,net ter. enter thou the Gate,Ami work thy passage to the palaee,Klv thou !It ne’er f f un . IT the Golden Chalice.”

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/invertebrate "/Heroism

I.O. GO. . dan. I. Forcin'/ her way into the squalid lod'/jfj'/ of the husband who bad vicariously sacrifieed himself in ord'-r that his wife rnij/ht become the com pa n- jon of hi-, h<-si friend, Airs. Anthony Strong todav found h'-r hu band han&rinjr from a hook on the wall, fte had My committed suicide on X<-w Year’* Eve.

was the son 22 v •*. r of a

■ <h<: is \ r yearsmarried only

of a w ealthy B ristol clergym an ge. Ills w ife wan a. Miss Phvlls of age and of great beauty. Thev throe weeks when ho allowed her

* - . -rt him.

Voung Strong VM the churn and clas-./.oaV: 0.::' ,;. k-ik/ lbl' i Blake. gifted and hr; d ia n t scion o f a not or]

family.U d September. S trong , who had fa llen in love w ith

* ••• v/:a • tif ;ii Miss Blake, '.ho. by a s in g u la r coincidence *he same name as his churn, a f te r a sh o rt cou rtsh ip '

married her. Y oung B.a,:c acted as b est man at h is R'kud s nuptials. Blake con tinued to be on the frk-nd- terms with the y * ling m arried couple. S n d d en lvStrong, according to testim ony b rough t o u t a t a eoronerfs inquest today, discovered th a t his w ife ha ! B un in love with his handsom e friend .

./list three weeks a f te r the m arriage, and a f te r a r-on- m rnon by the wife, young S tro n g perm itted her to desert I m lor B lake’s sake. S tro n g even w ent fu rth e r and voluntarily contributed most of his liberal income to hisV U' s support, his friend , B lake, h av in g fallen on hardtimes.

fin d in g th at his w ife was in fatu ated w ith Blake. rony undoubtedly decided to end his life and leave

them free to werl.—Xevj#l j ‘-re v.as a. man, S tron g by name, and strong bv na-

1 lir'* h,it he had a weak place in h is hack-bone. Xo 'look* it was pride that caused the tragic ending, and possibly pride may y e t b rin g about other tragic endings in t h<- harm* affair. But the incident starts out bravely. 1' appeals to us as noble, because it. involves self-sacrifice. \N <* all admire* ari exhibition o f self-sacrifice, but. we hesitate to make it. A fter all. t nobbrst th ing about tins incident to me is the d isplay o f extraordinary and mm ual common sense exhibited on the part of the man in allow ing the lady in the ease freedom of choice. It is vm'v in lie'll like t h<* story o f Ruskin and Millet, only Rus- kin found no use for the halter perhaps fie fiad the en c t o r ea l ize t b a l lie bocHTrie f ree f rom t.fie h a l t e r in

passing his wife on to his friend. In those countries

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where Romantic Love ha> not yet been born, it is a common practice to trade wives. as it is to sell dan of, But with as the Conjugal I d e a l h a s been galvanic s sei&ii sentiment and sensitized by morbid pride the very thought f being: rived < f something jf'ywe have come to consider a.s a proprietary attached' and one essential to our personal happiness and v . - . is -rxer . U h.._ and horrible to contem plate. We seU.y will reiinqiii^i it w illingly or -: i ly _m usiy as did our sad hero in this tale. No. we hold on it in spite o f L. be the eorLseqaenc-s whar may. We will deafen our ears to the admonition *';lr unrequited love is | o u ra e , a n d ends in earning cussedoess generally. E xp-rience proves it. history claims it. and yet we refuse to acknowledge it. an i _• holding to wives that hat- ns, n irag it east*cnees like bonded slaves. And i t th e y tiitra ig fli >f efaarac fx r e s is to r rebel — if t h y break from their enforced and hatefu l bondage, we pur sue them with pistols and knives, slaying their para mours and creating a notorious hubbub and men lay ' --f f r jnstiheati- n of oar vendetti and brutality up'*0 "The Unwritten Law." Thank heaven such a law vra- r.-t-r written, and never will he. But since th- Thaw- 'Whrte trage .;-. war the country we hear o f f - i ' sallying forth with m ail; - I rethought and deadly h;

' - . - ; th.e h;Y_— f - e victims < I ear veng - and making their defence

h. .. _ .

