The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-12-14

I" Is that the spirit of my father p
asked Dr. JeIten. Three knocks an
nounced an affirmative answer. Are
you glad 10 meet your SOM asked Or.
Jelten Then came three more knocks
on the side of the table most distant
from the nwdium At this Or. Jelten
jumped up and would sit down no
more.
''Dr. Orefi then took his place in the
circle. He asked for his father. and
a CHASTITY half Of head came out OF
nofhlngness. One Of the women
screamed. The head seemed to drift
down across the right shoulder of DR..
Oreh
ARE you contented with the ca
reer your son is followingg asked DR..
Oreti Three Affirmative knocks sound
ed upon the table.
At this point the narrative was taken
up by the gray haired DE- Oreti him
self.
Salute me with kissg ! asked, !"
went on DR.. 0retL Il felt a light EN-
brace. but there was no kiss My IA
ttler. is there a spirit worldg ] asked
Three knocks said there was. Us there
a future Iifey asked, and again there
were three knocks
AT this point MIR. Herman said, the
doctor was nearly overcome. Nine.
Palladino began to moan, there were
Eve knocks on the table, and some one
suggested that there WAS too much
light. One of the two electric light
globes was bianketed DR. Oreti men
toned that he would like to speak to a
departed daughter. He asked if she
was satisfied IL the spirit land, and
three knocks said yes.
I'VE again felt the cold wind, . went
on DR. Oreti. land saw the curtains OF
the berth bulging. A black mask ap-
peared about the middle OF the curtain.
Mrs. Bonfglio screamed
This was too much for DR. Oreti,
Mr.. Herman said, and he quit the cir
Gle, Mr.. Smeragiio taking his place.
Felt Sign of Gross Placed on Him.
Il called for my mother said the
latter, taking Up the story, and felt a
light embrace. / felt distinctly the
sign Of the Gloss placed upon me. tap
ping, you know, al my forehead. breast
and right and left shoulders. This was
repeated. Then ! felt kiss and tive
slight pressures Of the cheeks as of
pair of lips brushing me. Then bend
appeared over my shoulder"
AT this one of the young women
tainted and had to be carried from the
room. She had not been well, any
way, the ship doctor announced. il
was certain, other passengers said,
chat she did not recover herself all the
sest of the voyage. Mrs. Z. O. john
stone sat in her place.
Mime. Palladino began to moan more
loudly than ever at this point" said
Mr.. Herman. taking up the story
again. .'She wrenched her right hand
loose, waved it over the table. and,
though she did not touch It. the table
was raised two feet from the floor.
After lowering there a second it fell
with a crash.
THE seance was repeated the next
night in still another room, and here
the same things were done. We were
all skeptics III the beginning. j can't
say j am not still skeptic. but ] pur-
pose never te. witness such an exhibit
ton again. The passengers were
strained and intense. 1t wasn't pleas
ant"
conJured Faces Out Of Air.
Nine. Palladino was induced to come
to America by Hereward Carrington
Of New York. He was one Of three
professional prestidigitators sent to Ma
pies some months ago by the English
Society For Psyehieal Research to test
Mime. Palladino In their report they
said that Nine Palladino had eonjured
grinning faces out of air and that cold
currents Of air issued from her fore
head and her left leg. The medium
fell in her early youth and inflicted q
deep wound in her Uranium. The re-
port to the English Society For Psy-
chical Research said that the current
Of cold air from that -eranial opening"
was strong enough to fntter a small
flag. while the current from her left
leg made her skirts bulge.
Nine. Palladino has mingled with
many people Of education and culture.
yet she remains distinctly illiterate and
uncuItured. She is fifty-fye years old.
she speaks no English, and this is her
first trip to America.