New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
PaHi's Spirit Causes sGirI'
To Sing, and Other Things
Shy ''Miss Phirose'' Complicates Investigation of
Psychical Research Society Into Chostly Vista
tons When She Demonstrates Her Abilities

Psychic phcnomena are meat and
drink to DR.. Walter F. Prince, investi-
eating officer Of the Psychical Re-
search Society. Consequently, when he
learned through the medium Of re-
porters that the spirit of Adelina Patti
was credited with having transformed d
Miss Belle Philrose from an unedu-
Gated, diffident servant into an accom-
plished singer, he started out to in
vestigate.
While he was descending a Man
haitian subway kiosk and being
transported to the fiat of the
girls employer in Astoria, L.
l., near where He'll Gate Bridge
arches its back over that ancient men
tails: that Miss Philrose was twenty
three years old; that she had been
orphaned when ten years old and had
since lived as a drudge in the family
Of Philip Levin, 621 Crescent Street,
Astoria. He learned that Levin is a
salesman in the clothing department.
Of Bloomingdale's department store
and the father Of son, eighteen, and
two girls, twelve and fourteen years
Of age. But he heard almost nothing
of Mrs. Levin, the mother Of the Levin
children.
Ghostly Commands Obey~d
All the facts in the case, ne V1os t.ld,
had been revealed TO New YCr!. new--
papers by the philrose gil citing in
obedience to gho..ly conMon from
Patti. This case, Or. Pr-r~- reflected
as he breathed q his specv.J.le7 be-
fore poliAhin9 Them, would IN Sir
Oliver Lodge.
The Levin apartment Is { tle
ground floor and the entrance Is - yne
rear of the drug store in 821 Crescent
Street. Everything that PATHS pupil
told DR.. Prince, every song that she
sang, was repeated yesterday for re
porter of The Tribune.
Il aV Miss Philrosa," acknowledged
the woman who opened the door of the
fiat yesterday. "Come right in. There's
another reporter here and one has just
gone" She was attired in a calico
house dress Of the kind known as bun
galow aprons. Her jet black hair, not
very thick, was drawn back into an
untidy knot, revealing high forehead
and accentuating the brownish circles
about her dark brown eyes. She smiled
pleasantly, exposing two gold teeth, and
seating herself on the piano STOOL gra-
ciously waved her guests into mission
chairs.
Often busted the Piano
"It's nothing short of miraculous"
she began. II was ignorant and back
ward until last October | never had
touched piano, except to dust it, until
last October. Then one night, after
hard, hard days work, face-oh, so
beautiful appeared to me. The lips
moved. The face wore look of hap
piness and content. 1t said to me: you
are too talented to be a servant. You
should be a great singer. | am Adelna
Patti. | shall teach you. Go to- the
piano. Play and sing
Gas in a dream l went to the piano,
seated myself and began to play. 1t
was as though some but it is quite
impossible for me to describe nv SEN
sations. / seemed to be doing some
thing over which had no control. With
absolute confidence played and sang
the piece of music that happened to be
open on the rack. 1t was Tostoi's
'Goodby, Summer
From that time on the easiest pop-
ular airs or the most difficult selec-