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But among all these pretended commu-
nications no medium has yet had the cour'
age TO say that he can reveal the secret OF
the letter in the safe
The first of the pretended messages Is
said to have been received by medium
living in the upper part of New York City
within a short time of DR.. Hyslop's death
and several hours before the fact OF his
death had become generally known. The
communication, which was transmitted by
the medium to one Of the society's investi-
gators, said that when DR.. Hyslop reached
the other side he was in a very weak con-
dition, fatigued by his unusual journey,
and pictured him as having been minis
tered to by Professor James. It is claimed
that it would have been practically impos-
sible for the medium to have learned OF
DR.. Hyslop's death except by psychic means
at the time this alleged communication
was received. Some Of the society's inves-
tigators attribute this seeming miracle to
telepathy or clairvoyance.
This first message was followed by
series of commune stions on the day fol
other medium to the effect that the Doctor
got across the void without any trouble
whatever, landed on the other shore strong
and vigorous-so strong and vigorous that
he was able to communicate with TINS
world within few moments after his
death. While this is taken by some In
vestigators to tend toward establishing
the authenticity of the first communica'
tion, others point out that the messages
contradict themselves.
Mrs. c. G.. Sanders who says she Is a
psychic for the society. asserts that mes
sages have come continuously since noon
of the day of DR. Hyslop's death. Miss
Tubby, in charge Of the New York offices
OF the society. will not admit that any one
connected with the organization has heard
from Or. Hyslop since His death. No Off
cial report has yet been issued.
But Toronto psychist, DR.. Albert Dur.
rant Watson, has given out the text OF
what he's declares is a message from DR..
Hyslop, received on the third day after his
death. II DR.. Watson has actually heard
from nr. Hyslop, and the American psy.
chics have not, then Canada has scored
a psychic scoop" Of no mean dimensions.
DR.. Watson, his medium, Louis Benja.
min, and a Toronto banker came to New
York at the invitation Of prominent COM
poser who had witnessed a seance OF theirs
in Toronto. They arrived two days after
DR.. Hyslop's death and held two seances.
On both occasions, II is claimed, twenty or
more persons OF some prominence were
present.
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HOlU the Whole
Spiritualistic World
Is Waiting for. the
Message from, Behind
the Craze Which He
FaithuIlY
Promised
to Send

BENJAMIN, going into his trance, closed
his eyes. took few deep breaths. and, it
Is said announced that he was in COM
munication with Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
the English poet, and later, with Professor
William James, Abraham Lincoln and
Plato Coleridge is said to have an
nounced:
There is a prominent man among us
who arrived only few days ago. He is
DR.. James Hervey Hyslop and desires to
give a message to his friends. He re-
quests that his friends on earth publish
it for MIN"
Then, at Benjamin's dictation, DR..
Watson wrote long message from Hyslop
beginning: AZ, James Hervey Hyslop, am
sending now a short communication from
the new world where find myself func-
tioning as an entity, a person, an indi-
vidual, one who has retained sufficient
physical replica charact eristics to be
assured that survival is a fact, and that
the continuity Of individual existence is as
true as the fact that he once lived in a
physical world and was known as James
Hervey Hyslop."
DR.. Hyslop did not lose a certain form
Of consciousness during the death expert
ence, the message continued. and he de-
MED that there was any symptom of suf-
fering in the process of death. He had
been cared for he said, when he reached
the other side-"by old friends-delicacy
prohibits the mention of their names"
A strange sense Of delicacy, and one quite
at variance with what might have been
expected of Dr.>Hyslop when engaged in
an enterprise of this importance, say those
who knew the great psychist in life.
The communication went on to say that
an organization of scientists, psychologists
philosophers and teachers in the other
world knowing that contact with other
worlds has been established and is now
as actual as wireless telegraphy and tele
phony, have decided almost at once 10
bridge the gulf and give scientific evidence
of the authenticity of spirit communica.
tion.",.
ThgImessage concluded with the state.
ment that Sir William Crookes, the famous
English scientist, has been very busy dur.
ing his sojourn beyond the grave and has
perfected a machine which will record
thought waves from the other world, all
of which can be easily read by living
people and will presumably take the place
of human mediums. Professor Crookes,
the message" went on, would soon reveal
the secret Of this mechanism to living in
ventor; but by Just what method was not
made clear.
As has been said, Professor James, DR..
Hodgson, Professor Munsterberg and 9th.
ers promised to communicate with the liv.
ing when they had reached the other world.
In 1911, the year after James's death, DIR.
Hyslop received a supposed communica.
tion from the great Harvard psychologist
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muniCations. Some
have been cast aside
as being obviously
false; others DR..
Prince considers
worthy of exhaus-
1.-Two investigation.
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4 WOM4N'S NOVEL
OF VIRILE VIGOR
Masculine Firmness Controls
Mrs. Da,Uson-Scotfs "A
Rolling Stone

