The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-29
PIERCES: ALL SPACE
FILA, THE WONDERFUL GIRL WHO
PERPLEXES SCIENTISTS

aoA Her Mister During Her Marvellous
Psychic Flights. She Passes Ha,f Round
the Earth and Visits strange Places and
Peoples. Which She Accurately Do
scribes- Diagnoses Diseases of Body or
Mind-Other Achievements.
Chicago, Dec. 2s.-There is now in Chi
cage, exciting attention and comment
among scientific investigators of occult
phenomena, a girl who has been heard OF
before, and concerning who the public is
likely to know much more in the future
than in the past. This young woman is
only 10 years old, and was first heard OF
in Mount Clemens, Mich, some four
years ago. she was said TO possess all
the powers Of a Yogi or Mahatma, to
be able at will to project her dual per-
sorality into scenes and places on the
other side of the world. and describe
what she saw there so that those who
were familiar with the locality were OBJ
liged to admit the truth OF the descrip-
ton.
The girl was named "Elfa" in print,
and Ella" she has been ever since.
Who she was, her parentage, and all
the usual personal details commonly
spread before the public, her teacher
declines TO tell, nor can they in any way
affect the value of the tests of her power
The result Of the first publicity regard
irg Ella was what might have been ex-
pected. Letters came from everywhere,
from every state in the union, from re-
mote places that could not be found on
the map, and from countries far beyond
the seas Then came rush of visitors,
crowds of curious idlers. There were
many serious visitors investigators also,
men and women who had devoted many
years, in some cases the greater part of
their lives, to the study of the higher
forces of nature, but who had never
found the opportunity to come in con-
tact with a true psychic" whose gifts
were so wide in range and so highly de-
veloped. Writers of stories with psy-
chic heroines claimed Ella as the en-
bodiment of their central characters,
medical experts asked the privilege OF
studying this phenomenon, philosophers
sought light through her of facts beyond
the reach of physical inquiry; theolog-
ians came with vexing problems which
form barrier between them and the
higher truths. Appeals came form far
and wide for help in every imaginable
phase Of physical and mental distress.
The general impression appeared to be
that Ella was ominniscient and at the
disposal of the whole world. She was
asked to look for everything, from lost
fathers, husbands, and lovers to stray
cattle, cats. and dogs. and 1t would have
required a regiment of psychists to
hunt up all the buried treasures that
visitors and correspondents wanted TO
discover without making expensive jour-
neys or digging on an uncertainty.
MANY QUEER LETTERS.
The conterst of many Of these letters,
judging form the specimens preserved
by Ella would have been the richest
kind of material for the comic papers.
1t will beunjerstood that there are rea-
sons why these letters cannot be pub
lished. If they could be they would
the illerate and commonplace to those
showing the signatures Of some of the
best men OF science in the country and
the savants of Europe.
The only escape from all this was to
go away. Accordingly Ella. her teacher,
Rayon, smart colored maid and a huge
mastiff, Juno by name, not long since
came to Chicago to escape the general
mob in order that they might pursue
their work uninterrupted
Rayor and Ella came to Chicago in
to the requests of a num-
Der of investigators, for whom Chicago
was convenient meeting point. Ever
since their arrival they have been busy
with a volumir Gus correspondence from
all parts OF the world and with those
who have sought Rayon. He does not |
teash in classes, but privately in every |
instance, and he at present numbers !
among his pupils several OF the best |
known physicians of Chicago, for ne |
says:
MY art begins where theirs leaves |
off. The whole trouble is that we have
become estranged from nature. and it is
my mission to help people to get back to |
ner"
Being asked to give some explanation |
Of healing power, Rayon said:
''The mind is a strong factor, but |
is the true healing principle, |
and If the faculties of the soul are ar |
jused and all these are under the con-
troll Of stronge ard well-trained will !
there are no limitations to the scope Of !
he work that may be done"
ISA BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
Being reminded that he had promised |
IN outline OF Elias work, Rayon sum- /
noned the girl. She has small symme- /
.rieal, 1.-THE. and supple figure. a spirit I
Ieile and expressive face wreathed in a
mass OF light brown waves of hair; blue
gray eyes that are penetrating. yet SYM
pathetic, and that flash with intense
isht when the sufferings of mankind are
discussed and quickly suffuse with 4 !
soft moisture when her heart is touched. |
Yet those sameeyes as quickly and cas-
ly sparkle with mischievous twinkle. |
ma she can be as merry as the veriest
schoolgirl without a thought of sorrow. I
Beautiful as she is now 1t is difficult for
me 70 imagine that about four years ago
'ae was thin, pale and in poor health.
But soft is said. Her growth ard dsyei-
)pment date from the time when. under
he guidance OF her teacher, she began to
Understand her wonderful powers. Up
. that time she had not comprehended
ne gifts that lay undeveloped within her
being in that respect exactly 3ike many
,tsers who according toRayon, might be
developed in the sameway did they but
,ome under the right influence. Fortu-
lateiy for Der. she was one OF the ex-
,eptions, and she speaks Of 1t with gra-
i,ude.