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The Chicago Sunday T ribune Chicago, Illinois
Sunday, A pril 17, 1898 Page I
Wpmen yesterday organised a lodge of
Masons at the Tuxedo. Madison avenue and
Fifty-ninth
street.
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Organise a
[asonlc Lodge.
They call It Manhat
tan Mystic Lodge.
There had been taik
of such a movement
for several weeks.
but the women were reticent. They mat In
a real lodgeroom. with queer insignia and a
delicious air of mystery. Humor says much
of this mystery was occasioned by doubt
whether the real Masons would recognise
this new feminine order. But fats and the
Masons—a real lodge—were kind to the
women.
Mrs. May Banks Stacey, who li the head
and front of the movement, was formally
Initiated a few days ago. and yesterday she
■wore In, with mysterious rites, twenty of
her followers.
The principal requisite for membership Is
that one must be the wife, widow, daughter,
sister, or granddaughter of a Mason. ” The
ritual used In Manhattan Mystic Lodge wlU
be that of the first woman's lodge, founded
in France In 1796. of which the Empress Jo
sephine was s member." said Mrs. Stacey.
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N E W Y O R K A u g 2 S . ~ - r n r u ' e a l l n * h i * j I d e n t i t y f o r t h e pi ■»»vr.t, a w e a l t h y r e a l - i d e n t o f N<• w Y o r k h a ? J u s t v o l u n t e e r e d ; t o r a p p l y s e v e r a l t h o u s a n d s o f d o l l a r s ■ f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f L o a f i n g a n d e q u i p p i n g a d e q u a t e q u a r t e r s . i n c l u d i n g a l e c t u r e r o o m a n d l i b r a r y a n d c o m p l e t e l a b o r a t o r y , t o h e u * a d h y t h e N V « Y' ork I n s t i t u t e f o rPhysical
R e s e a r c h . T h i s j s t a t e n . * n t Is 1» h v H . S p e n c e r l^ewla, I <>f \ V “ M 14Sih ntr*<ei. a s s i s t a n t e d i t o r o f a m n K « t l n e e a l l - d M o d e r n M i r a c l e * , a n d a n I n s t r u c t o r In t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n i n s t i t u t e o f Selene** " O u r p u r p o s e . " s o l d M r . I>ewta, " l * t o s u b m i t a l l p h e n o m e n a o fa
tj<»-cnl!ed e u p e r n a t u r u l o r d e r t«> t h e c l o s e s t s c i e n t i f i c e c r u l i n y . W c hoi*e t o d e v e l o p a n r ’tig o u r m e m b e r * s o m e w h o w i l l b e Ca pa t »l e o f h y p n o t i c p o w e r a n d t h r o u g h t h e m i n f t u d y a n d t e s t e v e r y p h a s e o f t h a t s u r j e c t . W e a h u l l i n v i t e s p i r i t u a l i s t ‘m e d i u m * t o g R ’e e v i d e n c e * o f t h e p o w e r t h e y c l a i m In o u r l e c t u r e h a l l a n d u n d o r c o n d i t i o n * w h i c h will e l i m i nate
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’ftychlc&l m a t t e r s is o u r o n l y a i m W e ■i n o t p r o p o s e t o i n d o r s e o r a d v e r t i s e a n y h o d y . "The Washington Times
Washington, District of Columbia Saturday, August 25,1906 Page 5
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NEW YORK, Aug. 25.- Concealing his identity for the present, a wealthy
resident of New York has just volunteered to supply several thousand of
dollars for the purpose of leasing and equipping adequate quarters, including
a lecture room and library and complete laboratory, to be used by the New
York Institute for Physical Research. This statement is made by H. Spencer
Lewis, of 252 West I48th street, assistant editor of a magazine called Modern
Miracles, and an instructor in the Metropolitan Institute of Science.
