The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-21
Nv ULYSSES ROGERS

For over an hour yesterday l sat anu
listened to the most amazing story OIL
experience that surely one human De-
ing ever told another.
If such experiences Is ever Terloeo aho
becomes general. the itnaglnations OF
Rider Haggard and II. G. Wells Will
sinh into iusigniicancc against the
commentators Of everyday lie
These things were told to me IN
,uict West End room looking out on
nrosaic street. and in cheerful CONVEX
sational tones. as though they were the
most commonplace everyday occur
renceS.
And it was none other man -NmeF 1I.I,
..bcst beloved poet." Ella Wheeler VIII
cox. whose exquisite breakfast table
sennon-poems have won their way al
over the world. who was telling me %
these wondrous things.
ra1stns to Her Late Husband.
Mrs wilcox has penetrated the veil.
She AYERS that she has mad cornn'u ~
cations from her late ;hnSoaho' sre LS..
had revelations Of his and her previous
incarnations. -,,ds.
~ had made Investigations into splr-
j,;sn, 40 a girl" she said. and mar.
ried q man interested. and VINO hlu'sttt
80 rs,.rhic mowers. He was @ business
rnan a club man. very popular at oln-
= ners. popular with every ooo5' cA1letiIe
" witty, great reader. Al inc Saie
time this subtle quality was IN ms ma
ture. which only those very close 70
him knew.
He had clarvoTant powers.
"ra.th xept Me Prom Suicide"
- LOSING her husband caused her 10
follow up her views closely. All l'ei
faith did. she said. was simply 70 Neep
her from suicide. My talth was no 9
helm I had sufficient To Know tnat -
7 mr. myself out Of the world and trieo
80, 70 my husband / could not reach
hire thai way. But it gave, mo no hap
niness no peace. I wanted knowledge
SO went into my researches until got
:. my knowledge. ~, 1-;,co, died.
The uoet sought the centcrs OF pSEca',
cal reasearch. She got second manu-
proof OF her husband Robert
ence beyond the veil. Dat aesltto H ~
rert Her knowledge came AFTER pu'
s,inr many paths leading IN the u'rec-
ton OF the spirit world. ,..., ?,
"Suddcnly tho curtain was ultc". II
wys without any proEesstonal pSscn!c
or anyone that knew ABOUT pS: @n'-
powers. .o, and
Just friend. and acquaintance aho
myself at the ouiia board
A Trial That Failed.
Mrs Wilcox produced the ~o'aro
oues,iou. lust a plain board about inc
si,o-of g. tea tray, with mystic signs IN
~, corners. the moon and stars Across
~, center were curved rows OF letters
.,wo rows 4 to " and y 10 l.. Seneatn
thcsc were figures |, .. 5. l. ;. b. :. .
n Al the top left hand corner was
Inc word Yes At the foot of Inc
board "Good-byc." -,
sitting opposite to Mrs. wilcox VIII
the hoard resting on our kne'S. ="
lightly pressed our fingers on srnai
nIanchc;t-a wooden affair shapeo
some IKE n heart or 4 flat iron with ne
bondl. but three legs. IF II Splr'
! wished to communicate. the leg at IL.
aney Of the heart should jump aoeu'
from letter to letter and flgure 20 "e
ure ,iii the message was lnoicalea'
fear mine was not tn" rish' ,',.'u
once, for nothing happened. Atee'
-. o four minutes We gave II up
"a friend Of rntur hero yesterday:
said Mrs Wilcox. could not imagine
my getting messages over such I tn'ns
as tho nuija board. ! can imagine Si'
said YOU walking out in your GaTc~f
or some sacred spot in your NOME an. an,
there .ctt;ag into communicating VIZ
him and nobody in between. ~" ,I'.I
is very beautiful but IT. ooesn ""p
men This thing. howbeit. goctn no
nut save by prayer and fasting. II l:
a kind of thing you have to pray ane
fast for.
Silence and Meditation
Mrs. Wilcox indicated various sphere
IF ,ire in which human beings have TO e.
through preparatory stages.
Advised by hrr husband. through com
muaications. 70 give time every o"
alone to this development. she dfd 50
He wrote:
Go to our room. sit in my chalr.
empty your mind so that can III,
1.-THE pitcher that goes TO inc VIII
:: fu,l gets nothing. Don't be too
eager: that binders. Let your NINA
he absolutely tranquil and in time
vou will be able to rake n sort Of
record through which I can speak
10 YOU and you can hear me"
Rapidlv Mrs. Wilcox pursued nc
thcu,e to nc illustrating in the StnrlcS
way TIN. phases Of her spiritualiStl
growth and development
She smoke of mothers whom Sh" ha
u4t in London who had gained cornf"r
from communication with dead sons
and gave a. an illustration the Stor
of the hook "Th" Cate OF Remen'
brancc" written by Frederick bHEn
Fond. an Oxford man and an archaeo'o
INST, who had received. via Il Mr.. A!lFr
:, retired harristcr and an oxford mar
spirit intiy:a;i1a whcr" TO Tina al o.
abbey of The 18th century.
Books by Spirits
She spoke of the marrels of "latienc
WORTH" the book that was dictated TO
Mrs. Curran. in ST. Louis. by the Shake
spearean spirit of that name-" a play
a novel and Il book OF poems that
would be proud to writc-they were al
most Shakespearean." added the Gitte
noer. scholars and people from all owe
the country have visited st. Louis an
investigated this thing. and confesse
that il was beyond any human eNplar
alton.
All this investigation led up to he
y own entrance into the light.
IT had tried the ouija board with pre-
fessional psychics. Nothing much ha