AMORC FOLDER 1896-1910

1896-1905
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York
Friday, June 12,18%
Page 1

W om en Delegates Leave for the Con­

vention City.
T h e W e s t End W o m en ’s Republican au xil­
ia ry o f N e w Y o rk c ity met a t its headquarters
to-day to bid goodby to women delegates
bound fo r the Republican national convention
at St. Louis. T h e ir headquarters, 102 W e s t
E ighty-second street, were beau tifu lly deco­
ra te d ’and there was a la rge audience present.
Mrs. Clarnce Burns, the president, presided;
Mrs. M ay Banks Stacey acted as secretary.
M argh erlta A rlin a Ham m was the speaker o f
the day.
A ft e r tho business o f the session was finish­
ed, the speaker was introduced and in a b rief
address describe^ h er trip through the far
East from New Y o r k across the continent,
across the Pacific to Japan, China, the low er
parts of Russia, Corea, the P h lllip in es and the
Strait settlements.
New Y ork Tribune
New York, New York
Wednesday, July 7,1897
Page 5

D I8 C U S S I0 X AT TH E LEAGUE.

MRS. MAT BANKS STACY ENDEAVORS TO

C O N V IC T S H A K E S P E A R E O F O CCULTISM .
JT7m members of the Professional W om an'* League
showed a praisewjrthjr retard for tha fltnsss of
things when the/ selected for their subject for yes­
terday's meeting **The Occult Side of the 'Midsum­
mer N lih t's Dream.' " Noted that a ndlnf the day, a
number of women were present at I o'clock, and
took part In an anlma:ed discussion.
Mrs. May Banks Stacey read a paper on the
subject, setting forth 8hakesi>eare‘s knowledge
and belief In tho occult as evinced In many of his
writings, and particularly In the play selected. She
said: "There Is no doubt that Shakespeare's plays
contain evidence of hermctlo and ancient mystery
sources, in fact many peopl- claim that the plays
were written by a member of the secret society of
the Roalcrurla. and not by Shakespeare, while
others claim that he was a member of this society.
The aim of the Mystics was to teach man the reality
of the future life." Thu* supposition w ai supported,
she said, hy the fact^ that Shakespeare, through hit
works, showed a familiarity with the teachings of
Plato. Sncrntea, Viral 1 apd other o f the ancients
In his conception of the occult. The quotations
" W e are of *u«*h stuff as dreams lire made of*’ and
"O ur little life is hounded with n sleep" suggest
strongly the t..'j<htng« o f Kleusinlnn mysteries.
Mrs. Gertrude Andrews. Mme. Pe Louie and Miss
Gertrude Summers. In an Interesting discussion,
showed remarkable fa m iliarity w.th the occult and
the mysterl .as In general.
Am ong those present were Mme. pe l^oule, Mrs.
Je«sle ftogfe. Mrs. Htenhen King. Mrs. H. Herbert
Knowles. Mrs. A. Steel. Mrs A. K. Hnlstrom. Mrs.
Bertha W elhy, Mrs. M orv Tem ple Bayard, better
known as "M e g " ..f "T h e Pittsbu rg Dispatch," Miss
Alice Moure and Mrs. Gertrude Andrews.
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The Chicago Sunday Tribune
Chicago, Illinois
Sunday, April 17,1898
Page 1

'■ , • ’ '

They eaU It Manhat­

tan Mystic Lodge.
There had been talk

but the women were reticent,

a real lodgeroom. with queer Insignia and a
delicious air of mystery,
of this mystery was Jc- aaloned by
whether the real Mason,, would recognise
this new feminine order. But fats and the
Masons—a real lodge—were kind to the
women.
Mrs. May Banks Stacey, who ie the head
and front of the movement, was
initiated a few days ago. and yesterday aha
swore in. with mysterious rites, twenty of
her followers.
The principal requisite for
that one must he the wife,
slater, or granddaughter of a
ritual used in Manhattan
he that of the first woman's
in Franco to 17TO. of which f
aephine was a member," said .
The Topeka State Journal
Topeka, Kansas
Wednesday, April 27,1898
Page 4

W O M E N A S MASONS.
N e w Y o r k W o m en W h o B elieve in
the Occult.
N e w Y o rk , A p ril 27.— “ M an h attan
M ystic L o d g e ” w a s organized at its
i h eadquarters In the Tuxedo, M adison
| avenue, and F ifty -n in th street, and the
1 am bition o f several clubw om en to be
“ real M aso n s” w a s thus satisfied. Airs.
M a y B an k s Stacey Is the president, and
the ritual to be used w ill be that of the
first w o m an ’s lodge, founded in F ran ce
in 1798, o f which the E m press Josephine
w as a member. These wom en w ill call
them selves M asonists, and fo llo w the
ritu al laid d ow n in A lb e rt P ik e ’s m an ­
ual.
T hat the m ovem ent is no idle pastim e
| is evident from the fact that not only
is it in the hands of some o f the best
known club Women in the city, but it
has so fa r been vouched fo r by prom i­
nent M asons, and its object heartily in ­
dorsed by them.
Los Angeles Herald
Los Angeles, California
Sunday, May 1,1898
Page 15

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Women Organise a Masonic Lodge
Wom en yesterday organised a lodge of
Masons at Tuxedo. They call it Manhattan
Mystic lodge. There had been talk of such
a movement for several weeks but the
women were very reticent. They met in a
real lodge room, with queer insignia and a
delicious air of mystery. Rum or says much
o f this mystery was occasioned by doubt
whether the real Masons would recognize
this new feminine order. But fate and thn
Masons—a real lodge—were kind to the
women. Mrs. M ay Banks Stacey, who Is
the head and front of the movement, w as
formally initiated & few days ago and yes*
terday she swore In, with mysterious rites,
twenty o f her followers. The principal re­
quisite for membership is that one must
bo the wife widow, daughter, sister or
granddaughter of a Mason. "T h e ritual
used in Manhattan Mystic lodge will be
that of the first wom an’s lodge, founded in
Franco in 1798, of which the Empress Jo­
sephine w as a member." said Mrs. Stacey.—
From a N ew York Dispatch.
The Macon Republican
Macon, Missouri
Friday, May 6, 1898
Page 6

Mrs. M ay B an ks S t a c e y , of Xe .▼
York, is la St. Louis, and a* a result of
her visit a woman's masonic lodge m ay
he orjjaaiaed in St. Louis.
Steamboat Rock Echo
Steamboat Rock, Iowa
Friday, May 6,1898
Page 1

Woman's M ystio M asonic Lodge.

Now York woiuon have organized a
iodgo of Masons. They call it Manhat­
tan Mystio lodge. They met in u real
lodgement, with queer insignia nnd r
delicious air of mystery. Rumor Buys
much of this mystery wus oooueionod
by doubt whether the renl Masons
would recoguizo this now feminine or­
der. But fate and the Masous—a real
lodge—wore kind to the women.
Mrs. May BnukH Stacey, who is the
head aud front of tho movement, was
formally initiated, and n fow days later
she swore in, with mysterious rites, 20
o f her followers.
Tho principal requisite for member­
ship is that one mast be tbo wifo, w id ­
ow, daughter, sister or granddaughter
of n Mason. “ The ritual used In Man­
hattan Mystio lodge w ill bo that of tho
first woman's lodge, founded iu Franco
in 1788, of whiob tho Empress Jo­
sephine was a m em ber," said Mrs. Sta­
cey.
Phillipsburg Herald
Phillipsburg, Kansas
Thursday, July 7,1898
Page 8

WOMAN’S DEPARTMENT

MABEL U. POMIBOf, EDITOR.

'............- ..................... ....>1. 1—>

'"The Manhattan Mystic Lodge,” a

masonic lodge of women has been in­
stituted by Mrs. May Banks Stacey,
to which only the wires, widows,
daughters, children and grandnhdd*
area of masons are eligible to member-
whip. The society will take oare of
the families of masons who are m-
jared in the war and help those who
are left in want by the call for rolnn*
tears.
 The North Adams Transcript
North Adams, Massachusetts
Saturday, April 22,1899
Page 3

C A P T U R E D BY AN AM ERICAN .
flo w L ieu ten an t Stacey J ailed G a r­
cia. a I'a rto R ican Bandit.
Cromwell Stacey, the youngest lieu­
tenant in Uncle Sam’s service, now
military commander at Juana Diaz,
Porto Rico, baa become locally famous.
He bas captured and jailed Esteban
Garcia, tbe captain of a band of brig-
anda whose depredations bave terror­
ized tbe country. Their most recent
outrage bad been tbe looting of a tiny
hamlet, after which oil was poured on
the roof of every hut and preparations
> made to level tbe village.
! It was just at this time young Stacey
landed. The lieutenant bad been sent
home on a transport a month earlier
suffering with typhoid fever.- His con­
valescence was not yet over. His sick
leave bad yet two weeks to run. bnt bis
He spared neither horses nor men.
impatience to return to the scene of his
His men changed mounts four times en
former activities would no longer en­
route. From place to place newe o f the
dure restraint On disembarking he
brigand met tbe troop. He had fled to
found orders awaiting him from Colo­
the mountains. Thither Stacey and bis
nel Hood, the commander at Ponce, to
men followed and ten miles ont of A re­
set out at the bead of 100 men and cap­
cibo ambnsbed their man. They 6taii.ru
ture Garcia, dead or alive. That was at
on the retnrn in triumph with their
2 p. m. A 5 tbe expedition was on its captive just 14 hours after Stacey bad
way. i received his orders The Porto Rican
In an open letter to El Correo de papers are high in praise of his work.
Puerto Rico, published in a late issue. Stacey is a New York boy. the son of
Chief of Police Figueros describes the tbe late General Stacey, and has work­
consultation with the lieutenant and
ed his way up from the ranks. He is 23
which prefaced his departure. years old. Hia mother, Mrs. May Banks
“ I w ill ride for Arecibo. ” said Stacey,
Stacey, is prominent in women’s club­
"and if I do not find him I w ill scour
dom.— N ew York World.
the island.”
The Inter Ocean
Chicago, Illinois
Wednesday, April 25, 1900
Page 7

GOSSIP OF NEW YORK.

C o lo n e l K i m b a l l W lm a D n o r d - R o o w *
▼ e lt f t e e o o d mod M r K l i l c j T h ird .
8 pee Lai D lip a te h to T he In tsr O c n n ,
N E W Y O R K . April 14.— The sw ord pre­
sented to the trn iy booth o f the Cuban O r­
phans' F a ir by Miss Ethel Sherman Fitch
And Miss Maud Sherm an Fitch, to be aw ard­
ed to the znoet popular m ilitary officer, w as
won by Colonel Amoe 8. Klin ball, q u arter­
m aster of the United States army. Colonel
Roosevelt ran second and President M cK in ­
ley third. G eneral Oronje. General Miles.
Adm iral Dewey. Adm iral Sampson. General
Roe and C en tral Shatter follow ed tn the
order named. Mrs. May Banks-Stacey.
widow o f Colonel M. U . Stacey, had charge
of the sword, and made the presentation to
Colonel K im b all in his home at the Endl-
oott.
Goldsboro Weekly Argus
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Thursday, July 5, 1900
Page 3

T h e r e is g re a t excitem en t in N e w
Y o r k a m o n g m e m b e rs o f the W e s t
End W o m e n ’s R e p u b lic a n C lu b
o v e r the q u e stio n as to w h e th e r S e n ­
a t o r P la t t d id o r d id not sn a p his
fin g e rs w h e n called upon b y on e o f
the la d y p olitician s to in d ic a te h ow
m u ch he th o u g h t o f th eir help. M rs .
M a y B a n k s Stacey, w h o a lle g e s this
c o n d u c t on the p a rt o f the easy boss,
is c h a rg e d by som e o f h e r sister
m e m b ers w ith te llin g the sto ry
th ro u g h spite b ecau se she w a s s e e k ­
in g p a tro n a g e an d fa ile d to g e t it.
 The Davenport Daily Leader
Davenport, Iowa
Sunday, November 18, 1900
Page 2

LONG LIFE SOCIETY.