"Our purpose," said Mr. Lewis, "is to submit all phenomena o f a so-called
supernatural order to the closest scientific scrutiny. We hope to develop
among our members some who will be capable o f hypnotic power and through
them to study and test every phase o f that subject. We shall invite spiritualist
'mediums' to give evidences o f the power they claim in our lecture hall and
under conditions which will eliminate entirely the possibility o f fraud.
Thorough scientific investigation o f psychical matters is our only aim. We do
not propose to endorse or advertise anybody."
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ThlH lenves but two explanations—that of tele- -ndvfmccirtmt -of--pmTchi'-^pnihxr:tTid that o f erlihll spirit ecEfitnunJcatlon. Of ml rwotirch And study. r«<*. those prescut know tbelr rooin^, and
Isle-DathA' wa* possJblh. for lita medhim-could hove received, telopathically, the descrtptlona o f tba looms from the persons present.
Dm granting this, we find that tslepctthy could no! expislr the method whereby the medium de scribed the room In which the gentleman before rpenttoned was -apcmiJni; tho evening, nor could It Explain how the metiUtin was enabled to tell us
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in this country in 1848. p^coent knfw -.vhete the gentlcmap was and cor- reqitcat from the Sunday lalnly no one knew exactly wh«t bp and the others Ui£~.inoau-««Biari(abla~with-lilm-ftifght-tx^-dolnr— TrFTTTKJITHrt^wi.j a -fjaj-ofiie exlilli!Unit of Lh<i xcAt, I will describe the ?tm rgei t.o Rll_i'r?senL and Chore cuul l hava baen -ulaftiona(.ration before the ->oeieiy by n youns^no^dhlt’ cn. — —
---.A m erican IndltUi, who oinlTcd thnt In a trance ho If telepathy con explain this dcmonstrstlon then could comtnunlcftte with the spirit o f an Indian we must adroit that telepathy between Hfrangers ehtaf, and 8iw> wjt|t the Ui/eat isplrit." aful tha4 el * dlsiitnce nt anv ttnje rtnd nnrter r m r pnM1- hta.-sp4ciatAnjuht.ilcscElheJJimui:h=tiIm=£h£.Jbtt]nes^ttana^ia possible. T h t * t&rxteruUnpithe Hmttaflons
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On hvt ry. t(nr.1 n c n*iti* 'tiiT tiin cc* w ticrc fh r notion I h o ve a*en the m ost TrcrMlcrf'il "(T rcta f.U iow a o f i " ' •• I 1, I>*. r.. ■ * • |V •• ft* o f HMifcr A f t e r nn o u t h u r M n f p o-t’ in t h " f u n " - c . t
Greatest Psychic Wonder o f 1906
By H. SPENCER LEWIS
(President of the New York Institute for Psychical Research.)
The year 1906 was one of the most successful for the advancement of
psychical research and study, more wonderful discoveries, revelations and
conclusions having been effected in this one year than have been recorded in
the annals of this science since the first "spirit-raps” were heard in this
country in 1848.
In response to the request from the Sunday World for an account of the
most remarkable psychic exhibition of the year, I will describe the
demonstration before the society by a young American Indian, who claimed
that in a trance he could communicate with the spirit of an Indian chief, and
also with the "Great Spirit," and that this spirit would describe through him
the homes of those gathered in the room.
The medium did describe, accurately and in detail, the rooms o f six of those
present, one room being in England.
He also describe the appearance of a gentleman whom he had never seen,
and told where he was at the moment of recital, which facts were afterward
verified to the minutest detail.
In this demonstration it was not possible for the medium to ever have seen
the rooms he described, and therefore there could have been no fraud.
This leaves but two explanations - that o f telepathy and that o f actual spirit
communication. O f course, those present knew their rooms, and telepathy was
possible, for the medium could have received, telepathically, the descriptions
of the rooms from the person present.
But granting this, we find that telepathy could not explain the method
whereby the medium described the room in which the gentleman before
mentioned was spending the evening, nor could it explain how the medium
was enabled to tell us just what this gentleman was doing for no one present
knew where the gentleman was, and certainly no one knew exactly what he
and the others with him might be doing. The medium was a stranger to all
present, and there could have been no collusion.
