The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30

has devoted herself since the death of her husband several months ago. to the study of spiritualism. She declares that since she was child she has pos sessed mysterious powers of receiving sensations and hearing voices that are able physical experiences.
 In an interview, the Princess de- scribed her conversion of the inventor Lately, she said, 'I began to hold seances In my palace. met Signor Marconi few weeks ago at an enter tainment given by the Marchesa Pino- Lecce. and spoke to him about spirit ualism He said he did not believe in 1t, so invited him to come to my house and assist at a seance. He came the other day.
 There were only myself, Slgnor Mar conf and the medium PolitI. We form ed a chain round a small, table: and without telling all the phenomena we obtained, it is sufficient to say that Sig nor Marconi, when he left, was a con vinced spiritualist and quite deter mined to study the subject scientifical- ly. He promised to put me in commit nication with Professor Crookes, and am anxiously waiting to see whether the great inventor will succeed in fnd- Ing an explanation for spiritualistic phenomenal"
 Tie Princess also told some of her remarkable experiences in the spirit wcrlu shortly after my marriage" she said. the first phenomenon of any importance happened to me. was in pulled on violently by some unseen hand, and I felt that I was rendered motionless.
 suddenly saw over my bed. a black shadow which gradually took the shape of a female figure; clear and distinct in all the smallest details of figure, features and dress.
 The. figure said: I am the wife of your husband I am dead. and come to tell you that you shall have a son but he will die. Give this to my hus- band with my love- So saving, the figure handed me lock of hair
 T cried aloud for my husband. He rushed into the room saw the shadow and picked up the lock of black hair It was identical in color and texture with the lock of his first wife's hair l that he had in a locket.
 When my son was born I again saw the figure of my husbands first wife. She pleaded that the child should be baptized, as fl would soon die and. in fact 1t had only been christened when it died mysteriouslS' when only fort night old.
 Later had other spiritualistic man ifestations. l saw my grandmother m Paris on the same uay ana nOuF that she died in Naples. I was warned sew eral days before my husband died' when everybody. including himself. be- lleved that he was tin the best of health"
 Princess d'Antunnl del Drago Is rather shy of letting her spiritualism become known in Italy, where 1t Is re- Rarded as a joke, hut says that in America and England. Science has been brought to bear on spiritualistic phenomena, and the subject has been raised to q sort of cult and studied on scientific basis,
 Because their fathers are on strike, 200 children of Fougeres have been re- moved to Rennes, where they will be cared for by the members of the local labor exchange,
 The children belong to the lfst-sltp- per workers of Fougeres, who are suf- fering bitter distress from their strike. and who to prevent the strike breaking down because of ther starving children have consented to send them to be the guests of their comrades at Rennes. Tho 200 were the first batch of children