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

impress mankind as original. He knows then
that it would be even insufficient to strengthen
the circulation of Hyslop's Journal. he
knows then that every fraud talks IN just
that way, putting the blame the diff
Guilty OF expression; he knows then that every
critic would rather consider the weak brain OF
Mrs. Piper responsible for such 1nan1ty than
his surviving spirit. He would therefore care
fully avoid such phrases, the more as he tells
Hyslop, again through Mrs. Piper, =" leave no
stone unturned to reach you and prove my
identity"
In the whole report there is only one idea as
to the life in the other world which may perhaps
be new: whether it is felt as attractive and in
spring depends somewhat the personal
point of view. refer to the fact that the spirits
somehow read the newspapers. The particular
sheets are not mentioned, but the illusions
from beyond referred to the newspaper
stories about his returning" AS only the
yellow papers INDUCED in these ghost stories,
it seems probable that their wonderful clrcula-
ton agents have succeeded in overcoming the
usual limitations of newspaper distribution.
One Striking Case
CPECIAL emphasis is laid by DR.. Hyslop on
~ those cases where the messages which
Hodgson sent through different mediums cor
responded somewhat with each other he
seems less troubled by the fact that the cor
respondence is clear only when the situation
makes the similar replies almost necessary,
while the similarity becomes faint and fades
away when the circumstances allow variety
of answers. l wish, however, not to omit the
mention of one striking case for which have
corroborative evidence of my own
DIR. Hyslop reports, ." went to St LOUIS TO
try private case, and, though the lady was
not good psychic, got some evidence OF Ut
Hodgson's presence. This was not good
enough to attach any special weight to It, save
that the particularly shaky style OF writing ana
the form of expression were characteristic OF
what was done in the Piper case when he pur-
ported to communicate. His name was writ
ten in characteristic manner, and when l
asked how he was, got the reply, Fine. This
was the word that he had used occasionally IN
the Piper sittings some months before" We
have thus the striking fact that the lady IN ST.
Louis and Mrs. Piper in Boston both wrote
that he was " Fine, and the coincidence proves
that the message must come from the same
source, namely, from Hodgson.
And here | can corroborate. Among the
patients whom l live hypnotlzed recently
there was a young doctor who had ruined him
self by a horrible misuse of cocaine. He was
an entire wreck when began to suggest to him
successfully to take smaller and smaller doses
till he injected pure water and became well
He was completely under my control. The
other day when he deeply hypnotlzed |
told him that he would hear the voice of Mr..
Hodgson, and that he would repeat to me
whatever Mr.. Hodgson would tell him.
are YOU DR.. Hodgson?" The reply came at
once, "Bullyl" And then l asked How is
the life there3" And without hesitation he
answered, Just fine" Whether the first
word came from Hodgson might be open to
skepticism, inasmuch as | have to confess that
it was the favorite word of my young patient:
but the fine has certainly supernatural
origin, as it seems evidently more reasonable
to throw overheard all that two thousand years
of human science has brought us than to inn
apine that two neurotic women and coca1n1st
react with the same obvious word on trivial
question.