Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-29

pearauce at the window was not contin-
uous, she frequently withdrawing her
face for a few moments ia order, il was
said, 10 renew her naturalization, inn
haired by the light. We rarely saw It,
/ should guess, for more than minute
At any one time. Most Of the others
were Withdrawn every ten CT fifteen
seconds. Once, turning her head round
and taking one of her ringless in her
singers. she said to Mrs. Holmes: You
ses my hair eurla here" Dr.
Child asked If she would Ike an orange.
She said. nOf course / wOuld," and I'M
mediately took In her hand one that he
offered her, and that was the last seen
of that orange. General Lippitt then
gives details OF other sittings at which
Katie King and several other appari-
tions were Understanding them, one
ofher father above described, who APP
pears to have been az unpleasing IN APP
pearance as in character, At one OF
these sittings General Iippitt had an
opportunity 10 feel Of her hand.
FLESH AND BLOOD.
At the request Of DR.. Child an,t OF
Mrs, Holmes, she repeatedly showed
us her entire arm, bare to the shoulder,
putting it entirely MT of the window.
An involuntary murmur OF admiration
always greeted this exhibition; for the
arm was a perfect model for a sculptor,
cost in one OF natures finest moulds,
gracefully rounded, dazzliDgly white,
but yet OF the whiteness Of fieshi not OF
marble. At the DOCTORS request she af-
terWard allowed several of US TO go up to
the window to feel her hand. l placed
my own, the palm up, on the lower edge
of the window, and on feeling her own
palm in mine, closed my hand on hers,
slowly and firmly pressing it. 1t wss
g perfectly natural feminine hand, Of
solid flesh and blood, and Of a pleasant
warmth. / should here observe that
Mr.. Holmes, the medium, is tall and
slender man, with long and masculine
hand and fingers. At other sittings
she allowed both OF her arms and also
the curls of her hair to be examined,
and she is said to have received and
absorbed in some mysterious way gifts
of fans, flowers, and fruit. At one
time she permitted her tongue to be in
spected. Several pieces Of her eonver-
sation are related by General Lippitt,
and, among other things, she stated that
she remembered seeing the old st.
Paups church burned in London. AT
one of the sittings the Vice President Of
the United States was present with Mr..
Anthony J. Drexel and Mr.. George w.
Childs, and on this occasion Mr.. Wilson
and Katie shook hands, and she per-
mitted 9 second inspection OF htr
tongue. At the close OF his article
General Lippitt considers in detail the
question whether it was possible for
these appearances to have been caused
by impOsture, or to have been other
than those Of disembodied spirits. In
this discussion he asks the question: Is
there any reason to suppose that Katie
King was not living human being?
And he answers it as follows:
DIssoLvING VIEWS.
answer there is. However long q
living woman might remain in view,
no change would be perceivable in any
of her bodily tissues. On the other
hand, tissues derived from foreign ele-
ments, with which a spirit has Tempo
rarily surrounded itself, might be ex-
peeted after q certain time to show signs
of disorganization. Now 1 closely
watched Katie Kings eountenanee
through an Opera-glass every time
she appeared, and L invariably
saw that on her face being first visible,
the eyes, as well as the other features,
were perfectly natural in their appear
ance, the eyelids having all the mobili-
ty of those Of q living person; but several
times, after her face had been q little
longer visible than usual, the eyelids
lost their mobility, the whites OF the
eyes bscame CLASSY, and began to pro-
long themselves downward, like viscid
4 oh 10
OF this change she always seemed to be-
come suddenly conscious, hastily with
drawing her face from the window, at
which, after a few moments, it would
appear again, with the eyes as natural
as at first