Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03

Hyslop, When the meeting to
b Ea-, suggested ID having meeting in New
could know about these plans better than your
self. '-Hyslop, That is right. DO you remem-
Der my desire to publish M! my report next season'
extracts ~ wished to publish extracts about
our telepathic experiments. "-Hyslop, "An right.
Best go ahead. ~ also wished to publish extracts
theory in answer to some criticism recall from Mrs,
Sidgwick"
Here at last have indeed concrete facts but
Mr. Hyslop acknowledges himself that Mrs. Piper
probably knew of Hodgson's desire to reply to Mrs
Sidgwick and, while he doubts whether she knew of
his intention to go to the New York meeting, it
seems certainly not improbable that he had talked
to her about that too.
If Hodgson had approached the problem to con-
vince Mr. Hyslop of his spiritual existence with his
old intellectual keenness he would certainly have
avoided talking constantly about cheap trivialties
which everyone guess about facts which the
transmitting medium could know. He would have
all have said to you. ''-Hyslop, That is right.
Hodgson." =" And it pleased me very much7'-
Aep You ave s my ny consent We wsh the world
to know that was not an idiot" l sure that
nobody believed Hodgson to be idiot as long as
sent by him proofs of his identity are so badly
chosen and so ineffectively brought forward that
should be indeed obliged to believe that his logical
power has been lost in the other world
And even if he were unskifu in proving his
existence he would have furnished his friend Hyslop
at least with some new insight into the wonders of
the overworld which they discussed so often. Hodg-
son has shown that he has in his sphere still
loyal interest in the of DR. Hyslop's Jour
nal" He wrote for instance, through Mrs. Piper,
Have you been to Washington lately? "-Hysiop.
g Not specially is there any psychological work
there?' see people who interested and will help
you in your work May not be able all at once, but
will do it in time" Now, if Hodgson remains eager
for Others to help HyAop in lis work, which, indeed
badly needs support, would it escape Hodgson's
notice that if he to dictate few original edto
rails concerning the life, the success of 1.-The
Journal would be secured for all time?
Nothing but Stiffness
INSTEAD of that, we do not hear about the eternal
life anything else than the same kind of vague
Stiffness with which the ghosts of the spirtuastio
seances at dollar and fifty cents the evening are
in the habit of entertaining their customers. 81
have found things better than l hoped often
have the professionals said that to their pitiable
audiences. And when spirit is asked whether
he sees another spirit, the answer comes, YES ou1
lives run in parallels typical of that kind OF
mystical slang which we have heard through many
years The familiar explanation of the stupidity OF
the utterance is also not lacking. "Do not think
am asleep. Hysop Not much! may not under.
stand all that goes on; but hear more than ex.
plain here. Therefore, you must get what can
give here and try to understand why it seems sc
fragmentary. l do not feel your lack of interest
but 1 do feel great diff
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