New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21

without any difficulty. Fancy how many hus-
bands will henceforth invoke the shade OF
Fernandez! Doubtless he could give them
many another valuable tip if he only would.
Every established rule for receiving ghosts
demands that they be humored in any such
whms as that of Periander's wife.
Housewives in their astral form have often
been known to worry unpaid laundry
bills If you ever meet ghost with worries
like this one, pay the bill for her. 1t will be
to your credit woman of Perth, who died
in 1888, left grocery bill of three shillings
and ten pence. She kept appearing for days
until some one wiped out the indebtedness.
Many a student of the psychic is at loss
to know how to act when a ghost has been
offended. Such instances have occurred and
really quite embarrassing.
We recall the delightfully."- polished manner
of that ghost Imperator. He belonged to the
very highest tier of ghostly society. And a
gentlemanly shade he was, if ever one re-
turned to earth No Walter Raleigh had more
courtliness or charm.
Henry Holt, writer of ghost classics quotes
passages from accepted authority to show
that Imperator once absented himself from q
certain meeting at which spirit messages were
received. 1t was plainly of pique. A
certain Doctor Speer had offended him. Later
Imperator, having somewhat recovered his
social balance, attended another meeting He
was questioned about his previous absence
Very readily he admitted that he had stayed
away because he was deeply offended. Dr.
Speer again apologized. This time Imperator
showed that he was thoroughly we'll bred
rbo~% ~ II
ceived this apology with "a series of stately
raps suggestive of bows"
A little group of earnest thinkers and table
tlppers In New York is seriously considering
the question of referring this entire question
of the proper method of addressing ghosts
to the First International Congress for
Psychical Research, which will be held in
Copenhagen August rs to September 2. in
elusive. Invitations to attend the meeting
have been sent to all Of the greatest psych:cal
researchers in the world. Their opinion on
this matter would be invaluable
At present the program for discussion at
the congress contains the following: % The
Relation of Soul and Body; (2) The Nature
of Telepathy; (3) Mediumnity, Conscious and
Unconscious; a. Origin and Nature of
Psychical Phenomena, Levitation, Telekiness,
Dowsing Rod, Naturalization ETC.; 60 Ma
ture of Hypnotism, Whether of Origin PSYCHE
cal or Physiological; (6) The Question of the
So-Called Human Aura.
The committee will also debate the posi-
bility of prohibiting public shows of hypno-
tisn etc, and the foundation of permanent
international office in Copenhagen for the
collection and distribution of results of
modern experimental psychical research.
Walter f. Prince, director of psychical re.
search and editor Of The American Society
for Psychical Research, will go from New York
to attend the conference and will speak on
"Telepathy VS.. Spiritism as an Explanation of
Evdential Mediumistic Phenomena" Mr.
Prince is one Of the newly elected executive
officers of the American society. The com
plete list includes William McDougall, presi-
dent; William c. Peyton, vce-president; Mr.
Prince, acting director of research and editor
Eric J. Dingwall, director of department of
psychcal phenomena; Lawson Purdy treas
urer and Gertrude O. Tubby, secretary
Next week we expect to be flooded with
telepathc communications about the levty OF
this article. They will be full of big words
such as ''mendacious' and "fippant" Blu,
what one do if the scientists refuse te
take seriously? Only remember Column
bus and Robert Fulton.
If the criticism becomes more than we car
bear we intend to organize a personally con
Quoted party for jovial ghosts and go out t
Mr. Tilyous Steeplechase Park. We woult
like to see the shade of Lady Macbeth wall
across the stage A facetous friend add
that Hamlet's ghost might forget its soliloqu
if it ever tried the human pool table
Be that as it may, ten years from now "
, firmly believe will be buying best sell
er" entitled How 10 Meet a Ghost: What
Do What to Say. and How 10 Say It. o
she fly leaf will read that it was compile
, by sixteen eminent authors
In the interests of science, copyrigi
, privileges are waived.