The sun., 1912-08-05
DID ANYBODY CALL FOR
THE SPIRIT Of ABNER?
nc Turned TIP Unclaimed
Last Night at tho Temple
of Spiritualism.
RUDE NAN HAD LONG NOSE
lnclc William. the lninitiatpl.
tdnir at the Call Of the
Girl Who Sang.

v1s but one Of a dozen or more spirits
'ha; called last night to see friends at
90, New York Temple of Modern Spirit.
.iiI>m. at 13S East Twenty-scvcnth
-trcri between Lexington and Third
venues. Abncr. who was described
'v a medium introduced as Mrs. Dar-
ing. was said to be very rough man.
No one at tho meeting which was
held by group Of about fifty spiritual
sts who call themselves the Progress
i've Lyccun. seemed 10 remember Ab-
uer. Abncr. another spirit named
rank and perhaps ten other spirits
all waited outside the hall while girl
with pink flowers In her hat sang scv-
,tole up TO a plano and played num-
per Of selections.
II feel Il tall gentleman near me-"
regan Mrs. Darling. as several spirits
tccan to enter the hall after the musl-
ians had finished. surely some one
ncre must know the gentleman. lie
las a long nose. Under his eye lie has
O, mark where he has been burned.
Doesn't some one here know this tall
gentleman feel beside me--a very tall
gentleman. who was burned under the
,ye before he passed out?"
No one seemed to recognize the
gentleman. Mrs. Darling, II middle aged
woman in white thereupon picked up
flower which some one had laid on
tar N hg ~. ~
said that along the sem Of the flower
she could see the letters W-i-l-l-i-a-m m.
That spells William very plainly"
aid Mrs. Darling. "He says to me-,
IN. SO fcrvcntly. that the lady who left
this flower here is coming to a sharp
urn. see? He says. Tell her to look
1ut see. when she makes the turn
Who Is the lady that placed this flower
.crc?"
The girl with the pink flowers In her
nat admitted that she had placed the
lower on tho desk.
"Yes. yes. know who is talking TO
,nc," she said. william was the name
L one OF my unclcs. He never knew
arythiny about spiritualism either"
runtinued the girl who sings. turning
o III. unbellcvcrs. who shook their
ucads close by. 80 it's all the more
t,u.arkable that he comes here to-nignt,
.snt to-"
William was about the only one who
.iroppcd in from the spirit world last
night vino was recognized by the little
audience. AS for Abner. "a rough old
man." the medium said. even when
Mrs. Darlir. addressed a stout woman
near the middle OF tho room and in
,rst.d that Abncrs name should call
al fria %
,oyt woman shook her head declsively
Vow YOU jus; 90 back through YOU:
fam!ly tree far enough" insisted Mrs.
Darling. and I'll bet you'll find a man
named .Abner some place in 1t. At first
thought Abner hadn't passed out very
.ong. see. but as | feel his presence
stronger and stronger realize now
wat he passed out years and years ago.
You just keep on trying and some
inc youll remember him. lie has a
..ose cropped white beard, and he says
20 YOU. BE ,arcful7-oh, be careful
30 lie says that proposition Is
bout 10 he made to YOU. lady. and he
avs that when II comes you must be
,orv careful. He's very, very rough
I'D man.
Now as | pick up this tortoise shell
rank d. not mean that Frank
~o-" hairpin in life, see. because men
..,,r wear hairpins. And there IL a
lady with brown hair with great light
sd ,rntlud her. sec. and | can see that
..r hair H. all her own. She IL say
1.. OH. 81 distinctly. why don't you
wr'tc that letter? And she says t"o'
pon't continue TO hug and nurse those
ttrl. ruAdiliDns.' see.
Tn. lady who owned the halrpin
could not remember Frank or IN"
.,uaa spirit who has brown hair 'hat
all h,r own. Mrs. Daring however
..nfnrtcd tho woman In the audicnc"
,v telling her that in time she wouiu
.ndulbtcllv remember both Frank and
e g.rl with real hair.
ono odd spirit "A man WIN strinsy
,ard. came in leaning on a cane lie
.f,in,a To h.. disturbed about Some-
hing Mrs. Darling listened kindly for
n fcw minutes while he told her his
troubles IN the silent way spirits nave
ul talking and she then repeated n
n,Intrr Of ,hc things he had told her
Gut again he was not known to any
90. present. although Mrs. Daring
might hnv, found one of his old friends
.g the Girl with the pink flowers In her
hat. who not only helped out with the
.ugnr hut seemed to enjoy larger
aCpiautance in the spirit world than
'Nu.o who had merely dropped In to see
"b,t was going on
Tho medium told one woman UP from
Fat tho old gentleman with troubles
.sjS'.d that the woman was III. The
".'ttn said she wasn't anything of the
',ud Nrs. Darling thcrcupon hasteneo
20 "Ypiaiu that doubtless the old spirit
.',rug on the cane had meant that tho
" 'uau w front was spiritually or
'curhly III, I}ut the woman insisted
" size wasn't III that way either.
ma one spirit after another came II
." seemed never In have met any one
'h' illd"nc". Rut they continued t
'.h messages of an abstract natur,
'.l VI" spirit world until II was an
tnOcd from the dgis that a collection
".I'i low be taken up and some more
..' would h" sung. Thercupon thu
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