Members H o p V to Live to a Hundred

• Years.
About a hundred professional and
scientific men and women of N ew
York city have set about in a meth­
odical way to discover the secret of
long life. T h ey call themselves .the
Hundred Y ear club. They are not
cranks in any sense of the word, and
are conducting their investigation so­
berly and sensibly.
They -are not vegetarians, Christian
Scientists, or Ttalsonites. Neither
have they pledged themselves to live
according to any particular set of
rules, or to apply th e secret of longe­
vity to them selves. If they discover
it. They are open-minded ami unpre­
judiced. They m eet and discuss theo
ries of correct living, and as a matter
of course try to live correctly them­
selves. They do not protend to say
they will live to be centenarians, but
in common with most persons, they
hope they may.
Prominent among ihe members of
the Hundred Y ea r club are Mrs. E.la
W heeler W ilcox. Theodore Sutro, Dr.
Cnrletom Simons, Dr. H. \V. Wilev. di­
rector of the United States pure food
display at the Paris exposition. 0. W.
Smith* A lbert Turner. Mrs. Mnv
Banks Stacey. John Do W itt Warner.
Dr. John R. Hayes of the United
States pension bureau. Washington,
and Colonel E. P. Vollum. U. S. A., re
fired. __________• _>______ L
The club has recently named a*j
committee to collect data as. to the
actual length o f life in this city, rt
expects to get figures from the cen­
sus bureau. Tim s far. Dr. Simons,
chairman of his committee, has secur­
ed the names of twelve persons in
this city who are over a hundred. The
club is gathering these facts confiden­
tially and w ill g iv e out only figures
holding back names, so as to make
the work easier.
Incidentally the club has learned
that in Ireland there are 575 cente
narians; in Germany, with its vastly
greater population, but 75. while Ser-
via has fully GOO over 100. 320 over
125 and three o ver 135. Dr. Simons is
trying to discover whether theses fig­
ures can be attributed to the differ­
ence in the diets o f these people. Chi­
na is Ghe only nation, that sets a
premium on old age; granting special
honors to persons who are 9G or over.
Garrett Clipper
Garret, Indiana
Thursday, December 20, 1000
Page 4

LONG LIFE.
Boight by Members of Mew York**
Hundred-Ye»r Club.
To discover the secret of long life
about a hundred professional and scien­
tific men and women of New York City
have organised what they term the
Hundred-Year Club. These people be-
lleve that under present conditions life
should be prolonged for a century.
They do not seek to keep man alive
merely as an exhibit, but to make him
a useful member of society up to the
day of bis death.
They have not pledged themselves to
live In accordance with any particular
set o f rules or to apply the secret of
longevity to themselves If It be discov­
ered. Neither are they vegetarians,
Christian Scientists or Ralstonltes.
They do not pretend to say they will
live to be centenarians, but they hope
‘they may.
Prominent among the members of the
Hundred-Year Club are Mrs. Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, Theodore Sutro, Dr.
Carleton Simons, Dr. H. W. Wiley, Di­
rector of the United States pure food
display at the Paris exposition; G. W.
Smith, Albert Turner, Mrs. May Banks
Stacey, John De W itt Warner, Dr.
John K. Hayes, of the United States
Pension Bureau, Washington, and Col.
B. P. Yollurn, U. S. A., retired.
Dr. Simons, chairman of the Commit­
tee on Statistics, has secured the names
of twelve citizens of New York City
who are over 100.
Incidentally, the club has learned Albert Turner, In discussing the men­
that in Ireland there are 575 centenari­ tal phase o f longevity, said:
ans; In Germany, with its vastly great­ “ One of the elements in long life is a
er population, but 75, while Servln has conviction that it is our duty to live;
fully 000 over 100, 120 over 125 and that it is not right in itself, aside from
three over 133. Dr. Simons is trying other motives, for us to shuffle off this
to discover whether these figures can mortal coll until we have filled out a
be attributed to the difference in the long term. It will, I think, be seen that
diets of these people. China is the only the importance of this Instinctive love
nation, so far known to the club, that of life cannot be overestimated In Its
sets a premium on old age, granting relation to health, disease and long
special honors to persons who are 1)0 Mfe.”
or over.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New Y ork
Friday, June 19,1903
Page 12

Sum m er ^ ^
n ? Resort News.

A tla n tic C ity.

States Army, is occupying quarters at the

Hotel Traymore.
Admiral Farquhar, United States Navy,
has engaged apartments at the Rittenhouse
for July and August.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, the widow of the
late President of the Confederacy. Is making
an extended visit at Marlborough House.
Lieutenant H. F. Bryan, United States
Navy, la registered at the Hotel Agnew.
Major J. M. Brown, a prominent business
and clubman of Washington, D. C., is lo­
cated nt the Boscobel.
Colonel Stone, United States postal In­
spector for the eastern district, visited rost-
maBter Bachararh during the week. Colonel
Stone was with President Roosevelt on his
Western trip.
“ '’ :he late
Army.
and mother of Lieutenant Stacey, who is now
stationed at Leavenworth, Kan.. 1b making
an extensive visit at the Kenmar for the
benefit of her health.
G. Jason Waters, proprietor of the Hotel
■Windsor, returned to this city during the
week from a pleasant European trip. His
daughter, the CounteBs de St. Marc, and his
family, will upend the summer at a villa in
France which he has rented for them.
Miss Helen Holmes of the Bonnie Briar
Bush Company Is spending the summer sea­
son at the Oriental Hotel.
The Evening Star
Washington, District o f Columbia
Saturday, January 14, 1905
Page 5

M r? M ay B n n k s -S tn c c y , w ife o f th o In to
C o t. M. H . S ta c e y ju iii m o th e r o f C n p t.
C r o m w e ll S t a c e y , U . S A . , is s p e n d i n g t h o
w i n t e r h e r e , a n d is a t h o m e e a c h W e d n e s ­
day at h it* 1 1 th stre e t n o rth w e s t. M rs.
S t a c e y is w e l l k n o w n i n s o c i a l a n d c l u b l i f e .
1906
 GHOST LATING 01 Till SIDE.
A Q R O V P o r " S C lE S T iS T S " B R O A D .
e s s t r s Sc o p e .
• • nd don lot of things that im y or m ry not
t k illn i by the “ Hypnetlo” B ail and B e a d -
Inc the Futore B a t T w a H m w # f an
Interfiling Out lit in W ir t M t h at.
-H in t at Banking Vrmm C am agte.
i
All the ghoeta of New York and rloialty
viewed with much alarm the announce­
ment yesterday of the organisation of tba
New York Initltute tor Psyohioal Re­
search, who** avowed purpose ia to go
right over the heada of tba polloa and the
Dietrlet Attorney'* office and round up all
the ghost* In town. Mr. H. Bpenoer Lewi*
—known around hi* office, however, a *
Harvey S. I>ewi* —aneociate editor of Mod­
ern Miracle* and in*truotor In hypnotism
and suggestive therapeutic* of "T b a M etro­
politan Institute of Science*,’ la the mov­
ing spirit of the new asaoolatioo of ghoat
chaeera.
tnother light of the naw Institute la
Albert H. Poetel, profeeaor of astrology,
also associate editor of M odrm M ira c le .
Prof. Posts 1said yesterday that be thought
that Dr. Isaac K. Punk waa also connected
with the new d u b, but oouldn't aay for
certain. As the institute wae not thought
of until two or three days ago, and aa D r.
Punk has been up in the Ad iron da oka for
•bout two weeks on his vaoation, hia con­
nection with the institute ia probably dis­
tressingly slight.
Whether or not Doctor of Suggestive
Thera pentics Frederick T. Molntyre, presi­
dent of ‘ The Metropolitan Institute of
Sciences.’ has more than a sympathetic
interest in the Institute for Psychicol Rr-
ssirch could not be learned yesterday.
But the other names mentioned ere enough
toerrry any well regulated ghost chasing
society to success. Ptof. Molntyre—he doo*
not uss the dootor extenalvelr—got hie
The Sun (New York, New York). Wednesday, August 22, 1906. Page 7
degms from a corresponds no i school o tiled
*Th* American College of Bolcnes*,’
formerly of Philsdalphli but now of
Rochester. He is the Inventor of “the
hypnotic ball system," with which he adver-
tivs thnt one may be cured of diasreo,
Isa m hypnotism end the secret* of telepn thy
bs of interest to the County Medioi 1 8ociety
Altogether "The M etropolis n Institute of
Hoenres." on the fifth floor at 12S W est
Thirty-fourth street, ia apparently a very
prosperous industry.
Prof. McIntyre ia also the inventor, so
bis circular says, of the Suggest i-phone, the
Hypnotic Hall, the Ocular Fatigue Producer,
the Revolving Hypnotic Ball Mirror, et
cstsmh-rnh-rah! Prr>f. Poets), on the other
bind, has merely written “The Roumanian
Dream Book,’ and one or two other learned
works, hut what he doesn't know about the
astrophnetary vibration* isn't much. He
gtze* ni the stars and then oom^s back to
earth to tell hi* “clients" thing* that are
going to happen to them, at *o much per tell.
TVn if the things do not happen that i* the
client’» lookout. Prof. Postal has done his
I duty.
H. Spencer Lsw U , to come to the last •
page of “Who’s Who Along the Ohost W alk ," !
lays claim to fame principally as the in­
ventor of “an instrument that registers
rsyrhio force vibrations." He live* at the
8t. Regis. This particular 8t. Regis is not
on Fifth avenue but abuts on Tony Mir-
andeV* barber shop on the east and Dan
Beeves’* groce ry store on the west up at
lbs comer of 14Pth si rest nnd Fighth avenue.
Personally Mr. I.cvls Is of the opinion, he
told the reporter yesterday, LhaA we live
In the irside of the earth. Ore of hi* aim*
In life in to And out if hi* opinion U oorreot.
But be has to be shown.
All these interesting personages came to
Ight yesterday afternoon when a reporter
went up to 12fl West Thirty-fourth street to
learn some data' ‘a from Mr. I ^ w i* o f hi* new
ghost chasing club. The N ew York Institute ;
tor Psychical Research. On tlie top floor j
of the building are the editorial room* of j
The Sun
Modern Miracles, where it wn« learned from 1
Prof. Postel, a abort dark man who need*
New York, New Y ork
only the upturned mustache to look like Wednesday, August 22,1906
Herrmann come to life, that Mr. Lewis had Page 7
left for the day.
Prof. Poxtel naid that Prof. McIntyre**
correspondence “Institute of SHnnoes" on
the floor below had no connection with
Modern M i r a c l but when it came to get­
ting Mr. lew is's home address for the re­
porter it was noticed that a button prefv-vi
on Prof. Poete l’s desk summoned a girl
from the flo o r l>elow, who then returned to
the “Irnt tute" school *c find Mr Lew is'*
street and number.
Prof. Pnstel took his mind oT rhi U n ­
known long enough to tell of hi* deop in­
ter*^* in astrology end the occult s',lenpo*.
He 'W h red fervcntlv th*t he enteral into
Mr. Lewis's new instluiie only wben he
hart convinced himself that the work to be
uken up tn the coming pho*t harvest will
be rm ultrii scientific nature. No, he
didn't like to go into the names of the promi­ janitor’s name is Jim Burke. Would Jim
nent person* that are Interested in the new *>?
•ocistv except to mention th*t John J. When the fit Regis of 148th street was next
Hurls, M. A., wan one of the member*. boated Mr. H. fiper.oer Lewie wee found
The professor said he had gWen his life afl primed up to give ooouit information
to snr earing and kindred •ub'.ecrs end (ratis Mr. Lewi* bears no resemblance
that he had “travelled In the Orient" to Mo a spirit. He is about 28 years old, height
maWs psychic researches. From a pam ph­ wound & feet & inches, weight near tne
let he produced st this point it was teamed » mark and might be the centre of hie
that the professor had gone to Egypt onoe daas f.xitball team who has broken train­
oo a Cook's tour. ee He wore & wide itripwi pick shirt,
According to the pamphlet, even when nauve suspenders, blue trousers and a
Prof. Postel wa* a little child "hi* mother belldog pipe.
would gently draw him away from the •Thejomef aim of The New York Institute
window, where he would ait for hours far Psychical Research," began young
nlently watching the stars, and compel him fl Spencer Lewis, “is to attempt to form u­
to go to bed." lae some hypothesis fwhereby students of
Naturally he grew up with a knowledge oeoultism may differentiate between
of astrology “as exhaustive aa that of any spiritualistic phenomena and charlatanry,
tiring man to-day." Any one that wants lad to demonstrate the continuity of life.
to know things like, “Will love affairs turn , Oosmogooio&l investigations and the Inftu-
leoes of the solar system, quite apart from
out well?" or—the next question on his
tift-*fihould I change my location?" Will the astrological viewpoint, will necessarily
be tnswered with candor. And for a email •Beg pardon, but what is your college?"
(«e one may alec have one of the professor's
joung Mr Lewis was asked.
gwculums, which is a marvellous con­
*0h, I ’ve never been to oollege, but I ’ve
traption. Speculum* are especially valu­ Sedied these subjects more ey
seeued a sterna ttoally
able to business men, as the owners of these than they are taught in any of‘ our univeret-
affairs can tell all about stocks long before tiea Now, as 1 was saying, we shall go
they begin to rise or go down. *aiaht into ooamogany if neoi
before seeking the uptown fit. Regis, -v^esary, to find
M the effect of the ooemoe an our life and
tie reporter stopped on the w sy up to Hedy the sun, so that we may locate the
IWth street to And “John J. Burke, M. A ., oetre of the universe. Personally I ‘
of the Board of Education.* At the ofPoes
tf the board at Park avenue and F ifty- ;
afeth atreet it was learned that John Burke,
M. A., was unknown there, but that the
 The Sun (N ew York, New Y o rk )
Wednesday, August 22, 1906. Page 7
lady who says aba will loin our invest iga-
tions hi an o u iu iM r of the insane.
“Our fetsnttoa 1* to challenge well known
medium* to gtre demonstrations end then
we shell oomparo(the>rork of these medium*
with tlie manifestations of our subjects in
the hypnotio state. The word hypnotism,
by the way, le a misnomer. It s Greek
end means eleeo end wee Invented by
Brady—no, that Isn't the name—by Brade,
and Ism was added to indicate that a con­
dition was meant. In my woflc ee In­
structor of hypnotism and suggestive
therapeutics In our oorretpondsooe school
1 constantly eee subjects whose symptoms
bear a resemblance to the manifest at ions
of the spiritualist.
"I«aat season we had one subject, an
Indian boy, whom I heard describe ac­
curately while In the hypnotic state seven
rooms, one of them in Fingland, that the
boy had never seen In nis life. Cheroot,
you know, offers $10,000 to any one that can
produce a subject that can thus describe
five rooms In one evening."
"W h y don't you take your Indian boy
to Paris and win the $10,000?" U r . Lewis
wee asked.
•Well, we want to try the boy out further
before going for Dr. Charcot's money.
W e want to be certain that the boy oan do it
again. I must rsfuas to tall you the boy's
name. We are keening that a secret."
Mr. Lewie said that he had never seen
a really and truly ghost in all bia young
life but that he had got soma wonderful
information from mediums and from
astrologers. Every once in a while, he
said, Prof. Poetel hands him some secrete
that art all to the good.
•Ho far we have been meeting in the
various rooms of our members," he con­
tinued, “but all along It has been our am bi­
tion to get a oiubroom with a library and
instruments for ocoult investigations. Now
a very, very wealthy man has come forward
who fs going to supply these needs. He is a
men. I say, of very great wealth, who has
given vast amounts already for philan­
thropic purposes. No, I shan't divulge hie
name, but perhaps it will be a hint to you
when 1 say that not long ago Andrew Carne­
gie sent word from Scotland that he w a*
willing to flnanoe a women's club in the
Middle West for the investigation of the
occult. That, I say, may be a hint for
w m .*
Young Mr. Lewis then gave a greet deal
of inside inf'>rmation about the psychic
vibration* that tremble out of the human
body. A* near as a low brow could gather
from the lecture these vibrations emanate
from the ego like the smell from an auto­
mobile and they have quite as much motive
rower. I/ong ago it was discovered, It was
learned, that the psychic vibrations can
move material bodies. If driven to it the
vibration* could eject a five cent kicker all
over Gravesend avenue and Neck road,
shoe horses, pull teeth or hasten a horeecar.
Just what tnla mystic power is, alas, we
don't know. but a young man properly primed
can doubtless And out.
One thing the Institute for Psychical
Research positively will not nut up with
in their investigations is fraud. They
simply will not stand for it.
"Spirit*. I notioed," declared young Mr.
Lew is, “are invariably human in the way
they begin to lie as soon as the stance gets
under way. Ev'er notice that? They lie
like trooper*. One will tell you that the
heavenly city has silver sidewalks, another
insist* fbey are of gold and another 1* sure
the sidewalk* are all cloud. Now whom
are you to ixdieve?’ asked Mr. Lewis, sadly.
“Why, I've heard the spirit—o r he said he
was the spirit—of an old darky who wa* a
slave 100 years ago and the drat thing he
does when he comes back to earth is to
nlny a banjo and sing modem ragtime.
N ow that doesn’t seem right, does It? Why
don't these ghosts say something worth
while when they come baok to eartn?"
Jn the course of the afternoon enough
literature in the form of magazines ami
pamphlets was gathered from the ghost
chasers to start a psychic library. The
August number of A/cder* Miracles goes In
for material poetry as well as fmychic and
physical uplifting. One creation called
“The Washer Woman's Hong" is remark­
ably well done. The washerwoman, it
seems, used to forget hrr troubles by
“working, einring all alone In a rort of
undertone; 'With a Havior for a friend,
He sill keep me to tbs end.* Sometimes
happening along I had beard the ssmi-
soag.* • • But I never said s word
in regard to what I heard, as she sang
shout her Friend who would keep her to
th* end. Just a trifle lonely she. Just a*
poor as poor could he, but her spirits al­
ways rose like the bubbles In the clot be*.
* • • fsr t he woman * has a Friend
who will keep her to the end."
Altog*th*r the new ghost chasing society
iriro* promise of offering much scientific
 The Sun
New York, New York
Wednesday, August 22,1906
Page 7

