Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-05
A .NatcrfaIistic Seance.

Il ne scene Is in an upper room OF house up
Town. fTesent, numbeI OF people, men and
women, waiting for the curtain 10 RISE
Scarce commences. Cash collection" from
audience. 81 each. Doors locked Lights turned
down. Young man remarks they'l be turned up
as seance progresses. Stout medium goes into
oedroom. Curtain at entrance closes on him.
Impressive vague light. Silence. Young man
RiveT?' Gather what? But no matter. No
spirit yet. "Agl Hail the Power" &C., No
spirit. In the Sweet by and By No ghost.
Voices break down here and there. Another
song. Spirits, show your faces Curtain
agitated. Singers break down. False alarm
More singing. More curtain shaking. Spirit
appears Short, thick set man. Black hair
Sticks close TO curtain. by various men,
bers OF the audience. For me 2" For me -
= For Ine?" Very intense and anxious. Spirit
seems 10 conclude the man he's hunting is not
there. DOdgeS inside. More singing Curtain
again shaken. out again. Another. Stout,
OLD ghost. Long. gray beard. Keeps close TO
curtain. old party nearest the curtain gets
up. Goes to ghost. nurmur Of Very much
attached to you" Old party kisses ghost, and
Tetires to seat Ghost gets inside OF curtain.
Tor, with matter of-fact sigh, remarks, My
father" More singing. Another. Trllie taller
and s 10 6tn Long gray beard BY knowing
w; makes speech. Was Sptrltuallsr lecturer
In life. Question by lady, " Do you know u.s.
Mr. Wilson," Mr. Wilson. impressively, 81 know
you dill sing uidf. cOnSt1eftnS tnefe are several
In the room who never even heard before OF
Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson backs out. AS distinct
as man Ia foggy night Another. A man.
Young man who guards curtain remarks,
Black moustache." BY hysterlcal woman,
g Is 1t my husband:' Spirit mods and seems
anxious to get inside Of curtain. Woman rushes
up and kisses spirit. \. B.-I think she's one
OF the stool pigeons. Baby spirit cautiously
poked out OF curtain Not clear. Might be
anything. Might be bundle OF rags. BY
another woman, " Is 1t my baby?" Baby wagS
what may be It's head. BY woman, 81 My dear,
dear, darling baby n. B.-Belng stony and
skeptical take the baby for dummy and the
mother not al, for duper: Female spirit appears.
i ,ns ar r., Talk ak; by spirit female "Wtch
BY anxious ladies, Who is it. Doctor
Doctor, with OusiDess-like air and business
sigh, my grandmother She was Polish. N.
B.-Same grandmother and father appear
nightly. Being skeptical, conclude there must
be recognftions manufactured TO order at mate
REALIZATION seance to give them some interest.
More curtain shaking. Dim woman In flowing
robe holding snake. Snake as long as an eel.
with her snake Yes, it's Cleopatra Snake
three feet long. The Egyptian asp is about six
inches. Poor Cleo! For two Thousand years
been packing that snake around and has moth
Ing better TO do than to revisit Eighth avenue
with 1t. However, the asp may have grown q
couple OF feet In two thousand years. We must
not be too skeptical. Skeptics bring bad influ-
ence with them to circles. Mediums always
lind Ii harder to give anything while skeptfcs
should swallow 1t all But l cant.-N. Y.
fyThDIi.