Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-25

SuDConSClOus intellect OF the neuluil' III 1iiD
case Of Palladino all these assumptions or
propositions are swept aside.
Case of Palladino-
Palladlno was born January 21, 1884, in the
village of La Pouille, Italy. Her first hus-
band was a conjurer-which may account for
some OF the things she does. But leaving
aside any suspicion, she must be credited
with the peculiar ability to control the
physical actions Of material things. II was
at the age of IA that she first realized her
gifts table at which she was sitting first
tipped over, then raised itself completely
from the floor, performing feat known as
levitation. Eventually, she evolved a spirit
control which she chose to call John King.
Il was King who helped her perform her
magic; It was King whom she blamed for all
that lrappened-or failed to happen.
It is not necessary to recount all Of Palla-
dlnos many and weird adventures with com
moners and royalty. For years she was ac-
claimed wonder of wonders, and then her
fame reached America. In the meantime
however, Professor Chlaia, Of Naples, induced
Professor Lombroso to investigate, and that
savant was converted. AS a result, another
investigating committee, consisting OF Pro-
fessors Schlaparell the astronomer; Erma-
Richet, the latter of the sorbonne, Paris,
held a number of tests and reported favor
ably on Palladlno.
Then followed a number Of other tests, one
every few months, in fact. Sir oliver Lodge,
among many others, attested the strange
powers Of Palladino. They acknowledged her
uncanny ability but failed to assign a cause.
One Of the most interesting Of the seances
was held in Rome, in 1894 Among the in
vestigators were Professor Schrenck- Nothing,
Of Munich. considered the greatest Of alien
lists in Europe; Professor Lombroso, Profess
sor Danllewsk, of the University of st.
Petersburg, and Doctor Dobrzycki, director
Of the Medical Gazette, of Warsaw. What
they found is related in their report:
Hoping to obtain the movement Of an
object without contact we placed little
piece of paper folded in the form Of the
letter A under glass, and upon a disk
of light pasteboard . Not being
successful in this, we did not wish to
fatigue the medium and we left the ap-
paratus upon the large table; then we
took our places around the little table,
after having carefully shut all the DOORS
the keys Of which begged my guests to
put in their pockets, in order that we
might not be accused of not having taken
necessary precautions.
The light was extinguished. Soon we
heard the glass resound on our tcble, and,
having obtained light, we found it in
the midst of us, in the same position, up
side down and covering the little piece
of paper only the cardboard disk was
wanting. We sought for it in vain. The
seance ended. I conducted my guests
once more to the antechamber. NJ.
Richet was the first to open the door
we'll bolted on the inside. What was not
his surprise when he perceived near to
the threshold Of the door. on the other
side Of it, upon the staircase the disk
that we had sought for so long. He
picked it up, and it was identified by all
as the card placed under the glass
Then, having been investigated and in
dorsed by most OF Europe Palladino came
here at the suggestion of Hereward Caring
ton, noted spritualistic investigator. Mr.
Darlington believed implicitly in the genuine
ness of his find" He had written a compre-
henslve book on the subject of her occult
powers" Palladino came to New York was
seen, held a seance or two and-came to
grief American psychical investigators and
reporters probed into her dolngs and one fine
day New York newspaper printed many
showing Just how tables rose into
the air, how lights appeared and disappeared:
how the spirit" world aided and abetted
Then she went back to her Italy
and was forgotten.
So now there remains the positive assertion
Of Sir Oliver Lodge, that he has held con-
verse with the spirits of the physically dead,
together with his promise that soon he will
let an expectant world know all about his
into the land OF the hereafter.