Altogether the new ghost chasing society

' gives promt*© of offering nrvioh scientific
! enjoyment to the ghosts as well as to ths
chasers. J»i*t when it will he form ally
' organized h**s not yet been decided. Dr.
' Funk Is off the job temporarily, but when
' everybody »©f* hack to town the ghoatlr
, fur will do uitlers fly In the grandest round-
• up of h a’nts that Manhattan has ever
| s*>on. ,

The Sun
New York, New' York
Wednesday, August 22, 1906
Page 7
GHOST LATINO ON THE SIDE.
A OEOVP OF "S C IE N T IS T *’ B R O A D ­
ENS i t s Sc o p e .
Healing by the "HypaaUo" Bail and Bead*
Inf the Future But Tw a P k *N t ef aa
Interesting Outfit In WMl M ill HI,
H -Mint at Backing From ta m e fir .
All the ghosts of New York and vloinlty
viewed with much alarm the announce­
ment yesterday of the organisation of the
New York Inatltute for Psychical Re­
search, whose avowed purpose ia to go
right over the heada of the polios and the
District Attorney’s office and round up all
the ghosts in town. Mr. H. Spencer Lewie
—known around hie office, however, ae
Harvey 8. Lewla—associate editor of Atod-
trn M ir a c le s and instructor in hypnotism
snd suggestive therapeutics of ‘ The Metro­
politan Institute of Solanoea,* ia the mov­
ing spirit of the new association of ghost
chasers
• nether light of the new Institute is
Albert H. Postel, professor of metrology,
also associate editor of Modem Miracles.
Prof. Poetel said yesterday that he thought
that Dr. lease K. Punk was also oocineOted
with the new club, but oouldn't eay for
oertain. As the institute was not thought
of until two or three days ago, end as Dr.
Funk has been up in the Adlroadaoka for
about two weeks on his vaoetion, hie con­
nection with the Institute is probably dis­
tressingly slight.
Whether or not Dootor of Buggvstive
Therapeutics Frederick T. Molntyre, presi­
dent of "The Metropolitan Institute of
Sciences.* hie more than a eympethetio
interest in the Institute for Psychical Re-
*e» rch could not be lea med yeetsrd1y.
But ibe other names mentioned ere enough
toerrry any well regulated ghost chasing
reciet y to auco»ss. Prof. Molntyre—he does
not iws the dootor extensively-got hi«
degree frome correepondenoi school o tiled
“Th* Am’ rioin College of 8cicnoee,* 1
formerly of Philadelphia but now of I
Rochester. He i* Uie Inventor of “ the
hypnotic ball system," with which he adver­
tises thn i one may lie cured of tliasrsa,
lenrn hypnotism nnd the secrets of telepathy
and do a lot of things that m iy or m ey not
be of interest to the County Medical Society
Altogether "The Metropolitan Institute of
Sciences,* on the fifth floor at 128 Weal
Thirty-fourth street, ia apparently a very
prosperous induetry.
0
Prof. McIntyre ia also the inventor, so j
bin circular says, of the Suggest i-phone, the
Hypnotic Ball, the Ocular Fatigue Producer,
the Revolving Hypnotic Bail Mirror, ©t
ertenth-rnh-mhl Prof. Poetel, on tho other
hind, has merely written “ The Roumanian
Dream Book,* and one or two other learned
work*, hut what he doeeti't know about the
Mtroplnnntnry vibrations isn't much. He
giics at the stars and then oom u back to
earth to tell his “cllente" things that aro
going to happen to them, at so much per tell.
Th*n if the things do not happen that is the
client's lookout. Prof. Poetel hue done hie
duty.
H. Spencer Lewis, to oome to the last •
pageof “ Who's Who Along the flhost Walk,* !
lay* rlaim to fame principally br the In­
ventor of “ an instrument that registers
rsrrhio force vibrations." He lives at the
8t Regis. This particular 8t. Regis is not
ca Fifth avenue but abuts on Tony Mir-
tndeVn barber shop on the east and Dan
Reeves's grocery store on the west up at
the corner o f noth street ar.d Fighth avenue. ,
Personally Mr. Lewie is of the opinion, he j
told the reporter yesterday, Lb*A we live j
in the inside of the earth. One of his aims
tr life is to find out if his opinion is oorreot.
But he has to be shown.
All these Interesting personages came to
Bght yesterday afternoon when a reporter
went up to 12fl West Thlrtv-fourt h street to
kern *omedeta! 'a from Mr. lew is o f his new
ghoit chasing club, The New York institute ;
for Psychical Research. On t),e top floor |
of the building are the editorial rooms of I
Modern M ir a c le s , where it wen learned from
Prof. Postel, a short dork man who needs j
only the upturned mustache to look like
Herrmann come to life, that Mr. Lewis had
left for the day.
Prof. Postel said that Prof. McIntyre's
correspondence “ Institute of Sciences’ on
tbs floor below lwd no connection with
Modem Miracles, but when it rerun to get­
ting Mr. lew is’s home address for the re­
porter it was noticed that o button preev-vi
en Prof. Postal's desk summoned a girl
from the floor below, who then returned to
the “ Imt'tute' school tc find Mr Lewis's
street and number. _
Prof. Postal said that Prof. McIntyre's
correspondence “ Institute of Sciences* on
tbs floor below had no connection with
Modem Miraclm, but when it cams to get­
ting Mr. lewis's home address for the re­
porter it was noticed that o button presv-.vi
on Prof. PostH's desk summoned a girl
from the floor below, who then returned to
tbs *lmt tuts" school tc find Mr Lewis’s
street and number.
Prof. Postel took hi* mind oT ths Un­
known long enough to tell of his do«*p in-
tetwn in astrology snd the occult s-dence*.
He rteclvred fervently that h« entered Into
Mr. Lewis’s new institute only when he
hart convinced himself that the work to be
ttfcen up In the coming ghost harvest will
he «f an ultra scientific nature. No, he
didn't like to «o Into the names of thepromi-
n-tit persons thst ore Interested In the new
•oriety except to mention tbsi John J.
Iklrte.M. A., was one of the members.
The nrofpRsor -void he had given his Ilfs
to stir gurine snd kindred sub.lecrs and i
that he had “travelled in the Orient" to j

The Sun
New York, New York
Wednesday, August 22, 1906
Page 7
m»vi« |*vohic rreoarche*. From • nnmph*
Itt he pro-lured at this point It was learneJ
that th*» professor had gone to Egypt onoe
os a Cook's tour.
According to the pamphlet, even when
Prof, Poatel wa* a little child “hie mother
would gently draw hlro away from the
window, where he would alt for hour*
nlently watching the stars, and compel him
to bo to lied.*
Naturally he grew up with a knowledge
ol talrology "as exhaustive aa that of any
tiring man to-day.' Any one that wants
to know thing* like, 'W ill love affaire turn .
out well?* or—the neit question on hi*
li*-\%ould I change my location?* will
be answered with candor. And for a small
lee one may also have one of the professor's
geculums, which la a marvellous con­
traption. Spent luma are especially valu­
able to hueinoM men, aa the owners of these
affairs ran toll all about otocks long before
they begin to rise or go down.
before seeking the uptown St Regis,
tfca reporter stopped on the way up to
l*th street to Una ‘ John J. Burke, M. A.,
of the Board of Education.* At the oflfoea
of the boar 1 at Park avenue end Fifty-
a»tb street it waa learned that John Burke,
M. A., waa unknown there, but that tbe
Janitor’s name la Jim Burke. Would Jim
M various rooms of our members,* be con­
When tbe Rt. K eg* of H8th street waa next
bested Mr. H. Hper.oer Lewis was found
all primed up to give oocutt Information
pads. Mr Iawls beam no resemblance
*ioi spirit. He in about M year* old, height
Wound 6 fret 6 inches, weight near tbe
W mark and might be the centre of hks
due football team who has broken train-
ht He wore a wide striped pink shirt,
Mauve suspenders, blue trousers and a
bulldog pipe.
'Thsjonief aim of The New York Institute
w Psyohloal Reeearoh,* began young
H Spenoer Lewis, 'is to attempt to formu-
kte some hypothesis (whereby students of
Mcxiltism may differentiate between
grtritualistio phenomena and charlatanry,
tod to demonstrate tbe continuity o f life.
Cos-wogonioal Investigations and the inftu-
ssooi of the solar system, quite apart from
ta* astrological viewpoint, will aerrssarlly
he —*
‘ Beg pardon, but what is yf*>r college?*
yeung Mr. Lewis was asked
•OE, I ’ve never been to college, but I'v e
todted these subjects more eyetematloally
than they are taught la any of our unlvarei-
tta How, as 1 was saying, we shall go
____wrl
straight into oosmogany if n
oat toe effect of the ooemoa cm our’ life and
tody tbe sun, so that we may locate the
saslr* of the universe. P w eonsQy I
eellve in
lady who w y e ehe will loin our Inveetlge-
tiona la an swaminer of the
•Our I®ten Mon ia to challe _
mediums to give demonstrations and then
>shall
all ooroparoftbsVork o f (heee medium*
with the _______
manifestations
_ _ of our subjects in
the hypnotic state. Tbe word bypnotlam,
by tbe way, le a tniwo mar. It's Greek
and means sleep and wee Invented by
Brady—ao, that len t the neras—by BracU,
end Ism was added to Indicate that a con­
dition wee meant. In my wotfe as In­
structor of hypnotism and suggestive
therepeutiae In our oorrespoodenoe school
I constantly see subjects whom symptoms
bear a resemblance to the manifestations
of the spiritual let.
"Last season we had one subject, an
Indian boy, whom I heard describe no-
otirotely while In tlM hytmoilc state
rooroa, one of them in England, th that the
boy had never aeen In hie llfeT Ohs Ch root,
you know, offers >10.000 to any one that can
produce a subject that oan thus describe
five rooms In one evening.*
'W h y don’t you take your Indian boy
to Paris end win tbe >10,000?* Mr. Lewis
was asked.
•Well, we want to try the boy out further
before going for Dr, Cheroot’ s money.
We went to be oertaln that the boy oan do It
again. I must refuse to tell you the boy's
name. We ere keeping that e secret.*
Mr. Lewie said that he had never aeen
e really and truly ghost In ell hie young
life but that be had got some wonderful
Information from mediums and from
astrologers. Every Once In a while, be
said, Prof. Postal hands him some secrets
that are all to the good.
•Bo far we have been meeting in tbe
tinued, ‘ but all along it has been our ambi­
tion to get a clubroom with a library and
instruments for occult investigations. Now
a very, very wealthy man baa oorne forward
who (a going to supply theea needs. He la a
man, I say, of vary great wealth, who has
given vast amounts already for philan­
thropic purposes. No, I shan't divulge his
name, but perhaps It will bo a hint to you
when I say that not long ago Andrew Carne­
gie sent word from Scotland that he was
willing to finance a women's club in the
Middle West for the investigation of the
occult. That, I say, may be a hint for
you.*
Young Mr. Lewis then gave a great deal
of inside Information about the psychic
vibrations that tremble out of the human
body. As near as a low brow oould gather
from the lecture three vibrations emanate
from the ego like the smell from an auto­
mobile and they have quite as much motive
power Ixtng ago it waa discovered, it waa
learned, that the neycWo vibrations can
move material bodies. Jf driven to it the
vibrations oould eject a five cent kicker all
over Gravesend avenue and Neck road,
shoe horses, pull teeth or hasten a horaceOr.
Just what this mystic power Is, alas, we
don’t know, hut a young man properly primed
can doubtless find out.
One thing the Institute for Psyohloal
Reeearoh positively will not nut up jrlth
in their investigations ia fraud, They
simply will not stand for It.
•Spirits, I notloed,* declared young Mr.
Lewis, ‘ are Invariably human In tha way
they begin to tie aa soon as the stonoe gets
under way. Ever notice that? They lie
The Sun
New York, New Y ork
Wednesday, August 22, 1906
Page 7

