Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

$500, most Of which Is to go to the me-
dunn. said Mr.. Darlington. And some OF
the sittings may cost even more than
that
Mr.. Darlington is trying to arrange an
American premier for the italian woman
the friends of Nine. Paladino. holding
fast to the current belief that Americans
want their moneys worth, are hoping
that John" and his soul mates will do
some good work. for a while at least.
Nine, Paiadino went to her apartment
yesterday, where the sittings are to be
held. looked over the furniture. and sat
for some photographs. A table has been
specially constructed for use at these
seances.
rington, she had made II stagger around
a bit, but she was dissatisfied with it.
There were some aluminium braces on its
legs. went on Mr.. Darlington. and Nine.
Paladino had insisted that these be taken
off.
John" doesn't like metal. A member of
the party SAID he might have died OF a
saber thrust.
How Spirit Moved Her.
How did Nine. Paladino come to know
that she was gifted? She was clean
ing up her fathers house one morning
many years ago-she is now fifty-three.
she says. though Mr.. Darlington says she
is f1fty-six-when she saw a chair moving
around apparently Of It's own accord.
Young as Eusapia Paladino then was.
she knew that this was no way for a
chair in respectable household to be-
have. and SO she began to investigate.
Now and then, an acquaintance whis-
pered. she used this In her household
cleanings: then she gave little exhibitions
to friends. and after that professional
mediums" took her up. In 1872 Signor
Damianai. an ardent spiritist began to
develop" her, keeping her under his tu-
telage tor ten years.
About 1883 Prof. Chiaia Of Naples began
to write to Prof Cesare Lombroso about
her. Lombroso at first refused to take
any stock in her. In 1901 he had his
first sitting with Nine Paladino, since
which time she has been a foremost fig
ure in spirit Investigations and literature.
When she was quite a young woman.
went on Mime. Paladino, she was walked
up one night by shade. which stood
nearby.
rs that my father7" she quotes her
self as asking. Two knocks said mo. -
She asked II ii was her mother, and again
there came two knocks.
rs II, then. my good guide whom ]
call john" she asked, and three knocks
on the side Of the bed said 1t was truly
John"
At this point questioner wanted to
know IL all spirits used the same code
Nine. Paladino answered that all me-
diums do. The code. she said. IL as fol-
lows: Two knocks. means no: three
knocks. yes: five knocks. turn OF the
light. and seven knocks. call OF the
seance.
Knockings That Go Unheeded.
DR.. ]. H. Hyslop says that a great
many people hear knockings and tina,
they pass them BY thinking them only
the cracking of the wood under change
Of temperature. or explaining them by
assuming that some one sweeping in the
next fiat has hit the wall with q broom
handle. II people who hear knocks
would but ask questions. he says. they
might get in touch with another world
in a most commonplace sort Of way.
John" by the way. explained Nine.
Paladno. had helped her find some lost
jewelry at times. though he and the spir-
its with whom Nine. Paladino foregath-
ers do not so in much for mental work.
They move furniture.
other bits of information mentioned
while she was not talking to the Italian
reporters were that she was an agnostic
that she didn't believe in priests: that
she had never confessed to one; that she
had once beaten one who had annoyed
her, and that her powers had reached
their highest efficiency four or five years
ago, since which time they have ts-
clined.
Nine. Paladino was asked II she her
self saw the floating arms. the shadowy
heads. the black masks. and the other
familiar objects which they who have IA
tended her seances report having seen.
Mr.. Darlington explained that she went
through two stages OF trance: the first
one very light. wherein she knew the