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Land & Water 
May 2 , 1 9 1 8 
Well=Rnown M.P. on "Pelmanism 
ft 
83 Admirals and Generals 
now Enrolled. 
75 ENROLMENTS IN ONE FIRM! 
" Pelmanism " continues its extraordinary progress amongst 
all classes and sections of the community. 
To the many notable endorsements of the System which 
have been already published there is now added an important 
pronouncement by a .well-known M.P. — Sir James Yoxall, 
whose eminence, both as an educationist and as a Parlia- 
mentarian, gives additional weight to his carefully con- 
sidered opinion. 
" The more I think about it," say* Sir James Yoxall. 
"the more I feel that Pelmanism is the name of some- 
thins much required oy myriads of people to>day." 
He adds : " I suspected Pelmanism ; when it began to 
be heard of I thought it was quackery. 
" Now I wish I had taken it up when I heard of it first." 
This is very plain speaking ; but plain speech is the key- 
note of the entire article. Thus one of the greatest national 
authorities upon the subject of education adds his valuable 
and independent testimony to that of the many distinguished 
men and women who have expressed their enthusiasm for 
the new movement. 
83 Admirals and Generals are now Pelmanists, and nearly 
25,000 of all ranks of the Navy and Army. The legal and 
medical professions are also displaying a quickened interest 
in the System — indeed, every professional class and every 
grade of business men and women are enrolling in increasingly 
large numbers. 
Several prominent firms have paid for the enrolment of eight, 
ten, or a dozen members of their staffs, and one well-known 
house has just arranged for the enrolment of 75 of the staff. 
With such facts before him, every reader of Land & Water 
should write to the address given below for a copy (gratis 
and post free) of " Mind and Memory," in which the Pehnan 
Course is fully described and explained, together with a 
special supplement dealing with "Pelmanism as an Intel- 
lectual and Social Factor," and a full reprint of Truth's 
remarkable Report on the work of the Pelman Institute. 
A DOCTOR'S REMARKABLE 
ADMISSION. 
Fascination of the 
"Little Grey Books." 
Within the past few weeks several M.P.s, many members 
of the aristocracy, and two Royal personages, as well as a 
very large number of officers in H.M. Navy and Army, 
have added their names to the Pelman registers. 
One of the most interesting letters received lately comes 
from a lady in the Midlands. Being 55 years of age and 
being very delicate, she had her doubts as to whether she 
should taJce a Pelman Course. She consulted her son, a 
medical practitioner, who at first laughed at the idea, but 
promised to make inquiries. The outcome was a letter in 
which the Doctor wrote : 
"'Pelmanism' has £ot hold of me. I have worked 
throush the first lesson and ... I am enthusiastic." 
His experience tallies exactly with that of Sir James Yoxall, 
M.P., Mr. George R. Sims, and a host of other professional 
men (doctors, solicitors, barristers, etc.), who have admitted 
that their initial scepticism was quickly changed into 
enthusiasm. 
"Truth's" Dictum. 
Truth puts the whole matter in a nutshell in its famous 
Report on the work of the Pelman Institute : 
" The Pelman Course is . . . valuable to the welU 
educated, and still more valuable to the half-educated 
or the superficially educated. One might go much 
farther and declare that the work of the Pelman Insti> 
tute is of national importance, for there are fe^v 
people indeed who would not find themselves men- 
tally stronger, more efficient, and better equipped for 
the battle of life by a course of Pelman training." 
Easily Followed by Post. 
"Pelmanism" is not an occult science; it is free from 
mysticism ; it is as sound, as sober, and as practical as the 
most hard-headed, "common sense" business man could 
desire. And as to its results, they follow with the same 
certainty with which muscular development foUows physical 
exercise. 
It is nowhere pretended, and the inquirer is nowhere led 
to suppose, that the promised benefits are gained "magically," 
by learning certain formulae, or by the cursory reading of 
a printed book. The position is precisely the same, again, 
as with physical culture. No sane person expects to develop 
muscle by reading a book ; he knows he must practise the 
physical exercises. Similarly, the Pelmanist knows he must 
practise mental exercise. 
"The Finest Mental Recreation." 
"Exercises," in some ears, sound tedious; but every 
Pelmanist will bear out the statement that there is nothing 
tedious or exacting about the Pelman exercises. Indeed, it 
is no exaggeration to say that an overwhelming proportion 
of Pelmanists describe the exercises as "fascinat- 
ing," "delightful," "the finest mental recreation I have 
known." 
There are thouscinds of people of all classes who would 
instantly enrol for a Pelman Course at any cost if they only 
realised ^a tithe of the benefits accruing. Here again a 
Pelmanist may be cited in evidence : — "If people only knew," 
he says, " the doors of the Institute would be literally besieged 
by eager applicants." 
The Course is^ founded upon scientific facts ; that goes 
without saying. But it presents those facts in a practical, 
everyday fashion, which enables the student to apply, for 
his own aims and purposes, those facts without "fagging" 
at the hundreds of scientific works which he might otherwise 
read without gaining a fraction of the practical in- 
formation and guidance secured from a week's study of 
Pelmanism. 
A system which can evoke voluntary testimony from every 
class of the community is weU worth investigation. Who 
can afford to hold aloof from a movement which is steadily 
gaining the support of all the ambitious and progressive 
elements in the Empire ? In two consecutive days recently 
two M.P.s and a member of the Upper House enrolled. 
Rim through the current Pelman Register, and therein you 
will find British Consuls, H.M. Judges. War Office, Admiralty, 
and other Government Officials, University Graduates, 
Students, Tutors, Headmasters, Scientists, Clergymen, 
Architects, Doctors, Solicitors, Barristers, Authors, Editors, 
Journalists, Artists, Actors, Accountants, Business Directors 
and Managers, Bankers, Financiers, Peers, Peeresses, and 
men and women of wealth and leisure, as well as Salesmen, 
Clerks. Typists, Tradesmen, Engineers, Artisans. Farmers, 
and others of the rank and file of the nation. If ever the 
well-worn phrase, "from peer to peasant," had a real 
meaning, it is when applied to Pehnanism. 
Over 250.000 Men and Women. 
The Pebnan Course has already been followed by over 
250,000 men and women. It is directed through the post 
and IS simple to follow. It takes up very little time It 
involves no hard study. It can be practised anywhere, in 
the trenches, in the office, in the train, in spare minutes 
dunng the day And yet in quite a short time it has the 
effect of developing the mind, just as physical exercise 
develops the muscles, of increasing your personal efficiency, 
and thus doubhng your all-round capacity and income- 
earning power. 
The improvement begins with the first lesson, and con- 
tinues increasingly, right up to the final lesson of the course. 
Individual instruction is given through the post, and the 
student receives the utmost assistance from the large expert 
staff of instructors at the Institute in solving particular 
personal difficulties and problems. 
"Pelmanism" is fully explained and described in "Mind 
rllrf ?!"°f^' "'•^/^h, With a copy of Truth's remarkable 
report on the work of the Pehnan Institute, will be sent. 
fdl'Jr. ^Th ^'p'/" any reader oi Land & Water who 
addresses The Pelman Institute, 30 Pelman House 
Bloomsbury Street, London, W.C.i. ' 
