New-York tribune., 1908-06-28

an5 most of the Macgregor's visitors prefer to
sit in the kitchen and so put stone wall be-
tween themselves and this obsession.
The kitchen is very characteristic apart
naent. Evidently Rosicrucians do not take much
thought for the inner man; every piece of fur
niture is masked by panels on which long pro-
cession of Assyrians seem making ready
fight for the faith whose magic symbols are
scattered over their mantles. The Rosy Cross
is on the door. also. Here in Paris the Mac
gregor bears the title Of count, though no
quite knows why. He is however, the acknowl-
ledged head OF his order in Europe.
The Rosicrucians have a hall Of their own
on the left baul:, in the ancient street of the,
Cardinal Lenloine, and there after a short pre-
liminary meeting in the hall Of the Societies
Savantes, the delegates were invited to attend
second. At the Sphinxs Lodge the walls are
covered with Towers OF Babel, with curious
looking doves, owls and similar creatures with
rainbows symbolizing Rosicrucian virtues.
Here. again, the cheerful Mage Papus" har-
angued the meeting. He showed the glass rod
with which Mesrner had worked out his first
experiments, the sword used by Eliphas Levy in
London when he called up from THE Beyond
Appollonius of Tyane Papus also exhibited the
first electric biometer. the one used by Louis
Lucas to measure the strength, of mediums but
had never been able to use it himself.
AS regards occult science there was very lit
tie headway to be reported in the congress.
Paris in the person OF her "nnfdinettes" or work
girls. encourages and consults clairvoyantes and
fortune tellers at a franc two an interview
but troubles very little about the scientific as
pect of the power which they would like to in
woke. Some Of these clairvoyantes Go a large
business among this class. They employ men to
distribute their circulars in all the streets that
lead TO the Rue de la Pax and similar dress
making centres, and these circulars set forth
in short. plain sentences that the clairvoyapts
will look into futurity. find husband or obtain
well paid places for small fee
She will also tell by cards the success to he
expected from any business venture that Mimi
Pinson" may like to consult her about Thou
! sands Of such circulars are distributed every
morning in Paris between 8 and g o'clock among
the girls and women employed in dressmaking
establishments and shops, and no doubt they
: bring in a fair number of gay little clients
every day. a few OF those clairvoyantes have
won a great reputation with their clients who
consult them at every step in life, but that is
the extent OF the interest taken in occutisrn by
the Paris public
The upper classes leave the matter severely
alone There was time during the Second
Empire when mediums were in great request
Hume, equally well known in New York, Paris
and London, held several -seances at the TuiI-
cries and received emperors and princes, one by
one, giving convincing proofs of his power. He
claimed to be able TO call up living persons at
will, and at one of his seances at the French
court the King OF Bavaria left the apartment
in which the seer received the illustrious guests
Of the Emperor Napoleon and Empress Eugene
with a countenance terribly discomposed." says
an eyewitness. Wits said that 1t must have
beer Lola Monies who had been called UP be-
fore the King. The Emperor himself turned
pale as Hume explained that when the soul was
summoned from the body by him the subject
was thrown into fainting 1T This greatly
alarmed the handsome Comtesse de Castiglione
for she had tainted twice the previous day.
At final seance given at the Tuilertes In
that same month and year by Hume before his
departure for New York, he called up General
de Loermel before the terrified eyes of his wife
The general had fallen in the Crimean war. and
his CHASTITY. bleeding person gave his widow g.
terrible nervous shock History. however. adds
that she married few weeks later the very
officer in whose arms de Loernel had died.
There is no Hume in Paris just now. and for
lack of impressive manifestations the congress
Notwithstanding the presence of Mime. Passerieu
Desbarrolles, niece Of the Adolphe Desbarroles
the master chromancer and author of THE Mys
teries of the Hand" and in spite of the efforts
OF Mage Papus,2 adjourned yesterday without
accomplishing any substantial results. and the
members retired in small groups to sip tea and
refreshing beverages in the Luxembourg Garden
J and TO hope for more nourishing days.
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