New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-20

not lessened when he came back saying that Mrs.
-- was not receiving. So out walked again in
a bad humor, feeling only angry with the foot
man, but still more with his mistress, who.
cordtng TO social well municipal law
accountable for the acts Of her servant, but who,
of course, was quite unconscious OF any unpleas-
antness."
That there is a discrimination shown go, ,@..-,
women visitors foot and those who come IN
their fine eQuipages, properly attended by their
footmen may be imaginary but those who perforce
must present their bits OF pasteboard themselves.
with no insignia Of respecta hility in the way of
carriage, apt 20 resent the airs Of a super
c!lious turnkey a personal slight It therefore
behooves the persons whose servants feel the i'm
portance of their vast possessions more than they
do themselves TO exercise more of oversight IN
regard 10 the OF the keepers of their por-
tails than is customary.
INFLUENCE OF MIND OVER MATTER
The occult appeals to US all-and the prophecy
that day the veil between the material and
immaterial in natures will be lifted is of in
Jerest to the many. II 1t is only believed by
few. In the while all stories in regard to
the inexplicahle that vouched for by reliable
witnesses interesting.
= made one summer never TO be forgotten visit
TO a country house in Northern New England" said
one of a party of people who were discussing these
mysterious forces that far defy analysis, and
although I cannot pretend to explain the events
about relate I will give you my word OF
honor that they happened just as I tell you. The
guests that had assembled to pass a week together
were, with the exception Of myself and a young
girl OF sixteen. the daughter Of one of the guests
remarkably clever, distinguished author a states
man, the president Of a well known woman's col
ege and several others OF lesser note, but OF ex-
ceptional abilities. There happened to be Gas many
Of you will still remember) just at that time a
vogue for a small heart shaped piece OF wood with
a pencil attached to the point and two wheels
the other end, called Planchette. 1t
venient way OF writing for those who wished to
experiment on the influence Of mind over matter
and also afforded opportunity for any amount of
jugglery and deception the part Of the unscrupu-
Ious. Some had brought Of these little
instruments TO the house, and one rainy after
noon- when could go out, It was brought
down TO the drawing a amusement, each
Of the assembled party being called upon to put
his or her hand in connection with other upon
the polished BIT Of wood.
AT first there the usual scrawIs across the
white wrapping paper placed under it-single words
etc.-in fact, it's gyrations exactly Ike those
of every other Planchette I had seen. Suddenly
however, TO every ones establishment it began TO
write consecutively and Iegiby. Then II again re
Iapsed into inanties; finally it was discovered that
only WITH WITH one person would the little instrument
worA ntel4!gently Whenever the hand Of the six
teen-year-old maiden was upon it il would write
oGt then only when another persons fingers were
more remarkable IL upside down from her
own in every particular The girl was rather stupid
9IG exTTeae!y shy and was much frightened at
entreaties could induce her to use the weird :tie
species of imp for II wrote the most extraordinary
things in answer 10 questions
woman pg do not Want any Su one To- s sai' its
answer, we promised not TO look the thing
beard with Mary NJ. medium The ques-
was coPieted PIanc Iver me Paper When line
Wheels and move rapdv hack I9G nc b FSe up on its
ti line AZ adter Inc was written and then with
Without looking We handed the paper to MISE S9Pped
as ". We had promised She read. exclaimed with
pits Lighted them with match and threw them
The statesman would have nothing to do with
wonderful sior4s an9: without listening TO our
ca! aDo1t the performance One day. however we
ing and @aT reading sv6 699E IN an adPn
Look at word any T0 os5 DO his to book please me
rsading and vii ask Panchette %ha f0f It f is
ne NODDED Mss s. asked the word. and Plan
we called out A mere coincidence he growied
shh } up me book and walking off the whole
IT would take too long 10 tell Of all the wonder
there was magnificent Aurora BoreaIis it wrote
to the electrical condition of the amosgbe %as due
T%PIalEeo rs own cleverness by saying that it was
minds; how when travelling rnesneTist who had
the board with Mary nc pu frac s mend + on
innstrqment few into pet tore up the paper with
me sharp pointed pencil and refused 10 write. But
saa o 6 SAD qte en9agh already to give
'Of course that girl that you thought was 50
innocent cheated exclaimed one of the Marty az
the narrator paused. Impossible" said the larrer.
IT would have been easy Of detection and besides
VIII give you proof that she did not Her mother
IN the end became greatly worried the notorjetv
which our performances evoked in the neighbor-
hood, and positively forbade her daughter TO touch
Planchette and she only TOO glad to obev
Not long afterward our party broke up, and we re-
turned 10 our several homes Mary NJ and her
had been telling Captain g. of queer story he
begged me 70 take him TO Miss NJ the next
day. as he was particularly interested in that sort
of thing. The visit made CAPTAIN $
begged Mary 10 let him her Planchette But
do not one. Captain s. she laughed
Mamma would not permit II 10 be in the house:
she has forbidden TO look one But
not to write. Mary I urged. 'Planchette was only
vehicle Take pencil in your hand and 7 will
lay my hand on your arm, they do in seances'
After a little urging she consented. We put a
large sheet Of foolscap the table, and as she
held the pencil lightly upon 1t 7 laid my hand on
is Captain s. thinking Off I asked at random
The pencil scrawled about and then several
words rapidly upside down from Mary M and
toward me.
- I cannot read it, I said picking up the per
Tt be written in Italian Spanish
Why" Captain s. exclaimed. this is really won
derfu--it is the refrain OF a Spanish pat0s song 7
used TO hear the fishermen sing in the Bay OF
Biscay. I humming II 70 myself walked
along. and you spoke I thought of that line
This is my only experience OF Influence OF mind
over matter-that there is some such thing I am
convinced. That certain persons consti-
thoughts OF those who are with them is in my opin-
t