like troopers. One will tell you that the

heavenly city has silver sidewalks, another
Insists they are of gold and another Is sure
the sidewalks are all cloud. Now whom
are you to believe?’ asked Mr. Lewis, aadly.
“ Why. I've heard the spirit—or he said be
was the spirit—o f an old darky who was a
slave 100 yeers ago and tho first thing he
does when he oomes back to earth Is to
play a banjo and sing modem ragtime.
Now that doesn’t soera right, does It? Why
don't these ghosts say something worth
while wlien they oome hack to eartn?"
In the course of the afternoon enough
literature in the form of magazines and
pamphlets waa gathered from the (host
chasers to start a psychic library. The
August number of A/cdem Miraclea goes In
for material poetry as well aa psychic and
phvsloal uplifting. One creation called
l The Washer Woman’s Song" is remark­
ably well done. The washerwoman, it
seems, used to forget her troubles by
'working, ringing all alone in a rort of
undertone: ‘With a Savior for a friend,
He a 111 keep me to the end.' Sometimes
happening along I had beard the semi­
snag.* • * But I never said a word
in regard to what I heard, aa she sang
about her Friend who would keep her to
th* end. Just a trifle lonely she, Just as
poor as poor could be. but her spirits al­
ways rose like the bubbles In the clot bee.
• • • fer the woman - has a Friend
who win keep her to the end."
Altog*ther the new ghost ohaaln* society
gives promise of offering much scientific
onjovment to the ghosts as well aa to the
chasers. Just when it will be formally
organised h’ s not yet been decided. Dr.
Funk la off the Job temporarily, but when
evervbodv gets back to town the ghoetlr
fur will do ibtlpes fly In the grandest round­
up of ha'nts that Manhattan haa ever
eeen. s
The Sun
New York, New York
Wednesday, August 22, 1906
Page 7

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The W ashington Times
W ashington, District o f Colum bia
Saturday, A ugust 25,1906
Page 6

Quarters t* Be Used Ii f tilt Iwrtltittt

:§V in t Psychical
•- w *- w .> .

•. ■ |

K EW YORK. Au#. M*
identity for the present, it wealthy v f M
dent of N>w York has Just volunteered
to mpply several thousand* of dollar*
for the purpose of leasing and «<rwlp~
Pi nr adequate quarter*, Including a lec­
ture room and library and complete
laboratory, to be &»«d by the New York
Institute for Physical Jleseafeb This
atatement ie tnade by II* Spencer Mwl**
of &2 Weal Ufth street. assistant editor
Of a magasioe called Modern Miracle*,
and aw instructor la the Metropolitan
Institute of Science.
“Our pur?o*«/ aaid Mr. Lwwi*. ‘la to
submit all .phenomena, ©f a so-called
supernatural order to the close*! •clew­
line scrutiny. We -hope to develop-
among our members some who.-will be
«*-P®ble of hypo ©tic power «ad -thrmagb
them: to study and' teat: every phase of
that sue,Sect. We shall Invite spiritual­
ist to give evidences-of the
power they claim in our lecture hall
and under conditions which will elimi­
nate ; entirely ■.the possibility of . *r**4,
T h orou gh s c i e n t i f i c : .: ;■
j^Mtych^da l..tntSrtter* ™ ™ m
,H niiilMlW i
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The W ellin gton Times
Washington, District of Columbia
Saturday, August 25, 1906
Page 5

W E A L T H Y N E W Y O R K E R P L A N S B IG L IB R A R Y

Quarters to Be Used by the Institute for Psychical Research

N E W Y O R K , Aug. 25.- Concealing his identity for the present, a wealthy

resident o f N ew Y o rk has just volunteered to supply several thousand of
dollars for the purpose o f leasing and equipping adequate quarters, including
a lecture room and library and complete laboratory, to be used by the New
Y o rk Institute for Physical Research. This statement is made by H. Spencer
Lewis, of 252 W est 148th street, assistant editor of a magazine called Modern
Miracles, and an instructor in the Metropolitan Institute o f Science.

" O u r purpose," said M r. Lewis, "is to submit all phenomena o f a so-called

supernatural order to the closest scientific scrutiny. W e hope to develop
among our members some who will be capable o f hypnotic power and through
them to study and test every phase o f that subject. W e shall invite spiritualist
'mediums' to give evidences o f the power they claim in our lecture hall and
under conditions which will eliminate entirely the possibility o f fraud.
Thorough scientific investigation o f psychical matters is our only aim. W e do
not propose to endorse o r advertise anybody."
Evening Star
Washington, District o f Columbia
Saturday, October 27,1906
Page 5

M rs M ay Banks-Stacey has returned to

the Fredonia Hotel for the winter after
an absence of several months at Atlantic
City, N ew York city and Philadelphia.
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A L T O N B . P A R K E R F A V O R S
M y A L T O N m. P A F I K » » .
M Bletemeot Obtained for the Bander World Hr
r. IT. lfeKelk)
* = » R A V X not the time Inal now to dlacua*
th* aohjeri with you daaply o r In de­
tail; but ! brtlawg that evary Btata to
the L'n'on ought to bar* an Inooma tav^
T h * Federal OoTernment hae aomw-
time* levied a fin on Income*.
Thara are, of non rat. many inherent glflleutliev
IQ the levy-end collection of such a U t In Ihla
c-onaipy. where the people art ao much Iree settled
in population than lu the old eountrTJtut It renaJn*
fo r the Htate to provide for the roUertloti o f Ita rer-
*Auea by inch method* m will operate beet for
iL# lenaral interest. Three method* o u it be
practical—that la to ray, they mutt be auch aa
ran be enforced without rerlnua mischief, and
auch a *'w ill provide (bo revenue.
l t n ( w£ein the' qgi*"Mon la, "What la acd wfctt la
not practicalT" Apparent fairness and egoallty aa
between Individual#-are of the hl|h*at Importance.
T o the comim n m in i tin rale ereme to ho
more Jn»t am/ lu ir then ihmt yereone • Untild
he taxed /or l/ie *uptH>rt o f the State or
/Zovoiniueut la pro/nit t/on to the revenue—
fh er /c, m l Income—they enjoy under (to covem toent with that o f ability to bear toe Dur- ^§1, unlaae poeeibiy In tbe extreme went that elr-
protection. dea. It as sir a to ba aa Jual and fa ir aa any that cumotenoe* require such cxmfleoatlon to protect so­
Buck a rule combine* (he Idea o f th* Tfclut of la capable Of an forests act, and, aa It approraa cHty from far greater harm.
I M I is Iks « m m in i, it M in s is bs so *
- B Y O S C A R H A M M fiR S T C IM .
v%lcS pufclUj poller ss< u>. bssclsIsrsO a c4 U s
tla ls ess h v t it r sn4 s u c tlo s . ( Written BpeeUOr fa t f i e I v a b y World J
• V J. O . M H K L M a T O K E B . a wopllar to B f f T o f V t n l
(W ritten tyeeUlly far the Bunder World.) a dellxbt to thorn who soma bars f r o r l
NCOTTB taxes *r< the Wind cwausooly p*e- eUawbara. a id a efealletig* b6 lTba wocl-fl
poeed era. in my opinion, wromt in theory. Kahanstlaaa ta rawotiroaa. areetioa an
* i levied epoo weeJtb
Ita poMPwer, twit <mly upon appreciation. It sees a a t e opera-hon
aw l by s ociety kn4 e>#f»**po- •priag op, aa It waea. overnight. sad two ly r A
ilted Wy Iseeer rr**up* and individuals. temples mow flourishing where only oaa hourtabsI
There should ax 4 need be aa taxation irapoeel toon a yaar ago. ’***
ae ainca privately vented wt sH ir aa ea Cndl»uv*si
hie personally produced, or ae reprvstnu an iivUvtd. Tha world's picked artiste ftoet hither. a»d O ff
M i l pmpoeKoeaae compwseatloa tor proper service great New Turk puMta trangallly llnoa op to I I P
tendered. rwapaatlre bov ofllrea Wad dlls both hooaba wlij
Pul lease •hvqtd bo levied laereselngly upon euoh rousing a ad!# rx.ee waak aftar weak, aa It accol
private Innornse ae represent the roll abstracted from
society by thoee who have monopolised values which tom ad to lh!a sort o f thing from ttma Unmamorii
erotety hae creased. Taxes upon unswmsd lncocaee W hat other city would or ooald do this wltbo
should ba ee rfreat aa to prevent reliance by Individ- court or other ofT\flal patronagaf x
uaka upon sooietr for support.
“ •oolety may rightly demand from the Indlvtdevl Trua. that la o n l y ^ a a t tha thtnga m whh
whatever Values society hae Pontrib uled to bla pce- Naw York la dlCarsht. and tha aaaantlal quest)
•eeefoina.' If eo much be needed, or society may {*v- yet remains to ba anawrred: W hat la fha F A (
mtt m l use -wttleh It hae gtvea to natural or other
CTNATIONT
.t a r k e r ! resources to be enjoyed privately by Individuals in
corynlaaT H«t at pack h*1. return for a rental that may ba called a tea; but It la a matter o f haart, I should aay. mors thr£
society van net properly tabs from any man wwJth o f art. Naw York It th tfca present and fu t^B
s . .. . that la In any proper eenee a areduot of hta c * *
what Roma hm baan to past ago*—tha Haart E
the World. ,
I azn aakad if Naw York looks tha asms to rft

