El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-12

found to be a warm hand OF real flesh
and blood. Then the lights went out,
| the lady of the diaphanOus robes and
| bright jewels gradually faded back into
spot of light. which, in turn disap-
peared. At this juncture the lights were
turned on and the sitters examined the
medium. only to find him still strapped
to the chair as firmly as ever.
Plethora of Spirits.
Again the lights were put out, and
shortly another little spot of ghostly
light appeared. 1t grew, and while it
was expanding into the form of hu-
manity still another spot appeared, and
in a short time there appeared before
the audience, instead of two little spots
of light, an aged man and a young boy,
who, in the dim red light were recOg-
nized by one Of the sitters as his father
and his son. There could be no longer
any doubt; he would swear on the Bible
that they were his father and his son.
Did not the elder ghost have the same
heavy eyebrows that characterized his
father? Did not the son have the same
light curly hair and cherubic face, and
also the silvery voice of his own son?
And was he not clad in the same clothes
in which his son had been buried? Could
his eyes belle him in this?
vision Of his eyes; they told their names,
when they had died, and dozen in
innate things Of purely family concern.
Then they ordered the lights out, were
transformed again into spots of light on
the carpet and returned to their spirit
world"
Four more appeared in turn, with an
examination Of the medium between
times, TO see that he was still firmly
recognized by some sitter present as e
long lost friend, with whom a con-
vineing conversation was held. After
they all had disappeared as mysterious
ly as they came the grand finale was
given, in which all seven spirits re-
turned again, conversed with their re-
spective friends, and then disappeared.
Not one of the 50 sitters went away I'M
convinced.
Trap Door, Usual.
Now for the explanation. In the cell
ing of the cabinet there was a trap
door. While the music box played the
spirits descended the ladder convenient
~ let down. The diaphanous-rObed
woman was barefooted and attired in
nightgOwn. When she got to the bot
tom Of the ladder she pulled a vast
length Of the finest net from a pocket
in her gown. One Of her hands was
HdtuLSu N4lu paint vi putting
it out from under the curtain the spot
Of light on the floor appeared. The
filmy white net which she waved
around as she gradually crawled from
under the curtain and rose TO her full
stature, represented the cloud without
form out Of which she finally material
lied.
Spots of luminous paint represented
diamonds in the dark. and when the dim
oh
tered where the paint had shone before.
She disappeared as she came. All the
others came as she did and dfsap-
peared in the same way The converse
tons were made up in advance from the
mediums blue book and his personal
Investigations.
Old Men Easy Victims.
Mediums find that the most profit
able sftters in the world are the i'm
questionable old men who love to be
Rugged and kissed by spirits, and who,
under such influences, become willing TO
part with their cash more quickly.
When the spirits, by their tales of soul
mates and such things, work these old
men up TO the point where they
cannot restrain their desire for per-
manent naturalization any longer, the
daffy old fellows are sent far away to
keep the tryst, while the medium finds
it convenient 10 operate somewhere
else There are cases on record where
such old men have spent $40, 900 in such
seances- OF course they never" squeaL"
Who would, under such circumstances?
COnfederates Assist in Work.
OF course all materializatiOns are not
accomplished in the manner related
above Sometimes the spirits have con-
federates among the spectators. some
times they crawl into the room through |
a secret panel Sometimes hands or |
faces appear in the shape of simple !
masks or clay hands covered with |
luminous paint. What appears to be
onlt lead pencil in the hand of the |
medium at the beginning of a seance IS |
in reality a telescOped rod three feet /
long. A pair of tOngs can easily be |
concealed and they may lift the lumin- (
Gus head or hand out over the audience !
in startling way. Sometimes the |
medium herself plays the ghost. She
may be as big and fat as all outdoors, |
but a black robe thrown over her I
shoulders may hide all the white except /
that sufficient to represent a petite !
figure.
Explanation Always Simple
Anyone who is tempted 10 carry his |
Investigations TO the point of grabbing /
the ghost and suddenly striking a 4
match would better be warned 1t has 4
been tried. and sometimes a blow over /
the head with a blackjack, or some |
other uncomfortable experience, has |
been the reward.
This story of the ways and means of /
NATURALIZATION might be extended |
through many columns without exhaust /
ing the subject But however myster- /
ious the naturalization" the expIana-
ton always i as simple as those here
outlined.
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