Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-26
up and would st down u

jumped up and would SIT down no
more.
'Dr. Oreti then took his place In the
circle. He asked for mis- father, and
a CHASTITY half Of head came out Of
;nothingness. One Of the women
screamed. The head seemed to drift
down across the right shoulder Of DR..
Oreti.
care you contented with the ca.
reer your son is followingy asked DR..
Oreti. Three affirmative knocks sound
ed upon the table,
At this point the narrative was taken
up by the gray haired DR.. Oreti him.
self.
Salute me with kiss?' asked"
went on DR.. Oreti. II felt q light en-
brace. but there was no kiss. MY IA
ther, is there spirit world? l asked.
Three knocks said there was. rs there
future life? asked, and again there
were three knocks"
At this point, Mr.. Herman said, the
doctor was nearly overcome. Nine.
Palladino began to moan, there were
five knocks on the table, and some one
suggested that there was too much
light. One Of the two electric light
globes was blanketed. DIR. Oreti men
toned that he would like to speak to a
departed daughter. He asked If she
was satisfied in the spirit land, and
three knocks said yes.
1--WE again felt the cold wind" went
on Dr. Oreti, land saw the curtains Of
the berth bullying. A black mask ap-
peared about the middle of the curtain.
Mrs. Bonfiglio screamed"
This was too much for DIR. Oreti,
Mr.. Herman said, and he quit the cir
Gle, Mr.. Smeraglio taking his place.
Felt Sign Of Cross Placed on Him.
II called for my mother" said the
latter, taking up the story, land felt a
light embrace. l felt distinctly the
sign of the Gloss placed upon me, tap
ping, you know, at my forehead, breast
and right and left shoulders. This was
repeated. Then felt kiss and two
slight pressures Of the cheeks as Of a
pair of lips brushing me. Then head
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. 1t
was certain, other passengers said,
that she did not recover herself all the
rest of the voyage. Mrs. r. o. John
stone sat In her place.
'sMme. 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 crash.
1.-The seance was repeated the next
the same things were done. We were
all skeptics in the beginning. l can't
say am not still skeptic, but I pur
pose never to 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 Darlington
Of New York. He was one Of three
professional prestidigitators sent to Ma
sples some months ago by the English
Society For Psychical Research to ties
Nine. Palladino. In their report the.
said that Nine. Palladino had conjuret
! grinning faces out of air and that colo
currents of air issued from her fore
head and her left leg. The medium
fell in her early youth and inflicted {
deep wound in her Uranium. The re
port to the English Society For Psy
chical Research said that the curren
of cold air from that ''cranial opening
was strong enough to futter small
flag, while the current from her lef
leg made her skirts bulge.
Nine. Palladino has mingled will
many people of education and culture
yet she remains distinctly illiterate ant
uncultured. She is fifty-fve years OLD
she speaks no English, and this is he
| first trip to America.