The herald., 1896-08-07

| times he would announce in advance
what the spirits would do next He dis
| played his knowledge Of the program
often. Sometimes a short spook would
appear and the doctor" would call at
| tentlon to the fact. The reporters at
tention was also called to the short
| spooks and he always observed that they
were so weak in the knees that they were
| forced to stoop. Tall spirits had pc
| culiar movement, like one walking on
his tiptoes.. A peculiar white cap. evil
! IDENTIFY the latest thing in heavenly mil
linery. as all the spirits wore the same
kind, appeared tilted high on the heads
of the tall shades Another popularity
of these was the shortness Of the skirts,
while an opposite tendency seemed to
prevail among their plump little sisters.
The same fashion Of dress prevailed
generally
And there were gentlemen spooks, too.
| These were less numerous and they all
wore false mustaches. The Herald rep
resentative conducted many OF the celes-
tial visitors to those whom they wished
to see and while doing SO managed to
discover strong. healthy pulse in many
After one or two attempts on his part
to get good hold on their heavenly
hands. only the finger tips were extend
ed by the spirits who followed. They
were evidently warned. He learned,
however, that they all manicure their
nails in the same way up there and their
fingers are very much alike
An cd lady In the circle, evidently be-
lieveing she recognized one Of the WISH
tants. called out name and rushed
toward abe apparition. No response
was given, but a few moments later a
shade appeared and murmured the name
given by the old lady. The same thing
occurred with several others.
Now you will have a chance to see
m MI tHary IT,, - i
the Doctor" and the bold spirit ap-
preached the man of the press and led
him inside Of the cabinet. In response
TO his inquiry as to who was with him,
the mediums voice answered. cross,
your hands The speaker crossed them
at the same time turning him toward the
opening in the cabinet. A vigorous mas
sage treatment was then given. Many
rapid blows were dealt and the reporter
was led out of the midst of the mas
sage spirits" much strengthened spirit
ually. Both his hands were then clasp
ed in one of the spirits and he was al
lowed to feel one of the hands of the
medium who was supposed to be seated
where she was last seen with her hands
tied.
The same treatment was given many
others in succession, each being handled
exactly the same by the supposedly diff
ferent spirits
At the conclusion of the seance the
curtain was left down for a brief per-
iod; then the light was turned on and
the medium was seen sitting presum-
ably as she was left. She was not ex-
actly so. however, as the reporter who
had bound her hands. examined the
knots and they were almost as he had
tied them but not exactly so. Doctor"
wilcox went on to explain that the
medium had been in cataleptic state
all the time. Her pulse was very act
i've and her hands and face all aglow,
as though she had been exercising Wig
orously. This unusual condition for
cataleptic was not explained. nor was
the audience told why Mrs. Wilcox was
aroused from her comatose condition
without the usual rubbing process en-
ployed on such occasions.
This ended the seance. Those who
had paid their little round 16 to filed
out of the room bxs the representative
of the press was detained and his dol
lar replaced in his hand with the as
surance from the donor, DR.. Wilcox,
that it was all right"
On this point the reporter took his
word without further investigation.
A great deal of dissatisfaction was
expressed by nearly all who attended,
including several prominent members
of the Spirituaiist association. at whose
camp the seance was given.