Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-25
MAY PEPPER VANDERBILT
 ON FINAL TOUR.
Heard by Large Number at Spiritual
 Academy-Spirit Messages Given.


 The Spiritualist Academy, on Park street, had two large congregations on Sunday, at the services morning and evening, to hear Mrs. May Pepper Van derbilt, the test medium, who is upon her farewell appearance upOn the lee ture platform, as she is to open her church in Brooklyn on the 1st of April. At the morning services Mrs. Wander hilt devoted her whole time to spirit messages, giving a large number of striking demonstrations of her ability, and in the evening she again gave spirit messages, after speaking upon topics suggested from the audience. She spoke upon the two topics, The Religion of Spiritualism and The Com ing Religion.
 Elizabeth was the first influence that came in the evening. when Mrs. Vanderbilt took up the messages that were suggested by the pile of envelopes that had been sent up to the table on the platform. Elizabeth" came mak- ing the sign of the cross and had a message of consolation for woman in the audience whOw tias shielding some body and bearing the blame for some thing she was innocent of, but the spir- 1t influence assured her through the medium that the shadows were to be lifted. The person in the audience ac- knowledged that she had set out for the meeting saying to herself that she was coming, even if it was Lent, to see if she couldn't learn something down there"
 One message that brought out a burst of applause and laughter was to a man who had something to do with a fire in pot, as the medium asid. This was recognized as referring to a Nor wich plumber and the spirit of his grandmother was there to tell him that he was going to have the chance that l he was looking for. Mrs. Vanderbilt | brought out a burst of laughter when she told him that he had voiced his | inpatience at his lot by bursting out l "G-- I'm sick of this" when ! he was starting up the fire in his ! plumbers pot. The man acknowledged | it.
 There was another man there who was looking for Willie" The spirit that came told hdm that Willie" had cut loose from his old life, but news of him could be obtained by finding a ship whose name was given, and that 1 New London was a port where inqui- ry might prove profitable.
 | One tough subject in the audience was 8 woman who could not seem to recognize the things that the medium was trying to tell her, but the spirit was persistent. and one spoke out | through the medium, Don't you let her fool you.' Mrs. Vanderbilt return ed to the attack and finally succeed ed in making the woman recognize the message.
 Two of the spirits were from Italy, a father and a grandfather of man present, and they were later joined by the spirit of 8 woman member of the family. The old grandfather advised l against 8 projected journed.
 | One peculiar connection between the material and the spiritual was noted in
 a part of the house when the medium
 said that the spirit influence that came to her suggested something antiseptiC 1 or the smell of drugs or chemicals Just at the same time an edor much like smelling salts was noticeable and
 was observed and remarked upon by
 several in one part of the house. The l spirit that came with this suggestion had something to say that could moi
 be imparted in public and the reeipi-
 ent was asked to see the medium after the meeting.