be: How was this "mind" attained? That is, indeed, the question. Youths compelled to go out into the world before they are capable of forming a comprehensive opinion of it should be calm and careful and begin to learn from the first day the value of presence of mind: the art of doing and saying the right thing at the right time. The majority of boys have much to contend with in the making of themselves. Perhaps first of all is "bad temper." How many rich opportunities have been wrecked by temper! The person that would succeed must learn to control and overcome this weakness or it will one day bring ruin. Do not go in the way of its temptation; if you recognize that your temper is as yet too strong for you to master, do not fall into its snares. Avoid the people and incidents that are apt to make you fall.

Be sincere of heart. Do not delude yourself with the idea that hypocritical assumption of knowledge and experience you do not possess will do as well as sincere purpose. A good impression is one of the factors that help you to move successfully and forcefully among men. Be good, and you will make a good impression.

Remember to watch what comes out of your mouth. Language reveals the state of the mind. A man of point and purpose is not apt to engage a person whose talk is loose and weak, because he would justly infer that the tongue spoke the best there was behind it.

Above all things, be truthful. Do not harbor even the "whitest" of falsehoods. You may say, of course, that your employer or those with whom you have to do are not truthful with you; but that matters not. Do your duty down to the last item on the list, and there will be no cause for falsehood. If more is expected of you than you can perform, speak your thoughts fearlessly and make no doubtful excuses that may only involve you further. If your employer or associate does not the more respect you for the attitude, he is not worthy your time or service. Do not let people tell you that too much truth

fulness is detrimental to big business and large gains. Would you get these dishonestly? Truth alone is a rock of success.

Learn to speak clearly, openly, intelligently, and only when necessary. Many a tongue has utterly destroyed every prospect of life. Avoid slang; it is unbecoming. Speak the best English you know.

Remember what the apostle James said about the tongue. If you can rule your tongue you can rule yourself. A bad temper and an ungovernable tongue are the most serious of handicaps. If you cannot overcome your temper, then turn your attention to your tongue and strive to bring it into subjection. If when tempted with anger and rage you can curb your tongue and keep your speech within soft bounds, you are safe. Self-government is the beginning of all government.

Remember that politeness is almost as essential as industry. Do not be surly; you cannot be disagreeable and be self-respectful. If it is a habit, abandon it. There are plenty who will help you.

It is not necessary here to emphasize courtesy, for great men have given you this precept. The writer only wishes to add his testimony-the result of experience: that it pays. But do not practise it for that reason alone, for that would be selfish and insincere. Doors closed to multitudes of ambitious but often thoughtless and rude young men will open wide to gentle and agreeable manners.

Permanent achievement must be built upon a moral basis— more, upon a brotherly and spiritual basis. Mind is the source of all these fine qualities-the creative power that shapes all desire and destiny.

THE man who spends his years on earth in shallow enjoyment or selfish ease, careless of the world's sorrow and indifferent to its sin, blind to its finest beauties and most thrilling tragedies, moved by no great love, actuated by no high hope, stirred by no holy enthusiasm, is ignorant of all true life.-C. J. Perry.

CLAIRVOYANCE AND CLAIRAUDIENCE.

BY W. J. COLVILLE.

The two words that head this article are among the commonest now in use among students of psychic problems; but, though their respective meanings are distinctly obvious,-clear sight and clear hearing,—the question of their naturalness and of their usefulness is by no means so definitely established. Wherever psychical research is encouraged there is more or less of mystery and vagueness attending it, and this is due not so much to the character of the study itself as to the hazy notions that have long prevailed as to the constitution of human beings. Leadbeater and other popular writers on Theosophy draw largely upon clairvoyance to illustrate their theories of man visible and invisible; and although their conclusions seem rational and more satisfactory than the views of those who repudiate Theosophy, yet it remains an open question among the bulk of inquirers how we can verify for ourselves the statements of clairvoyants.

Clairvoyance is of several varieties. In its simplest form it only implies unusual extension of the ordinary field of sensuous vision, but when we attempt to deal with it on the "astral" plane we are at once confronted with many mysterious problems concerning realms of existence other than the material world. Purely physical science indorses clairvoyance and cultivates it in its most external form, but to the materialistic investigator of Nature there are no other planes to investigate than those amenable and obvious to outward sense. Because of this arbitrary limitation in idea we find even university professors so self-stultified as to be incapable of conducting any department of psychic investigation. But there is no reason why physical scientists should not open their minds to spiritual evidences,

and this is clearly proved by the public confession of some distinguished naturalists.

Clairvoyance is the possession of many an artless child, whose unsophisticated intellect does not work to deny away evidence of the super-terrestrial; and it is from the testimonies of innocent and healthy children that we often receive the most convincing proofs of spiritual discernment. Children who live. much alone, or spend their time chiefly among adults who do not contribute much to their amusement, are usually the best clairvoyants-largely because they have little to distract their attention from that inner world in the delights and scenes of which they revel.

"Imagination" is a convenient and broadly inclusive word to apply to all clairvoyant revelations; but imagination must be a highly useful faculty if it brings to light important facts that are revealed through no other agency. Imagination is literally mental imagery, and without it romance and all the higher forms of original or creative art would be impossible. A typical clairvoyant is a sensitive individual of vivid nervous temperament, but he can enjoy excellent health and need not suffer from any neurotic derangement.

In the Orient, where mental contemplation and introspection are encouraged to an extent quite foreign to all Western customs, clairvoyance is the heritage of multitudes, and the faculty of telepathy is equally prominent; indeed, the two are so closely allied as to be virtually inseparable. For the successful conduct of the Indian Secret Service it is necessary that two trained clairvoyants or telepathists be stationed respectively at sending and receiving centers, and both must live so quietly and keep their individual aura in such tranquil state that they can demonstrate the psychic aspects of wireless telegraphy.

The professional clairvoyant in Europe or America, whe receives "sitters" of all sorts constantly, and who either uses cards, tea-leaves, or a crystal to induce clairvoyance, is not always a humbug; but the environment of such a person is

rarely so refined as to make clear and trustworthy psychic vision probable.

A clairvoyant is a beholder of pictures in the astral light, or universal ether; in other words, he is one who reads from the atmosphere pervading an apartment or surrounding an individual the impressions made thereon by the action of thought and the results of feeling. It is now demonstrated in scientific circles that every emotion affects the body and also exerts an influence upon the surrounding atmosphere. We all know what it is to feel the tranquil air of a quiet home and the disturbed atmosphere of a place where mental perturbation is continuous. What most of us feel, the clairvoyant also sees and the clairaudient also hears. To appreciate fine music it is necessary to have a tranquil environment. There must be no passing in and out, no movement of hands or feet, no whispering, no garish light, and no exciting draughts. All must be serene in the concert chamber, or the full beauty of a classical recital cannot be experienced. In such a room the best conditions are furnished for exercising psychic susceptibilities, and it is in precisely such surroundings that the most conclusive evidences are forthcoming in the retreats of those modern seers who require as much retirement from the rougher world as did the ancient sibyls.

For the easiest practise of clairvoyance a comfortable, plain apartment, preferably on the top floor of the house, should be set apart for meditation. Violet glass should admit daylight, and electric light may also be admitted through the same material. The most sensitive member of the family should enter that room alone, at regular convenient intervals, and give himself up to complete repose. If sleep or entrancement occur in the pure atmosphere of such a sanctuary, no danger is imminent, and during such states beautiful and useful visions often come. When a "sitter" accompanies the "sensitive" into this sequestered temple there should be no fidgeting or frivolity. Clairvoyance must be held sacred, and the seer must be unin