Morris tribune., 1909-10-02
MEDIUM FROM ITALY Y.
Nine. PaIIadino's Wonder Claims
to Be Tested In America.
TRIALS MUST BE SCIENTIFIC.

Exhibition Which Astonishsd Europe
Will Be Given In New Yorl-M Medium
to Prove That She Can Emit a Breeze
From Her Temple.
Nine Eusapia PaIladino, an Italian
medium, who has aroused interest in
European scientific circles, viii soon
come to New York to submit to a
series Of tests under the direction of
well known men identified with the
work Of the American Society For
Psychical Research. DIR. James 81.
Hyslop, secretary Of the society, and
other scientists will attend the Sc
ances.
To Guard Against Fraud.
Every provision will be made to
guard against fraud, and It is intend
ed that the experiments shall be scien-
tifc. Under close restriction Nine.
Palladino will be asked to produce the
phenomena which have caused a sensa-
ton abroad causing tables to rise in
the air without apparent contact,
chairs to dance jigs and drawing from
the unknown void the hands and faces
Of dead persons warm and with the
texture of flesh, but melting in your
grasp If you attempt to seize them.
At least that is what it is said she can
do.
Nine. Palladino, who has excited the
wonder and gained the faith of Ce-
sare Lombroso, Sir Oliver Lodge, M.
and Nine. Curie and other well known
scientists, is being brought to the
United States for series Of expert
ments by Hereward Darlington, au.
thor of several books on psychical phe-
nomena, and other psychical research
ers affiliated with the American so.
ciety. She will hold fifteen or twenty
seances, the attendance at each of
which win be limited to eight OF ten
persons.
Mr. Darlington, who is a "profes-
sional medium exposer" and was for.
merly an assistant to DR.. Hyslop, was
one of three men sent by the English
Society of Psychical Research to in
vestigate Nine. Palladino recently. The
other two men were Everard Fielding,
honorary secretary for the English so
ciety, and W. W. Baggally, a member
of the society's counsel.
Nine Palladino gave them ten sit
tings in Naples and convinced them
she was genuine. Mr.. Darlington said
she was the first psychical medium OF
many he had investigated whom he
did not consider fraud. One of her
most remarkable performances, he
said, was to emit cold breeze from
a scar above her left temple. Her
nose and mouth were held shut while
this occurred, and tissue paper flag
held in front of the scar futtered vio-
lently.
Moved Objects at Distance.
'Mme Palladino also moved objects
at a distance without contact" said
follow her hands as II there were mag.
netic attractions, although we made
sure that there was no possibility that
hair or thread or anything else was
attached. The sittings were conducted
In light good enough to read fine print
in, except when she produced the
hands and faces, when she required
darkness.
''.She is not a clairvoyant nor what
we call an intellectual medium. She
didn't speak at all during the seances
except to make a few remarks about
the phenomena. And the faces of the
dead that she conjured up did not
speak.
Scientists explain her performance
by saying that she 'externalizes her
vitality That means that there is
some peculiar emanation from her
body. She has given remarkable dem
onstrations in Paris, London, st. Pc
tersburg, Milan. Genoa. Turin, Rome
and Naples. She is a Neapolitan and
about fifty-five years old. She is be-
Ing brought to the United States in the
interest of science, and only scientists
and psychical researchers will be per
mitted to attend her seanceS, admiS-
sion to which will be by invitation"