The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-16

lace ana inquire. wearing long nalr o.
light auburn, which hangs in ringlets
down her back and each side of hel
head, reaching nearly to her waist. Or
the occasion of her later appearances
she was dressed in pure white, with low
neck and short sleeves. She wore &
long white veil, but this was drawn
over her face but seldom. Mr.. Crooke!
says:
photography may, indeed, give :
map of her countenance, but how can il
produce the brilliant purity of her com
plexion, or the ever-varying expression
Of her most mobile features, now over
Swallowed with sadness when relating
some of the bitter experiences of hel
past life, now smiling with all the limo
cence Of happy girlhood when she hat
collected nv children around her ant
was amusing them by re-counting anec
dotes Of her adventures in India
Recently katie" as she is called
throughout all the reports of thu
seances, has announced that her ''tim'
was up" and that after certain dat,
she would not be able to appear again
This time was fixed for May q, ant
previous to that she gave three seances
at which Mr.. Croekes and family, Mr.
Dunphy, barrister-at-lsw; AIR. S. C
Hall, F. S. A.; Mrs. Ross-Charch; NJ
E. Bouland, LII. d.; Mr.. W. H. Har
rison, F.. R.. S., President Of the Eth
biological Society; M. Gustaze de Web
Mr.. and Mrs. Cook, the parents Of the
medium: and a few other ladies ano
gentlemen of responsibility were per-
mitted to be present.
One account of the farewell seance is
written by Mr.. Harrison the President
Of the chronological Society," He says
that on this occasion Mr.. Crookcs led
the medium, Miss Florence Cook, into
the dark room used as a cabinet at 7::25
clock P. N. The medium laid down
On the floor, with her head resting on a
pillow, and at 7:2o o'clock p. NJ, Katie,
the spirits voice, was heard. She
walked out from behind the curtain at
7:3O o'clock P. NJ, dressed in a long
white low-necked robe, as usual. The
medium was dressed in high gown of
blue merino. During nearly the whole
seance, while Katie was in the room
conversing with the persons present.
the curtain of the cabinet was drawn
back. and everybody could see the
sleeping medium, who did not stir from
her original position, but lay quite still,
her face being covered with a red shawl
to keep the light from it. There was a
good light during the entire seance.
Katie talked about her approaching
departure and accepted boenet from
one gentleman and bunch of lilies from
MIR. Crookes. All the sitters clustered
closely round her. She sat on the floor,
Eastern fashion, divided the flowers
INTO lunches, tying them up with blue
albion. She wrote parting notes to
some of her friends and one to her
redium, and selected fine rosebud for
her as a parting gift. She then took
pair of scissors and cut off quantity
u her hair. giving everybody present
LIBERAL portion. She cut pieces from
aer dress and then made it whole again.
Mrs. Ross-Chnrch in the letter append
I'd. also speaks of this curious perform
lnee. She gave parting instructions to
lr. Crookes, and promised further de-
in the future, though not in
erson as now. Then she said her
over was failing and she must 90.
he lade all farewell in the most .affec-
onate way and retired behind the
1-1ain, escorted by Mr.. Crookes.
The second account of this remark
BILE seance is WRITTEN by Mr.. Crookes
inset. He says that at previous
,a1ces he was fortunate in getting bv
he aid of electric light number of
photographs of Katie King. He had
We complete sets G Photographic ap-
aratus fitted up for the purpose, which |
ere sometimes all brought to bear On
atie at the same time. Altogethr.
: has s@ae forty-four negatives, some
ferior, some Indifferent, and some ex.
'llent. 1.;During these Photographic
ances, he says: |,
'''Katie maffled the medium head up
a shawl ito prevent the light from
ling upon her face / frequently
0S IAAS NudtkL1lI " Ollc 61sht Mlleu AdIle
as standing .near, and it xas a COM
OF thing for seven or eight Of US in
e laboratory,to see Miss Cook and
atie at the sa1ae time, under the full 1
axe Of the electric light. We did not !
these occasions actually see the face
the medium because Of the shawl
it we saw her hss1ds and feet, we saw
r move uneasily under the influence
the intense light, and we heard her {
pan occasionally. l have one photo
aph of the two together, but Katie G
seated 10 front of Miss Cook s head ]
As further evidence of the distinct =
IS of the medium and the strange Wis {
II Mr.. Crookes writes: Z
''One of the most interesting of the '
;ture is one in which / am standing a
the side of Katie; she has her bare C
It upon particular part of the floor. t
l dressed Miss Cook like U
tie, placed her and myself in exactly 8
, same position, and we were photo s
lphed by the same cameras, placed 4
actly as in the other experiment, and b
minated by the same light. When
Sc two pictures are placed over each 4
Ter the two photographs Of myself v
ncide exactly as regards stature, but 81
tie is half a head taller than Miss c,
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