"The Rolling Stone" was written by
woman, Mrs. c. A. Dawson Scott,
but there is no touch Of femininity in
this graphic, swift moving chronicle Of
mans career from boyhood to early
middle age. It is a vigorous, virile
tale which deals strongly yet delicately
with unpleasant things, and gives a
living picture of the character about
which it is built.
The Rolling Stone" is Harry King,
the romantic. adventurous son of a
commonplace English father, who, de-
spite the mediocrity and humdrum ways
Of his own existence, secretly sym
pathizes with the rowing nature Of his
boy, though condemning the boys
lapses from life's conventionalities.
Harry's career is essentially a self.
ish one. He takes all, but prefers tc
give nothing. His adventures with
women are many, and through them the
girl is generally the loser, though once
it happens that Harry has real love tc
offer, and it is not returned.
The close of the book finds the '"hero''
back in England after all his travel
ings, and there is hint that the future
may find Harry rather humdrum fell
low himself. tied to woman's apron
strings and devoid Of that boldnes.
and restless adventuring which gave him
certain charm.
THE ROLLING STONE. BY C, A. Dawson
scott. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 81
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DETECTIVE STORIES
Three of Them by Popular
English Writers

Louis Tracy has not lost his ability
to write an absorbing story, for he has
again exhibited it in "The Strange
Case of Mortimer Fenley." The
strangeness of the case lies in the mur-
der of Mortimer Fenley one morning
on the steps Of his country house lust
as he was about to enter his automobile
TO start for his banking Office in London.
he was killed by a rife shot. but no
one could find the rife and the only
trace OF the murderer was some foot
prints in the soft earth at distance
from the house. The story opens at G
O'Clock in the morning of one day and
but for an explanatory chapter at the
| end all its action takes place before G
o'clock in the morning of the next day,
In this short period two detectives have
been summoned to the house and have
unraveled the mystery, and two young
| people who never saw each other before
have met and fallen in love-. 1t is writ
ter, with n fine perception of character
and with sufficient literary skill to
please those who like the books they
read to be couched in good English,
lightened up with Imagination.
Another Englishman. J. Storer
Clouston, whose fascinating war story,
The Man from the Clouds" gained
for him many new readers, has made
another appeal for popularity in
simon mystery story revolving
around twin brothers and the murder
Of an English barOnet. The reader may
begin to suspect the explanation of the
mystery before the story is half finished
but he is kept in sufficient uncertainty
to induce him to read on to the end
with unflagging interest.
! J. Il. Harris Burlaud, n third Eng
lishman, offers book for the tired bust :
ness man in "The Shadow of MaIre
ward" which is a typical British
"shocker." Mr.. Harris Burland won
the Newdigate prize for poetry at Ok
ford about twenty-five years ago and
for the last eighteen years he has been
devoting himself to literature. His new
book. n detective story in which the de :
tectives do not succeed in fathoming
the mystery. is about a young woman
who married man for his money. After
FIVE years of welded life she receives
word that her husband has died in the
East. There is will made public and
secret will which Is destroyed when
she makes the pledge asked for in il
that she will not remarry. But she falls
In love with a young man and all sorts
of exciting adventures befall both her
and her lover before the story ends
with the lovers united and only awaiting
for the marriage ceremony.
THE STRANGE CASE OF MoRrrhfER FEN.
LEY; BY Louis Tracy. New York; Ed.
SIMON. BY J storor clouston. New York
TIE Gs0FEf FaEHAbo@ i, RoT5F 81 MI,f;hIW%Gi.n SG ;I%G ~
b. Harris .Burand New York: Alfred 4
Knopf. 3i.6O. '''a I"
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"rhe Last Of the Crusaders"

