The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24

turbed atmospheric conditions
that communication with spir-
itland is next to impossible. Most of the
mediums have given up trying to talk
with friends and relatives in the war
zone But not so here in America. In
deed, the tramp OF marching hosts, the
mournful means of bullets and the roar
OF bursting shells seem to have driven
the spirits from that part of spiritland
directly over the battle grounds. And
with most OF the old country resound-
fng to the crash of war; the spirits must
need take refuge in the new spirit
world.
Developments in spiritual phenomena
have come thick and fast lately. New
marvels are reported right along. The
summarizing of the giant liner Titanic by
an iceberg in 1912 and the torpedoins
Of the Lusitania furnish much material
for psychic demonstrations. Indeed, the
sinking of the Titanic seems to have an
enormous influence in spiritland. The
loss of the Lusitania may be OF equal in
tercst in affairs spiritualistic, for the
widow of a Lusitania victim, giving birth
to a child, claims to have been in con-
STINT communication with the departed
father, who not only eXerted eXtraordi-
nary prenatal influence on the child, but
after its delivery appeared to assist in
giving II a name.
Messages are received from William T.
Stead, describing the death OF himself
and his wife on the Titanic, and recount
ing his sensations on joining the spirit
colony He even gets little peevish and
sharply rebukes every medium" for try
ing to call him for spectacular purposes.
And then a woman takes spirit photo-
graphs, aims her camera at picture OF
herself and finds on the plate the spirit
photograph" Of a long departed friend.
She finds messages from this friend on
the plate, duly and deliberately auto
graphed. Which all recalls the famous
Esprit photographs" taken OF the
'hoodoo mummy" about which MI.
Stead had talked shortly before he was
TO meet his death. This mummy, now
reposing in the British museum, has
brought death and i'll fortune to every
one who has handled II or written about
it. photographer once tried to photo
graph II. The plate showed, instead, the
face of a maleyolent looking old woman
II is said the photographer died shortly
afterwards Stead had talked to fellow
passengers OF this mummy little pelore
the Titanic struck.
The LATER woman to make spirit pho
tographs'' is none other than Mrs. Mar
euerite du Pont Lee, sister Of Maurice
du Pont, of the celebrated powder manu-
featuring family Mrs. Lee not only OBJ.
tanned likenesses and written messages
from departed friends on the camera
plate, but by tying plates around her
head secured a picture Of what she be-
heves is her brain.
Messages, too, are received from MI
Stead and Frank R. Stockton, the ia
nous American author, who died In
1902. telling the effects Of the war IN
spiritland.' Earlier in the year Stead's
daughter, in London, who herself Is
possessed of mediumistic powers, had
declared the disturbed condition Of the
ether wherein her fathers spirit dvelt
had prevented her from communicating
with him long message, however, is
received from Stead through an American
medium, describing in detail his depart
ure from the world of reality and his en-
trance into spiritland.
And as for Stockton's spirit, 1t seems
II has been busy for some time, debating
bits of unfinished stories to a medium.
Mr.. Stockton's spirit first became active
q few days after the Titanic went to its
grave, thus again showing that the liners
sinking was of immense import to the
spirit world.
None other than Professor James H.
Hyslop, high priest Of spiritualism, sec
Rotary Of ths American Society for