Having Fun with the Directory-

Y c o r Hite b»er<l. and moel of you have told. it epeeke prsltr well for New York's ei^rlety and TRe Trag'edy of Injustice.
x lb* ■:ory • r ||*A man wlto didn't care to m * i ■enerwl good rbsrwetrr |het notwithstanding the vest ■ V N E W E LL D W IO M T H IL L Ig .
l».r .1 F T -- •V IdYgtia* in# ohang#d #o number cf people whose names are In tha directory
Tlii!» la. iif •-(Ufa1', a fanny way nf m iyln* Written Bi'CCiatly fo r tbe Sunday World by the I'avfor of Hymoulh Cherrh.
l Here ere only two l.uehere. one TXrm, fourteen
tha* lIlia Jt|r|pMU||-> I# a dry 6o*,a Ho wav##, on# IliH.ne. thirteen flalta, fnkir LuaNea. fifteen >lll|e. *"• Teat He suffers ike )u»t peneaUee r*f Ms Seedst This max 4etk ee wueg.
MONQ ih* diirk problem* o f Ufa we mutt muk* a large plaoe for th* Injuauee that noble
might I*vr «|-i • 11 ira-u anA*a*-niew rrm fmen a •It*-
•Inner r <f t»# k ut­ » how Ortttnly. ba ran gvii m-
llrenlaen. three l.ndee and one Itooa In the metier
of smoking great teo'peranre le shown, too, for there
0 men sometimes suffer, l/mg ago Jerusalsrs crucified lie Saviour. Atbeui poieoned Ua
•ertaliin.-tiil l e w a rtly 4t#e>*|nry. Is llefed but one Smoker, one Pipe end one Smoke rrsater, florau ce burned Ha haro. but to-day avary town and vfUago holds at least on*
Take, for in martyr to cn»al and unjust Judgment*.
•nn u« O' ctly dlrrciory. PeWtee Knlnktrhoefrevs berber artop le well tilled.
rhi It Ini* m*» m int* (lien '.!• f-nm»d'als p».«1r- O iin ig ir w o r ld in which thn olark luffera in tha fin m efa! falTure o f hfg emproyif;"wlTere
It h;.a slaty-seven Barbers and live Shavers. Quite tha offire-knlder is rulne.l by (ha political mistaken of the party leader; where ibe child tVde-
••aeor. r » l ilial II* a lollxelea i >at New Verb a l.un-h tn look after only thirty Pearls end one
men lnr| <-e it..e .1 In n In ,'uel e sirrvyed bv the sins o f th# father. Employer* aometlmea sutler grievously by reaeon o f V-o-
llalr, hut A hea one Pule out end le raedy to do nomlq events *>»er which they hare no control; anmeilmea tha cl I lieu auff*ra through the a«u-
mr li.rer i i»i.fce 4 0 , ea>1na more buMnr-jSv
lint %'iei r*h •**•■+ l« in i | l4 »lirvl*»ry in eniloh*l press; nomctlnire the author or o ilto r euffere through -ruel rrltlrlvm over event* for
Thor*- e>e four end «ne-heJf column* of Pekrre, •v'hoflu o 'l l ermsequrnrre he la !n no wise rntpntislble. this problem of unjust Judy—
m l frrat rrn i*t »>f |/*vf. wt,ii>» I •• iul» 1 tbe fou rinv I loll*. <vte Cekebread end one Plea, end he nirnl and this* boaring of injttaUco In alienee Ik one o f tha harden problem* that xr.da viper-
v*tr|«l | c ti • .Mi* kiMici Ii*i5r Int'iy yoi»re? (V» I* it lle r le n heker, by the way. '• - tuner#, * -
IhuukH I lie 1-. »k. •l.-ev i.d liv iw»J >uii wUl flrwl CiXl
I rAnlilm I ii» M »en- -yi-e. •>'•# Jlrnri « o <1 t*»e. That New Tnrk le etlll e young im n te shown. T p I u j I c* In P i i l l c L ift . > . ' ’ •
!/>» rr I" v i ivrn* 1 t*\•••.*♦!-*rm. l e i J lu jr jrt*.
>*y the fa>l llifli* there arc erven cnttimn* t>f Tnungo Just before cx-Prnntor rintt. o f Connecticut, hunored and loved by nil who kn^tr him,
•III.* »•» • |h In#— |*—»• 1 e. liv e 1 'r llf , llir^s nr*! only i l l O ils The corrup*r>v»n of "even yetis hv w ri'ir a very puihv.lv np|*vnl. It aee*nod that tbr»-r men In public life h al hetn
•lierue ».* » f*' '5 1 r.. lei n-.-1 ten l|.ipe^ st tr u 1:*"! one Skinner dmen’ t c«tiet)iule a bad t ’dlly of <orMiptlo;i nnd gra'U - W ork'tig "■ a s.thr.rdlnMe for one o f Uio*e m?u wsi a nv.iti
A etuj\ ..f • > a t*»*»* t^o. thai. dn^Jtto phoning, rttlinr wh<o«v uamo #nh included In a public statement by n high ofllclnl. who d hint used him from
lA b’-.lM-J ii< >. New Vvrk r« n w tj»«d with Con a!*! tv mg I '* graaineaa end guodnew* of tb» bl« ecrvlre with <he ih o rgr thut p * hod hern Indicted for ndm# with the othpr ThrPC.- Knnwii’ g-
in n* I Kliw:». twelve (Joeen*. burg. It la lierd to see why the d lrw o ry ehou’d hiuiil ihat he had never Ih' cii lndl*.te*. nnd that he *v.»a lunocrnt of nny form of wrong. Ih* man
.* i»"i*.v«f'.. f Dukre, thlflj-’ 1 r v*mri-Tiii> Umnn*— TT*a f » t thBf * e likve Slab Vfgfit to SerlAior PIM l
lain l> 1 \ ‘ n-j T*>nre are aieiren fUiaen Aj-plee, Hghleeei Cltrone. live Ornngoe. live An IttviKtigaiing committee ended Its stildlca with the aiatcment that tb# man had never
eell.'e I .5: It.' •> *ir» I * .|»n|| Ilf 1Veches, one Clreiie, *\hree Plume and one Peer boen indicirt) for anything. Ihat nothing out o f the wny nad been found In his entire career
T hn »p.r|iunJ *. r nf l ‘ tr n | v n .u h t fn tv. well dr»«n'( mein noijn* amende, hut N*etr York isn't iia a p*•Idle rvrvnnt. and U at he wna being made to suffer merely bereus* h-* woe n eunoriil-
•v*n,i *f|. 1 nt» ’ ••i 'V ' 0 1«.1 s l y l y , tlirre going to cry "IV)UI It: II Is too ]!ghl-h*ertnd. for. ea hxle. in uu ( hi cj*rk to a gu lllv superior. <
•*re* f‘ *r i v » » i r, n*ii' hutelrrl n.u1 thlrty-tvn the illinrtory r.Viei, l| hae eighteen J*>ya and wren I Hut when the ;*cnntor medv bis o^peal ll»e high ufliel.il answered. "Th e Inrldent la cloxdL"
llliVitl, *t'i.y l t‘ • I’ll* twenty I'ar- IlM Tte in only one Tom . I hen the aged lienutnr a Indittmlh n rl^;.m*l forth 'n hit r*j>ly h« r rn|.* that no Inrldml I*
StiSi. tv.* • !. ;i Ji
n.1 llire#-*|'tsr re of I
welve I -1
t H l i •* yht I* tiers.
'-tie. two ••hin.r** of i'evne.
t'lvirrhse. forty-
nne.nnl-MIIH The Orel name In She dlreotory le Jequaa Ae nwt
Mia l«r! name le Intih Z>ee Thorp era |r«|v*
r.ant»a fhat M dn with X. nine nnlumne of
rinywi until Jiiatlce has been done 11«• raid, Th Incident may ha closed on jnur hooka, luit
on the injoita uf Uud tb# incident 1* open, and the nay w ill coins hereafter w hen full Jtislli e
will !>• d-'jia.”
I
Ixhl 3<*.i 1i.'.e. 1 «r.-U* rlrf'.l Clirlitleiie IhlrtV-tl’ e 'Olimne of Pmi|l*e, two enlmnne Of Juhn ' Raviewtug the pathetic sufferings of a man who** good* nun* had been away, •kho
ULtex. •m lfh f end nineteen ekltfmr* of Dm v iu vaa ruined In lit* home town, whose wife and fHQtlly were hkaflliroVvu. lht* Sendtpc cx-
WdaUned; " I f an Invcetljrwtlon had deflnied n innu Inuorcm whom I had branded*in my Ignur
nncf, l would hare rrawlad frreu iny home to the Capital to right a wrong twfore I died. Hut
.G reatest P sych ic W ondernof 1 9 0 6 .thle man's wrong will n tver he righted. The man rrhn gld It is lo o nfon1.~ : —
TnJuaTice mnrrcrusl mill public men bars to endure in atfcnHi. V fltb ln 'T yaaf~ihFpipsry'
vere full o f harsh rrltlcleins upon *n eminent ard moat honored cltlt^n of the repiihllCv The
* —*

r iy n s c t N c x p l e w is , 'shorn hkd rtivvr w n , and to)d where he wag holla

. . fell
, nuf of a clear aky.- , A lter fifty. ,years
— o ' noble*.™,I
...... ........ just. Jlvidg. and fhe hlghckf fonu
P re a ,H e „f „/ f o r .tr ie |or* ln ,1 ,l„ u tn r fe ifr h lr t ll 41 l h t , , ,, , , r r n * i%t w ,,,r h f * r , » sreilre. It v i s msM that this man had reversed tb* whole tenor ol his life.
h ,a ,rr Jnr W(4ld verified to the minutest detail.
1 ,,rt ' In tl.ls i> H io n airjtlo r It wo* n ut possible for Then, when tho barm had el) bean done, and the polsornt arrow* plm '*d. the truth camn
»iut. The cutren |ihi| g protilgttl eon. After cetnta t>r t nil but hrr»kv a tndde fmtier's Jirerl,
------------ )|^ L rilv \*n\e y»fjr wne (-•« t-wdlum lu ever hove g**n the roor.jg ha de«
w ii ibu linn s i l l for his 3uu nnd ii>ld Mr.i plalhTy that unlvsa lie i.'f.»rntcii"hcWould liavn to pul
/fkA'’*. I
a
... i
*• v or
, ..
ine rural
if the mr.*i
. srnbeal. an<* therefor* there could liaYt bien no lint property Into th* hands o f tru«i».v«. and sefseasril It from e.'iHiiialvira prodigality after J*
kucockslul f»*r tb* was dead Under the Influence o f liquor, angcrri* uv his father's plain sprech. thu youth w>nt
Thin ionvea but ta o eipU n allora -that of lale-
off and himself worked m-Lx-pUn ot.rovange. by s to n in g .* *.aad«r against h i*.o w n father.
udvanreineof o f xrvrrb!* 7 *»h y and fhnt c f grlttal aplrit rbtlii'minlration. Of
The man muid make no defence Had he Iwen of emnller ntnture oi o f coarser fibre he would,
•*i iM it r d t and atudy. i,jure*. iho"c | re*cut k:m» tliclr mom*, and »•!*- by one wdhl, h aw rleoj-cd lilai*4lf,. nut bo w»v o( pairklgit wurth. slrou i aa oak and rocX-
JiY v.kz r-oeaibU. tor C.a tiiadlmi* nould have
n,,»i" v u m letfo l dlwrov* pa rived, trleoalhlcally. the d e» riptbma o f tbt nnd tine n* gold, ami true as steel, .md he would not meet a ftvdlxh run * dishonor and botray.il l
revelations and tLKiifi" from (ho p.wretina present. wiih a father's orlllrlani nnd e;:poaurs of bis eon's weahuene. 1 be thing for which hich that cltl-
veil ban been chb-fly ldn.-M.-ll la Ih** i ^ o t f*»r which he d« acrvCS m oit pnitncJ pruiiicp’ Hr grvrrned ln-
'•>ii<ili>l<*n« having. t**o* 13nt gj.hntlnF (his. we find thaj telepathy could
(. y(i, r n<)i eSp‘ iH the method wherrby'lhe mndlupi de- W*rdly While 1k > 'aught uicn prncr Men *l»o udnilrwl him before rgrere* ravo (.'lire ■od
u love him
ffr. iv,! in |h|
Llian i m e been remrdail krrlhoJ the room in which the gnatlfjian before
now. *
In ihe r.nnai" c f thin v i - menlloned was aprmUng th? .jvculnc, nor could It B tw a r t of S<r»1) y id g n t H t .
since he nrai explain h o * (hr medium was enabled to tell its T il" n—l 'if 111, hour ! b for Jiwtlco in<I trill li In InugnimL T>., full fr e n nr, t ,rh "u —I
u . M t u o m a m J a f c i a b, ,. ,- .: . . . . . . . . . . n ..r . . . . - u - - , i . ■— .-™ -
» ‘ b» nn.l ccr- liiuiil In 111, world U in w rli'n ill'* III. Thr* ,irupli,'. r«w mnn r,. I g.jM nn** f
n ijio c * 1' I " ilif i- pivai |rt*<n the B-nilay tshilY no nnv knew exactly what to* Sfnl ihc others pro|,.ni.,u o f , , . 1,1 I, m o t- MI.I itnwv «n l / l i , i.t.njr, J .J r jii on.l.Jriill. ,.:I*B) * l r i d linn ln.1 !uu
.Vorld fu r-so fttcuunL «*f the lnosw with l‘ |o» might t*** dolnr T r v pielttiffi Ai i a l"iin
manv leat hers pop r-*
nrd ilfiJnMly Too ---- many — ' --- nmr'yicds nliho#* cn\«a,j. Too »• " m
reformer*
xiynhic *iMi«lUuu * r th*- y.M/. i r.in dv.rr}hv tb© M m u r to *11 praaanL and Quire cotill hare l»v*n hcroek who Arc victims ut malignity, jcudnuey oo-l hsto. Mod hnbU *-■•« iHNilea w^lng
lomaualniUi’n before the « v t * iy by © y»*«ng no re.t}r.g*<*i». welchtA. the tampering nf the «|trn«tirfng t^reugb prejudice, h -rc.n o plac*r Cfli JnrtgmniL H
Unerb en Indlno. * l n • Inl-n-vt hnt tn n trance »,* IT |«->pal!:y r « n explain ihfs dc monstrsllon then ■ - here is tf>f> li'itrb gvN.il In th** n.T*i men and ton inurh had In the Ih-i>i n-cn to leavn nr.j
•ould '•ormni.nlu:.' erlili the xpliit or *n Indmn pi'Ml adn.lt tbet telepathy between rtrenger* . ' place for Injustice harthuexn or rn irltv To ape»K only g.—d o f Ih. .lead and tho living alike
hie#, »pA S.w. with the Ui>*u Kptrli. end that n m Atmsnr-v nt »n> tlTie -re-* "n-'rr nry rondl ts n re »« fhet nnqhf tn etwnd flrrt among the rraotnM'Mlx fpr the New Year • s
btg-eiurit-Axt;ttld-ilcfcn‘^_Uuouith^.Ua lhe_hon:e3 tlctr*. 1* pcoelhla. This ts-extending r h* llm'»ott«na- ••X X orrr! ^ 'T ^ ? * f i , v,.-i«ii*-' ! v*j- * \ji- 1. i. i..>.k. .r y .i ^ .;.,v . \ . i , . , 7 ^ . it,;T r.vt,y
>r t t jW T'lth'-i*•’ iu the rvw?m nf tM rp iihy to an ex trw i". MH v.ren io. ILiuay bs
T h * m rit tm die d.’ ecrihe^ ftr<.,tr^Te!v and tn >le- the real hypothesis. Thte demonstreibvti Y»n Ih*
all. the - ."’ll* r,r V * »;f thcfte prc"rDt, on* room
atlnx Li HjxL-t.1.
lie ei»u w fv ; iuv*i the appi-arauce of a gentleman
whPiP th* fmwl rsmachaMv n f If* cltws. ever
rtcurdaU tjr our aocletj. or iKirbapa by uur
Ualy ot luvcxilga'cr*.
—L atest-T num
WL
ph o f V ivisection.
E3V l= »A U U W ST.
I,-
r j 'E «ft* r having ru t utl 1!ir #>t«rlnr furtbm *.
fH'HffflrtNiwrfarf/tf f**r The Nwedwy H'wrM.J
lle-vinx. new tbenr of ,liirm M iitM . I

