Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-10
THE PHANTOM PRINCESS.
A Gazette Reporter Interviews Anna
Eva Fay, the Medium, who APP
pears at the Opera House
Tonight.



"Please excuse my fingers, the.
have some paint marks on them, sai'
petite lady with n mass of blond
hair falling over her shoulders, as sh'
stood at the door OF her room in tn
Pickwick hotel, and invited GA
ZETrE reporter TO enter. VI have peer
painting and she pointed 10 an easy
chair. Reporters have a natural weak
ness for easy chairs, and the GAZETTE
scribe dropped into one without fur
Their invitation. He hastily glanced
about the room, and noticed severa
productions from the mediums brush
es, which prove that she could have
been an artist, had not the spirits
drawn Der to another career.
az came to ask you some questions
about yourself and about spiritualism,
the answers to which would interest
the readers of the GAZETTE
every well; / will answer what
questions you ask me. / am accus-
toned to have newspaper men ask me
questions, and am always glad to see
them, for rs rule i find them very
pleasant gentlemen
The GAZETTE reporter began by ask
ing for some personal incidents in the
lady's history.
al was born and reared in Kentucky,
but ut an early age went to London to
study art. Ii was here l made my
first appearance as a medium
"When did YOU first receive commu-
nications from the spirit world?n
"When was three years old | re-
ceived clearer communications than
thos. do now, except ut intervals
What do you believe about spirit.
ualism?'
~ believe that spiritualism is fact.
cannot make myself believe that
this life ends ALL
"What kind of IA heaven or hell do
you believe in?'
"l believe that ours Is continuous
existence, Independent of the physi-
cal, and that there is constant growth
in perfection. i can conceive of moth
ing that means death"
docs it require a special condition
of the body TO receive communications
from the other world?'
at does. i never take supper on the
evenings in which am to put myself
into communications with the spirits,
and there other conditions of body not
necessary to mention. Just as man
cannot perform certain intellectual
works under unfavorable physical
conditions, so it is with mediums"
How do these communications
come?n
al know of no better way of describ-
ing them than by comparing them to
the tickings of a telegraph instrument.
The spirit communications sound in
the brain in similar manner, and
with equal rapidity."
Can you call up what spirits you
likep
sob, no, / am merely medium.
They come, and through me the uu-
seen world communicates with the
visible
when did you make your first per-
sonal appearance ?"
'In 1879, before the Royal Society of
London"
Glow did the scientists explain the
?n
"They did not explain them but at
tributed them to unknown forces of |
nature.n
The reporter thought he had asked
the lady enough questions to elicit her
theories on what she demonstrates
anu Ills blltlllnh
from the medium To the woman. Miss
Fay 1--WE call her by stage name) is still
very young, of an intense nervous
temperament, slight figure, with pale
blue eyes, very bright, and full of
what the aesthetics would call "soul."
She is trimming all over with energy,
and speaks with force, clearly and dis
tinctly and with a slight English nc
cent. She Is II good conversationalst,
and the subjects of her talk range from
spiritualism TO hunting, of the latter of
which she is very fond.
81 am very much astOnished at your
city. II is full of life. I've noticed the
energy displayed by every one as |
look from the window.
Her original intention was to be-
come an artist, but her peculiar gift, or
what ever ii is, forced her to submit
to another career. All her spare mo-
ments, however, are given to painting
She is fond of animals and plants, de-
lights in nature generally.
Miss Fay then permitted the eXami-
nation of a costume. 1t was truly a
marvel of beauty in its makeup. 1t is
composed of cream white velvet bro
cade and gros-grain silk. The jupe, cut
en- train, is made of silk and finish
ed with deep fan-plaiting.
The overdress is of the velvet
brocade, in an exquisite design of fun
blown roses and peacock plumage.
The back Is princess, Topped high
with large silk cord of exquisite hang
ing balls OF chenille. 1t is edged with
a caterpillar trimming, made also Of
chenille. The front Is In full cascades
of the chenille trimming. The sleeves
were finished with the ornaments Of
silk cord and chenille, designed ex-
pressly for the purpose. The right
side has a sash of grvs-grain, while the
left Is simply looped with the elegant
chenille balls. The entire dress is
lined with cream satteen, and is with
out doubt thing OF beauty that to the
artistic eye will not go unappreciated.
II was designed in Paris by Mrs. Craig,
It's total cost being $3.50. The lady Is
said to have one of the most elegant
wardrobes ever worn before an au-
dience, and To wear at one time So, 900
L