The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-11

to be quiet. The tapping went on for
some little time, when the sceptical
young lady from Philadelphia whisper
ed to me that she knew that Eusapia
was kicking her on the back with her
foot and that the movement was quite
visible to her
HIGH-KICKING ALLEGED.
AS Eusapia did not understand Eng
llsh, we could talk over what was GO
Ing on without her understanding what
we said. Nine. Dario-Papa asserted
that only one foot was in use on their
toes. and that she firmly believed that
the punching in the back was from
the other foot not in use, and they both
avoWed that the movement was as
quick and agile as those of the skirt
dance. The Princess Troubetskoy
asked Eusapia in Italian if she could
transfer, by her will power, the thump-
ing on the backs of the ladies to U.S.
who sat at the other end of the table
After waiting a few minutes the
humping ceased on the other ladies',
but did not reach us in any way, and
then Eusapia, who began to suspect
that some of US were doubtful as to
her power, jumped up and threw open
the windows and blinds and then,
with wild, excited look, rushed
towards the table, her eyes flashing
ike fire-the most wonderful eyes I
have ever seen-spread out her hands
with great force over the table, at the
same time making three fierce ges-
lures. At this the table went flying
all over the room. She kept it suspend
ed near the ceiling for fully three Sec
onds, and when 1T descended it struck
the floor with a bang. Notwithstand-
Ing this interesting performance the
ladies were not convinced that the
humping Of the back was anything
else than kicking them with her feet.
During conversation Sgr. Schiapa-
relli said that he was thoroughly con-
WINGED of Miss Paladina's powers as a
medium. Mr.. Aksahoff said in speak
ing of Eusapia that she was first made
known to believers in spiritualism by
Ereole Chiafa, Of Naples.
Mr. Chiaia," said Mr. Aksahoff,
had heard Of strange things happen
ing at the mediums house when she
was quite a girl, and by and by, after
many visits, he was convinced of her
power as medium. She Is not pretty,
he said, not even intelligent. She
speaks patois which Is unintelligible.
She cannot read or write, but I con-
slider her as a phenomenon and a SUBJ
ject for scientific investigation There
can be no doubt about 1t from my own
opinion, strengthened by such men as
Lombrose and Schiaparel1i, who have
absolutely admitted the facts as hay
ing been witnessed at the experiments.
Lombroso has publicly announced that
he has never known any phase Of hui
man nature equal to Eusapia's, al
though at first he was suspicious and
doubtful, denouncing the meetings and
calling them tricks
PARIS MYSTIC MAD.
Very recently Mr. Aksahoff was in
Paris and was much interested in the
well-known French spiritualists and
palmists. The Parisians as we'll as the
Americans have simply gone daft"
upon the occult sciences-palmistry
fortune-telling and the like. 1t has
become so fashionable that large prices
are paid to the most celebrated ones
to be present at an evening entertain
ment for the amusement of guests The
one most favorably known as chirog-
non1ist is Nine. de Thebes who lives
in the Avenue Wagram, close by to the
Arc de Triomphe. Her apartment-is a
very artistic one, the walls being hung
with red tapestry, which, as Nine. de
Thebes says, is a lucky color" The
pictures which adorn the room are orgi-
nal sketches by some of the most clever
artists in France. The most conspic-
| ucuS object of interest is a bust of Des-
barrolles, the famous French palmist,
| Of whom she was a pupil many: years
middle of the room is a table holding
a glass case under which are the plas-
tgter casts of the hands of the late Alex
i andre Dumas, together with his own
penho1der and pen. 1t was probably
due to Alexandra Dumas, interest in
! Nine. de Thebes7 that she, became. first
| known to fame.
She applied herself in the interests
| Of science and art, and has given more
practical advice to men and women
/ just beginning life than any other
palmist Of this time. She is kind-heart-
/ ed and charitable, and much of her
| time is spent in guiding the lives of the
discouraged and disheartened without
/ compensation, although she is the chief
support of her family and relatives
| It was she who foretold the sudden
/ death of the late Marquis de Mores
i and she also predicted the success OF
| Miss Sybil Sanderson when the latter
| created the role Of That's In Massenet s
! opera two or three years ago. At the
same time she advised cautiousness in
any matrimonial step Miss Sanderson
! might be induced to take. She is the
friend and adviser Of Arthur Meyer
| the proprietor Of the Paris Gaulois She
| knows the hand of almost every fash
| ionable woman in Paris and of all art
lists and professional people She re-
Gently predicted a success for Mrs
| Frances Hodgson Burnett in her late
| book "a Lady of Quality" and said
| that it would meet with extraordinary
dramatic success. In almost every in
| stance she has correctly prophesied OF
| certain well-known families, in cases
| of divorce, second marriages, accidents
| by bicycle and otherwise, and many
who have not believed in her prophecies
| the first time have had experiences and
| been most willing thereafter to be
| orIIf6 cd Ixy Iaa,r o6xri0
Blanche Willis Howard. the author Of
| ''Guenn," In writing to one of her
| friends in trouble, says:
| II hope most of all that you will be
| guided by Nine. de Thebes, whom l
| thought very wise, full Of tact and
insight, and assuredly straight and
1 sound in all her advice"
| HAND SYMBOLS MAY CHANGE.
| Heron-Allen in one Of his books says
| that ''the hand does not change z
| Nine. de Thebes, on the contrary, as
serts that it does, and that any one
| by enforcing the will power can change
| and develop the hand for the better
| Nine. de Thebes does not consider
| 1t wise always to wear what are call
4 ed birthday stones. She thinks the
| stones should be worn after horos-
copic investigation, and that when
once made this stone should always
De kept Oh Inc person night and day.
| Sometimes they should be set in silver
| or gold, she says. and very frequently
| with silver and gold mixed.
| It Is common occurrence now to
! see smartly dressed women wearing
! pins or personal ornaments which at
| sight one recognizes as a de Thebes
| amulet" For men the stones. are
| made into rings or scarf pins, cuff
| buttons, ETC., and for women a pin
| design, the stone being suspended from
| the end of chain with a. pin at the
| top which should be always worn In