Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-16

covered country whence, according to
Shakespeare, no traveller returns, are
told by Mary Fidder, = prisoner in the
county Jail. She claims to go to para
disc and there commune with the de-
parted.
| Miss Kidder enjoys round trip priv
| ileges, for she comes back with mes
sages to those who seek to commune
cate with friends who have gone be-
fore.
| For the benefit of the female prison.
ers she is making return trips three
times daily to the realms of glory and
bringing messages to those in the fe-
male ward from their departed dear
ones.
According to those who have seen her
and talked with her there is no ques-
ton about her own firm convictions of
her remarkable ability to see and talk
to those who have departed from this
sphere. She says that all she has to
do is to train her mind upon one thing
and that in the course of a very few
minutes she will pass into a trance,
and is on her flight to the pearly gates,
while her body remains on earth in a
cataleptic state.
The prisoners are much affected by
her presence in the prison and daily
flock around her awaiting the mo-
ments when she passes into her trance,
so that they may communicate with
their departed ones through this Won
derful heavenly messenger
While she is not in trance they
burden her with messages which they
want her to deliver TO those who have
departed before them. Some of the
women are skeptical about her powers
and ask for descriptions of those to
whom she alleges that she has talked.
Many of the unbelieving ones are grad
ually becoming convinced that she pos
sesses the powers she claims, a she
never fails to give accurate descrip-
tions Of those inquired for, nav estab-
lished in the golden city as Miss
Kidder terms it.
This is not the first that has been
heard of the unusual Miss Kidder.
Some months ago she was entombed in'I
the Kalamazoo prison. and while there
gave like demonstrations of her alleged
powers and kept the inmates. both male
and female, in constant agitation dis
cussing her mission on earth. She was
kept busy day and night carrying |
messages TO and fro.
Sees Gold and Diamonds
Her powers were brought before the |
attention OF the press and the latter al |
lotted much space daily 10 stories about !
her and her descriptions Of the realms |
Of glory. One Of the leading papers |
printed the following interview with
her.
Il cannot describe the feeling that
suddenly comes over me. ! can produce
il at almost any moment II takes but
a brief period and know I am on my
fight A peculiar resting sensation /
suddenly has grip on my soul and [
feel the tanning Of the most delicious .
breezes against my body. I seem TO /
rise rise. rise. ever upwards. I realize |
that I am without wings. I seem /
waited through space and pass far
above the realms of n1ortals. A slight .
pause comes in my flight snd I. all at
once, know that I am before the gates
Of heaven.
The most beautiful beings greet me.
Draped in the finest garments Of gold
they gently and with a tender slowness
approach me. They hover about me as
a gentle summer zephyr. The gates be-
fore me are Of pearl, emeralds and the
most splendid jeweled furnishings.
An archway, rising to a stupendous
height spans the entrance and is capped
by the most dazzling crown of dia
nonds. A crown which is beyond the
of the human mind.
Inside the sounds of the sweetest
music falls on my ears. Slowly, but
with a barely perceptible change, it in
2reases in volume. From a peaceful
ldagio it developes into a light-hearted
allegro, thence to a wonderful mingling
IF the most musical strains until the air
seems surcharged with the roar of a
wonderful fall of water.
81 meet my own dear ones and talk
with them. I meet the friends of those
On earth. l need but speak their names
and I am surrounded with them. On
heir faces seems to be imprinted the
peace of angels. Their faces shine with
the glory of an unknown power, a
power which is the symbol peace,
peace, peace.
My trance in which am empowered
TO see and talk with those who have
departed last, but, in actuality, very
Few seconds, but years seem crowded
INTO that period. My return to my
natural state is the gradual vanishing
dream. I wake up as if from long
'estful sleep and then 1 realize that 1