Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
here and this spirit form says

Mother" soy
This word Is pronounced very softly
and sweetly. Still the medium has not
committed herself III the woman does
not break down and begin to weep she
KNOWS that the spirit seems to be that
OF mother who wants to give n mes
sage TO her child, or mentions one
possible explanation after another un-
I'll the woman assents to one of the
experimental series.
In nine cases out Of ten, however,
tne woman begins to weep and the
medium says softly, And now 1 hear
her say "father."' Here the man
breaks down, and the medium proceeds
solemnly:
at is your child who stands before
you now. This spirit wants me to say
that 1t Is nice of you to come today.
IL seems to me that this spirit has not
passed out long ago?' she asks sud-
denly of the mother.
Probably the mother will answer,
Why, no; she passed out two months
ago.
Information Means Much
THAT Ia apparently an innocent bit
of Information, which the medium
might have deduoed from the woman's
mourning, but the medium by asking
the question has learned the sex of
the child, which she did not know.
She goes on:
"'Your daughter says she wants to
thank you for the many times you
have cisited her grave and the many
pretty flowers you brought her there
reasoning, of course, that If the daugh-
ter has been only two months dead the
mother has visited the grave and taken
flowers.
"Then the medium will probably end
up with: Your daughter says she is
so glad that you got father to come
with you this evening. He didn't want
to come, but you induced him to do
SO, and she is so glad to see him here.
She hopes you will both come often to
talk with her.
"Often the article placed on the ros-
trum tells much Of the one who owned
IT. A ring may give the sex and
good idea of the age Of the one who
wore 1t. Not every locket which opens
contains a photograph or a lock of
hair, but, as celebrated medium once
explained to me, locket which opens
and Is brought to q seance is almost
sure to do so, because IL is q relic of
one who Is dead. Therefore, when q
medium picks UP such a locket from
without committing herself definitely,
a photograph which is connected with
it.
ut must be taken into consideration
that the same people attend seances
week after week, and the medium gets
to know them, though they think they
give her no information about them
selves
For instance, man who is teach
er in one of the public schools here
began to investigate spiritualism about
two years ago. He attended seances
during the winter and spring. He
thought he was very careful not to
reveal anything about his family or
life but in the course of delivering
messages the medium had learned his
profession and that he lived in the
Bronx.
well, after being away for the sum-
mer the teacher came back to town
the Thursday before the Monday on
which school opened, and attended the
seance on Sunday evening. At the
door one of the mediums assistants
welcomed him, as Is the custom, and
remarked that he had grown to be
quite a stranger.
Yes replied the teacher; I only
got back on Thursday. Been off on
my vacation
when the medium arrived she greet
ed the company, and proceeded to
hand out bits of information before
beginning the regular work of the
evening.
"'You were downtown yesterday
she remarked to the teacher.
"Of course she had learned from her
assistant that he had returned from
his vacation on Thursday, and nat
uraliy concluded that a teacher COM
ing home after a seasons absence
would have errands to take him down.
town between that day and the OPEN
ing OF school,"