If telepathy can explain this demonstration then we must admit that
telepathy between strangers at a distance at any time and under any
conditions is possible. This is extending the limitations of telepathy to an
extreme, but even so, it may be the real hypothesis. This demonstration on the
whole was the most remarkable, o f its class, ever recorded by our society, or
perhaps by any other body of investigators.
Mew York Sunday World New York, New York Sunday, January 6,1907
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Deceive the Credulous Victims
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N ow York. Jan 12.
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N E of the objects of the recently organized In stitu te for P sy c h i cal R esearch In this city Is to exp ose th e m ethods by whlcn so-called sp iritu alists delude th e public T heir tr lc lu have been studied for th e past nine ye&rs by th e president of th e Institute Dr H Bpencer Lew is“ If there Is a n y truth w hatever In the com m unication o f the dead w ith the liv ing ‘ he said the other day to a reporter, “ th e sp iritu alists have yet to give a sin gle proof o f It In nine years I think I have seen everyth in g they have to show Much w as palpable fraud, even* In the m ost m ysterious, there w as nothing that could not be explained a s due to natural m eana '
Dr L ew is <\as asked to explain the m ystery o f the broad da> light seances In vogue Just now
“ I have never heard a m essage given that I could not trace to either keen ob servatlon or clever guessw ork." Dr L e a ls said 1 Let us take a typical m eet ing o f the kind
‘ The medium takas up an article— sa> a ring She holds It up so that all may soe It and begins *o describe It minute)} a s tbough for the bench! o f those at a d is tance
* N ow w ith th is ring,' she goes on ‘conies the form o f a beautiful spirit I do not know w h it there Is In this ring to attract th is spirit (A p a u s e ) Again 1 see th is bcautirul spirit that cornea w ith this ring I h f s spirit h as a m essage for the person a ho b -ou ght this r in g "
■ All the tim e sh e Is talking the m -dlum Is scann ing tbc fa ce s o f the people before her T h is Is w h \ sh e m lnutcl} describee the ring—to give her tim e In which to oh- se rv o th e audience And Invariably the person T hose tin g Is held aloft betra>s her Identity
"It m ay be that one womnrf will nudge another or th at the owner will sm ile or becomo rrmnrknb!} interested, oc grow goervous W h atever It m ay be. the quick,
practiced ev e of the medium detects I t Gets a Dramatic E ffect.
"She then slow ly descends from the rostrum sa)In g that the spirit Is leading her to the one for whom Its m essage Is Intended She pauses befors each row of people as though w allin g for spirit gu id ance but alt the wiille m anning the faces before her through half closed eyes At last extending It to the right person she
" 'Y e s you T his beautiful spirit tells m e that vou are’ the one for whom lie m essage Is Intended '
“T h at Is th e dram atic side of the work T o go right to the person and say. ‘Tola a r tl'le Is yours ‘ wouldn’t produce the sod. tearful condition alw ays desired bv the medium A w om en thus wrought up and susceptible to all sorts of em otions Is the ono for whom the m olt wonderful m essages enn bo ototnlned
* We w ill euppose that n man Is sittin g n e s t to the wom an w ho brought the lin g W ell everv m tdlum knows that a naan seldom goes alone t o n seance and In nlno Canos out of ten the woman Is hie w ife It le also a fart (not when a man and Me w ife conic to a eeance It Is gen
eral!) In the hppes of receiving a m es sa g e from a child they hnve lost
“ Acting on this cue the medium now sat ■
* ‘Yes tnle henutlfnl spirit stands here and this sp l-lt form s a ) s ‘M other1 *
