The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-17


halo which they said was distinctly
visible to certain people though In
visible to the great majority Of man
kind. Dr. Kilner now declares that
he has settled the matter on strictly
scientific lines. 4
He has made an apparatus which
consists Of number Of what he calls
spectauranine glass screens, each
about four inches in lenght and an
inch and half wide. Zach screen
10 made Of two plates Of very thin
glass. between which, Theoretically
sealed In, is q fluid. The screens vary
in color. Some are red, others are
blue, varying In depth Of color to
suit the eyes Of the Investigator.
An Express reporter gives the fol-
lowing account Of his own experience
under the direction Of DR.. Felkin, q
specialist who has taken q deep In
terest In the Investigations. In q
small room was the subject Of the
experiments, q well-made woman of
medium height and apparently in
good health. DR.. Felkin first Of all
told her exactly the nature of the
experiments he was about to make.
Then having instructed the reporter
IA look steadily at the daylight
4 >ugh one Of the spectauranine
Asx and having placed the woman
abose i, not away from dead. dark
backesSx facing the only window
in the fessS, proceeded to draw q
dark blind 20 sy down this win
dow. From bes drew up blind
Of dark serge uhskb pverlapped the
upper blind suficieh1y to allow no
light 10 dim to filter into the room
that only the white form Of the sub
ject's body could be discerned in the
gloom.
Not Ill Perceive Aura.
Nov, turn round" said Dr.. F,elkin,
"and tell me what you see, or IL you
see anything at all, for there are per-
haps four or fve persons out Of every
hundred who, through some inherent
defect in the eyesight. are physically
unable to perceive the AURA"
For some moments, perhaps q quar-
ter Of minute. the only object that
could be made out in the darkness
was the SUBJECTS form and its out
line. Then gradually, as the eyes
grew accustomed to the darkness, q
sort Of double mist or halo, the one
within the other, and the inner one
denser than the outer, became more
and more distinctly visible.
q The outlines Of this mist exactly
followed the curves and the contour
Of the subjects body. The color Of
the outer aura seemed to be q blue
gray, that Of the inner aura was
darker. apparently, the inner aura
was denser. In the triangular space
formed by the sides OF the body and
the angle Of the arms, as the sub.
Ject remained with her hands resting
lightly on her hips, the halo could be
seen most clearly. q
Presently. acting upon Dr.. Felkin's
Instructions. the subject raised and
5e1tended hrst one arm, then the 9TH
.eg. hen abe Joined her hAndss sAt the
bGtK Of ddSck g AMI IfWAys the
mist 0f. asiraf followed, as tliouJh Il
were itself an outline of some sori
of shadow of the limbs. is.
Dr.. Felkn's next experiment wa,
TO make hypnotic passes in the direc.
don Of the patient, first from one
side, then from the other, while An.
ally he stood beside her, and raising
his arm vertically, bent over hi
hand, allowing his partly extended
fingers to point down directlv at thu
srown OF her head. Every time thes,
passes were made a fine streak q
indescribable hue seemed to shoot ou
from the tip Of each finger straigh
toward the suhfecf. s..@.@lEle--