Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-18
Ghosts With Warm Lips.
SWEET FEMALE SPIRITS WHO KISS THE BOYS AT THE

SEANCES.
special to the Baltimore american from New
York says: Spirituaism has elaborated itself great
~ within few years In this city, and become de-
c1oedy interesting in some of its features The lat
est style OF naturalization promises to be popular
and disastrous. Amedium gives seances on Broad
way In the neighborhoOd OF the hotels and theaters
went to see the performance which was quite diff
IeIent Tom the old style OF spOok show About
nIteen OF us met In the parlor and listened to a
SuoIt discourse on reincarnatiOn, delivered by n
pretty blonde, who didn't look at all ghostly She
Sa!d that, While in q trance condition her own
sph5o lett her body and oated about at large, and
its ueSny tabernacle was open to pre-empLion by
any dlsembOdied spirit that might happen to be In
sne vicinity: In short, She was POSSESSED by the
the time a reincarnation in thought. feeling
emotion, speech and action OF the dead. Then she
went Into curta1ned cabinet, somebody played
softly on violin, and we all waited in the dark
ened room for something to happen. The Old style
matertalzing medium produces shadowy figures.
that gnde around and shake hands, but they are
cold and clammy and unpleasant. Skeptics say
that the operators put chemical preparation on
their hands to produce cold, moist touch. There
is no fun In shaking hands with folks in that con-
OF dead fish. Our new medium worked more
agreeable scheme. After q few minutes OF silence
and darkness a blush light was seen in the cab
met, the curtains parted, and out stepped white
ROBBED form that was greeted with eXciamations OF
suppressed admiration. 1t was Just the neatest
looking ghost Imaginable. 1t was clad in white
golden hair fell over the shoulders and breast and
down the back. bare white foot peeped out
preached the spectators. 1t was not a terrifying
apparitiOn, for not man In the room shrank from
1T. All OF us seemed to be filled with scientific en-
thuStaSm, and anxious to Investigate the phenOm.
enOn OF reincarnatiOn.
The re-embOdied spirit purported to be the first
wife of a good-looking gentleman in one OF the
1t entered into conversation with him. He said
that he recognized the late lamented spouse dis
tinctly. Thereupon she put her arms about his
neck. and gave him long, lingering kiss that
seemed TO agitate him some. 1t also affected the
lady by his side. She shifted Indignantly. and
said she didn't believe word OF such nonsense
Then the figure slowly retired backward, waving
a1ecttonate farewells to hubby. Again it ap.
peared, and three gentlemen recognized it Stimuli
friend There was some animated dIsc nI near an
to which 1t really was but the ghost settled it by
announcing herself to be the cousin, and bestow-
ing some cOusinly endearments upon one of the
dISputantS. She took his face between her hands
spoke to him OF old times gazed lovingly into his
eyes and kissed him goodbye. Then she retired,
and the seance was at an end, to the diSappoint-
ment OF the two other claimants.
When the gas was turned up the medium came
out OF the cabinet, looking innocently bewild-
cred, and inquired II any reincarnated spirits OF
friends had appeared while she was asleep The
1rst gentleman's wife tartly guessed the medium
knew well enough what had been going on. hut
the blonde opened her large blue eyes In Innocent
surprise, and said she hoped nothing Unpleasant
had occurred. The gentleman hastily assured
liSi LotHiuS III tuC lcdSb ulSiST6eaDle had
happened, but that the seance had been singulariy
interesting. The medium calmly told the COM
pany that she was utterly obliviOus to all that
went ON while She was in the trance and mani-
tested much interest in description OF the two
reincarnations The two disappointed gentlemen
were encouraged to come again; they might see
their friends next time IL the conditions Were favor
able. No doubt they will attend the next seance.
because ghosts that kiss with warm lips are not
met every day. The new medium is making a
great success OF the retncarnatiOn scheme
but there will be fuss in that establishment some
fine evening And such is the newest swindle of
upper Broadway.