New-York tribune., 1922-05-24
Hand of Romeses Spook Seen
In " on,on's Egyptian Dra,pi;n gs
WIS Emma Field of Chicago, Who Has Never Been
Near Pyramids or Studied Art, Comes to Submit
ner Strange Talent to Doyle and Other Spri,ists

10 he utterly ignorant of art or Of
cg!ptology. Yet TO express with easy
noency IN lead rencil drawings the
symbolism OF the Rameses. is the
Strange gift accredited to Mrs Emma
Maoel tield, OF Chicago who has lust
arrived here and is AZ the San Reno
Hotel N''''
Simple and unaffected in hcr claims.
she insists that Egyptologlsts have
thruSt tne distinction Of remarkable
output upon her. She would have Won
believe that she has never visited ar,
gatcrlcs. studied art. been in Egyrt
read ancient history or Succumbed ia
sp'rltus l'sm Sho laughs at those who
( insist that an ancient spirit Of Ervn.
/ !s expressing itself in her dyawinrs
Z She denies that there IS any menta1
! ,mpu lsion behind the soft lead rcncil
tha' mas covered acres OF rar,4mcnt
ana produced several thousand Of
, these drawings
was the late Professor William
Ianes' eminent psychologist Of the
NM Hvn'FGrS'tN OF Minnesota. who brought
'N'S. tloids work to the front and cavc
her prominence akin to that Of Wrs
1ohr Curran, of st. Louis. mouthnlcce
OF tho flkatlVo Patience Worth.
started to do these drawings tor
years age, SAID Mrs. Fields. II fclt
the desire to draw, althouch had
never SNotched line IN my life bofo,,
My effort was wholly unconscious ~,
most before | knew It | was turn;,c
out these grotesouo figures and intr,'
cate designs. cannot toll YOU to This
day how It happens. but have kent
1t up ever since and vhcr over | have
9no,n'ne else TO do the desire comes
iover nc 10 draw"
Mrs 7 leld told rs +l,n,,,,
nss, no two alike. although tho Egvn-
tlan symbolism p. lists through them
.asIi' expressing itself n quaint, stiff
INES sharp angles and figures which
students Of Egyptian art agree bclonc
20 the period of the Ramcscs.
Her pencil moves almost bv itself
while Mrs. Field retains full conscious.
ness Of what she is doing She laughed
iast nght Al tho suggestion that the
drawings are done while she is in a
trance. and there is nothing about her
20 suggest the medium except GER
tam misty and detached look in her
eyes. Otherwise she is eXtrcmelv al,rt
and practical. She is wholly skeptical
about splritualism, but Sir Arthur
conan Doyle is going TO watch her
draw and make q study Of her when hc
returns 10 New York to sec if nor
drawing IS of the nature Of automatic
writing. Sne is here to try to discover.
" she can, what he~ strange Gift is II
has haf|ed numerous archaeoloeist.
tgHptoIoClsts, scientists and. most Of
all. herself
10 see her work it would seem as
y her pencil slides meaninglessly
across the parchment. scratching and
scr'boi'ne IN sweeping lines. She does
not care to he watched as she draws.
Spectators make her nervous. she said
Scores of critics have pronounced
these drawings perfect specimens of
EGYPTIAN art, containing flavor.
eeihnique tee and symbolistic detail typi-
cal OF the Rameses period" she said.
~ have never studied drawing and
cannot draw anything but these
things Although many people have
told me that the drawings NAV be an
EGYPTIAN CHOSE working through me.
L don't believe them. Professor James
'toie me that it was a case of my sub
conscious mind being more developed
than my conscious mind and that it
was a heritage Of Egyptian learning