| Show I and a What the Police Found the Perfumed shadows r aC C S l ta t a a g r 0 f sP wr Where s r r h 1 s 11 x A l N N'S S 'S ti f y I 11 Bea Gathered r F r s h s tl t Around Him Hima a L v a yf 4 ti y w s sy t 3 fl j f y races ft r rf i O Or r I f Y r is r i J w Egyptian seer and mystic who disappeared after the recent po- po police police lice raid on his temple HE HE Temple of Love and Mys- Mys Mystery Mystery My THE T tery in Hollywood California long lone the source of so much gossip gossip and finally the object of grave suspicion suspicion by the police is po no more The spacious us rooms it occupied hav have been stripped of their rich Oriental fur fur- furnishings furnishings fur furnishings and the incense burners shrines shrine and other paraphernalia of ancient magic and sorceries have nobody gone gone knows where But the closing of the temple has thrown much light on the weird rites that are arc said to have been practiced there and the powerful fascination they seem to have had for many young and charming women of the film world and society the Egyptian seer and mystic who presided over oyer the tem tern temple temple pie fled tied before the law could make him explain just what went on in the per per- perfumed perfumed per perfumed fumed gloom of his extraordinary establishment t As M for hundreds of women devotees who sat at his feet inthe in inthe inthe the temples temple's p perfumed shadows shad shadows ws most of them are too loyal to him to reveal re the strange rites in which they took part But from the police and other sources come many surprising revelations When Then the Hollywood police visited the temple the other day they had to force an entrance through a heavy oaken door covered from top to bottom with strange symbols carved deeply into the wood Just what these meant is said to be known only to and a afew afew afew few of the more favored women initiates I whom he permitted to share the full secrets of the temple d This door opened into a reception recep- recep f tion tion room hung with Oriental j draperies and furnished in every way f way with millionaire lavishness Dark D Dark rk shades kept out every ray of daylight and the dim rays from a large globe of blue glass in the ceiling left most of the room in deep shadow The air here as in all the other othet rooms was heavy with an incense ofa of a strangely overpowering fragrance It burned before a little shrine of most exquisite mosaic Beyond this room were still other rooms where followers could wait their turn to see him These were dimly lighted fragrant with in- in incense incense in incense cense and as richly furnished as the outer room all room all except one That was wasa wasa wasa a room evidently used for meditation or penance It was quite unfurnished ex except ex- ex except except for two or three plain wooden benches and stools Be Beyond ond all these rooms was the closel closely guarded chamber When the police entered this they found med adjusting a complicated apparatus which he declared to be a device for focusing astral rays on the human body It was he said the only one of its kind in the world and no one except he knew the secret of its operation On a divan lay several dainty pieces of feminine wearing apparel A table was covered witha with th tha a varied assortment of costly ilis itis perfumes and These it is 3 said was in the habit of muttered sprinkling on his disciples as he mut mut- mut strange incantations over them In a curtained alcove leading off oil this chamber cham er the police found several se young beautiful and hand handsomely gowned women One of them confessed that they were awaiting their turn for tor the prophets prophet's blessing anda and nd a share of the th astral rays They were thrown into great confusion by the entrance of the police One very attractive girl wrung her hands and pleaded is my best friend Please dont don't harm him lie He took in feme me and fed fe me when my soul was starving He ne is isA V wonderful I 1 A The most significant thing the police search of the temple revealed was the collection of photographs of several hun hun- hun huno o vl r rv f-rv MA f h r T 5 I w c 1 r ari ri o AZ 4 v a ao 4 I r DJ c y y ro rom m f Richly furnished re- re reception re t 5 room where r y A women visitors to I c i iA A the temple waited z f fI I their turn t to receive R the a astral rays 1 and take part in a k kr l s sT T o tS t t f f r x l 4 Y YN N I 1 Jpy l ft I rY 1 T 10 e pet r y One of many admiringly inscribed photographs of well known beauties found in Moho possession dred well known women including not only motion picture actresses but many man prominent in the social social world world The walls wall of the reception rooms were covered with such pictures pi and others filled a great cabinet in inthe the seers seer's chamber Nearly every photograph was auto auto- autographed autographed graphed and inscribed with words of o praise and devotion for Several of the photographs were of o girls in il scant attire and these bore particularly extravagant messages message of admiration Most of the writers writer thanked the prophet for aid rendered and the tone of their messages made It it plain what a powerful influence luence med had exerted over them them hem One photograph bore the name of oC the film actress Charlotte Stevens and the tho foll following wing me message sage To my friend in is deep appreciation for your assistance Another photograph Inscribed To the ever faithful and gracious was signed names of Myrtle Myrtlo and Lincoln Stedman two well known fi film players To a master mastel