New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-08
SPIRITS AT SPOOK FEST ARE
KEPT BUSY, PREACHING OUT y
Ghosts Who Do Nothing but Study in Sprtland Work
Overtime When They Get Near Mere Mortals
at Conference in Pabsts.

81 see a man standing beside you. lie
has his hard on your shoulder and is say
ing TO YOU Why don't you 20 ahead
You have some very high thoughts. Some
day YOU are going to get up and say eX-
actly what you think. / feel that YOU are
going 10 get something that hone of us
has ever had. The spirit is reaching out,
reaching out-so far that | cannot see
the end
Thus. or words to that effect, spoke Mrs.
Alice Ashley. medium. to a young man
who sat in the second row at the meeting
Of the New York State Association OF
sprituaists yesterday.
Just what the spirit was reaching out
for and the thing that the young man is
going TO get were not made clear 10 the
! audience. but the patient seemed TO know
all about il. He rushed up TO the plat
form. took the medium hand and held it
/ for about a minute. Then she reluctantly
LET him 20 but she just couldn't get him
out Of her mind.
To make room for the next spirit she
had 10 run around the platform and snap
her fingers and growl. Presumably this
scared the old one off, because then every
thing ran along smoothly.
! Spooks Of all ages and habits we're on
exhibition again yesterday at Pabsts
Grand Circle. They stood beside people,
| clapped them on the shoulders. sat down
with them and sent word they were
happy. Also they reached out AS
nearly as one could gather from the me-
! diums. about half Of a spirits time Is
taken up with reaching out" The rest OF
the time ne tells how glad he is TO be
| there.
| Mrs Margaret Hunt. another medium,
! introduced "A note OF variety by chanting
I her messages. The only thing needed
was some one 10 write music TO them. and
il would have been good performance.
Mrs. Hunt inquired for a gentleman
AIMED Henry. and when Henry held up
his hand informed him that the spirit is
| holding up hisn." She also delivered a
message 10 gentleman who she said.
wants 10 jump" The advice of the spirit.
/ she informed him. was Go ahead and
| jump" The reporter hung around after
hours. and even followed the man home.
/ Tut nothing happened in the Jump line.
| A poem recited under spiritual inspira-
| ton was among the contributions OF Mrs
/ Louis Miller. The man who wrote the
poem is dead which would carry moral
! IL you had heard the poem. Mrs. Miller's
vork differed slightly from that OF the
J others in that she summoned about four
spirits at time and had them looking for
three different persons In two cities one
gathered that she was in the wholesale
END Of H.
/ Frank Walker. secretary OF the asso-
! citation, entertained with a graphic de
| scription OF Spiritland. We are all going
! there he declared. whether We want TO
or not It's fine place and there will be
rothins 10 do and. therefore. lots OF time
for study TO a number of persons oppor-
tunity for study may not sound like much
OF an inducement. but YOU may take il
from Mrs. Miller that you'll like il up
there"
j. r. Stcckenrelter read q paper on the
subject OF messages, explaining clearly
and lucidly Just how mediums receive
m, ssages. At least. il was probably clear
no lucid TO Mr.. Steckenreiter
The way to do ii is 10 increase their