D is e a s e tK e P r o d u c t o f T h o u g h t . I'lU l’ p; W atson .:a:u ’ (u th* r»i»t |.ulnt o f lnirr«,-r. In tile

J n lt N IV A T S u X , c f C b lt a c j L u l v n i i t y . Iw iU n M iK It# (© •»• 1*i*>ir f*^< T h l» w « -tee#
I—4-Jfspcrbcb*r.- in .
H v D ».C H A F H ^ I«M .| W 4 K w r D A V A . h -*-» * « oxi, mwI| l.w - r . nsf.H ,, - * — — ----------------- _ ------ n. f* -T #-l fh«*r,.JIicra woe ljm alli'.m 111 th’
A J ia im m c n i *,f 3 tcncc In VLU city n u n U v w n n of < .vl ib© ih *» *n *b U d th v m -iu (h ir e d Ih#
F * thu rym rn(, u « " . w i M - f t f Hm* O il.'# nr firr cHlW- tat* a c U U r e * . fsver

I cOMrM’ t r.l rush nt i i o r a r d .r i * i m y d toik. H a s It not k u » « u i d

sny-Wi-T; if ,| 4^n |ncve«*« nc thni prt^ured »Wv !!!«•*»»
Wood re.’ib J i'11 r » r (H i tt It I-*© W«*«r> o
wlUch h a . ta u t»d conxldcrehla Jivcu»»l**u ( end nut a mrtu-iua way hailt to itu- .’orpet>*»nry. (fry irtrtiv,.
i:tll# ’ unfavorahJ* rrlHclam.
rew rch *
T h a i tiie#cm l^eat *ci- Y#i C>#v ia «(# r «^
•ild b© th# rjli-^ ri
faKlna. c r h ijh j* . -'ftruh
vJJc* dherc WhiirliM*. and. with tlivlr lm »»ln
 -tirnt great matter' r,t !s.tvr,. . w),!<-h . •.'** ru,<’'' lh* f w l M t Jtolla. one C*h*bro»d and oim Pin*. « M ho f t 'I g
world f <*r. mi 0 /1.0 knows hovv m a ti^ y oaf a ? Oo ^ bakor, by the Way. __TO M
..thxtiufth llm Ur.olt, ilcSJ* reader, mid- you Will flh«i Itllt- i,at XSw York li^ k tH F * youn« town ’» *howp/£I
-Jt rmituI iim iurty•.*.fv'rti Dive*. on<; • Heart end ono by tho fuel that there arc never/ column* of Youngs (i,
J^ovrr. Thera nh> twM/iy &|>«><Minrar two llujr^er*. n/ul only »lx Olds. The com/parlson of neven j f ‘a i u s <£>
Olxlv-m/e I >m-ljnt;». tluee In-ais, llvn Pfltl.x, threer' hm affalnat one Sktnrwt doesn't oonatltuta, " u t a -"a
a tbod $ ‘
■fil.nru,,. m *. i::/. ..s. n r . - m.r.okn and ten . W i n * eHhor. ./ & \
A #«I.H*1v *>f tlt)> dhi-elury alimvs, too, that, doatato , . (•?, *
n .u
flvni anil
mu! one-half
nne-lnlf o rohimn*.
* « . ,T
Kina*,. twalyo
itiin m of Kln«*„ twelve Queen*.
ywoen*. . •* 1 *■____ ____
_______ ___ ,______rAet~r^
* r w~1jfcffa" HaS~ f t
t 1
One“ rol/iiifii" Of twonry.ro/tr D a W m / t r i? - - ^ t w y n t y - o n s D m ™ ? — Tha r a t l ^ t
Oranges, five f t
elpl ,t ICmls'm/d ,-<„l.iy-iwo Tnare arc sixteen . rm* e" ****>«■• --el^htem C itro n *.-flve
vCasHos for all tin, royalty to dwell In. Peaches, one <3l»P«r three Pl«ny. and one I ear ®
Tho npirltual welfare of the eHv ought to be well Aoean't matke mUra amen^rT but New York Ian l ft
looked arti-r. „ii.'>f f.„ find listed" elxty-three *o!n* to cry about It; It )x too Il.ht-Ha.rted. for. a* 0
*' jly, ropes. Ti or Car.llnnla, on/- hundred and thirty-two lh« directory chows. It ^ a s eighteen Joy* and wvon I -•
Abbots, nine Vi'.eyx, /l/>vnn i'rli-sta, twenty Par* lfaTpo* t° only one pear. . _ . . * /•>
UhM. two Pljnpcl*. thirty-eight KMers. one..column - Tho first name by tiha -directory Is Jaque* A a nnn J.V
pnd thrre*(|iinricrB of Paison*. two column# of Deans, the last namo .id I»uh* Zyae. There are * twelve
-twelve Deacon*. - o n e column of Churches, forty- name* that h*jdn with X, nine oolunma of Jo*ieses>jW
eight Saxtons, twenty eight Christian* and clflit thirty-live i-^umni of flmltlvx."|wo column* of John
nihlc*. ——----------------- »■— -— -------- —— — ------- , . ' 'Smith* aryt nlnM6eri~cftliunna o f Brown*. " . to^

1& r a M e M : : E s y _ c & i c : : W o n d e r - o T 1 9 0 6 :
B y m . S F ^ E r s jO E T R l e w i s , / nhom he had never noon, Uud told where he war
^ P r c f i i t i n ff” o7~77<c Aetc York Inxtitvtc tor l ’K-jrhlrut &l ll} fc ‘^rncltoj.-^ wltlph -faffS war# after-
X ' .wntd verlflod to the mlnutent detail.
JiCHCuirh.)
In Oils .lemon at rati o r it r t s n o t possible for
^OOft-^M^-tiio i.icdluni to evisr hn.vo tjeen—the-rocm ra-heXp--
-r R ^ “ o '4 of>'the most sc,*lbc*!l- * nc> thcrefora_ there could have been no
y fraud. .. ’ - « •
/Xsslul for the -phla ]pnvea but two explanations— that of tele- ft ,
^dvn-nx^4«mT-t^-psrehD--pnthTruTi(rrlvat o f ertudl spirit coffimunlcanon."' Of W •
cal reaonrclt dud Btudy. eourse, thoae prebcut k n o w tbelr roomtf, and tele- ©
m«^ie - w o n d e t f u l - ' d l * r r r r « - P o s s i b l e , for Uta m edium -eoultl h are -
received, teiopathlcally, the deacrtptlona of the
X^.ee, revelations and rooms from the persons present.
rnuoluHlona h^vlns been But granting U i ( b. we nnd that telepathy could
V'fTected in thta one year not expialr. the method whereby the m ftdlum 'de-
Lhan have been reeordod scribed ihe roorn In which the gentleman before
In the. nnna<« of this scl- rpentloned \yaf .spending the oveulng. nor could it
enro '
since the first explain how tho medium, w as enabled to tell us
i•UI•1Uk■p/'tla</■ll
^ Tn tins country In 1848. present knhw where the gentleman was. and cor- ^
_____ In. re h o u s e to the r^queet from the Sunday irTlnly no one knew cxnclly what, he and the others S
orld/^Xor—4m -accauni—ot_tkc~uioR U «»m iu:kftbl«—w b h -iiltn —m tght- bo-doiTrr— Tin*'TTKl!IT f n 'w t T f 'a " ^ '
— cay eh le.exhllilU oa " f the year, i will describe tho_fti\nx&ei:.i.o.BlLl'rQflflitJL-aniLtaicre-cuul-l.bajr«-b««n -< $ - !
r —jcofiioaistrutlijn before .’ he -*>e!ety by a. young-^no.coUuf'cn.--------- . ft
Lmerlcan Indian, who r-lnlmed thnt In a trance ho If telcpatliy nan explain this demonstration then
could conuminlcate with the spirit of an Indiun [we must adm it that telepathy between Htrnngers ®
Chlilfy-ftnd nist> with the "CAfieat Sp irit," and that et h- dlslttni'e- nt~®uv—tim e’ nnd nTtHer nny eohd1-

___ o l Lha.^e gritbrib/Vln t he room .---------- I1. ~ j bf telrnathy to an extreme, b utVhVeiran c m n y M ' ^
Ttrarmedium difnttrBcrJhe. ncc'irktbly andMTTtie- the real hypothceJa. This demonstration on the
taITr~fTTeTooTiTi''. of six uf thCP.e_pre5rji.L_0iie l'QCffiiiiwhole wag-tfieTnibat-reimThable. or-itS-xHa»s, c v cr

JI > also iLe>crlbed the appearauce o f n gentleman— body of investigators.

“D o f T H o u g l^ t . p:
P R .- C H /-\ R t f b r & - f t i ai Bfl F P W D A V I B / ---- Mothvr-- lirar*—Of iWrllt en—J T r
a Thmlght run in an IrMant of time dlUto or her child. 9)io goea Into a collips*..fov«r follow* and
contract ' the blood v e s . ^ , cnnalng a nraij ' o f pfic d'q liiear the gates of death. W as It mat * thought-
blooit to'ov Trom any 1 >-Vrf: if it tvan Increase or tlmt produced thl* Illness? 3‘t<1
flleb the Kcereilon of ft gland; If It can l/uxten tw » ^ntl
man is xented nt n b.'nijuctjphle. Xlfll Of hetfitb ^ n
rd -the—net <>('- ttic—}T*-iVrtt—Sf—itr-*an turn the
and tvnppme*« and btaasri/j^WtuM od” /rppettt ______ t'ur
prmy *-4n—h- —It—U—cau _
^tbar^gy.-f^-tr-it-t-ftd !i; ;l;-. i-‘-tMllt-nr—.ini-r- t-r-en? A in< ^i\g«.- is
A m« Is J/rm
'Jjromrbt to -'dim
iSTot to -blm that
ttat' hlS...(flXl
hls 1 Juts . j , s a
ty~ tr -yr-.r1-j-,T-nrll.nn »f —^ ^ K iO n 4rOSll*fl lU IV: fiOod- iT j tUTIl* ^ft.l»T______ t-rte
often o c «»ir«rv 'li can hriiiW iimbu/tan/jous d ca iU - de’sarts him ond hJ* strength 'fs g o n V ’ S&im he in-liu xt
i 1» It not natural for ua.lo oonchid'*, without ft di'llrldm an<b».ljl.; All.Jhe f/mcMen* e t tlia. body are by
her a i-«•urnout,' tl/ni U may bring* nb-nit a more rtrrnngod; a doctor^dx called Abfl natnes 'txl/r fllftcssa ■14(<
t-Bs czmtlmzozt* zlcra\ig«su-.cnt of the pi/yslouj Or- But is it not -truc-that this man'avAtscose-ha^ b«©:i-yorj
sni. which » v c*n rUi^ft*.-? - ■ prodtjpud -.by what -ho- -tfiotiahtT f ror
i 'b v o r y , h a r d w r n t » : c ’ In s t lt n c e s w h e r e t h e n e t lo n I have seen the most wonderful effects follow a of t
b o n ' t ^ i / / , . , 1 1. 'l l , • * ......... , / t . A r t a rt. Of of tznscer After an Oirthurst of passion tho fune- e'er
 -• rourifv-n non*, w o c *K *o r«w l on* ar%a na
world tor, no orwi know* bow rmrij^, yoo.l\»? Llo ^ Harlem baker, liy the Way.
-^--Ahcoufrli l-lu lmalt. d«g)jr reader. and you.'.will-find—Ui* L - .|ij|ftf—X>w York" l» ~»I.lll a. young town ihowr
t roiTTulns furty J fv o n Un'e». one • lionrt «ud «>d by ,ho } act that there* arc seven column* o f Young*
L ovrr. Thor* nn- twenty „ora, .two Hugger*. ^ on]y g|;[ o l d i T h , of" seven ^Pa-U*-
nlsty-one m wling*. iliiYrt five Pott*, three ^ o m ltl„ nnri g k, d o o m ' t constltuta/a *bad
'Bparirw, rii:. n is '*11*, tnrnr- rtn'.acki iwuftsn HUE*. »howing, yU lot.
A study o f ilm rtl rectory allows, too. UiAt. d**p4to . . . ___. . v ,_
—J La .bwii l i d . lleiituttititiijti
five and nn*“ . ^ r ^ ^ K ^ . ; t w o , v o W * « W » tt U h.rO to *e* why
_..., eoTTTSTTi
On* . ..... iTTi'Tir r r lfio c i; twon fy-TouF DOKHC'TtTtflf-'-1*- * w* m * *V,1B U tiW Iir — T W r * « T h ir w « lik v * d r i «
elgflit lt>rU *«n.I .-'Kl.ty-two Thcro are .|xt«*n nfU6* n Apple*.-ettrhtoon Citron., ^flv* Orange., live »
F (hi*U o« for all lb!* royalty to dwell In. rvooh®*. on* draper ^hce* ^ and on*^ Tear g
^ T h o eptrliunl w elfare or the city ought to b* well doesn't entire w > ir but N ew York Isn't
“ idokAd after. nli»*«, fm tf6 find f l » t « - .Ixty-th re* * o ln « to cry about It; It too II«ht-h*«rtoA, for, as
< ‘ •Popes, <!-nr C.';' r.tlnn Is, one hundred and thirty-two the directory chows. l t d s eighteen Joy* and eevecii ©•
A bbot*. utyie A V ie y \ ileyen Priests, twenty Per- Ifappo* to. only on* Jp*ar. .
■ t*h*s, two d p pel*, thirty-eight l!!d«rs, ona*column - The first name Itp Oh* -directory U Jaoyeg Aa tund
^ ftn d thtye-qiinrlftfs o f PAinona, two column* of iDexn*. the last name J» IjOu U ZyM. Thor* ar* - twelve
—tw elve IkHtooni*;— one column o f - C h u rch *, fo r t y - " mime* that b**1n with "X, nine columns o f Joneses?
cjirht 8avton*. twenty-eight Christian* and eight thirty-five ritfumn* of flml^h#,’ {.wo column* of Joltn
..Ulliic.m. -------------------- - ■---- —-— — -----— --------- — i— * m l t h i ’ araP nineteen
rrtn«een cw iri
ewtimri* o f Brown*. ’

cay M, s p e n c e r l £ w i ; tvhom he hud n e ve r noon^Aad tQld w h ere ha w r *