-- art1- or. me plea :-i -‘T:> Unwritten La

and re'*xs— i

il to-4':,w

a tim id woman, a m a tu r- wom an • f a fa dy. a widow versed in the

the wiles of men. followed to give her a -1

the streets o f Lo* a re the zr~± r jrw t

-fust the other day a hr ther '*Ij— r- ~-t —-'it—'I vensLeh'-e • >n “b~ t : 1

r* u r t t - r intimaev was - telaiiy m the ranks >f th<

B'it. an;, no- a<ivan<H-: —"t ’t ^ - ir~x - ' - - 1 O. . ~ S W' p T -;ir*

head.» T. T .

. —I -

b 'mie-idt

the ways of the w a man. who

.ennitfr mariax'e-ru*u Ar._e.es and -h *

a verdict o f *-jns then dav a f

m:-rnon we ar<- uxr

;c .»h <'h.jno,i : -. WVri *e<

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[v a reversion to p rim itive in stincts. W hen mat- 1 ^jnal - - - ... • " degenerates and befonled

; c.---. '"her. -.•. . .. oses to be looked-n,ip as unholy and s in fu l txnlesa san etifd d and licensed

-he priest, wh^n the bud ding fanci ar. im agination f n - v- nng no lon g-r m n. riot in secr~rr. -e-- ;f the

*:ari-- blanket of m y o tr y that is throw n over life am • iti HHKSy me. a ro o n n g m orbid imao

*nd trading to hazardous experim entation . w it ’r cly .’-s ilts that can ,e expected from Ignorenee an-:

" • -- . »ay. * •re as e t-- - ' -• i-:- . . ... from -ffld religioua prejudice. and u nsad d le tii

: .. •... •. a jp u r iw li raUrri “ C hrist anthat w - - - enabled to per :-." - ~he iv.-r-

u-" 1 * >*-*risy that sit.-s in h i r laces pandering to ' - : t *h»de in lo v places, an d perceive th a t th e

ru;- ->iy for th is m onstrous abortion o f troth and r.vL,-or;sn^s lies in F reed w a, in d iv id u a l freed o m , then

we hop - see oar W o rk W ra ^ je become a habitable - z',r reasonable human beings.

i* a s tra n g e , in ta n g ib le Dome. I t is an inde- _ifi p ecu lia r so m et rung th a t possesses a- c e rta in class

-xtramdinary human beings and gives vent to itself — - m an n er th a t im presses a n d confounds m ortals.

—E . S , Br>Jt Jt

~3Frcm tb-a y t t a s l z v ^SO erh

"U n-r can. live two lives a t once. One of them is <io~n i’- t k«~ p ress and s tra in h m i in th e m ire often. I t i-

i’MilpMl h with narrovDca and pain, and hi tswhei ' fw j thing that it can help. It cannot draw bach from « .y t r . :. '.g and it :an n t : : i o im i-rs ta n d no th ing

: ;y '« c lam o r and n e - i . If it is v .n r en ly ore. t - - 1-j*t • -. B ' - v - : i a~ r . - c n i o r > - rh e r* - " - m a y

in « th e r .lie h igh an d I f te i up. I t is • w e - ;n e and fitly a n m t it hoch toward the m e n te-

- _• in . f rw ard -,. - ; r i th - r n ^ n -nd.

t!“ l t 0 , l !':rlif« f‘»* and ils *' h ,,Pe 1 1 1 ( 0 it. .It is above all strife or ehangrO nly the free so u ls reach i t , those who accept the Law. A n d th ey are a ll o f one race who climb there; down in fhp o th e r l ife th ere m ay he J e w and1 Greek, rich and poor, bond and free; h u t th e soul can live where none <d th ese th in g s m ay com e. * T h e souls .of slaves have found that l i f e a n d reve lled in i t while they did their m a s te r ’s w il l; a n d th e so u ls o f emperors have found freedom th e re a n d because .of i t have been, willing to live and r e ig n .”