1.-The Last of the Crusaders" which
comes to the Metropolitan for five
nights and the matinees commencing
Monday evening. March s, is the story
OF the Palestine Mesopotamia cam
paign. one of the amazing military
achievements of the war. In addition it
contains moving pictures of life and
scenes in the Near East. Through Gre
dentials obtained from General Sir Ed
mund Allenby, Lowell Thomas was of
fcially attached to the staff OF Emir
Feisul, commander in chief of the
Arabian forces of the King of the
Hejaz. He had carte blanche for max
ing pictures. AS a result he has OBJ
tained Photographic records which the
religious prcjudices of the people have
hitherto made impossible.
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DRESSER FICTIONIZES
REAL CHARACTERS
'Twelue Men Really 'A.Clef
Studies Of Authentic Per-
sons, Genuinely Wrought

Twelve Men," by Theodore Dresser,
shows the same keen analytic capacity
of the author Of THE Titan" and "The
Financier," the same ability to get un
der the skin of the subjects and into
their essential spirit. Mr.. Dresser has
written of genuine people in these char
acter sketches, which take a quasi fic
tional formal least they are as in
teresting as some fiction and more in
teresting than most fiction-and he has
reconstructed their ways and moods.
their governing tempers and their con-
trolling impulses very automatically.
Despite certain loosenesses of construc-
ton and some eXasperating mannerisms
of diction-one feels that he is kid
ding" the reader at times-the book is
brilliant piece of writing.
The sketches are of the "a clef' type
and the key is obvious enough for iden-
tifcation of some of the individuals
portrayed. In others the writer has
taken we'll marked types-such as the
benevolent country doctor. His own
brother, known as Paul Dresser, a sort
of Americanization of the family name,
Is sketched in one narrative. Dresser
is still remembered as the composer OF
ION the Banks Of the Wabash and
"Just Teir Them That You Saw Me.
w "uO ih'c
dore Roosevelt and many notables out.
side the prize ring, is the subject OF
"Culhane. the Solid Man other clues
being apparent besides the paranomasia
of the title. Two of the best pieces
in understanding and humor and hu ,
manness are 1.-THE Mighty Rourke-
dealing with an Irish gang foreman
and his Italian workmen. and Ihe
Doer of the Word" dealing with an
old man who has tried to live literally
life of Christian simplicity and primi :
tiveness based on supreme faith. A
bit of his philosophy, as set down by
Mr.. Dresser, is as follows:
I've been working now for twenty
! years or more, and, although I've
never had more money than would
last me a few days at time, I've
never wanted for anything, and I've
been able to help others. I've run
pretty close sometimes. Time and
time again I've been compelled to
saw: Lord. I'm all out of coal, or,
Lord, I'm going to have to ask you
10 get me my fare to New Haven
tomorrow" but in the moment OF
nv need lie has never forgotten me.
, WHY, I've gone down to the depot
time aud time again when 1t was
necessary for Inc TO so, without hVe
cents in my pocket. and He's been
there to meet me. Why, He .wouldn
keep you waiting when you're about
His work. He wouldn't forget YOU
not for a minute.
] looked at the man in open-eyed
amazement.
do YOU mean to say that you
would go down to depot without
any money and wait for money to
come to youf" .,
"Oh, brother" he said, with the
softcst light in his eyes, ''if you only
knew what it is to have faith
He laid his hand softly on mine
''What is carfare to New Haven
or to anywhere to Him?'
TWELVE MEN. BY Theodore Dreiser New
York: Boni & Liveright. sl.bo.
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NEW FICTION FOR MEN AND WOMEN R
TWO NOVELS
BY BINDLOSS
Writer Of Red-BIooded Fiction
Maintains Standard Of
Interest

Harold Bindloss has wide following
of readers. probably almost as ranging
in territory as the far scattered scenes
Of his red .blooded novels. This season
he has published two pieces Of charac-
teristic fiction, which maintain his skill
In originating complicated plot ana
his facility in carrying its details OF
intrigue with stirring adventure and
plenty of suspense.
One of his new novels IL laid, as to
scene, in the Canadian Northwest. a
terrain with which he is very familiar,
not only as fctionist, but as explorer.
The other moves far from the SHOWS
to the tropical atmosphere of the Ca
ribbean, which Mr.. Bindless knows
well as a globe trptter. Both novels
have n similarity in the type of hero
typical Britishers, both young and in
quest of fortune. There Is even hint
Of likeness in the comradely wording
of the titles. But in all other respects,
in Characterization and in plot develop-
ment, the two stories stand on diff
ferent individual merits.
partners of the Out Trail relates
the story of woodsman of British
Columbia, who is the lost heir to an
/ English estate. He is pioneer in the
wilderness, winning his fight against
obstacles both Of man and of nature in
running telegraph line through hard
country. Winning also his English es-
tate, he Is again confronted by difficult
ties, but by applying the square rule Of
the wilds he is again triumphant. His
biggest struggle is within his heart-the
choice between lovely girl back home
and the girl who has stood by him in the
wilderness-his partner Of the out trail.
"Wyndham's Pal" Is again the story
Of the struggle Of one iron -willed man
against human opposition and natural
barriers. Harry Wyndham, the hero,
has double incentive In his task of
restoring the fortunes of his family by
putting his ancestral trading firm back
on the commercial and marine map.
His own success In life depends on his
endeavors. and the girl he loves is also
involved in the achievement. Excite
ment, plotting, counter plot, all have
place In this thrilling romance. There
are temptations as we'll as dangers, but
Though the world is alike on the lines
of latitude, mans morals follow the
parallels.
PARTNERS OF THE OUT TRAIL. BY Har-
~, old Bndloss. New York: r. A. Stokes Co.
| WYNDHAMS PAL. BY Harold Bindloss.
New York: f. A. Stokes Co.
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Life Of Buffalo Bill