* yjPnwfrfrrrf of Tht-frtW V'nrA.- htstituUr for' ]'»yrh A l the In o ire n t <»f recital, w lile b -facts' w a r* a fter-'
w a rd verified to the m lnuteat detail.
„ Hvncunh.)
-In tills ^ cn io n stra tlo n tt w as Ttot possIbTe fo r
—nr
■l-K—y^tM th e ^ u ic d lu m -to a v e r —hftv o aeon th e ro o m y fa*~dt
one of^the moit scribed, antf th ercfo ra _ 'th eie could lia v c been no (,
fraud. .. *■ -
succ^asful for tha ThiH lea ves but tw o ex p la n a tio n *— that o f tele-
r>/1TnTrCyJ
HU ■i». ■—— .
o r actiUtT s p irit com m u n ication . Of
ral re^onrch find atudy, courac, those prebout kn e*/ "th eir Tfiom i, and tele-
e e ftil-tiiw w * * .pathy_Trn2 . postdbli^ Xor d ie -m *diuiu-<H>ult]-harr -
received , telep a th lc a lly , the d eacrlptlon * o f the
rlvB, revelatlone and roonra fro m tho persons present. ",
roueluBlons h^vlDg boon B in g ra n tin g this, tve find th at telep a th y could
effected In thla one year not ex p la in the m ethod w h ereb y th e inadlum de- .
than have been recorded «c r I bed the room i n w h ich the gont-leman before^
In the. annafit of this sci­ m entioned w a* .uiicmUnjf tho even in g, n or could It
ence since the first ex p la in h ow tho merflum. w as enabled to tell us
__
” 9 ™ ” ™ ” 111 tills country In 1848._ present kn6w where the gentleman was And cor- ©
J c n o t S v to ihn rc i)tm er^ from "t 1\o Sunday
Sui talllly no one'knew exactly wpai. he and the others
. . TtrcdlTTRT ' <5
aynhlc. e xhlhUInn o f .tha year, t w ill describe the sti nrger to alLpreacni _andlfihere
*“ .............
-cmil:Uha.. *~
i tmti nrm=i >etoi Yr-^l t» — cot hi gt on.
lerican In d ian ,w h o clnttiod th n rln n trance ho If telepathy can explain this demonstration then
could communicate w ith-the spirit, of an .Indian [we must adroit that teiopathy-between strangers
t ^ ^ C b l * fjW m l- a t*»^ w ilip -th e:-Jitiiiwttr-&pti4tT^ a ft d - t h a t —a v l o f f t n c e —nt-ttn v - t '

io rarnn; fif tetepath y to an enrom 6.~hui"nYSir*fy. if n m y in r

ThOi'PTCcTTnpi'dlfl rtePcr1berTtccurHt<ny a n d ifn da- the real hypothesis. T h is dem onstration on the
~~thc~~ro*>mfl Of Six o f theue presen t, tnift room VL-hola^w as^he^hioaty^m avksble^-of.-it‘s^<iassr a ver^

l > i s e a s e _ tF & e F r o d x i c t o f " T l ^ o u .a l~ & t .

*o m »«i
P a thought can In an tnrtsnt o f tlni*. flUat* or.

I
her child. She goes Into a collap se,.f«v«r follows a nd
- whl
[jS sh trA bt; tho .wood v e w e is r causing a ’nraw ~ or plvoiij liear the gfttos of death. W u It net w thought
- blood Trom any twi'fr if it can Increase or Util
tliat produced this Illness?
dkmlntyh th» aocrrtlnn of a ^land; U it can hasten at S nV
A man I* seated at a tianquffcrfnhle n fll.o f bcKlth utin
-tho—U cm ^ . o f—ttw—hr-feVH—if~ lt turn then
and hap p m ew a n d bl*w*ldtW hH i^ig>o3'^ppetlte:
le—ST»-y *tn—a— niniii,;—it—it- i'.bh - taor«- * i ’Jr
dnataiit. pmlact: iA w m xg a ga _tO iro m riit to -iVlm t^ a C
.unr i —i>eon^drowo#<i- In a IPyedJ—4l»-turn*-pai»;' ♦ ehe
- ha# often « k w u red, i t can Uring tnatuiitanoous dea-ih—■ do^ertt htrh aiit], lU* ^trenjfth 1* go juC‘ 8 SorPhsTlb,Jn Tl
th«n I * 1It not natural for u a .lo cotjCl'ud'\ without a delirium anth’ljl.. A ll.ih c functions c^-tiia..bOdy hre
furthor arwuVhwvt,' ’OToit T f indy bring' nhout a mar* rtmmgfMl; & doctorWi called fiVid nalne* t i l * :dl»ea*e. 'f^t*
pr lea*- Coptlir.ion* dCfq\igon'.cnt Of tliC ptiyslcaj or- Birt l* It not—truo-thwt tht* nHin's-rAfseo** h #*-b«*n 'fttrr
"ZZJfaidsm , which w-v roll dKseaao? r ~ proaacad-bp-W hatfha tnoughtY *:: . r * Tror
L_Ol\'every n'ard tvr notehnstancos where the action I hnye *een the m<>*t vrondcrful vlTect* fotkvw-a -of-t
Greatest Psychic W on d er o f 1906

By H. S P E N C E R L E W IS

(President o f the New Y ork Institute for Psychical Research.)

The year 1906 was one o f the most successful for the advancement of
psychical research and study, more wonderful discoveries, revelations and
conclusions having been effected in this one year than have been recorded in
the annals o f this science since the first "spirit-raps" were heard in this
country in 1848.

In response to the request from the Sunday W o rld for an account o f the
most remarkable psychic exhibition o f the year, I will describe the
demonstration before the society by a young American Indian, who claimed
that in a trance he could communicate with the spirit o f an Indian chief, and
also with the "G re a t Spirit," and that this spirit would describe through him
the homes of those gathered in the room.

The medium did describe, accurately and in detail, the rooms o f six o f those
present, one room being in England.

He also describe the appearance of a gentleman whom he had never seen,

and told where he was at the moment o f recital, which facts were afterward
verified to the minutest detail.

In this demonstration it was not possible for the medium to ever have seen
the rooms he described, and therefore there could have been no fraud.

This leaves but two explanations - that o f telepathy and that o f actual spirit
communication. O f course, those present knew their rooms, and telepathy was
possible, for the medium could have received, telepathically, the descriptions
o f the rooms from the person present.

But granting this, we find that telepathy could not explain the method
whereby the medium described the room in which the gentleman before
mentioned was spending the evening, nor could it explain how the medium
was enabled to tell us just what this gentleman was doing for no one present
knew where the gentleman was, and certainty no one knew exactly what he
and the others with him might be doing. The medium w as a stranger to all
present, and there could have been no collusion.

I f telepathy can explain this demonstration then we must admit that

telepathy between strangers at a distance at any time and under any
conditions is possible. This is extending the limitations of telepathy to an
extreme, but even so, it may be the real hypothesis. This demonstration on the
whole was the most remarkable, o f its class, ever recorded by our society, or
perhaps by any other body of investigators.

