Evening star., 1909-06-27

She scoffed at the stories Of the violet
ghost until ten years after its first haunt
ing when SO she testities. she herselI met
with II III IN. sitting room. She ana hef
husband were standing in wonder WIlen
the mother slipped inJo the room, and the
latter adds: oh. the sweetness or II:
basketcul of violets could not have hlled
the roc,u with that fragrance. we
stood ana Ularvcied. bri knew IN truth
that Charlie had came again. Since we
could not see him. this was surely
beautfu. way for him - impress us WIN
his presence.
Indeed it was beautiful way" COM
pared with tiat alleged 10 be employed
by the ghost Of Kate Field, the author.
Miss Agnes {. r.. A correspondent of the
Society for Psychichal Research. after dfn-
Ing with the Boston author, Lillian WHIT
ing sat in q dark room with the latter.
They were chatting of Kate Field. Near
the close of the narrative says MISS b..
''for an instant / had curious numo
feeling run through my left arm. Similar
to the shock experienced from grasping
the handles Of an electric battery. 1t was
such a strange happening that when MISS
Whiting finished / told her of 1t, and her
reply somewhat staggered me, for she
said. 'Oh. yes. Kate is here; ! felt her.
give that little shock. but she cant help
it I could hardly accept IT with the
same euuanimity that Miss Whiting dld.
Never before nor since has the same feel
comfortable chair It could not be numb
ness resulting from cramp-lt Cid not
last long enough"
Joseph Jefferson's wrath employs more
pleasurable means of signaling MS
earthly friends, according to another
correspondent Of the society, who, while
recently attending a lecture. was an
oF ord
"Meenie," pronounced over and over.
When strange voice said: TEL her
how much 1 love her-Joseph Jefferson"
she confided her weird experience to
woman sitting next to her, who hap
pened to be a former actress who had
known Jefferson well and at whose home
at Marthas Vineyard the veteran actor
had visited week before his death.
"Meene" the word by which this phan-
the daughter of the late actors favorite
stage character. Rip Van Winkle.
a ghostly signal, even more peculiar,
was that reported recently by Hereward
scientist and author In this case the
thing whatever it was, heraided its
coming by making the tantalizing sound
of coin spinning upon hard wood.
But here is a phantasmal salutation of
a kind most devouty to be wished for,
especially inaslnuch as it is employed by
the specter not OF a deceased. but of
living person and that individual of the
fair sex. A gentleman stopping at q
Buffalo hotel was awakened during the
night by the phantasm OF his wife. which
stood at the foot of his bed. She could
be distinctly seen, although the room
was entirely dark.
What are you doing here" cried the
haunted man, half springing out OF bed.
II thought I would come out and see
how you We're getting along replied the
shade. Then 1t walked to the head of the
bed. bent over and kissed the startled
man. who thereupon broke into a cold
sweat and suffered a nervous chill. In
deed go nervous did he become that he
trumped up q pretext to wire his wife
business question Her reply indicat-
ing that she was safe and well. he re-
manned away several days longer and on
osity To whether he experienced any
Pressed for her reason for inquiry she
admitted that on the night in question
she had read Of a method of mentally
projecting ones phantasm through space
and upon retiring had concentrated her
mind upon the desire to appear to him
and kiss him at o'clock in the morning.
Another who projected his own phan-
tasrn through space was IAN able and
respected professor in Harvard Univer-
sity," colleague of Prof. William
James, who reports the case. One even