Memories Of Buffalo Bill'' is by his
widow. Louisa F. Cody, whose knowl-
edge of the material of his career and
whose intimate recollections of Colonel
Cody are put on to the printed page
through collaboration with Courtney
Cooper, a practiced writer.
This is really an intimate biography
OF the last half of the past century. As
scout and as Snowman he had a varied
picturesque and eventful career. the
episodes of which. in this book. are
told in semifctional. lively style.
MEMORIES OF BUFFALO BILL. By Louisa
T. Cody. New York: D. Appleton & Co
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LISTEN TESTERS" RECORD
Forrest Show Has Had Runs In New
York and Chicago

Listen Lester" brings record Of
one solid year in Chicago to the For
rest Monday. 1t is a mixture of ex-
travagant fun and attractive music. The
two acts are located in an elite hotel in
Palm Beach in the gold room" and
supper porch.
The story has to do with a bundle
of letters held by a designing vampire
woman person from the temperamental
widower. They are sought by the writer
through various individuals and meth :
DDS. The resultant entanglcments are
farcically amusing. Harold Orlob has
contributed group Of songs. Those
that have found special favor are Two
Is Company" IA Very Good Baby
in the Daytime" I'D Love To, "See
Her First" When Things Come iUu,
Way" Others are said to tickle the
ears and the toes,
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COMING MUSICAL EVENTS

Caruso comes again to Philadelphia next
House in MsrtSa. r. "S SDVH,Tn With caTuso ofh %Iii
sing Nine. Maria Barrientos as Martha.
eein4ther eimnE, nne me artist @ Iiil be Adamc D..ur as
MIR Pomplio Mslatesta Sir Tristan. Others
IN the cast will be Messrs Laurenti and
ist, will be the soloist at the concerts OF
the Philadelphia Orchestra next Friday
will play. the Paganiri Concerto in d ma
jor; The program will include two oithcs-
ttal numbers, schuberts ,.Rosamunde'' and
the first symphony OF Brahms.
o. The fourteenth and. for the present. final
performers viii be Marie IanssiSn List,
Helen Boothroyd at the plano ContrIbu-
tions for future concerts of the series may
be sent TO Mrs. Herbert L. Clark. treas
Rudolph Polk. an Ans'rlcan vioiInlst. will
make his first appearance In Philadelphia
at the Academy Of Music, on tho evening
tenbers Max BendIx and Henri MaTteau.
rhe chamber music concert of tho Schmidt
quartet. which was announced for Friday
evening. March 9, has been postponed until
Em sGhmd Il VIII VIII be ,So SsHRfs sUs
'''' ~ >''N 'N'''NN'
~ The contest for the gold medal of the
PniiSdelPhi% ,,.Ey bP Music Club took place Feb
Nrded the medal TO Renee Rlgby, OF
Media. Margaret Coddington receiving an
Maurits Leefson.
The concert to be given by the Matinee
yue.strattord on Tuesday. March .. at .2:so
o'clock, will be a melomime drama. entitled
presented in costume. The allied arts. song.
music dance and pantomime.. will contribute
pictinE some OF the most romantic figures
in French history.
When Michel Foiine. creator OF the Rus
sian Ballet, and Vera Foena. prima oaller-
Ina OF tho Russian Ballet. come to the
Ses 9gera HOvse on MOnSay
in the way of entertainment entirely new
to Philadelphia audiences. An attractive
repertoire has been prepared.
For his farewell concert at the Metro
politan Opera House on Friday evening of
| next week. John Mccormack. who. in June
is to leave for a tour Of Australia. New
Zealand and Eurrpe' Will sing a program
ability. '''' " '''''
The Philadelphia operatic Society is send.
ing out it's last call for chorus singers for
the proposed presentation In May OF The
/ Jewels OF the Madonna Trial OF voices
Of applicants will be held next Tuesday
! evening iarch .. at T;45. in the assembly
| room OF the Bourse. Meanwhile. the society
| is holding rehearsals on Wednesdays and
| Thursdays for the performance OF "Bocca-
| clio" on March 25 at the Metropolitan Opera
House.
The directors Of the Philadelphia Con.
J servatory of Music announce the last OF
| the mid-year concerts TO be given by pupils
OF the primary and intermediate departments
| on Saturday, March 0, at . 80 o'clock, in the
| Presser Hall. 1714 Chestnut street Ad.
| mission free. upon application to the school.
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UNIFoRMING AN ACTOR
How Walter Sherwln Of "Sever
DAYS Leave" Got Soldier Suit