“This word Is pronounced \er> eoftly and svveetlv Still the medium hae not com m itted herself If the woman does not break down and begin to weep eae know s som ething le wrong ard goes on to t e p h ln that ttir spirit srem i to be that of a mother who w ants 10 give a m essage lo her child or m entions one possible explanation aftci another until th e wom an assen ts to one of them
Parents B egin to Weep. * In nine cases out of ten how ever the woman begins to w eep nnd the medium e a ) s io f 1% ’ \n<! now I hear her snv ‘father H« re tne n u n breilcs down and the m tdlum pro«etds solemnly
‘ It 19 >our child who stands before you now Tide s p ill, w ants me to say that It le nice o f >ou to com e to day It seeni9 to mo that this spirit haw not passed out very long ngo K as your child pasts.d out long ago ' sho a sk s suddsnly of tne 'mother
‘‘And probably th e m ether w ill answ er, *Wh> no th e passed out tw o a o n tb s ago *
That Is apparentl) an Innocent b l of Information which the medium m ight h a v e deduced from th e wom an's mourn ing But the m edium h) ask ing th e question h ot I ear nod the sex o f the cnlld, which she did not know She goes on
Your daughter »ays she w ants to thank ) c u for the m any tim es you have visited her grave and the m an) pr^tte flowers )o u brought her there, reasoning Of course th a ’ If the daughter has been ool) two rnontht. dead the m other baa visited the g ia v e and taken flowers.
'T h en the medium will p-obabl) end up with Your daughter ift)» she Is so glad th at you got fath ei to com e w ith you this evening He dldp t want to coice bm you Induced h'm to do so and sh»* is so glad to see him here She hopes you will hot ■ come o d e a ta talk with her*
Of ton iht u k le placed on tlie /rostrum tells much o ' tlio one who owned It A ring m 3) give lIk sc\ and n good Idea o f the nge o f the oac who wore It Ant ever, locket wnlch opens contains a
pho-togrntih 01 <\ lock ut I air but aa n el- ebm teil medium one** explained to me, * locket winch ooen« nml la brough. to a lev n ee Iv almoat au ie tn do ao bee inue It la a relic o f one w ho ib dead T n eie- fore wlien a medium plcka up auch a lor'c- et fro-n the roat’ um ahe alw a y s area though without com m itting h erself defin itely u photograph In connection Mth It
It must be taken Into confederation th at the same people attend seaftces week a fter week, and the medium gets to know them pretty well, though they think they n ev er gi\t» h%r any Information about Chamaelvea
T hought He Waa V ery Careful ' For Instance, a man vvho la a teacner In ono of the p jb llc schools here began to Investigate spiritualism about two yeara ago H a attended aeancca du Ing the win tei an I gnrltia H e thought he waa ver / careful not to re se a l anything about h ■ fam ily or fife. but In the course o f del'v- erlng m essage* th e m edium had learned hla p rofeu ton and that he lived In f i e Bronx
"W ell a fte r being a v a l for the aum- tiier th e teacher cam e bock to tow n tlui T h u rsd a y before the M ondti on which ■chool opened and Attended tho aeance on Sunday evening At fe e doo- one o f tre m ed ium '! aaalatanta welcom ed him. us Is th e cuetom, and remarked that he had grow n to be qu'te n stranger
1 ‘Y es 1 reolh I the tea c h e r ‘I onlv got back on Thursday B een off on my v a ca
tion • *
‘When the medium arrived sh e greet > I th e company nnd proceeded to hand out b its o f Inform st'nn before beginning 110 regular work or the evening
‘ ‘You were downtown yesterdav * ahe rem arked to the teacher
"Of courae ahe ha 1 learned fro-n hrr a ssista n t that he had returned from nla vacation on Thursday and naturally con cluded that a teach er m in in g home a fter a season ’s ab sence would have errands to tak e him downtew n between that day and th e n -cn ln g o f acliool
" D owntown* l ' h i v e i I w ee down tow n toe man rer l ed s ow ly
K ed e t Sh-ewd Guess.
