New-York tribune., 1922-05-08

o" N''theEle Hall yesterday
si'ernoon while his audience 60,
NuShed throughout the lecture uhic,
mas excited so much interest that i. :,
oolnS being repeated four times hoeora
he leaves the city.
Sir Arthur showed twentv.e,-o ..i ..
photographs not used al his nrov;o,,,
appearances, including tho few nevo,
shown anywhere before. Auo,c 49,,
was message declared " bo fro,,
William + Stead, written around +ho
face Of Walker, lifetime fr;erd
nc message. which Sir Arthur voucb,a
Tor as being in the Handwriting -
stead VAS as follows: 81 will trv n
keep you posted"
us significance, Sir Arthur said. Inv
IN the fact that whep Walker wa, so,
lne goodby at the dock to Stead on fro
after fatal triQ on the Titanic hs
said to his departing friesd: ~ will
tfy to keep sou posted" Later. ubor
aISor sat for spirit photorranb
. TINS message, known only Ia ~ .n,a
Neq' en- ,spPeared on the plate.
knew 'Stoad's Handwriting ueu >,
SAID er Arthur. "Nho was il N ~
Stead ." - was not
Another picture showed tn. fcnro n
oeauutu' girl. in natural tints r;s.
6ng Cioud-llNe from the head of ". r
Iteao daughter, VINO was posing for
her photograph '''
81, Inquiries en,, have reached him from
~ sources .! since he started showing
'hHSe psychographs." Sir Arthur said
asking for an explanation o; then, STiu Tbn
criticism had been mace. ho added
mat they are sort Of super-materiaI.
ISM. ihey could he described nronerlv
IN 'hiS way. he said, although h., j.
trying TO show Just where sniri+na1
forces impiNCe themselves ON rattor
They arc only tho introduction to some.
'n|ng INFINITELY more important and
hlgher, and Wednesday night in an
other ecture he will endraror to show
juSt where this uper-materialism ends
and the spiritual forces begin. Sir A.
thur announced.
he creator of Sherlock Holmes told
Of the Society for The Study Of Super
norma Photography in England. witch.
70 sad had on its membership list the
greatest spirit photographers in 1he
world. He described the "ectoplaSmic
hrew' which The photographer throws
out 10 create the atmosphere for the
taking of these pictures
Figures Not Actual Spirits
Arc these wraith-like figures that
appear on the pictures really spirits ."
SIR Arthur asked. I'VE have come to
the conclusion that they are not. If
YOU are looking on while the pictures
are being taken you do not see these
GrN4-f -.l
What the camera takes is mold, or
imulacrum Sometimes the spirits are
sad. sometimes smiling. They have
mortal masks, bearing all the little
signs and scars that characterized
them when alive. This is that we may
recognize them here. They are not OBJ
Jective. 1t is my belief that they all
have wise controls on the other side
and that the control builds an ecto-
nlasmic bag, and at the top of this bag
the head of the body forms"
In support Of his point Sir Arthur
threw on the screen picture of JEFF
floy, head of the conjurors in Scot
land. with the vague outlines Of this
"ectoplasmic bag" surrounding him
7 here was no face in it. A few min
uteS later another exposure was taken
and a head was shown clearly defined
~ the same bag. Sir Arthur said it
was the head of the mans dead wife,
and that she wore a silver earring
when had been a lifelong pledge Of
their love.
Two pictures taken Just before he
left England to come here were next
shown by Sir Arthur. They were Of
famous French medium, showing the
supposed spirit of her dead husband in
oue instance and Of All old French
ancestor in another, The spirit photog
rapher knew nothing Of her relatives
o. connections, as she had Just come
over from France end concealed her
identity while having her picture taken,
Sir Arthur said
Empress's Head Shown in Hood
Another remarka BILE photograph
showed Barnes, a Scot, who was great
" interested in the history Of the late
Impress of Austria. Her story had
become an obsession with him, and
when taken by q spirit photographer
her head could be distinctly seen yelled
IN the psychic hood common to all
these pictures.
This may be thought form or it
may be that the Empress, pleased with
TINS mans chivalry over her story, ap-
peared to him." Sir Arthur explained.
A new picture Of Katie King, Sir
" i4t4oI4 CIOohCS Fepultu SOlIti O4'
was shown This girl, who, according
to Sir Arthur, came from the body of
a medium and lived in the Crookes's
household for two years, is described
as a descendant Of former British
Governor of Bermuda According to
Sir Williams account of her, she
would take his children on her knee
and tell them stories Of the old
buccaneering days a she had lived 200
wears before, Sir Arthur said. He read
letter from Sir William, written
shortly before his death, in which he
SAID that he had had no occasion to
revise his findings on this question or
take back anything he had said about
the existence of Katie King.
IF Sir William had died 81 the time
this occurred every one would have
pronounced him a lunatic,' said Sir
Arthur. "As it was, he lived for forty
Years and was known as one of the
most brilliant scientific men Of his
time"
Control often Is a Child
All mediums have a control, very
often q child Of seven or eight years,
Sir Arthur explained as he flashed on
the screen the picture of little half
breed girl, the control of Mrs. Deane,
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