Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-12-02
A Remarkable Medium.

ARemarkabIe Medium.
Miss Annie Eva Fay. "a lady WHIT
has achieved phenomenal success
as medium ia America snt
Europe Is now in Los Angeles, ant
Is registered at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel. Her success in Californis
has been quito notable, the press O.
San Francisco, with the exception
OF single journal, giving her 8
very flatterlng recognition. Miss
Fay will open at Turnverein Hal
on Sunday night, Dec. 4th. Below
we give the results OF an interview
between reporter of the San
Francisco Post and Miss Fay:
The advent upon the Pacific
Coast of phenomenon of the
spirit world in the person of 4
sprightly little lady, who claims
to have at her command the dis.
embodied spirits, who at her bid
ding perform curious and unex-
plainable feats, was considered by
the Post of so much impo rtapce
that a representative of this paper
sought out the weird visitor to-
day. The lady, Miss Annie Eva
Fay, who has been announced to
give light and dark seances at the
Grand Opera House to-morruw
night, comes to this coast almost
directly from London, England,
where she has secured from the
skeptical the reputation of being
the greatest marvel of the age,
and has claimed from all Spiritual
lists the honor of being, perhaps,
the best medium extant. The lady
was found by the reporter in her
rooms surrounded by large piles of
dresses, finished and just making.
She ap0logiZed in charming tone
and manner for the appearance of
her rooms, adding naively that
"birds of passage, who were on the
wing, seldom kept their nests in
the best of order. You are ex.
tremely welcome" the l6dy was
gracious enough to say when the
reporter announced his errand. II
always liked newspaper men. They
have treated me SO kindly wher-
ever 1 have gone" This compli-
ment, of course, had its effect on
the reporter, and made him feel
entirely at home. "You are to
give our people an exhibition of
your powers;'' began the reporter,
intent on his errand. "Of what,
may ask, will your performances
consist? And will you have any
mechanical aid?" IA general ex-
hibit of the controlling influence
of the spirit world over matters
terrestrial. I do not use any sppa-
ratus whatever, and expect to
show you all something that will
greatly remove your prejudice and
skeptioism."
"Then, of course, you fully be.
lieve in SpiritualismW
"Why, yes, and I doubt not but
what you will. too, when you have
seen the manifestations aud mate
Publications tomorrow evening. I
am sorry, however, to find that
your citizens have lately been vic.
timized by couple of unscrupu-
lous men who have made mock
ery of Spiritualism. They an
nounced that they would cause q
plano to move through the air.
Now, that has never been done.
The power of the spirits, like that
of men, is not great enough for
such feat, but l can cause 8 piano
to rise some distance from the
floor. This and other and stranger
feats were done by myself before
the Royal Scientific Society of
England, and VIM. Crookes, edi-
tor of the Quarterly Scientific Jour
nal, in long article acknowledged
that the society could not explain
the phenomena by any natural
causes. In England. perhaps. I
have achieved my greatest success.
I gavs seances at the Crysts
Palace In London for severa
weeks, and alsa held manifesta-
tions at the Queens Concert Hail."
As a proof OF the high esteem in
which the petite lady was held
there, the reporters eye was dsz-
zled by q glimpse of an elegant
ebony locket, richly studded with
diamonds, which had been pre-
ssnted to Miss Fay by the Prince
of Wales. Numberless scraps
from leading newspapers, Indoors
ing her powers, were also exhibit
ed with no little pride. Miss Fay
In appearance is decidedly girlish
spirituelle, with heavy masses OF
daxen hair and an innocent blue
eye, into the depths Of which the
reporter frequently cast admiring
glances, as all gallant newspaper
men are in duty bound to do. Be-
sides possessing grace and more
than an average. share OF beauty,
Miss Fay is splendid shot, and
often practices with an elegant
Remington rifle, whiuh she never
travels without. She also had any
quantity of spirit photographs
some OF which we're taken here
and In mentioning this fact the
lady paid high tribute to San
Francisco artists. Undoubtedly
her entertainment tomorrow
evening will be a success, as tht
box sheet is already we'll filed
There will certainly be no failure
on Miss Fay's part to please anc
satisfy all.
Eastern oysters every style
hot and cold lunches and all tn
delicacles of the season served OF
| the shortest notice at Congress
Hall, corner OF Main and Requens
streets, Ice cold Boca beer, the hes