Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-23
SURE sRE sew VISIONS.
Mrs. La Bau Tells Why She
Believes In Spiritualism.
BASES HER BELIEF ON THE BIBLE.

Guild Died Away From Mother and
She Witnessed His Passage Into the
Clouds-Hns Healing Powers Too.
ZIP in the third story bay window of
a big white brick and marble mansion
That tops one of Riverside drives
beautiful hills sat an old lady the 9TH
or day looking out of the window
Hers was face that bespoke strong
character. There were firm lines
around the mouth. an authoritative
poise of the head. pair of blus eyes
that could look one through and
through. She was Mrs. Alicia Wander
bilt La Bau. daughter of old Commo
l9re Vanderbilt and possessor of many
Of his millions after contesting the will
The New York World recently told Of
She suit for $4,000 brought against
Ter by Arthur P. Dodge and of Mrs
La Bau's remarkable defense. In a
word she declares in her sworn an
jwer that she was Influenced by a me-
dium, Jeanette DanfOrth. to buy n
quarter interest in Dodges patents
because the medium gave her mes
sages from the spirit world to do So
The house that the Vanderbilt money
has bought Mrs. La Bnu Is a palace in
miniature. 1t is 40 feet wide and FIVE
stories high. 1t commands the full
! sweep of the Hudson from its great
windows. 1t Is furnished with all that
taste can suggest or money buy. 1t
has even n wonderful electric elevator
which starts and stops at any desired
floor by the simple pressure Of a but
ton. Her son, Walter La Bau. took
the reporter up stairs in the elevator
and showed him into his mothers
ROOM
one glance was enough to tell that
TIE elderly lady in the window was
Vanderbilt There were those keen.
strong eyes-that roundness of face
and those little heavy purses of skin
under the eyes which are a part of
every Vanderbilt visage, There was
that full habit too. which all the older
generation of Vandervilts possessed.
Wont you sit DOWN." the old lady
said in II pleasant tone.
Mrs. La Bau was somewhat averse
to going into details about the technic-
al side of her defense. preferring to
leave it 20 her counsel. "I'll say,
though" she said decidedly, dodge
lypnotized Jeanette Danforth to tell
me those messages from the spirit
world. I'm sorry now | didn't do as
The spirits themselves told me. They
gave me control which showed all
lodges schemes to be worth nothing
to me-" Mrs. La Bau laid down what
she was reading, pushed her gold rim
med spectacles back on the top of her
iron gray hair and slapped her hand on
the little table in front of her to en-
phaSize her statement.
But do you believe in spiritualism "
asked the reporter For moment the
old lady hesitated; then she said:
81 have never denied. and will not
deny now. that | thoroughly believe in
spiritualism. don't believe in any of
this claptrap spiritualsm. | take mine
direct from God. And why shouldn't
believe? | once received the greatest
proof in the world. 1t was 40 years
ago. There was something that | want
ed to come to pass most earnestly.
was a scoffer then. but locked myself
in my chamber, and prayed. | cried,
% Lord, il this can come to pass
will believe! And it came TO pass.
Now, how can | disbelieve?" There
We're tears in the old lady's eyes by
this time. but she brushed them away,
with laugh. What proof had been
shown to her she would not say. 1t
was plainly something close to her
heart
And since then" she went on, 81
have seen too many from the spirit
world to disbelieve. have seen God
/ face to face: | have seen my little dead
children. receive controls from the
/ spirits all the time"
! But others would believe If they
I could see these tooY"
/ All" laughed the old lady. thor
oughly the woman of the world
/ now. That's what Sc many min
! iSlers have said to me. But. mind
YOU, | don't believe in all this claptrap
T SPIN luht my
from the Bible and from God. Read
your Bible. In IL you will find many
gifts of spirituallsm. Everybody Is
mrdiumistic, Some people are more so
tlnn others. Now, my son has healing
power. He can cure aches and pains
by the simple laying on of his hands.
have the healing power. Nobody
can pass away in the same house with
me. have never seen any one pass
ON, and never will. The spirits have
lold me so. Both my little children
passed away when was far away, bur
! knew it. knew when my little boy
went, many years ago. We were here
in New York. The baby. who was
only 3 months old. was in Saratoga
Suddenly ! saw his spirit. 1t was just
as If you looked out on those beautiful
clouds there in the west"
The old lady pointed to the window
wnere the sun was sinking over tht
sbimmering river. There was big
bank of clouds over the Palisades, Sh,
was the mother now, and her eyei
were moist
1T was just like that" she said soft
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