The sun., 1918-12-08

person who had studied his style, and
particularly his cracker" endings; a
good faker could supply a certain
verisimilitude Of surprise. This
Parma" did not attempt, and we
have from her putative familiar spirit
such endlngs as this:
"In q voice sweeter than any music
he said: Hell becomes heaven when
there IL harmony
'Is It not so. BrothersT'
Much more readable, plausible and
at the same time a thousand times
more sensational is the kind of spir-
ltualistic literature that we find &C.
caslonally in Asoth, an American
magazine Of the occult. One Of It's
llveliest recent articles is "An Avla.
tors Great Adventure" by DR.. and
Mrs r. HOMER CUBr1ss. They were
not In n dark room at midnight, but
in rapidly moving automobile In
daylight, travelling between Philadel-
phia and New York, when a young
man II full aviation costume pre-
sente himself to the inner vision Of
Mrs. CCeT1ss." This happened on
July IL. 1918, a few days after the
aviator had been killed and before
his death had been offlcially corrob-
Grated" DR.. CuRTIss asked ques-
lions Of the young aviator ". Az
through the medlumship Of Mrs. CUs-
TIss:
'Dr. C.-You are now in what many
people would call heaven
"Y. A. (Quickly) nothing {!
And know I'm not in the other place!
DIR Cor course you are not dead
but you have left your physical body
"Y. A.--'oh. no. have Just had \
wonderful adventure, that's all. I've
discovered a country that's not on the
map. and I mean to spend some time
here and study II. Then. when I've got
the facts, Til como back and tell the
boys
Or. c. Getting the point pass)-
Tell us how you got there
~. A-weil. was flying. and we
got into bit OF row with the Boches
and felt a sting In my head and my
machine began to fall
"Dr. C.-'what did you do Them
"Y. A.-'why. jumped out. I al
ways felt I could ny myself Only in
stead OF falling down few up here"
DR.. CURrIss suggested to the young
aviator that. while he was not dead
he had put of his body Of flesh, but
the spirit rejected this In language
which Judge EDMoSDs and Mr.. MARSH
never would have countenanced:
"Y. A.-'Atta-boyi Stop trying to
kid me never was a good ono to
kid. I've got my body Just as substan-
tial as ever. I've got on my aviator's
uniform. and I Ill II out all round. You
couldn't put a uniform on ghost
could your
"Dr C.-'wsll, II you will read our
book on the subject along with your
father you will md It all explained
'Y. A-weli. when you make your
point I'll admit It But you've got to
prove t.
DIR. C.--'what DO you eat UP there7
"Y. A.-'Come to think OF It. haven;
eaten since I've been here. But then
often go without eating for quite
while and don't mind It. Now you men
ton It I do feel hungry. Guess I'll go
and get some chow right now
'Y. A. (after q lapse OF a few min
utes reopens tho conversation)- 'Well,
here I am again. and I've proved Il
DIR. C.-Proved what7'
"Y. A-'why. that I'm not dead
I've not only had swell-meal. but I've
met up with an old chum who Is in the
service. and We both had a fine chow.
Now. where is a ghost going 10 put
big meal like that? Does a ghost have
a stomach? Hal Ha! And my chum
is just as alive as am. pinched him
to see. and he hollered ouchi What do
you say to that?"
The young aviator confded to DR..
CuRTIss that he Ind found a new
way 10 escape being wrecked, and as
soon as I study 1t I'm coming back
and tell the boys how TO do 1t, so
they can fly without their machines
too, and so save millions In equip
ment." DIR. CURTIss asked him where
he thought he was at the moment:
"Y. A.-why. you are up here with
me. You belong in this country
"Dr. C.-'No. you are mistaken. Phys
ically we are In our auto travelling
toward New York at twenty-five miles
an hour
"Y. A.--well, I'll have to be going
II you don't stop trying to kid me-"
1t may shock some to be told that
the rather nippant vernacular OF
earth endures beyond the grave. At
the same time this report Of the re-
marks of the young aviator sounds
far more natural than the pretended
stories Of q. HENRY. Whether 1t Is
more natural than ADAM's talk upon
Ewes grief none can say. There will
be those who will doubt that any OF
the conversations crossed the Border,