"Now Ihp vers i n<*'- o f hla reply showed her nrneillntelv tlin i he had not been verv f i" dow ntow n He had beon doiintful If. Indeed It could properly he galled downtow n Therefore ahe d e e d 'd to stick It som ew h ere about the middle of the city an d w ent on
“ ‘Yea. I see you at F ifty-ninth street.' 1 I f the teacher had said he w »m t an that stre et ahe could probably have drawn out th e fa ct that he had p&aeed It and would have said th at ahe saw him ju st In the m om ent o f passing H ow ever. In case the gu ess w as a fine one, and the nran waa sim ply stunned 1
'C a n you tell m e what part o f F ifty - ninth street** be asked
•• ‘Yes. ea st of the circle the medium answ ered confidently, and again the teacher wae mystified Y et any one a c quainted with the r e ghborhood of F ifty - ninth street w est o f the circle will under stand how little likelihood there waa of hla having business over there
“ A s the teacher assented to this lo st piece o f Information and did not say lie .
1 answered confidently, and again the teacher e a e mystified Yet an y one a c quainted with the r e gbborhood of F ifty - ninth street wcat o f the circle w ill under- atand how little likelihood there waa of hie h aving bualneaa over there
"A s the teacher assented to thle last Piece o f Information and did not aay lie had first been at the e lid e , sho reasoned at once that he had come from tlie
B ronx on the elevated She did not eay now that sn e beheld him on the corner o f Third avenue, lor th at would have been too easily seen through She likew ise con cluded that he had vlelted th e board of education at r ift ) 'n in t h street and Park eventie, but to say this would be risking too m uch Again she hit safely m idway, end announced that the spirit revealed him to her a t the com er o f F ifty-ninth street and L exington avenue. w Jthojt, however, sta tin g whether he was conducting busi n ess there o r m erely passing
Again the teacher waa sim ply stunned, for It so happened that he had not been At the board of education but bad done a little business In a building directly on the co m e r o f F ifty-ninth stre et and Lex ington avenue And he w ent a w ay deeply Impressed, and seein g no connection w hat ever between th is surprising revelat.on and h is Innocent rem ark about hie vaca tion ••
Dr Lewis gave this account of what ia called materialization and dematerlallza-
tion ,
"In all such sean ces the room is pitch dark excep t for a bluo lantern suspended from the center or th e cellin g The au dience Is ranged about the w alls as th e spirit Is to. appear and then disappear right In the center o f th e floor. Instead of on the platform
S o m eth in g W h ite S lo w ly R ising. "Tha lantern shade goes down leaving the room In com plete darkness and In the cen ter <jf the floor appears a circle o f Ore and smoke, out o f which the audience gradually beholds som ething w hite r'slng The blue lantern Is very slo w ly uncovered the unearthly ligh t disappears, and the white figure grow s end grow s until an en tire human form le stand in g there
* The spirit bows to the right and left, and gives m essages to som e o f the com pany Then, as the lig h t Is again shaded th e spirit slow ly disappears, until only the c'rcle o f g h o stly flro Is to be seen on the floor This w aves, flickers, and puffs out, and a ll Is total darkness
"When the ligh ts are turned up an In stant later, there la no trace o f the appa- rltlon and all oxn exam ine the floor to sea that there le no trapdoor In It
"All th is seem s wonderful hut the e x planation le really very sim ple The part o f the spirit Is play ed by a woman dressed In w hite Around the hem of the robe Is a border o f phosphorus Over this wntte garm ent Is a long black slip, from the top o f which Is n string, one end o f w hldi Is held by a man Inside th e cabinet
Whan the ligh ts first go out the spirit glides from the cabinet unseen because of her black coverfhg and stand s In the cen ter o f the room Then she raises the black slip nllgbtly and the phosphorus on_ the bottom o f her sk irt gleam s forth like wltcn tire
i 'The spirit continues to is ls e th e black slip, while the man In the cabinet pulls tho strin g taut and the lantern lets fo in more and more light, m aking the phos phorus Invisible F in ally the spirit stanip all rovcrted the black slip fallin g down her back, which Is turned toward tile platform
'A fter the m°ssage<i aro g !\e n she grad ually draw s tlis slip down over her agsln , the lantern Is shaded and the ghost lire gleam s fo ith By w aving her eklrts the medium can m ake this w ave flicker oorl puff out In a trulj uncanny manner. W ten com plete darkness falls she regains ths cabinet unseen
S tn n gers Closely Watched. "Interruption la strictly guarded again st In m any w ays A stranger Is not adml>- ted, and until one Is known as sa fe ho Is seated between tw o strong em ployes of th s sp iritualists
"Often a man who sh ow s a tendency to Investigate In the m idst of proceedings h ss found h im self suddcnlv outside the door with no Idea how he got there The explanation alw ays given o f this phenom enon by the sp iritu alists is that th s man resisted the peychic force and that it knocked him down Ae the room Is dark and he h i* seen and can prove nothing, he hae no redress
"The bouncers of the splr tuallstlo m eetings also act as gatherers o f Informa tion I first gained adm lss on to a dark seance through the Invitation o f a man known to the sp iritu alists who conducted tt I told them my nam e rft the outset.
