The Washington times., 1918-05-19
Can The Dead Talk To Us?
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Says They CANAnd DO. Have They
p Ever Talked to Youi

Ever Talked to HouI
Nrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox believes that she has spoken
With the spirit Of her dead husband and publish here
poem written by her on the subject
The opinion Of this newspaper printed below. Mrs
Wcoxs poem and letter win intensely interest many that
re impatient not willing to wait for death to tell what only
death ten. Mrs Wilcox poem follows:
tss mLUMHED-BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
WhE yOu beloved ALI Go tel the truth all eahs sui
OF S ss love life w with He tSss @ has ntSa eafs viii listen and
song speak
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nsas black wings seemed And tread high ascending
or happy nest Of love. step leads sHu-
nat tear bsuns shadow
kna when parting No storms loneliness
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ana ali TIE universe blank to
eOd and his angels seemed Of radiant Rost Who % NOV. from
ny pray The CHASTITY siencs has grown beau
~ fus doomed da With your dear us..av. so distinct
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where al erhs storms beat Was oompanionAp.
On NEW ne Vent their devastating Though wonderful you seemed to me
Dt ss only refuge hope your
yur ny eEsn soul do you S give truth. greater
5 darkness light
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Hrs Wilcoxs poem, read by mind free from emotion,
Is intensely nterestngsnd even more interesting to the
emotional person, eager to believe
Faith alone makes life endursbe for millions this
panet The belief that she has actually talked to that
dead has made Mrs Wilcox she says in this interesting
poem, Content because KNOW
What is it exactly that Mrs wilcox believes just HOW
does she think that she talked with the dead? The facts are
given by friend Of Mrs Wilcox who brought her poem
and letter after Mrs Wilcox recently sailed for France
The Of communication between the famous poetess
and her husband is known as the "oua Board"
The person questioning the spirit sits at table with
another There is blank paper the table the two expert
msnng place the tips Of their fingers lightly the oua
Beard which about with pencil attached to it. The
pencil writes the paper and the moving Of the hand and
the writings supposed be in spirit and directed by
spirit talking from the other side Of the grave
Msnof real scientific power seeking to communicate with
the dead have had In the result faith as touching that
Of Mrs Wilcox Fortunate for them is the belief that gives
them comfort Those unable to believe should not disturb
bsfisf In others.
This newspaper believes that the dead in this day. do
not come hack that if they had the power to return they
would find simple certain method than the ouija
Board and would tell something more interesting than has
ever yet been told
The ouija Board represents another form of mans for
nate capacity believe what he WANTS to believe and to
see what he WANTS to see.
An earnest believer writes 'If person will think of
departed relative for fifteen minutes every night for month
that relative will appear" Undoubtedly Also for fifteen
minutes every night you should think with concentration of
pink horse with white wings carrying you through space
che pink horse would appear and you would fly with him
81 your dreams The line between dreaming and waking be-
tween reality and fancy, is very thin.
We believe what we choose, and all kinds Of men and
Women made happy by all kinds Of beliefs There is no
REAL knowledge, Of course, bat scence-and science
sf is often based upon and inspired by inspiration and be-
Lief that precede actual knowledge.
Human beings, willing to believe may use the ouija
Board with which Mrs Wilcox talked the dead They NAV
strive good faith and find that they spelling ou
messages from the other wordeach unGonsciously deceiV
ing himself and the other eXperimenter.
Mrs Wilcox describes the three women with whom she
made the experiment that brought results" She might
have had the result working at the oua Board with
chief from the Congo for her strong will would bring and
Wsite the message that she wanted
We print Mrs wilcozs poem and her letter the more
gladly they will interest in way her many thou
sands Of friends and admirers The spirits Of those Vll
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