The Washington herald., 1907-02-10
FROM SPIRIT WORLD
Prof. HySlOp Gets News of
DR.. Richard HOdgson.
PLEASED WITH HIS NEW LIFE
Recalls Welsh Rarebit He and the
Professor Once Ate, and Says
pected-NO Details Given, However.
Discussion over Piper Publication.

Answer to that often-repeated query.
will Or. Richard Hodgson speak from
the spirit woTldZ'' apparently has been
made to the satisfaction % Prof. James
II. Hysi0p. VINO reports that he has had
communications with his late co-worker
through Mrs Piper. and also through sew
eTal nonprofessionai mediums, says the
New York Herald
Results Of his investigations are pub
lished in the last number Of the American
Journal for PsychicaI Research, Of which
he is editor. DIT. Hodgson was the secre-
tary Of the American Society for Psychi-
cal Research, and devoted many years OF
his life to the Investigations of the claims
Of mediums. Although not ayowedly
spiritualist, he was so near being one that
Il is a matter Of metaphysical subtIeues
to show how his belief differed from that
Of spiritualists.
Since his death IN December, 1905, sew
eral alleged messages from him have
been received through mediums, but
been discredited. Prof Hyslop has made
numerous efforts to get in communication.
and the most convincing messages he has
received are from Mrs. Piper, Of Boston.
who, for about eighteen years, has known
them both
Prof Hyslop asked the control" Of
DR.. HOdgsOn 10 vary the programme a
little by communicating with Mrs. Piper
through some other light" for all me-
diums are 50 called by trance personau-
ties
I will not" was DR.. Hodgson's reply.
except through the young light She IS
all right HysIop viii understand"
Said she saw Hodgson.
DR.. Hodgs0n added that after he had
thoroughly recovered from the shock Of
his death that he had made an investi-
cation about this young light and found
that she was indeed al right" Mrs. Piper
did not know the medium 10 which her
control had made reference. but Prof.
Hysl0D recognized d young woman Of
Boston with whose psychic powers he and
his late associate had experimental. He
learned that her father had kept her in
ignorance Of the death Of Prof Hodg-
son. Prof HyslOp. soon after this sit
ting. received a letter from the parent
saying that his daughter In q trance had
seen Dr. Hodgson.
It was in the course of one Of the sit
tings that the spirit of the doctor remark
ed suddenly TO the professor. Remember
that I told Meyers We would talk niger
talk"
Il saw at glance adds the professor.
that something was wrong. and 1 an
swered, speaking 10 Mrs. Piper's hand. as
No f-sas. I.
that To somebody else The reply from
Hodgson was. All. yes. I remember; il
was VIII James. He viii understand 90
II developed that nj one time Prof
James. OF the department Of psychology
at Harvard University had said TO Dr.
HOdgsOn that If he only used a little tact
he could make the trance personalities or
spirits convert their deiiC veTbiage into
negro minstrel talk"
Prof James is not a believer fl spirits,
and the remark was made In a heated
discussion. and as far as is known there
were no listeners TO that conversation.
Better in SpiritIand.
Among the incidents mentioned by Prof
Hyslop is the resumption Of discussions
they had had about recognizing the So
ciety and publishing a complete report
OF the Piper revelations. which already
fills several thousand pages As Dr.
Hodgson could no longer assist in that
direction they spoke OF The matter only
in reminiscent way.
No details could be obtained about the
conditions under which Dr. HOdgsOn was
now living. Prof. Hyslop said that he
did not care much for them anyway. as &c
was impossible 10 check them UP. The
spirit volunteered, however, that he had
found things better than he thought he
would.
Or. Hodgson." writes the professor,
asked me # I remembered anything
about the cheese we had had for luncheon
In his room. l recalled the interesting
fact that once and only once. I had had
"a midnight supper with him at the Tav-
ern Club when he made a Welsh rarebit
and we had a delightful time.
He also sent his love 10 Prof NeWbold.
of the University Of Pennsylvania, and
spoke Of seeing him near the sea. Il de-
veloped that the July before Dr. Hodgson
death he had met Prof. Newbold at an
ocean beach.
Prof. Hyslop. in closing his report, says
that he has every reason 10 believe that
Mrs. Piper could not have obtained the
knowledge of the facts set forth by any
normal means.