The Washington times., 1926-02-17
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PSYCHIC
PHENOMENA
ALICE DUER MILLER

The Waskimgton Times Psychic
Forum is conducted for the open
discussion of psychic phenomena
from all angles and bg all degrees
E0f belieUers IN any Of ITS branches.
| It's UGri01s phases s0ilt be dts
lnsssed By recognized authorities
and the public Is invited to ask
questions, many Of aOhich sCstL a's
turn be submitted to the pubic
for answer.
By MRS. DUNCAN y. FLETCHER
tyVife Of q. 5. Senator from F1Oridal
Editor. Psychic Forum.
The Washington Times.
IT IS with satisfaction that learn
OF the column furnished by your
paper for those who have some
thing to say for Spiritualism.
have been a researcher IN Scientific
Spirifualfsn for over IS years, and
during that time my attitude has
been SO critical that II Is only
within the past five years i have
become convinced OF the Truth az
taught by the mediums In the
ranks Of our Spfrtualist friends.
spent portion Of last summer
I'm Chautauuua and Lily Dale, In
New York State. This Is the Lily
Dale that q psychical1y ignorant
and misguided critic thinks should
be under Government supervision.
Lily Dale is an old and f1onored
institution, for which that portion
of New York State Is justly proud.
1t was q daily occurrence 70 see
parties starting out from Chau-
tauqua to spend the day or longer
in Lily Dale. The head Of the
institution and some OF t1s pro-
fesaors Of the summer schools there
have been credited in the "Cnau-
taiIqua Daily papA. with having
been TO Lily Dale!
The underground tunnels from
house to house, said to exist there,
by this caustic critic, are only those
made by our four-footed friends
that come from the primeYal Tor
ests surrounding this lovely spot.
Some of the so-called disgrace
full proceedings" consist OF good
music. fine lectures and dances
governed by a decorum which
might well be emulated by other
organizations. Among the lee
turers last summer were Malcolm
Bird. principal research officer Of
the American Society for Psychical
Research: prominent members OF
the General Federation Of Womens
Clubs, and others well known at
home and abroad.
The Buffalo Hotel Statler fur
nishes an orchestra and the James
town paper maintains a reporter
there and carries daily accounts OF
what .transpires. The following
episode was published in full by
that paper the day after 1t oc-
curred.
One Sunday morning in August
after the devotional exercises, Mag
gle Waite, medium, was giving
platform spirit messages. She
pointed to a man in the audIene9
and said, Many years ago, you
parted from a friend named Robert
Stevenson, who was leaving for
South America. You both agreed
that the one who died first should
come back at the earliest oppor-
tunity, and give these passwords,
In hoe signo vinces! II am not
correct. will you rise and tell this
audience so?"
He answered 'rYou are correct
Then Maggie Waite continued.
'fYou are Houdinrs spy-you arc
his second cousin. The $50 with
which you paid your room rent
was given you by Houdini. IL
am not correct, will you rise and
/ tell this audience so?"
The man did not rise, but the
audience did. and in the excitement
which followed he disappeared.
LATIN is NOT IN MAGGIE
YATES VOCABULARY.
During this time I was having
daily sittings with the remarkable
| young trance voice medium, Miss
Hazel Ridley, Of Buffalo. and dur.
| ing one a friend, talking through
the medium said. The mediums
father says I may tell you to be
careful about those two women
who have been trying to get a
sitting. They are spies! Not that
they would get anything on the
medium, bur they might attempt
"a harm her. From the descrip.
ton given me I think those same
women went the rounds of Wash.
ington mediums during our late un.
Dleasantness.
The spirit world seems to be
playing q good joke on people who
make their boast that the snies are
never discovered.
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