The Washington times., 1919-04-30

coud peep beyond the curtain that shuts this life from what
follows it and tell the world the REAL TRUTH of existence
beyond the grave.
ARE THESE ATTAINMENTS POSSIBLE?
This question rises with particular nsistence after read
ing the remarkable article Modern Sprituasm, written
for the May number of Hearss Magazine by the famous
English author, Sir Conan Doyle
The war has developed tremendous growth of interest
in Spiruasm and of men well known In the worlds
of letters and science devOng deep study to its phe
nomena.
Always there has been wide difference of opinion to
the possibility of spirit communication.
Darwin said "God help US if we are to believe such
things
But Sir William CrOOkes, the great English scientist
who died the other day. whose theory Of eecrons has COM
peey upset the worlds idea of matter by substituting en-
eTgy for substance willing to risk his reputation on an
assertion that Spiritualism was a real truth
Dr. Russell Wallace the great naturalist, Flammarion,
the French astronomer Sir Oliver Lodge and most recently
Hrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox have asserted their belief In
spirits and in the possibility of communication with the dead
Sir Arthur in his article regrets that Spritualism
may be renamed for he recognizes that great prejudice
has grown up against the title because of its by takers
and Charatans who under the of "Spiritualists
have imposed upon the public.
BE prefers to call the latest development and the new
growth PSYCHIC RELIGION and so it from old
associations
Spritualsm in its modern sense had its origin in the
town Of Hydesvie in New York. in 1848, when family
BY the of much troubled by noises which they
heard about their home.
One member of the family was Kate, child of nine
years who discovered that the of the troublesome
sounds was intelligent She claimed and seemed to demon
ate that she could get reasonable and truthful to
questions which she asked the replies being given by
rappngs.
Later she claimed to have established the identity of
her spirit communicant being that Of travelling peddler
who had been violently killed.
Her claims and demonstrations attracted wide attention
and she with her family went to Rochester, N y which
became the Spituasc CENTER and thousands Of people
visited the Fox family intent upon gaining knowledge of
the future or of communicating with friends who had died
was in the early fies however that the greatest of
all mediums according to Sir Arthur developed His
was D. D. Home Scottish American whose father said
to be Of the tenth Earl of Home and whose mother
was credited as being gifted with second sight"
Home was given especial credence because he never
sought to make money of his powers His fe written
by his second wife, is highly recommended by Sir Arthur
worth reading by investigators.
travelled much abroad appearing before scientists
and crowned heads and mystfyng them by his peculiar
powers.
Among those before whom he gave demonstrations was
the Gar of Russia Alexander H. but he apparently did not
tell him that few years later he would be blown to pieces
by bomb that within half century his successor
and all that Czardom represented would be wiped from the
face Of the earth.
Following Home there have been many famous medi-
Mrs Piper of Boston the discovery of Professor Viii
liam James, of Harvard for years under the observation
Of the Society of Psychca Research with what said
have been remarkable results.
Mrs Piper is alleged to have been under three distinct
Controls during her life. For years her communca
tons from DR.. Phnuit French physician of whose
career In life evidence has been found For four
years following she expressed the spirit of George Pei
ham," which the pen name Of a young American
author and following him. she became the mouthpiece of
the controls of Stanton Moses who had died but short
time before, and who during his life had been medium of
wide reputation.
Much Of the result of the demonstrations of Mrs Piper
has been kept secret because of its private character She
has sought notice been accessible to the public in
general and there have been charges of fraud placed
against her.
Another famous medium still alive is Eusapia Paladino