The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-25
MEDIUMS SECRETS
ARE REVEALED IN
COURT OF LONDON

LONDON-Slowly the light faded
from the room until it was left in dark
ness. There was not a sound, save the
! faint clatter of dishes from the res
taurant adjoining. The audience
waited, watching intently the splotch
of deeper gloom which marked the
position of the stage, where sat the
medium in the mask"
A cough-a sigh-a moan - and
again silence. Then slowly there
emerged from near the mediums chair
tiny light, dull, unCanny. 1t grew
brighter and larger until it assumed
The proportions of human form. Yet
there was something ethereal about
the irradiant figure. seemingly clad
| IN wisps of cloud. 1t began to move
across the stage, so slowly. so silently
that 1t had progressed several feet be-
fore the audience knew ii had changed
its position. And simultaneously
there burst on the ears of the eager
watchers the blatant strains of a jazz
orchestra from the adjoining room To
this mundane melody the figure COM
pleted its journey, while the scoffers
laughed and the faith of the believers
assembled to new nights.
Lady Glenconner's Tribute.
THE sceance interested me very
much wrote Lady Glenconner, sister
in-law Of Herbert Asquith, who since
the death of her eldest son in the war
has been interested in psychical phe-
nomena. "Althoueh the manifestation
was not so complete as some which I
have witnessed what we have
seen has been the initial stages of ma
FERTILIZATION. The medium posses
ses remarkable powers. and deserves,
and has our gratitude for placing them
before our circle of investigators in so
generous a manner"
Sir A. Conan Doyle, firm believer
IN spiritualism, like Lady Glenconner,
was much imressed.
But Miss Molly Winter "the me-
dunn in the mask" says she knows of
no remarkable powers" that are hers
unless they be as an actress. And
Molly adds if any one has been talking
with ghosts, it surely isn't she.
The story came out the other day in
Justice Darlings court in London,
where Percy Thomas Selbit. a theatre
cal agent. sued the proprietors of
west end theater for refusing to permit
him to hold a seance in their show
house.
The Trials Of Ghosts MANAGER
Percy believed this business of link .
ing up two worlds is hard enough
without the interference of any thea
ter owners. There was the Jazz music
incident in the restaurant room. That
was bad enough. Ghosts aren't sup
posed to walk to jazz. But that was
nothing compared with the task of
making his ghost transparent. That
finally was accomplished by means of
phOSp OreScent paint.
And then there was a brush between
the ghost and the stage carpenter The
carpenter heard someone crying for
help, and in tones Of agony declaim-
ing that he was being ChOked. SEX
ing his hammer, the carpenter started
TO the rescue, and found the ghost
clad in black tights and a bed sheet
moaning his ghostly wall.
In the face OF all these trials Percy
is about willing to go back into leger-
demain, which before his little tlierI
in ghosts, was his means of liveli-
hood. But first he wants to collect
some $4,000, which he believes he lost
by reason of the west end theater
owners refusal.
Didn't Need Convincinq
And it's true, Percy's medium in
the mask" was well advertised. That
was the object of the little prelimin-
airy seance i'll the restaurant to which
only confessed spiritualists were in
vited, 1T wasn't necessary to con- !
vince them" he said. They are al !
ready convinced and ready to believe
anything. All we had to do was to
show them what we had and they
would spread the word"
Besides which, Percy and Molly got
considerable publicity through the
London Express. Some months ago
the Express offered $4,000 to any me-
dunn who should produce genuine
spiritualistic manifestations" So aft
er deciding to go after the ghost bust
ness, Percy and Molly started out to
cop this purse. Their first step was