Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-13
ny BESSIE BEATTY

ish girl. the sorrowing widow and the
callow youth, answer this question,
for l cannot.
Worse than the old. old query, why
is a cow" it has proven.
Sunday night, in company with Mr..
Hazel, l went to a meeting of the
Truth Seekers society. / sat there and
had the pleasure of listening TO re-
marks the reverse of complimentary
about The Herald. myself and Mr.. Ha-
eel for being so unkind as to abuse
the poor fake mediums who are trying
so hard to make a living by fooling
people who can i'll afford to be fooled.
Undoubtedly the speakers in that
meeting had read The Herald expose
of the takers and they had even taken
the trouble to visit the exhibit of spir-
itualistic paraphernalia in The Herald
window, for they commented upon 1t
freely. Unfortunately, however, the
guide, he who is supposed to see that
no Objectionable" characters enter the
sacred precincts of the circle. had not
taken the precaution to look upon Mr..
HazeIs picture. for we passed the door
without a challenge.
Again, Why is a guide?
IconocIasts Not Recognized
The spirits that pervade ''the third
dimension of space" according to the
mediums. are supposed to be cognizant
of everything going on in the room
These spirits should have warned the
medium that there were aliens" in
the room, but alas, they were remiss in
their duties, and we were permitted to
sit unnoticed and listen to our arraign-
ment To sit there with our ears burn
ing to a scarlet while women told us
what deep dyed villains we are for tell
ing the uninitiated how the faker fools
the unwary, the charlatan swindles the
unfortunate.
Part of all they said about us we
missed We entered Mammoth hall,
where the meeting was held, after
most of the neophytes, believers and
frauds had taken their seats and set
tied themselves for q night of marvel
Gus relevations.
A man with a Vandyke beard and
melancholy expression was talking.
In high pitched, strident voice, rem
iniscent of Little Effie" of Elsie
Reynolds creation, he was telling his
friends that The Herald should be con-
demned for roasting spiritualism be-
cause spiritualism is in the minority.
We suppressed our desire to make
speech to the effect that The Herald
does not condemn spiritpalism, but
only those imposterS who pull the heart
Offering a vulgar substitute for that
which is most sacred to- man.
When the speaker had finished his
condemnation of The Herald, the as
sembIy joined In a song, and then
medium sang and played under in
spiration.
Music Fright
oh, that song! If there were any
spirits floating around in the atmos-
xr,ha troll
began to sing in one key and play in
another it would be safe to wager
they all departed at the second bar.
If such is inspiration, may heaven
hereafter deliver us from it.
If such is harmony, we might pray
that we will always sound the discord.
The inspired musician" was not the
greatest attraction.
She was only prologue to the main
show of the evening.
The medium requested that the lights
over her head be turned out, and then
she closed her eyes. Her two diamond
earrings glistened in the half light and
her voice, pleasant voice, was stilled
for a moment while she allowed her
spirit control to take possession of her.
This occupied but a moment as she
announced that the conditions were
very harmonious. You see, the guides
had not told her that there were any
Objectionable persons in the room.
Everything is very pleasant and ev-
erything is in harmony, so 1 think we
will be able to give some very good
messages this evening"" said the me-
dunn.
ters of the audience, old truth seek
ers'' who have been there year in and
year out and whose lives have long
been ancient history to the mediums.
We hoped for a message but we were
doomed to disappointment, for the me-
dunn had nothing for US.
Messages" came freely to others,
but they were the usual commonplace
promises and commands.
Go Away Disappointed
The woman asked if there were any
wealthy gentleman in the audience,
but there was no one who evidently
felt himself so qualified, or if so he
was too baShful to answer. A women
arose. Perhaps you mean me-" she
said.
That's right; do mean you, Sister
-" calling her by name.
I'm about five months two men will
come to you to get you to sign a con-
tract. One of them will be an old
man and another a young man. Be
careful of the young man and do not
trust him too much. Do not sign the
contract for two months, then every
thing will come out all right"
To one woman the medium brought
son who told her that by the first
of May everything would be lovely.
The flowers would be blooming, the
birds singing and she would have
peace of mind. The spirit is evidently
familiar with California in spring. or a
message so definite could never have
been given.
To mother she brought the spirit
OF little girl and the child came with
bouquet of flowers in her arms and a
message of hope and love. Told her
that she was doing everything she
could to help her and asked the mother
TO send out her best thoughts to the
spirits tht-t the spirits might be helped
1t is good rule, for 1t works both
ways. The spirits help the mortals and
the mortals help the spirits.
Finally, disappointed that we had
paid 10 cents each and had received nc
messages, we left.
The Herald spook editor was show
cred with requests for knowledge on
various points yesterday and some OF
them appear I'm this issue.
MANY LETTERS COME
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