The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-16

I &-C-- - . o. d LdL-4c[ "a d-l26~-S
scene for a spirit" TO play.
'Ar. Howard - says DR.. Hodgson. was
supporting Mrs. Piper's head. was fol-
lowing the writing. and Mr.. Howard was
sitting some distance away smoking a
! long pipe when the following converse
| don ensued:
| G. P.-Now, what VIII do for your DR..
H-ask for any special message ne may
! think destrable-anything about philoSo-
! ply, etc
Mr.. Howard-wen George before you 30
| to p3ilosophy-you know my opinion OF
| philosophy
G. Pit is rather crude TO be sure
| Mr.. H.-TeII sme something. You must
! be able % recall certain things that you
and 1 know. l ask you because several
/ things I have asked you have failed to
get hold of.
G. P.-Why have you not asked me this
before? Do you doubt me, dear old fel-
low?
Mr.. HI simply want somethIng-you
have failed 70 answer certain questions
that l have asked-now I want you to
give me the equivalent TO those answers
in your own terms What does
jim mean?
G. P.-Do you mean our conversation
on different things, or do you mean some
thing else?
MIR. HI mean anything. Now George,
listen for a moment, listen, listen
G. P.-I know.
Mr.. HI mean that we have spent
and talked on a great many things, and
had q great many views in common-went
through a great many experiences TO-
gether. Now-(G. P. commencing TO
write)-Hold on a minute.
G. P.-You used to talk 20 me about
DR.. Hodgson goes on to explain: The
transcription of the words written here
by P. conveys, of course, no proper i'm
preston of the actual circums tances
The inert mass of Mrs. Pipers body
turned away from the right arm, and
sagged down. as IL were, limp and life
less over Mr.. Towards shoulder, but the
right arm, and especially hand mobile.
INTELLIGENT, deprecatory,, then impatient and
fierce in the persistence of the writing
that followed, which contained too muoh
of the personal element in G. P's life TO
be reproduced mere. Several statements
were read by me and assented to by
waite" and the hand gently pushed me
away. I retired to the other side of the
room and Mr. Howard took my place
close to the iand where he could read the
writing. He did not of course, read il
aloud, and it was too private for my
perusal The hand as it reached the end
of each sheet tore IL off from the block
book and thrust il wildly at Mr.. Howard
and then continued writing
The circumstances narrated, Mr.. How
ard informed me, contained precisely the
kind of test for which ne had asked, and
he said he was perfectly satisfied, per-
fectly.'"
After this there was much more con-
versation than seemed specially natural
as coming from P. G.. This referred to
his work, how Mr.. H. used TO help MIN
and ne, Mr.. H, about his spells of de-
preston and how Mr.. II. used to fire.
at" him, etc.
characteristic also of the living G. p"
continues Mr.. HodgsoD. was the remark
made to me later. apparently with ref
erence TO the circumstances of the pri
waite statement. Thanks. Hodgson, for
your kind help and reserved manners,
1AsO PSSL4CLANO, III Ills d4AIGutL matter.
One of the strongest pleas made for the
reality. of G. P. is his instant recognition
of acquaintances. HIS good offices, how
ever, were by no means confined TO his
friends. He helped to introduce those in
the invisible sphere 10 everyone seeking
them. He gave a remarkable description
of a lady who met death at Venice to
Mr.. Paul Bourget, calling her by name.
Some of those ne helped forward were
most dramatic in making known their
identity
The number Of things said and done Is
indeed bewildering. DR.. Hodgson has not
yet got into shape for the public eye his
most convincing testimony. This is likely
10 be forthcoming at the end OF this sum
mer.
He complains naturally that the most
convincing part of mis- inves tigations ms
is debarred from giving. owing TO their
extreme personality, and he intimates a
promise that some Of his restriction viii
be lifted and in the near future he be
permitted 10 give out his more conyinc-
ing facts.
He makes his plea for the spirit hypo-
thesis only after testing all others and
finding they do not 1T in with the facts
and he makes no dogmadc claim that his
spirit theory il yet conclusive, his claim
rather being that it is the only scientific /
reasonable one in face Of indisputable .
phenomena
The failures and confusiOns by being I
due to natural causes he finds the strong 4
est proof Of the spirit hypothesis. He 4
pictures several persons trying 20 hold a
with one who IS forced 20 (
spell out his words instead Of speaking ,
them in the natural way.
Let The reader imagine himself inter
-upted al every two or three words by
I'M eriocutors VINO tell him they did not
eaten his last word and ask for II to be re
peated several times. Further, suppose
that il is so difficult for MIN 70 hear that
he hears only part OF what is said. Hav-
ing made this experiment LEI the reader
then suppose that instead OF using ais
own voice 10 spell his words with be is
struc:ed that the thoughts running IN MS
mind have tendency to be registered n
writing on the other SIDE OF the machine
lot 50 fast as he thinks then, but az the
ate o. writing. and taat s only BY read
ng th-s writing THAI as introlucztors
Know what ne has TO tell them
Let him further suppose that one OF
more persons are standing nea- him
- the otner side Of me machine. ard
alk.ng 70 am O. one another within as
rearing, 50 that the words which they
az tend 20 Be registered IL tae writing.
md let them further suppose that re >
Unfamiliar Win re mach.ae ard tie
writing produced has a tendency % vary
.1rr5ewtat from ths words actually