T h e ) seated m e beside a tall man who seem ed to he rather nervous A fter a w hile he whlepered to me
•'Sn v, do }ou be levc In this thing* Do you expect a m essa g e ?
* 'I don’t know,' 1 replied, uncertainly The man went on then to Inform i d s
that he hag never been to a place o f the sort before, and that he d dn't really think he would get a m essage
* ’H ave you nny one in the sp lilt world from whom }o u could get a com m unica tion* he asked
Asked for Im aginary Sister '■ 'W ell thsre'e my siste r Alice,' I said Of course I have no slater Alice
“J u st here a em ail spirit cam e out of the cabinet
“ 'Look there whispered m y nelrhoor T lie ie com es one. now Perhaps that's jo u r sister *
' ‘Oh no I replied Mv sister w as a very tall g ir l1
Shortly aft*r thin my neighbor w as called to the platform
* W hat da vovi f i n k of that* he w h is pered to me excited ly ’That s a m essago for me Just think o f I f
w e u no went up to m e ataxe ,in«1 whispered w ith the spirit who had called him. and 1 thought to m yaolf that It w as about tim e now for sl*ter Alice to appear ^ure enough. the very neat sp rlt to ston from the cabinet w as a tall specter, who wnnted Dr Lew is And when I w ent iip
and Inquired her nam e she Informed me that sh e w as Alice and b\ sk ilfu l ques tion! nit I led her to recollect m any things In our past llx e s which had never hap pened "
Dr Lew is learned the secret o f spirit photographs from a medium who had fallen Into a trim He explains that the object o f the Inst'tute la not only to ex pose fraud but “scientifically to clessirv and analyse such phenomena as are usu al!) called psychic, hypnotic or spiritual istic. with the Intention o f determ ining their real nature **
The Washington Post
W ashington, District of Columbia Sunday, Jan u a ry 13,1907 Fourth Part, Page 12
D EIL III H IM
Researcher Tells of
Deceptions
N sw York Investigator of Psychical Affairs Has Pound No Communl.
cation Bottyeen Daad and Living
flp ec ln l to T h« H^rnleV
N K W YOHK, J a n . 2fl.-O ne of th e o b j e c t s n f the r e c e n tly o rganized I n s t i t u t e fnr P s y c h ic a l H rsen rch In th in c ity In to ex pose th e m ethods by w h ich so-cnlleil sp lrltu n lln tn d e lu d e th e public. T h e ir tric k s have b een s tu d ie d for th e p a s t n in e y e a rs by th e p re s id e n t of th e In s titu te , Dr. H . B p e n re r Lewis.