The "soldier suit" Walter Sherwin
wears in the sensational military naval
drama. "Seven Days Leave" coming
for run to the Walnut, is the most
priced article he possesses. He was
dissatisfied with the suit he was wear
ing because it was new and didn't strike
him as being the proper garment to por-
tray the part While rehearsing Mr..
Sherwin tried in every way possible to
secure uniform worn by one of the
boys who had returned from "over
there" While looking in haber-
dasher's window Mr.. Sherwin opened a
conversation with a soldier who had
returned from the front and who was
gazing through the window at the men s
wearing apparel. 1t did not take Mr..
Sherwin long to make up his mind that
the soldiers outfit was the suit that
suited his part. A few minutes of con =
versation and an exclamation Of sur
prise from the soldier were followed by
q trip into the store. Twenty minutes
later the soldiers attirpd in a wonderful
suit. fresh shoes, socks, gloves, ETC.,
his face beaming and his thanks pro-
fuse, hurried away. Mr.. Sherwin
equally happy in the possession of the
much desired uniform for his role.
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CLASSIC DANCERS ART
AIbertlna Rasch ExceIs in Variety
Of Schools

Coming from the opera stage, where
she became famous, Albertina Rasch
has established herself among the best
classical dancers of today, not only for
her technique. but for her varied inter =
pretations. Albertina Rasch presents a
new offering at Keith the coming week
in which she is supported by group OF
personally trained aides and a special
musical program.
No theatrical tricks, no sensational
devices or overdone spectacular effects
are used to detract from the shortcom
ings of the star. Miss Rasch has chosen
some of the best compositions of the
great masters, such as List. Chopin
Tschaikowsky. Ippelitov- Ivanox, Cha
minade. Gries. Massenet and others
and arranged herewith a production
wherein she and her talented pupils in
terpret with skill and the poetry O
motion in the art of choregraphy.
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"MlRR0R-v0ICED" SISTERS
The Misses kouns Have Voices Alike
In RANGE and Quality

Herr Raoul Walter always told them
to sing the way that seemed most easy
and natural. 1t is for this reason that
the Sisters Kouns. Nellie and Sara.
whose singing is the lyric feature of
"Frivolities Of 1920" the Opera House
revue have but little respect for theo-
ries Of voice resonance, tone placement
and breathing.
After series of concerts they trans
ferred allegiance to vaudeville. They
were among the first American enter
tainesr to volunteer for overseas serv-
ice after Uncle Sam entered the war
and did good work with the 4. +. +.
and the army Of occupation. The
kouns girls possess fresh and full So
prano voices, very nearly alike in range
and quality. This is emphasized in
rendition Of the "Swiss Echo Song
They are called the mirror voiced
sisterss
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mand an occasional performance. It
may be. safely taken for granted that
these works lack some essential ele-
ment of permanency. Therefore, for
artistic as we'll as box Office reasons
artists are fully justified in choosing
programs which their audiences will
like, provided always that the com
positions meet the musical and intel
lectual demands Of the performer s
artistic Judgment.
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LouIs e.nn'son's "mustache"

The three hairs on either side mus
tache that Louis Bennison wears in
"Dere Mabel is a sacrifice to realism.
The illustrations in the books called
for one of those weird appendages, and
instead of buying one ready made Ben
nison determined to raise one all his
own. He did, but no member of the
Lambs Club was ever "guyed' more
han he was up to the time he went
with the company on tour.