Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-17
AN BLE SHOOK.
She Makes 1t Pleasant for a Man
 While Claiming to Be His First

She Makes 1t Pleasant for a Man
 While Claiming to Be His First
 Wife.
 New York Correspondence Chicago Tribune.l
 Spiritualism has elaborated itself greatly within a few years in this city and become decidedly interesting in some of it's fea- lures. The latest style of naturalization promises to be popular and disastrous. A medium gives seances at No. 1.246 Broad way, in the neighborhood of the hotels and theaters. I went to see the performance, which was quite different from the old style of spook show. About fifteen of us met in the parlor and listened to 8 short discourse on reincarnation delivered by a pretty blonde who didn't look at all ghost ly. She said that while in 8 trance con- ditien her own spirit left her body and f1oated about at large, and it's heshly tab ernacle was open to pre-empaion by any disembodied spirit that might happen to be in the vicinity. In short she was possessed by the stranger spirit, and therefore became for the time reincarnation in thought, feeling, emotion, speech and action of the dead Then she went into curtained cab met, somebody played softly on a violin and we all waited in the darkened room for something to happen. The old style materi- allzing mediums produce shadowy figures that glide around and shake hands, but they are cold and clammy and unpleasant. Skep- tics 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 condition, and one would as soon be kissed by the ghost of 8 dead fish. Our new medium worked a more agreeable scheme. After few minutes of silence and darkness bluish light was seen in the cabinet, the curtains parted and out stepped white robed form that was greeted with eAclamations of suppressed admiration. It was just the neatest-looking ghost imagin- able. It was clad in white drapery worn so as to expose both arms. Long golden hair fell over the shoulders and breast and down the back. A bare white foot peeped out from under the garment as the form slowly approached the spectators It was not ter rifying apparition, for not man in the room shrank from it. All of us seemed to be filled with scientific enthusiasm and anxious to investigate the phenomenon of reincarna- tion.
 The re-embodied spirit purported to be the first wife of good-looking gentleman in one of the front seats, whose second wife was with him, and it entered into converse tion with him. He said that he recognized the late lamented spouse distinctly, who thereupon put her arms about his neck and gave him a long, lingering kiss that seemed to agitate him some. It also affected the lady by his side. She sniffed indignantly and said she didn't believe word of such nonsense. Then the figure slowly retired backward, waving affectionate farewells to hubby. Again it appeared and three gentle men recognized it simultaneously as long lost cousin, sister and dear friend. There was some animated discussion as to which it really was, but the ghost settled it by an- nouncing herself to be the cousin and be- slowing some cousinly endearments upon one of the disputants. She took his face be- tween her hands, spoke to him of old times, gazed lovingly into his eyes and kissed him good by. Then she retired and the seance was at an end, to the disappointment of the two other claimants.
 When the gas was turned up the medium came out of the cabinet, looking innocently