" I f th ere Is a n y t r u th w h a te v e r In th e co m m u n icatio n o f th e dead w ith th e liv in g ," ho said th e o th e r d ay to a r e p o r te r , "th o s p ir itu a lis ts have, y e t to g iv e a single p ro o f o f It. In nine y e a r s I th in k I h a v e s e e n e v e ry th in g th e y h a v e to show . M uch tvas p a lp a b le f r a u d ; even In t h e m o st m y s te rio u s th e r e w as n o th in g t h n t could n o t be e x p la in ed n s duo to n a tu r a l m e a n s ." D r. Lew is w a s a s k e d to e x p la in th e m y s te ry of th e b ro a d d a y lig h t s ta n c e s w h ic h a re In v o g u e J u s t now. " I h ave n e v e r h o a rd a m essage g iv e n t h a t I could n o t t r a c e to e ith e r k e e n o b s e rv a tio n o r c le v e r g u e ssw o rk ," D r. L ew i* said. " L e t u s tak o a ty p ic a l m e e tin g . "T h o m edium t a k e s up an a r tic le — s a y a ring. She h o ld s It up so t h a t a ll in n y see It a n d b e g in s to d e scrib e It m ln u to ly , us If fo r th e benefit of th o so a t a distance.
" ‘Now, w ith t h is rin g .’ sh e s a y s , 'comcR tho form o f a b e a u tifu l s p ir it. I do n ot know w h a t th e re Is in th is r in g to a tt r a c t th is s p irit. (A p a u s e .) A g n ln I see th is b e a u tifu l s p irit t h a t co m e s w ith th is r in g . T his s p irit h a s n m essag e fo r th e p u rso n w ho b r o u g h t t h i s rin g .1
" A ll tho tlm o th e m edium is t a lk in g s h e Is scan nin g th e faces o f th e p eo p le b e fo re her. ThlB Is w hy she m in u te ly d e s c rib e s th e r in g —to give h e r tim e In w h ic h to ob serv e th e audience. I n v n - rln b ly tho ow ner o f tho rin g b e tr a y s h e r id en tity .
" I t m ay be t h a t one w om an w ill n u d g e a n o th e r or t h a t th e o w n er w ill s m ile o r become r e m a rk a b ly I n te re s te d o r g ro w nervous. W h a te v e r It m a y be, th e qulqfr, p ra c tic e d eye of th e m e d iu m d e te c ts
It.
" S h e then slo w ly d escends fro m th e r o s tr u m , sa y in g t h a t th e s p irit Is le a d in g h e r to tho ono f o r whom Its m e s s a g e Is Intended. S h e p a u se s b e fo re e a c h row of pcoplo a s th o u g h w a itin g f o r s p irit g u id an c e , b u t all th e w h ile s c a n n in g th e fa c e s b e fo re h e r th ro u g h h a l f closed eyes. A t la s t, e x te n d in g It to th e rig h t p e rso n , sh e sa y s s o ftly :
" ‘Yes, you. ThlB b e a u tifu l s p ir it te lls m e t h a t you a re t h e one for w hom Its m e s s a g e Is intended.* W o rk s Dramatic 8lda " T h s t Is th o d r a m a tic side o f th e w o rk . To go r ig h t to th e p erso n a n d s a y , ’T his a rtic le Is y o u r s / w o u ld n ’t p ro d u c e th e sad, te a r f u l co n d itio n a l w a y s desired by th o m edium . A w o m a n t h u s w ro u g h t up a n d su sce p tib le to a ll s o r t s of em o tio n s is th e one fo r w h o m t h e m ost w o n d e rfu l m essag es c a n be o b ta in e d .
" W o will su p p o se t h n t a m an Is s i t t in g next to th e w o m a n w h o b o u g h t th e ring. W ell, e v o ry m edium k n o w s t h a t a m an se ld o m goes alone to a sean ce, and In n in e cases o u t of te n th e w om an 1s h is w ife. I t Is a ls o a f a c t th a t w hen a m a n and h is w ife co m e to a sean ce It Is g e n erally in th e h o p e s of re c e iv in g a m essage fro m a c h ild they h av e lo st.
" A c tin g on th is c u e th e m edium n o w s a y s :