The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-19
She Gives a Herald Reporter a
Seance
And Tells Him Some News About
Himself.
A Lady who Makes Much Money and
Many Dupes by Transmitting
Messages from Mis-
takon Spirits.

AiAooit W UIhulhtlC phPOis Oh ohS
back of which were highly colored en-
cravings of lightly clad high kickers at
which the two women occasionally cas-
furtive glances. They were talking un-
restrainedly and evidently belonged to
the class of women with whom fortune
telling and trance mediums became as
much q craze as the morphine habit
and Chinese lottery with others OF their
sex.
One had recently been in San Fran
cisco, but the spirits were apparently
not in attendance at the midwinter fair,
for she declared che had been unable to
gain any satisfaction from her medium
istic pereginations in the Bay city.
From the other side of the folding
doors came confused gable OF words
which sounded like a child repeating its
lesson in one monotonous key. Sud
denly the voice ceased. There was
sound as if someone was letting OF
small fire-crackers, and minute alter
wards the folding doors were opened
and the child medium appeared.
The 'child' was apparently about
twenty years OF age, with colorless yell
low hair and an equally pale face, evil
| IDENTITY the original OF the picture in the
| front room.
The reporter entered the rear apart
ment and the doors were closed and
| locked.
Inside the second room were two
chairs, placed one opposite the other,
and in the corner little alcove contain
ing two more seats in close proximity,
with overhanging curtains. The reporter
looked at the little door and wondered
! il
| Being prudent man he then asked
| the medium her terms; they were 81 tor
ladies and $3.50 for gentlemen, because,
as the yellow.haired lady explained,
gentlemen always wanted "to know
such lot" This was satisfactory and
the reporter explaining 1t was his first
experience, asked for instructions.
All uncertainty as to the dark little
sicove was entirely removed and the
modesty OF the reporter removed by be-
ing told to take the chair in the center
of the room, while the lady took the
seat directly in front of him.
Then she closed her eyes and in few
seconds, placing her fingers to her eyes
began the swapping of the fingers which
had been audible from the other room.
After this had continued for some
minutes, during which the reporter re-
strained strong inclination to laugh,
the medium suddenly commenced talk
ing at 2 40 gait.
There, were spirits around. she said,
by the way, were Indians, for some I'M
known reason preferring to assume that
shape.
One she declared WAS the clients
uncle; according to her he was medium
height, medium complexion and
ka oh of u.
the reporters only uncle being highly
respectable clergyman and alive, it was
not promising beginning, but he
waited and asked her what the spirit
wanted.
The spirit wanted to tell his nephew
that he was in danger, that there WAS q
trap being laid for him, and that be
must be careful, statement which
caused the visitor's thoughts to wander
to certain nightly little poker games,
! but il was something much more dan
gerous according to the speaker
although what it WAS she couldn't ex-
actly explain; the spirits were not very
favorable, she said.
: Having by that time caught on to thu
reporters pronounced English accen
she hurriedly started in to in
r form him that he had friend
} across the big wsters who were thinking
: of him, and followed this up by tsllinI
her sstonished lieteners that he pos
l eessed brother VINO was engaged cas-
\ in the Wholesale liquor business. Thi
3 was fatty denied by the auditor, Blu
4 with little effect, for the medium imme
3 diately insisted that he was mistaken
q an argument which proved SO unAnswer
8 able that the reporter held his peace an
waited for the next.
:. She kept away from the future, di
g this medium, and began to wiggl
:. around and try and discover her visitor
business. She would make no direC
g guess, but would hint, in the expects
}. ton OF being helped out by her listener
! hope which was not realized, until sh
d finally placed him in a bank, and it al
:. pearing to the reporter to be an en-
: nently agreeable place to be il, ne il
II ormed her that she WAS correct. whic
r correlation she received as became he
10 due, declaring that the spirit with tn
brown hair and beard had just informe
o her of the fact.
!, She then lapsed into colloquial: "Sa,
n chief, don't you make no domestic plar
n for this year, because your fnancii
: position will not be bettered much,
% may be worsened."
1t 1t was not the grammar so much
. the statement embodied in ths lstt,
J. words which made the reporter ask fl
3 more explicit information.
:, well, chief. along in 1895 you wi
Is have great prospects, now you are in
RI position where you cannot help you
self. You sec no prospects OF anythil
ot great before you, but in 1896 you will
1t in come other business, it seems kir
N OF q commission business, and you W
TO make much money"
10 And che finished by again reiteratil
Ar the spirits commands ito make no d
10 nestle plana for the present year"
70 Try how he would the reporter cou
70 not get that msdium to utter anoth
re word concerning the future. She r
% lapsed into a long dissertation on b
N visitors character, which Was as
re- from the truth as her discoveries abo
X his relatives, and the listener becomi
somewhat wearied paid his $3.50 a.
left, wondering at the credulity of pc
an pie VINO daily pay their dollars for pi
or vate eittinga with the child trance N
or dunn.
The Modern Invalid
Has tastes incidentally, in keeping wi
n other Injuries. A remedy must be plel
IL. L.