The sun., 1916-09-24

figure OF n girl, fairylikc in her grace
and appearance.
Her limbs were slendcr and very
graceful and well proportioncd. Her
light hair. in curls. clustered about "A
baby face. for she seemed younger
even than her years. Her eyes were
blue and she had in them a sparkling
expression.
The dancing o. Lillian Pdtison. as
she was called. was the embodiment or
natural grace. h gave a dance OF
the fairies according to her own in
depreciation. a flower dance and ,hcn
"A barbarIc dance in which she bran.
dished a scimitar.
II advised that she he permitted to
dance according TO her own ideas until
h was 10 or II years old. after which
] think she could have regular instruc-
ton. possibly abroad. provided she
developed symmetrically in form. Free
quently these ~precocious dancers get
enlarged feet or weakened muscles
which unfit them for a career.
81 am now ~,ndeavor!ng Ia &c, In
touch with the child agair and pos
sibly I may sec "A way to aid her in
getting suitable instruction. As she is
an American ] would especially like
to do this. because | have been 80 cor
daily received by the people of the
United States
We now come 10 the consideration OF
the strang psychic influences which
seem to have rested upon the child
since May 10. 1914. when Nine. Lillian
Nord!ca died in lava. The gift was
developed with It's alnost supernatural
force. il would seem, about six days
after the passing out OF the famous
singer in an exotic cline. II was when
this manifestation had fully developed
that Prof. Hyslop. as he tells us, o
Lillian to the house OF a medium. "A
Mrs. chenoweth OF Boston. through
whom he has conducted many of his
experiments. The girl was taken IN
the back door Of the house where the
medium lived and in the. sit,ings thai
followed, six In all. the presence Of the
child in person was not known to the
interpreters " the world beyond,
There were various messages which
were traced TO efforts on the part OF
deceased relatives Of the child TO COM
municate.
At the end OF the fourth sitting there
came a deep trance. as told in detail
by Prof. Hyslop, the references to
family matters ceased entirely and
there entered into the circ.e n strong
personality. 1t is largely IA matter OF
opinion as to the value of the manifes-
tatiOns which followed. II must he
borne in mind that the child was now
"a years OF age. that she had so
nrnupaRypd that shn xyaS uinpinU ~,i,Sit
from the grand operas, accompanying
her singing with motions OF the hands
and feet which resembled the business
OF great artistes whom she had never
seen.
The automatic writing to which the
medium resOrted revealed the letter
a. and then the word MADAME and
finally a word OF advice to the mother
OF the child regarding breathing exer-
cises which required the use OF certain
Italian words. all intended for the
benefit Of the child to whom the com
municator was now referring as my
protegee."
Then from the subliminal was
dashed the message: "a lady. | don't
know who she Is. She IL rather large.
| think that her eyes are dark. She
seems to he in a shadow and Is very
imperious." The name Lillian Norton.
which was the maiden name OF the
singer, was revealed and the syllable
"Nord" followed. Here the control
broke down. Prof. HyslOp saw at once
the syllable was intended for Nine.
Lillian Nordica, but he did not know
that h original name OF the diva was
Norton. In trance conditions tho
medium conveyed the information that
the personality trying to communicate
had died 80 far away which was
certainly true. considering that she
had been on a tour of the Orient and
OF Australasia when she wa taken
from these earthly scenes
I'm the automatic writing that i'm
mediatcly followed" using the words Of
Prof. Hyslop again. preference was
made to Pennington. Nc, and the
name Norton given again. The fun
name NOrdica was also mentioned. !
learned that Norton was correct and
that Mime. Nordica was born in Farm
ington.
The personality or spirit believed to
be that Of Nine. Nordica. which was
then cndeavoring to communicate. re-
marked that "it is hard to tell which
IL natural endowment and where in
spiration begins" Then came the OBJ