The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
SHAKESPEARE STILL WEARS
WHISPERS IN SPIRIT LAND.
Woman CLGirdudient Asserts That Bard Of AUoH Has Written
Total of us Pages Since His Death By
Use of 0uijd Board.

NEW YORK.-Shakespear's cor.
poreal self has been p~ervadlnE the earth
for a period covering two years. and
" most Of his countrymen. ne could
not resist the temptation 10 have \
look at America During the time thS
hpirit OF the bard Of Avon vas ''on M
wire with his c~lairaudient. througD
Mhom ne has given 70 the world soma
80 pages OF modern prose and verse. ne
VISITED various places In the United
suites, including New Orleans. While
m uae LOUISIANA city he composed an
ODE inspired by the music PLAYED I'M
the Grunewald hotel orchestra.
Inc revelation Of Wv. S. In Shirt %
as ne signs each literary contribution
scarcely could be considered OF the same
hlgh standard as his plays and sonnets.
Mhlch nave survived more than three
centuries. But they are interesting in
as much as they give some practical
IDEAS as to the life in the great beyond
For instance, W, s, himself ls@rnoSt
reassuring about his personal appear
hnce. His face still wears the hlrsute
huosnment which his pictures have
says.
We carry here the man we were.
our longtngs, likes some hAtreds. as ri
gore. And l who wove my rhyme am
ne, the same, except for my souls tears,
10 all who yearn TO know II still man
lives without his bones, I say Com
plete. He dies never. Ills ashes arc
remnants OF his suit. l have my whis-
He dedieates the volume, which f.
called 'Shakespeare's Revelations hv
khakespeare's Spirit" published by
Torch aPress, Inc, 10 his mother. and
he explains on the fly leaf that il has
been sent Through the medium OF his
pen, Sarah Taylor Stafford. Dictated
exactly as herein found. No illiteracies,
no obliterations, ~charEeahlo TO the Me
dunn, My hand and seal horeon."
Signed w. S. in Spirit
The first poems. three OF them. were
written through the oulia board Deoem-
Der IL, 1915, Ia tho space OF an hours
time before breakfast
The clairaudient calls the book a
souls record OF defeat. This volume"
she writes, which required one year OF
constant effort TO take TO dictatlon, was
proved Tor W years, following its COM
pieuon. 10 men OF the cloth, laymea,
scientific men. researchers. Jews, Cath
olics and Professionals. 1t Is, therefore.
accepted and proved a spirits dictation
before It's publication"
So much for the mediums proof Of
the authenticity OF the splrlt words
And proof that Shakespeare himself had
every confidence In her Is found at the
Gnd OF the Introduction, where he de-
clares his spirit messages have been
sent through my treasured humble
~clairaudient, Sarah, the only medium
ut words, Dictated by the spirit, Au-
gust Il, 1915 Which shows that he
was all prepared for his revelations
four months before he began working
the ouija board for publication.
Shakespeare Is a paeifist, Though
many OF his sonnets are about the re-
rant NsnF ANA a hmE.N NAAH puuE.r r. a
spirits OF the dead soldiers In heaven.
war.
The next literary illusions following
the group Of three poems are called tho
Sayings Of w. S. Spirit" The first
IS TO the ~clairaudient Enthusiastically, for
w, s, says; Get your stick tpenciD
and make mi a poem"
Playwrights, take noticel w. s., In
spirit, gives three rules for writing a
good play. They are, In his own words,
as interpreted by the ouija board. ITO
write q good play three things store
away, food for thought, bits of plot AMI
ends Of what not. Sort and dabble In
these whatever win please TN the
world calls 1t rot"
Having had time 10 consider his "
plays and poems carefully, he says OF
them. Much OF my work should be
burned and future generations purified
thereby Other revelations are. Even
candy wears stripes" Smooth the ma
perry and II glistens; but rub a eat the
wrong way and the fur may fly An
gels having wings are as rare In he
spirit world as on the plane, VII are
many an angels hovers without feath-
a%irshlps,'' white Is the color OF
q saints robe: but only a saint is with
a saints robe I'VE In the spirit
world know no stocks, neither security,
All Is variable and unstable" SO
Is a blessing which endures, ay,
past the end"
Shakespeare tells that he arrived in
the spirit world as naked as the new,
born on earth. There are Iamps and