prophet t Alice Calhoun another read Following their raid on the temple the police received a note signed id Broken Hearted Mother In the lett letter r the mother mother related the experiences of her ber year eighteen year daughter daughter in the Temple o of lI med The letter told of weird rites in which the girl had taken fc ken part of candy said to possess powers of love c- c tion which had been given given her and of of mechanical reduction redu tion massages to which she had been introduced The mother charged that her daughter er had become a nervous and physical wreck and had attempted to end her hilife er life as a result of her exp rence's in inthe inthe th-e th the chamber She went to as a trust trust- trusting trusting ing curious child wro wrote e the grief stricken mother He lIe gained her con conti d nce by accusing accusing her of an improper a act Upon her denial he cowed her by y saying What I tell you ou is true Mo hommed and God Cod cannot lie b ar i J 1 1 Entrance to the 5 ch chamber mb r adorn adorned d with symbols symbol meaning whose only only he Zhe initiates could be told The The child was was was-in in sucha such a state of ex- ex excitement ex when she reached home that t I had to send for a physician to quiet her her After fter a few days days I thought she had ha forgotten his horrible accusation but she continually brooded over over it it it lIe lIeg lie g gave ve the child child an n am amulet let in a satin satin case case and told and told her to put it under her pillow ef each ch night thereby giving him po power er to come to her by means of of his as astral astral ral self sel After her first visit I forbade her to tog togo g to go-to go to to him again Four m months passed and I thought she h had d forg forgotten Uen him bin him but following a meeting mooting on n the street t one day he- he he induced her to come to to his studio He lie told told h her r that he would supply her with another amulet and he ho also als gave her a box of Egyptian candy man man- manufactured manufactured by himself piece He claimed each piece was Vas charged d with power to make any man any man man love lova a woman When she told me of ol this I imme- imme immediately immediately threw the tho candy candy into into tho the gar gar- garbage bage She said told her she sh o was a m trifle trine too stout and should d on an FaNn r 1 In T fi J f fI f j j A i 1 1 J r 11 J t 01 q aki ak i Y e r ate n Miss Charlotte Stevens 2 W the film actress said to have been a friend of the vanished Egyptian Egyptian r q seer 4 r w- w 1 reduce under his i l f t tion whereupon hereupon he would introduce her to to a great y movie director r The poor child believed believed be- be him When finally she found out how how she had been tricked she attempted suicide suicide Detectives believe that m many ny tragedies tragedies trag dies and near tragedies may haye have been be the result of experiences which girls like this one underwent in the temple During the period of stay sta stain in Hollywood there was wa Wad an unusually unusually large number of suicides and attempts at suicide by young women Of all the women who are arc believed to have been followers of and an frequent frequent visit visitors rs to his temple only one has had the courage to give the give the police a lull full frank account frank of what took place in the mysterious chamber Unfortunately rt this woman man had visited visite the temple by only twice before it was raided by the police She was still in i what what d called callei called the novice stage and knew nothing whatever about the strange rites in which she would have been permitted to take part a little later On my my first visit to the temple said this woman I was made to sit fo for more than an hour in one of the luxurious luxurious ous reception rooms The dim rays of blue light from the globe in the ceiling coiling left the room mostly in deep shadow and they exerted a strangely exciting effect on my nerves This was was soon counteracted by the over over- overpowering overpowering over over- overpowering powering fragrance of the incense At last Iwas I was admitted to the chamber the place I had so dreaded and an yet longed to see I was invited to seat scat myself at atone atoni one v j ja a yes a w A As Aa s r ln a tiA Peggy Booth one of the many Hollywood girls who have re- re recently re recently f r sought death side of a narrow table dressed in the flowing lowing robes and turban o th the East sat down opposite me lie He stretched out his slender graceful hands and pressed mine close Presently his lips began to move After a minute or two Iwas I was able to hear him murmuring very softly in English affectionate names the little phrases of endearment that lovers ers use lie Ile lapsed into silence When he spoke again it was in loud in-loud loud thundering tones and in some language I never heard before The a sinister sound that sent sent the shivers creeping over me This This went on for perhaps fifteen minutes all the time press press- ing pressing my hands tighter and tighter Tho climax came when he suddenly released Iny hands and raised his arms in the of benediction lIr hommed e is all powerful he hee cried in English and God Cod know all That constituted my first first treat ment ment-as ment as it was called The secondi few days later was exactly the same I Iwas was ryas assured that that- after aCter ten or twelve befit more Ioro of th these se treatments I would be fit to go on to the deeper mysteries of the the temple temple ones I had been told woul would l work ork such wonders t 1 |
