Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-16
Katie Kings AUTOBIOGRAPHY.


spirationally through Dr. Henry Child, some
months ago, fails TO satisfy that faScinattn.
naturalization, since her coming out into
the common world, and she has accOrdinCly
composed Il totally new one IN the form OF al
affidavit. depoSed To and subscribed i'm Dr.
thlldS prtsence. In other words. she has
told the whole story of last summers COM
edy. which the honest and dclul lei Robert
Dale owen, and others a hOnC~; ana drIu L. I.
believed Il new and advanced edition OF The
gospel OF Immortality.
IN her affidavit, as printed. The perSOna'or
of Katie King does not give her real name
but describes minutcIy the circum stances
OF her assumption OF the part, prefdcing her
more mOncntouS story by showing up the
lesser tricks OF the meiiumShip of the
HGlmcsCS. Her picture OF the effect OF ten
cent false faces presented al small apcrtIIres
in a mysterious biaCk-drapei AMI BLACK
lined cabinet in "a myS tCTIU,lS darkenal room
upon a circle of deeply impressed Specta-
tOF>,-iS not without sense OfhumOT, scarce
" ever, she says. Is a face shown that is not
fully recognized by some one.
Her share in dupilg the public was. as she
tells II, lucky th0nSsIi OF Mr.. Holmes, VINO
one day threw a white cloth over the yOung
wOman's head. and exclaimed. You would
make good Katie King For Mrs. Holmes
was an Acquaintance OF the London Katie.
and felt privileged u Ia Ike liberties with her:
probably cumnTchcniing her nature more aC-
cuTateiy than ever Prof. CrCOkeS does Hay-
ing no money and poor health. the woman
swallowed her ScTuplc> ana consented TO play
The part. So they made her a long. flowing
robe Of white French muslin. with sleeves
open and ample. and a Veil OF HoBitOn lac O.:
she bathed her face. arms and hands i'm mag
nOlia balm till She was lily white. and ma he
up with such artistic skill that she SAWS. Il
looked very much like a spirit Then. one
evening, she drew aside the curtain from one
of the apertUreS IL the cabinet. showed her
lace for moment. and. IL Il low, hardly
audible whisper, said, Good evening
friends
This was her debut in the leading role oftha
new play Of The Pirates Daughter, or the
Ghost in Society" And shrinking back in
the cabinet, the excited and amused Young
woman listened TO the comments of delight
and awe; Did YOU hear il Spcak2i How
beautiful IL was" In lew minutes she
again NOuchSatet glimpse Of her face aud.
being asked 10 tea her name. said. Il am
Katie King. YOU stupid a third time and
yet fourth She appeared. that night. ana
identified herself with the London Katie. in
whose elegant slang vocabulary She hal ht. IN
carefully coached. The guests departed from
the Seancc, congratulating each other that
the naturalization al spirits was now a fl.t
beyond doubt
Her history Of the summers especially. in
tercSting 10 READ in company with Mr.
owens Atlantic Monthly romance: her cap
tUrc Of that excellent gentlemen was the
crown of her success. and the only regret She
expresses was for cheating ''Such Il goo 1.
kInd-hearted, pure-minded man. II was
rot until she was sure OF his absolute faith in
her a bOna-fide spirit that She ventureI 20
show her full form, and then to advance I'm to
the room. She was told, she says, that she
presented beautiful and graceful appear
ancc III her unique Stume, anu il seems to
10 have been easy for her visitors % believe
that she was really a woman who had Siaid
seventeen years old for over two centuries
and come back as fresh as a lily from the
mysterious community OF spirits. She WAS
often in dire dread OF discovery when people
She didn't know came 10 the aperture fear
ing they might grab her. and that was the
trouble when the man in the circle wanted 10
kiss her, and She had To appeal To Mr.. owen
to protect her from rudencsS. Subsequently
She appeared in several other charaet tiers in
Guiding an Indian maiden and a sailor boy
but Katie King remained her distinguished
success, and her memory will go down To
poSterity as exclusively associated with il as
Jeflerson's with Rip Van Wrinkle" or Soth-
ern's with ."DuRdIeary. "-SprdaqfeH RsD,j,i-