L . B. H a m m o n d .

Do not w aste a m i n u t e — n o t a seco n d —in trying to dem onstrate to others the m e r i t o f y o u r own perform ance. I f your work does not v in d ica te itself, you cannot vindicate it.

— T. IV. Henderson.* *

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tho foot, o f it. and go u p Go on \v ,.n ,gam the " e n tr a n e e " also, all .of us who are ready '' *"

TO D E I. .MAR. L XY ours is the tru e joy of the Xmas tide— H app iness—which will forever abide:B ring ing you endless Love, fru ition true:•lust rew ard for the g r e a t good done by you.

‘ ‘ A lw a y s w ith you. ‘'Em m a.

G reetin g s and a ll good w ish es fo r th is 1909 to you and y o u rs and at th e sam e tim e p lea se find enclosed one dol lar fo r th e ren ew al o f m y su b scr ip tio n to T h e Phalanx .— D id I get a n y th in g v ita l ou t o f th e th o u g h ts expressed ’— I f a g rea ter d esire t.o know th e T ru th that makes us free and a lo n g in g fo r th e Im m o rta l C onsciousness with w hat now and th en seem s ev er so fa in t a g lim p se through the veil, o n ly to find m y s e lf se e m in g ly ju s t so far away from th e tru th as b efore, s t i l l b e lie v in g that immortal con sciousness w ill and is m in e an d w ill m ake m e free w hen I com e to th e u n d e r s ta n d in g o f it w hen I graduate from th e School o f W isd o m — th e n I have received much. D o not g ive up T h e P h a la n x .

31. T.HATS OFF.

I doubt if in the wide world to-day there is another writer in the field of occult and progressive literature who measures up to such magnificent standards in so manv lines as does Delmar DeForest Bryant. Friend Bryant is an astrologer of no mean ability—an alchem ist. or at least well versed in the lore and traditions of the ancient alchemists—a poet of unquestioned merit— and a philosopher of an extremely rational and practical type. If you want to read something that will stir your emotions to their very depths, just send 20 cents for the September and October numbers of his P h a l a n x , and read his thoughts on Passion, Love and the Xi Sublime Ecstaey. ’J

______________ _____ —Frank Allen.The instincti\e fear of old age and death is proof that

these should not exist.

18— 3 1 e t c h n i /»• o i e .

^ \a r e C pigram s

TUo following epigrams are taken from “ A Woman’s pimtVssionak” the authoress of which was Helen Wol- joska. whose early life was spent on a magnificent Bo- in'iuiau estate in Austria. Sim came-to this country and exchanged her luxurious life for a home in a lonely farm house.

Being a woman of education, with high accomplish ments and ardent temperament, she was unable to en dure her life, fled to the city and engaged in art studies. She died young, unhappy and unmarried. Her writing breathes the tragedy of woman's disappointment, but voices the deepest of all truth—that gained from experi ence.

"Whatever you may be—be perfectly. Whatever you may possess—enjoy perfectly. Whatever you may regret, —forget perfectly.

Live while there is a chance—soon, soon, soon it will be too late.

Make the most .of the present moment. It is the only time you have to live. The past is only a shadow and the future a dream.

So much is certain: I will live, I will not vegetate.If it is true that there are two kinds of affection, one

for the woman he loves and one for the woman he re spects—I will never be respectable.

I would rather find beauties in something plain, than blemishes in something beautiful.

I do not believe in self-sacrifice, and self-abnegation. It is foolish, and a mistake. Here is what- I believe: “ For God is paid when man receives—to enjoy is to obev.” And Goethe: “ Du sollst wirken, nicht, dichaufopfern.”

