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Show My Mother's "Hand Cure" 1 fjijfl I don't believe in mesmerists nor am I much in- 3 l clined I( jLL IS To back up certain people who influence your l' JuM mind j 1. 1 9 I view the Doctor Dowieites who cure my broken j jpj jH arm I rlH By bidding me "believe It" with a species of ;.' hi i S alarm, 1 I ftk fH The Bifddhist cult and magic are not patronized y, ;l$ y fl bymo &! !l9 And I drop tho osteopathist with great alacrity, w Hf9 But there's an old-time method that one's sure re- h, j$ j!' $9 spect commands f m B "When I think how mother "cured" me by the ( j tM "laying on of hands." fl'i ' fH For mother's hands were gentle, but a most pecu- jfj p iiffl liar might xiiiltl Lay in their application, and they fitted very fl Ik till 9 tight, A l!B My "errors" and "delusions" all were cleaned up Si lif 1H on the spot W 1 t?IM And vanished in a flame of fire, for mother's hands Fj? illH were hot. f' rinjf jiH There are certain thoughts and principles no doubt f 'aWI that do you good (Fl!?H And troubles oft' may vanish through Christian & flH fortitude, " iL l:4fifl But it's wise to call a doctor when you have a jjf t & nfl colic pain W( f jdndBM And I don't take stock in people who say it's in jjfflH your brain, 8. ff Jfjljfl That when you're tied up kinky in a double twisted Ullllfl You've only got to "think you're well to get so op M iljfiHfl the spot," i P if llsfl I fain would take such people with their "thinks" Pijf 1M and "healing hands," $i 'iPB And have them cured as ma cured me, by "laying 'j -j r ' jfl on of hands." i ,f( Ifl Could they but lie across her knee as once I used jr jLjKwfl to lie. 1 USSH Their disbelief in old-time aches away would JrPlKM quickly fly. m jjftjfl Their "errors" and "delusions" would vanish on 9sf!19 the spot, m m WM Their pain would be a real sure thing, for mother's w jj- JfH hand was hot. C. L. $j IiH |