New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-02
ccepts Ghosty Ect0plasm as Natural Phenomenon
Mystery of ''Phantom" Fluid Is
Likened to Electricity and
Primeval Man

but assured myself later that no tran
door existed nor ever had existed.
Remain and You Will
See What You Desire
The day before 1 was planning 10
leave for France Bien- Boa appeared
and. speaking by means of Martha.
VINO was in trance, he said, Remain.
You will see what you desire" You
can we'll understand that ! remained.
The next day, as soon as the cur
tains had been closed they immedi-
ately opened again, and there appeared
beautiful young woman with diadern
about her golden hair She laughed
heartily as though she were ENJOYING
herself immensely. She pceped out at
US several times laughingly and then
closed the curtains. The General told
me to put my hands inside and feel Of
J her hair. They are like silk. aren't
they" ne asked. They seem more
like horschar, Pm sorry to saw. Gen.
eral,' I answered. As said that 7
received several hard blows on the
back of my hand, and voice said
from behind the curtain Bring scis-
sors tomorrow
The following day I brought the
scissors and the Egyptian queen ap-
peared She seemed wholly occupied
with the question whether or not had
brought the scissors. Then I tool, =
handful Of her hair, which was on
tremely long, and I was about to cut
long mesh when a hand suddenly
struck mine and only MANAGED TO
get about six inches of her hair. Az
1 was cutting she said, in low voice.
Quick! Quick Then she disap.
pearcd, and l never saw her again.
have kept that bit of hair ever since
1t is silky and very fine. I have had
1t analyzed and it is real hair that had
not been dyed. A wig of that hair
would cost several hundred dollars.
am told. Tie careful examinations
satisfied me, from scientific point Of
view, that Martha, whose hair is short.
and black, had brought nothing with
her and that the apparition must have
Deen pure manifestation of ecto-
plasm'
FOR many years Eva has been giving
remarkable demonstrations of ecto-
piasm. Every possible precaution has
been taken. Before each seance tba
cabinet has been carefully insnec,ad
Eva has been completely undressed and
put IN sort of tights which covered
her from neck to feet. Her head has
Deen tied up in thick veil. She had
been examined. As the ectoolasm often
comes out of her mouth. they bave
given her jams mixed with myr+ia
when she was unaware of it. The
myrtle colors everything in contact
with 1T, but the substance came cut of
her mouth perfectly white They have
even pushed the precautions to the ex
IRENE of giving her an emetic before
the sitting, to be sure that she was
hiding nothing in her stomach.
There is enough red light during
each seance so that it is easy to read
large type print. White light has a
strong chemical power which seems
harmful to ectoplasm. There is red
light behind the mediums curtain, as
we'll as several in the room Three
cameras are fixed inside the booth. and
five or six others are stationed in the
room. When the naturalization has
reached the desired stage magnesium
flare is lighted and all the cameras
| take the picture at the same time. This
is in order to get different angles OF
the phenomenon and to be sure that
there is no trickery
! Under these conditions it seems I'M
possible to me that any fraud could
take place" argued DR.. Richet. at is
possible that a fraud might be made
once, but it could not continue for
years under the eyes of the most en-
inent scientists of Europe In the end
! it would have been found out. The
hypothesis of some one being intro
duced into the room cannot stand. be-
cause we are certain that everything
is we'll locked, and we can see we'll
enough TO know whether any one en-"
tiers or not. The only other hypo-
thesis-that Eva brings the necessary
accessories with hers equally abb
surd, because we have made such
thorough examination that she could
not even bring the smallest piece OF
paper with her. Also Eva lives with
Nine. Bison, who is conducting the
experiences with her now. She has no
opportunity to see any one, and she
rarely leaves Nine. Bison. They
eat together and even sleep in the
same room. Nine. Bison is a sci
enlist of note. serious investigator,
who would not be tempted to commit
any fraud. It would bring her no profit.
and the work she has done so far has
only recompensed her with the ridicule
Of those who have not investigated the
subject. Therefore she has nothing to
gain by repeating the same fraud night
after night. But even supposing that
she were Eva's accomplice and that
both had been fooling the world. In
that case they could not have gone 50
long without having been found out.
"Somc Of the most serious scientists
o. Europe have visited then, and have
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