The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
A MEDIUMS MONEY.
AN IGNORANT cLATRvoYANT WHO
HAS MADE A FORTUNE.

in an East Side tenement
ed Her Fits to Account and To-
day she owns a Deal Of Valuable
New York Real Estate.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-"Oh. but my
dear, you must go to this clairvoyant!
She has told me such maryels. MY
very nanaz the names of my family
and of many of my friends who have
passed over'-Mary, Sarah and an
Elizabeth. Now L do not cali to MIND
any Elizabeth, but I think there was
one on my husbands side OF the mousse
Then She summoned the spirit of some
one recently passed over who was
always doing SO drawing her Iolio -
over her chin as though caresslns d
beard3 whose name began with land
after moments heSltalon' SNe
slowly spelled out Jordan
'cYou remember Jordan, OF JORDAN q
Marsh, was a particular frleno oL
mine. and that particular gesture was
most characteristic She didn't give
very cheerful news of him, however,
but plaintively nurmured: on, ne
didn't want to go. He left LOT Oh
money. He isn't happy; he ism nav
ing a good time =" .ah
/ looked at the speaker In astonish-
ment. She was one of Boston's IA
NOUS women. distinguished for her
rares intelIigence. broad culture and
wide experience. whose word every
where and always carried definite
weight. Her tone was so convincing as
to lead to the speculation, why after
ali may not this be true? In these
days of photographing through OPAQUE
substances. why set any limitation to
human achievement?
So with dollar in hand and hope IN
heart, I straightway sought the great
unknown.
But here L met my first dissappoint--
ment which, however, only Whetted
my ardor.
SERVICES IN DEMAND
Let no one imagine he can see the
medium, depending merely upon a
chance call. All, no. He is lucky IL
he can secure an appointment any
time within a reasonable future, as
every hour is engaged for days and
DAYS ahead. However, the day and
hour finally came that found me
awaiting my turn in the spacious par
Iors of this gifted spirit. A passing
glance could not but convince me that
no fastidious angel would care to
leave his jasper walls and pearly
gates to visit such spot.
There was evidence of ample fortune,
and equal evidence of the most gro
tesquely vulgar taste. They We're all
there: the gaudy brussels carpet, the
green cotton velvet furniture, the
cheap crayon copies of pictures OF
defunct relatives with braided
bleached palm leaves above them,
wierd stain glass effects above the win
dows, and celluloid ornaments at
tached to the chandelier; then there
was a bold Indian warrior in GRO
cheted silk frame. and stiff wooden
pedestal surmounted by pot of wan
dering jew. But the chef d'oeuYre
was a white wooden bust of Aphrodite,
whose figure was entirely concealed by
a broad blue sash drawn chastely over
the bust and tied on the shoulder with
bows and ends.
HER MOTHERS STATEMENT.
Here I was soon joined by frowzily
lncorseted female, her hair in cur
papers. who announced herself the
honored mother of the clairYoyant
Her gross ignorance of the queen
English, and crude ideas of things il
general. filled my mind with vague
doubts as to the success of my search
for the unknoWable. However, she was
most amiably garrulous, and confided
to me the entire family history.
They were once very poor, and lived
in an east side tenement house, the
head of the family having his shoe
shop in the basement. When this
daughter was 10 years old. she began
to "get queer, and used to take on just
awful She used to get on the stooI
and say all sorts of strange things tc
the passers-by, until we thought we
should have to put her away (in al
insane asylum).
But Just as they were about to take
the necessary measures, some neighbol
advised taking the child to a. medium
This was done, and the medium dis.
covered that she was endowed with re
markable mediumistic power. Wher
the mother entrusted this knowledge tC
the old father, he was quite in despair
and exclaimed, yesterday we had
only one crazy one in the family, now
we have two" The brother then began
to interest himself in his sisters physi
cal condition, when the old shoemaker
in still greater despair cried, What
are we coming to. with three crazy
ones in the familyw
A FINANCIAL SUCCESS.
However, when the young woman be
gan to have fits professionally at s.
an hour, the old man cheerfully sue
cumbed to the situation. Ere long they
were able to buy a fine house in 6
good location on the west side, which
has gradually grown into the magnifi
cence described, and in addition the
young woman owns stocks, bonds anC
lands galore. I looked over her &C
count book, and saw how every hour
of every day was filled to the hrim
although the tender mother would fair
limit her to the hours from to 5
But So importuned is she that it il
difficult to reserve her evenings anc
Sundays.
She boasts now many Wall street
clients; and certain literateurs of high