Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-09
COLLECTION OF PICTURES.
DIR. Hansmnnu's Spirit Photograph
Drawings aud Messages.

Drawings aud Messages.
One Of the most earnest Investigators and
believers Of spiritualism in Washington IS
DIR. Theodore Hansmann. who has been
pTacticing physician herr since before The
war DR. Hansmann has a host Of &c
qUatntanceS ami very large circle 81 per
scnaI friends. and his earnest belief in the
tenets Of spiritualism has. Therefore, had
very great influence in modifying the skep-
ticism of many local people. The doctor
himself has been a spiritualist for some
eight or nine years, and as he told S'ar
reporter in a recent conversation. during
his early investigation of the subject he
Was as much opposed to spiritualisrn - the
veriest unbeliever of today DIR. Hans
mann. at his home on W street. mas prob
ably the most remarkable collection #
spiritualistic material in existence. II con-
sIsts Of hundreds Of photographs with
what are claimed to be spirit faces on
them: pictures on white china. drawn aud
painted. ii is claimed, by spin, hands,
ana by such eminent artistic hands as Pos
bens. Raphael. Michael Angelo. Nela -i1irZ.
and a host of others. His library iS nNad
with States on which he has received wha,
are claimed to he spirit messages and some
spirit pictures, while he has shelves ril'I
with note books recountinc spirit UNprr-
fences. and giving verbatim messages which
hC firmly believes lbsa has received from tn
spirit land. Such a collection would afluld
Il unique field for the investigator With Tho
time to go through it carefully Dr. Hans
mann showed maay Of nis treasures IL The
Star reporter al his office a short rim aS'.
4 large number cf his pictures M has
framed. while hundreds q "1h"rS are
mounted IN books. Their" are photographs
o. paintings of nearly every Famous ler-
Sonagc in history. The royal family II
Germany is represented iii nearly -E -'y ore
of its brancil"s, while American history IS
shown by photographs. me ssaGe- and drag
iu@S Of half Of the Pre- sidrn;s. pr. haus-
mann If late has beel dey1ting a bug put
tion Of his time 10 spirit Photography. a !
he has many photographs OF The MIST 49,
niark9ble description. one If them -pr'-.,'-
1y, which he is said 10 have secured vrrv
II Gently. shows him on The sam. plat. eight
times. with The light each time corning from
a different direction. The Dict;ns.. Il il
claimed. was secured 1T unC Sittiu-; on a
plate which DR.. Eansmann him self Iur-
chased from an ordinary suD1E Sture
Speaking Of s',irit Photographs. Br. ji.iES-
mann said: II am sorry 10 say thar. vas 4
time when thought like YOU. tina nothing
could be photographed if invisibl. to The
human eye. Many Years ago fr'.ud
showed me a Photograph with what 'e said
was n spirit on il, and | was such a sk - L.
that even doubted the intelligence 81 my
othe rwise claar-headed friend. \ wear ia;er
the vile of this same friend Obtained a
Spirit photograph which showed not tnly
her mother. hut portraits of d'par5ed sis
tiers and brothers. Inoreduious, but n -
conviction, L went 10 spirit pilot o,yI'.s piI-r
myself, and when the picture dc, J.
ored. there were besides my own. tVla faces
on the plate. although [ dill nos r"cr Saize
them and did not eVt have the plate ioH,d
for ultimate l,reseI yatiou. Since ;han I have
become absolutely satisfied that he two
faces were faces of cousins who nai pissed
away many years before. l have Ia.ri.c1
So many that are Ia me absolute proofs II
the truth Of spirit photography stree thea
that | cannot doubt. Ii is very iacon -ider-
ate to say that the sensiiized plate cannot
show a picture not clairyoyant pcrsr. IA is
unable 10 see. Several years agp I ARRIVED
at the conclusion that spirits appsa. in the
ultraviolet rays of light now called Rneni-
gen rays. 1t is well-knoWn TO all bett.sr-in-
formed men that the sensitzed plate at
tached to the telescope shows stars 50 dis
tant that even If the astronomer looks
through the most powerful telesroDe be
cannot detect them in the sky"