I prefer the people who are unusual, even in a dis agreeable way, to the commonplace.

Everyone should decide on his own code of honor and morals—not follow blindly those who have gonebefore.

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Don t bother about the oti/ers. Be yournclt, Thi-r- v/jJJ always be some to approve and some to disapproV> —no matter what you do or don ;t do.

Bather than pitied / would he hated any time.Few /e-ojde dare to be themselves and do and

things natural to themselves that other people don 't a- they themselves ised not to do. One is constant jy //.an i.eg siavish—or sJeepy—concessions to custom and hair

1 hate alJ cornpromises. It must be: K verything—ornothing.

i think if a man and woman Jive together beeavv: the;/ love each other, they do right. And if they' Jive to gether without love, they do wrong- under ail circo.r. stances.

Be always pleasant to look at and attractive to tail: v. But do not give your thoughts to everybody. Keep yo,: best for the best.

You grow “ o l d ” —not so much /when you have live many years, but when you have not Jived them.

Pleasures whose price is out of proportion to their value, are called vices.

A man who lives on iris wife's money must not so at a kept woman.

When people marry they usually expect to become ex tremely happy' through each other. But the point is to become happy' in spite of each other.

Those who have too much must be pitied with those who have too little.

liven i f you do the wrong thing—do it the right way— which is .never half-hearted.

If yo j do not wish to suffer you must not e n j o y either. The two are inseparable. And if you enjoy' much you

... ueh—and if you sutler little you will enjoy little, because everything is in proportion.

A man jibes you for what you think o f yourself. A woman likes you for what you think of 'nor.

Tact is kindness with brains.A man can be either good or bad. strong or weak

hones1, or deceitful, nob1' "'-.gar. But a woman can

present an the fronti* piece of thi- month's issum likeness of our '-steerned contemporary. fellow-

rker an ' dent, Bhri Upendra Bbagavan o f Ban - •!:- >)]' the foremost leaders of advanced thought and "a leal multure I!. India.

•pendra . is a fine e x a m p l e and. re p re s e n t a t Ive of th m ' . " ' - o f in tendj-ent a n d hi'zh m in d e d in d iv id u a l s v/ho a p pear in this world aa the embodiment of trnthfnl ideals U(i y p u rp o se s . w ho f ind t h e g re a te s t p leasure a n d

Ko<rj.«.vs ;n l ife to co n s is t In s<df-sacrifice and unselfish ' ’ovotion t o t he i n t e r e s t s a n d '.vell-heim/ of o thers .

o f y O r 6 e r o f U)<2 . ; p l ) a l a n x

Ou r Cr e e d .

Wc believe in EHEEDOM free Thought , free Speech. Action, feci L o n , f n c Lit < E Y E HY T If IS ( i

t h e e .\Y< believe m granting freelg to cVcrij man and woman

the freedom ire claim for ourselves.U < belie n in the fncelom of ironic n I coin min, and

non freon women—absolute social■ ind< pi ndenec.r also Inhere in the freedom of men and women

frmn themselves.

U > believe in the rule of the I S T E L L H I E X T M l -

SOHITY .

0 ^ believe that truth and justice and virtue are the

normal o ffspring of intelligence, haring nothing what-

cv< r to do with ang religious training or moral restraints.” f believe that crime and criminals increase in direc t

firoport.ion to their recognitiem and the effort put forth

to suppress them.W e believe the them-shalt-nots of the decalogue hare

instigated, move malfeasance, auel led to more transgres sion of natural law and order, than all the original sin

in Aelam's race.U ’ c believe that the highest, the reddest, the purest and

the sweetest realizations possible in life come through

cent liter par ted eoenpemionsliip of a man and a ueomni mentally and physical ly mated and related .

~ 7 T 7 ~ f Tx j ) t h i s 7s t o f i s d j i i e a x s w e h t o

TIIE HE ST.

t h a t ' s the earth

jlHtb all its art. verse, music, worth

(compared with love, found, gained, and

Kept ?—browning.