The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-19

NEW 1ONN, Iuiy Aoi A|NS
rure neu infew mare laries en- tratuir
triuen carmine"
Perhaps you don's know this Lam
guage. 1t is sentence from the uni
yersal tongue spoken on the planet
Mars as revealed by a spirit alleged to
communicate through the personality
Of the celebrated Mrs. Smead, whose
case has been under study for num-
Der of years by DR.. Jones H. Hyslop,
Secretary OF the American Society for
Psychical Research. The words when
translated into English mean The
man chief rulers place in which looks
on our earth from Mars" Many sim
liar quaint and curiour phrases have
been waited across the forty or fifty
million miles OF space between the
two worlds and revealed, according
to the testimony of the planchette
operated by this medium in trance,
for the study OF terrestrial philolog-
lists.
True it is that DR.. Hyslop, whose
point of view is that of the strict
scientist and not OF he credulous be-
lever in every manifestation purport-
ing to be sporitistic, does not hold
that these communications working
through Mrs. Smead give in reality
anv insight into the riddle Of Mars.
He thinks them on the contrary to
be among the many tricks which the
secondary personality plays when the
normal conscious personality has
temporarily been eliminated by lapse
into the trance condition. Probably
the explanation, from this point OF
view, OF communications" which in
volved for some years the creation OF
a fairly consistent language attributed
TO the Martians, together with pict-
ures OF themselves, their clothing,
their landscapes, their clocks, and
even their airships, lies in the keen
interest Of the public at the present
time in all matters concerning the
ruddy planet that swings nearest to
us through the interstellar space.
Mrs. Smead, like pretty nearly every
body else these days, has read great
deal Of the fascinating literature that
has grown up since the discovery OF
geometrical markings on the planet
by Schiaparelli, about a generation
ago. She has also, of course, read
and listened to discussions of the
problems of aerial navigation. Hence
when in the trance condition, with the
little part of our life which is self
conscious completely blotted out,
that larger portion of existence which
the psychologists call the subliminal
self gets busy, in the case of this
abnormal woman who has second
personality, with the queerest imagin-
able freaks Of the imagination.
Take for instance her Marian air
ship, one Of the most ingenious tricks
played by the secondary personality
of this wife of an orthodox and aber-
rations have been presented in detail
by Professor Hyslop in his latest
book, "Psychical Research and the
Resurrection. A detailed description
has been written by the planchette,
with an accompanying drawing, OF
the manner in which the Martians
have overcome the difficulties of aer-
ial navigation. Here is how the
Spirit, purporting to talk across the
interplanetary gulf, explains the meth
DDS Of aerial propulsion on Mars:
Made Of wire cloth-like stuff
made to go in the air. 1t is an airship
1t is a coil. You see it will run long
mile (while) when they have to stop
and wind it, or it must be wound
while it is in motion. This coil makes
the wings 60 Each one (wing) is
connected with this coil and then
when the power is turned on it makes
them 60 like birds wings. The power
runs it all, only the propeller guides
it. Let me tell you about the wings
first.
They are filled with air so that