New York Sunday World

New York, New York
Sunday, January 6,19(17
The Washington Post
Washington, District o f Columbia
Sunday, January 13,1907
Fourth Part, Page 12.
H ow the So-called Spiritualists
Deceive the Credulous Victims
Special Correapcodaoce o f Tba Washington Pott
New York, Jan 12.
N E of the objects of the recently
O organized Institute for Psychl-
cal Research in this city Is to
expose the methods by whlcn
so-called spiritualists delude
tho public Their tricks have been studied
for the past nine years by the president
of the Institute Dr H Spencer Lewis
" I f there Is any truth whatever In the
communication of the dead with the liv­
ing ’ he said the other day to a reporter,
"tho spiritualists have yet to give a sin­
gle proof of It In nine years I think 1
have seen everything they have to show
Much was palpable fraud, even* In the
most mysterious, there was nothing that
could not be explained as due to natural
means. '
D r Lewis A as asked to explain tho
mystery of the broad day light seances In
vogue Just now
“ I have never heard a message given
that I could not trace to either keen ob
servation or clever guesswork." Dr
L e a la said ‘ Let us take & typical meet­
ing of the kind
' The medium takes up an article—sa> a
ring 9he holds It up so that all may soe
It and begins to describe It minutely as
though for the benefit of those at a dis­
tance
• Now with this ring,' she goes on
'conies the form of a beautiful spirit I
do not know what there Is In tills ring to
attract this spirit (A pause) Again 1
see this beautiful spirit that comes with
this ring I b is spirit has a message for
the person who b-ought this rin g ”
* All the time she U talking the medium
Is scanning the faces of the people before
her This Is wliv she minutely describes
the ring—to give her time In which to ob-
servo the audience And Invariably the
person v hose itng Is held aloft betrays
her ldemltv
“It may be that one womnrf will nudge
another or that the owner will smile or
become remarkably Interested, or grow
jiervous Whatever It may be. the quick,
practiced eve of the medium detects It.
Gets a Dramatic E ffect
"She then stowlv descends from the
rostrum saying that the spirit Is leading
her to the one for whom Its message Is
Intended She pauses before each row of
people ns though walling for spirit guid­
ance but all the wnlle scanning the faces
before her through half closed eyes At
last extending It to the right person shs
save softly
*• Tfe* you This beautiful spirit tells
roe that vou are' the one for whom Its
message Is Intended '
‘“That Is the dramatic side of the work
To go right to the person and say. 'Tola
artl-lo Is yours * wouldn't produce tho
sad, tearful condition always desired bv
the medium A woman thus wrought up
and susceptible to all sorts of emotions
is the one for whom the most wonderful
messages can be obtained
• We will suppose that a man Is sitting
next to the woman who brought the ling
Well every medium knows that a man
seldom goes alone to a seance and In
nine cases out of ten the woman Is his
wife It Is also a fart tnat when a man
and Ms wife come to a seance It U gen­
erally In the lippcs of receiving a mes­
sage from a child they have tost
"Acting on this cue the medium now
sav s
• 'Yea Inis beautiful spirit stands here
and this spt-tt form says 'Mother' *
"This word Is pronounced very softly
and svveetlv Still tho medium has not
committed herself If the woman does
not break don n and begin to weep sae
knows something Is wrong ard goes on
to ixplxln that the spirit seems to be
that of a mother who wants 10 give a
message to her child or mentions one
possible explanation aftei another until
the woman assents to one of them
Parents Begin to Weep.
' In nine cases out of ten however the
woman begins to weep nnd the medium
says sof lv 'And now I hear her sav
'father Hire tne man breiks down and
the mi ilium proieid* solemnly
• It U your child who stands before you
now This split, wants me to say that It
Is nice of you to come to day It seems
to me that this spirit haw not passed out
very long ago Has your child pass, d
out long a g o ' she asks suddenly of toe
'mother
“And probably the mether will answer,
'Why no she passed out two months
ago '
That is apparently an Innocent b t of
Information which the medium might
have deduced from the woman'a mourn­
ing But the medium hy asking the
question has learned the sex of the cnlld,
which she did not know She goes on
Your daughter says alie wants to
thank you for the many times you have
visited her grave and the many p r’ tt/
flowers you brought her there, reasoning
« f course tha- If the daughter has been
only two months dead the mother has
visited the g u u e anti taken flowers.
The Washington Post
Washington, District o f Columbia
Sunday, January 13, 1907
Fourth Part, Page 12.
‘ Then the medium will p-obably ond up
■with Your daughter says she la so glad
that > ou gat fat tin to come with you
this evening Ho dldr t want to coir.e
but you Induced hlm to do so and sh*-
ts so glad to see him bore She hopes you
will hot i conic ollct ft lolk with her"
Often thi a lile placed on the -rostrum
tolls much a ' the one who owned It A
ring may give thv sc\ and a good Idea
©f the age of the o ie who wore It ><ot
everv locket welch opens contains a pho- j
togrsoh oi tv lock ul I air but as n el-
ebmted medium once explained to me. a
locket which ooen« nnd Is brough. to a
seance 1* almost suie tn do so bee tune
It Is a relic of one vvbo is dead Tneie-
fore when a medium picks up such a lock­
et from the rosfnm she always sees
-though without committing herself defln-
ttetj a photograpli In connection vitli
It
It must be taken Into con«jtlemtion
that the eame people attend seances week
after week, and the medium gets to kn.aw
them pretty well, though the> think thov
svever give htr an) information about
themselves
Thought He W as Very Careful
* For Instance, a man w ho Is a teacner
In ono of the pjbltc schools here bognn to
Investigate spiritualism ntmut two years
ago H a attended aeancos du Ing the win
let an l mrtna He thought he was ver/
careful not lo reveal anything about h s
family or fife, but In the course of dol'v-
erlng meessges the medium had learned
hi* profeseton and that he lived In t'ie
Bronx
"W ell after being awav for the sum-
M e t the teacher came back to town tlio
iThursdav before the Mondnv on which
achool opened and Attended tho seance on
Sunday evening At %c doo- one of tre
medium's assistants welcomed him. us is
the custom, and remarked that he had
grown to be qu'te a stranger
* 'Yes ' rcoll* 1 the teacher 'I onlv gol
hack On Thursdav Been off on my vaca­
tion • *
'When the medium arrived she greet* I
the company and prpceed-d to hand out
bits of Informnt'on before beginning f w
regular work of the evening
* 'You were downtown yesterdav * she
remarked to tho teacher
“Of course She ba 1 learned Tro-n hrr
assistant that he hnil returned from nls
vacation on Thursday and naturally eon-
eluded that a teacher <o«nlng home after
a season's absence would have errands to
take him downtown hotween that day and
tho n-'-cnlnc of school
*' Downtown' U h v ves 1 was down­
town ine man re*-| ed s owly
KkSc t Sh-ewd Guess.
"Now the verv o i » r of his reply
Showed Imr ninedintelv thnt he had not
been verv f t - downtown He had been
dpontfol If. Indeed It could properly he
>alled downtown Those'ore she deoil'd
to stick It somewhere about the middle of
the city and wont on
" 'Yes, I see you at Fifty -ninth street'
* If the teacher had Bald he waan t on
that street she could probably have drawn
out the fact that he had passed It and
would have said that she saw him Just in
tbo moment of passing However, In *nls
case the guess was a fine one, and the
nran was simply stunned 1
* Can you tell me what part of Fifty-
ninth street'' he asked
'* 'Yes, east of the circle the medium
answered confidently, and again the
teacher was mystified Yet any one ac­
quainted with the re ghborhood of Fifty -
ninth street west of the circle will under­
stand how little likelihood there was of his
having business over there
“As the teacher assented to this last
piece of Information and did not say he
hod first been at tlie elide, shu reasoned
at once that he had come from the
Bronx on the elevated She did not say
now that sne beheld him on the corner of
Third avenue, lor that would have been
too easily seen through She Ukowlse con­
I cluded that he had visited tho board of
1
education at mty-ntnth street and Park
| aventie, but to say this would be risking
too much Again she hit safely midway,
I
and announced that the Bplrlt revealed him
to her at the corner of Fifty-ninth street
and I^exlngton avenue, without, however,
staling whether he was conducting busi­
ness tiioro or merely passing
Again Ihe teacher was simply stunned,
for It so happened that ho had not been r.t
the board of education but had done a
little business In a building directly on
the corner of Fifty-ninth street and Lox-
lngton avenue And he went away deeplj
I
Impressed, and seeing no connection what­
ever between this surprising reveiat.on
J
and his Innocent remark about hie vaca­
! tion "
D r Lewie gave this account of what .a
called materialization and dematerial Iza-
j tion ,
! "In all such seances tho room is pitch
' dark except for a blue lantern suspended
[ from the center of the celling The au­
• dience Is ranged about the walls as the
spirit is to, appear and then disappear
right In the center of the Boor, Instead of
on the platform
 The Washington Post
Washington, District o f Columbia
Sunday, January 13,1907
Fourth Part, Page 12.
Something White Slow ly Rising.
"The lantern shade goes down leaving
the room in complete darkness and In the
centor cjf the floor appears a circle of Ore
and smoke, out of which the audience
gradually beholds something white r'slng
The blue lantorn Is very Blowly uncovered
the unearthly light disappears, and the
white figure grows and grows until an en­
tire human form Is standing there
* The spirit bows to the right and left,
and gives messages to some of the com­
pany Then, os the light Is again shaded
the spirit slowly disappears, until only
the c'rcle of ghostly flro Is to be seen on
the floor This waves, flickers, and puffs
out, and all Is total darkness
“ When the lights are turned up an In­
stant later, there is no trace of the appa­
rition and nU can examine the floor to see
that there Is no trapdoor In It
“AH this seems wonderful hut the ex­
planation Is really very simple The part
of the spirit la played by a woman dressed
In white Around the hem of the robe Is a
border of phosphorus Over this wntte
garment Is a long black slip, from the
top or which In ft string, one eml of whMi
Is held by a man Inside the cabinet
■When the lights first go out the spirit
glides from the cabinet unseen because of
her black coverfhg nnd stands In the cen­
tor of the room Then she raises the black
slip slightly and the phosphorus on the
bottom or her skirt gleams forth like wltcn
Are
i 'The spirit continues to lalse the black
slip, while the man in the cabinet pulls
the string taut and the lantern lets fo In
more and more light, making the phos­
phorus Invisible Finally the spirit stands
all revealed the black slip falling down
her back, which Is turned toward tlio
platform
'After the messages arc glv en she grad­
ually draws the slip down oxer her again,
the lantern Is shaded and the ghost fire
gleams foith By waving her skirts the
medium can make thta wave flicker and
puff out In a truly uncanny manner. W ien
complete darkness falls she regains the
cabinet unseen
Strangers Closely Watched.
"Interruption Is strictly guarded against
In many ways A stranger Is not admit­
ted. and until one Is known as safe ho la
seated between two strong employes of
the spiritualists
"Often a man who shows a tendency to
Investigate In the midst of proceedings
has found himself suddenly outside the
door with no Idea how he got there The
explanation always glxen of this phenom­
enon by the spiritualists is that tho tnan
resisted the psychic rorce and that It
knocked him down As the room is dark
and he h »« seen and can proxe nothing,
he hns no redress
"The bouncers of the splr tuollstle
meetlnRS also act as gatherers of Informa­
tion I first gained admiss on to a dark
seance through the Invitation of a man
known to the spiritualists who conducted
It I told them ray name at the outset.
They seated me beside a tall man who
seemed to he rather nervous After a
while he whispered to me
•'Sav, do you be levc In this thing9 D.i
you expect a message?.'
* T don't Know,' I replied, uncertainly
The man went on then to Inform ips
that he ha<j never been to a place of the
I sort before, nnd that he d dn't really think
I he would get a message
“ Have you nny one In the spirit world
from whom you could get a communtca-
|tlon9 he asked
Asked for Imaginary Sister
11'W ell there's my alster Alice,’ I said
Of course I have no sister Alice
"Just here a small spirit came out of the
cabinet
" ‘Look there whispered my neiehoor
'TUeie comes one. now Perhaps that's
y our sister'
* ‘Oh no I replied Mv sister was a
very tail girl *
Shortly a fl«r this my neighbor was
i called to the platform
• What do x oxi t*-|nk of that9 he whis­
pered to me excitedly 'That s a meaaago
for me Just think of It*'
Well ho went up to the stage and
whispered with the spirit who had cabled
him. and I thought to myself that It was
about time now for slater Alice to appear
i ‘Sure enough, the very next sp rlt to sten
from the cabinet was a tall specter, who
' wnnted Hr Lewis And when X went up
! and inquired her name she Informed me
thnt she was Alice and bx skilful ques­
tioning 1 led her to recollect many things
In our past lives which had never hap­
pened ”
D r L«wts learned the secret of spirit
, photographs from a medium who *md
fallen Into a trnn He explains that til"
object of the Inst’tute Is not only to ex
pose fraud but "sclcntl(1cully to classlfx
and anAlvxe such phenomena as ore usu-
1ally called psychic, hypnotic or aplrltuxl-
* iRtle. with the Intrntlon of determining
, their real nature "
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Washington, District o f Columbia
Sunday, January 13,1907
Fourth Part, Page 12.

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The Sun
New York, New York
Sunday, January 13,1907
Third Section, Page 42
SPOM nPLJUHED.
N O T H I X G B I T F R A I 'D F O t 'X D B Y
D R , LEW IS I X M A E TEAMS.
Mmpte Wain of Pradnrtni Spirit M ta n im
In Broad Dayttgtit or In the Dark
—T r ic k * by W iilclt IlN lla m l
f arm • l Ion ttxnjt, Their
On* o f the objects of the recent ly orgnn-
Im l Institute fo r Psychical Heererah in
this city is to expose the me? hexis by which
so-called spiritualists delude the public.
Their trick* have lieen studied for the
peat nine years try the p r u d e n t o f the
Institute, Dr H Spencer Lewis
* I f there is any truth whatever in the
communication of the dead with the living, *
be Maid the other day to a reporter, “ the
apirttucliiU have yet to give a single proof
of it. In cine years I think 1 have seen
everything they have to abow. Much was
paipahiefraud even in ihernoet mysterious,
there wan nothing that could not be ex­
plain i*d ns due tgi natural means. *
Dr. Lewis Was asked to explain the
mystery of the broad light stances which ore
In vogue just now.
" I have never heard a message given that
I could not trace to either keen observation
« r «'lever guesswork," Dr. Lew la said.
■Let ue take a typical meeting.
"T h e medium takee up an article—any a
ting. She holds it up so that ail may see
It, and begins to describe it minutely, as
I f fo r the benefit o f those at a distance
t * ‘N ow with thia ring,’ she says, ‘cornea
the form of a beautiful spirit. I d o not know
what there is in this nng to attract this
qpirit. |A |*u*e.| Again 1 nee this beauti­
ful spj rit that cornea with this ring. This
spirit has a message fo r the person who
brought this ring.'
* 411 the time nhe is talking the medium
Is scanning the fuoes o f the people before
her. Thia is why she mibutely describee
the ring—to give her time in which to ob-
ferve the audience. Invariably the owner
g f the ring betrays her identity.
" I t may be that one woman will nudge
gnother or tluit the owner will smile or
become remarkably interested, or grow
garvuua. Whatever it may be, the quick,
practised eye o f the medium detects it.
"b b e then slowly descends from the ros­
trum, saying that the spirit is leading her
to the one for whom its message ia intended.
She |muses before each row o f people, as
though waiting fo r spirit guidance, but all
the while scanning the faces before her
through half aloeed eyes. At last, extend­
ing it to the right person, she says softly:
through half closed eyes. At last, extend­
ing it to the right person, she says softly:
k * Tee, you. Tliis beautiful spirit tells
vie that you are the one for whom its
•tsem g* is intended.*
'T h a t i» the dramatic side o f the work.
T o go right to the person and say, ‘This
articii- is yours,' wouldn't produce the sad,
fearful condition always d^ured by the
uedium. A woman thus wrought up and
(ir t |ru susceptible to all sorts o f emotions is the
Victim*. one fo r whom the moat wonderful messages
con be obtained.
"W e will sup|ioae that a man is sitting
next to the woman who brought the ring.
Weil, every medium knows that a man
rsldom goes alone to a (usance, and in tune
gases out o f ten the woman is his wife. It
la alao a fact that when a man and bus w ife
acme to a stance it is generally in the hopes
of receiving a message from a child they
have lost.
"A ctin g on thia cue, the medium now
•T *
• ‘ Yea. thia hnautiful spirit stands here
gad thia spirit form aaya "M other." ’
"T h is word in pronounced very softly
sad sweetly. Still the medium has not
oommitted herself. I f the woman does not
break down and begin to weep she knows
something is wrong and goes on to explain
that the spirit seems to be that o f a mother
Who wants to give a meenage to her child,
or mentions one possible explanation a fter
another until the woman asserts to one o f
the exiienment&l serine.
‘ In nine oases out o f ten. however, the
woman begins to weep and the medium
says softly, ‘ And now I hear her my
•fa th e r ."' Here the man breaks down,
and the medium proceeds solem nly
“ * I t ia your child who stands before you
•aw . This spirit wants ine to nay that it
ia nice o f you to come to d a y . It seems to
aae that this spirit lias not passed out very
long ago. Has your child passed out long
ago?’ aha asks suddenly of die mother.
"Probably the mother will answer. 'W hy.
f o . ahe passed out two months ago.'
"T h a t is apparently an innocent hit of
Information, which the medium might have
deduced from the woman'* mourning. But
•ha medium by asking the question has
team ed the net o f the child, which she did
■ot know. Hhe goes on;
* ‘Your daughter says nhe wonts to thank
you fo r the many times you have visited
bar grave and the many pretty flowers
you brought her there’ ; reasoning, o f course,
that if the daughter has been only twu
months dead the motlier baa visited the
g ra v e and taken flowers
The Sun
New York, New York
Sunday,January 13,1907
Third Section, Page 42
'T b e n the medium will probably end up
With: ‘ Your daughter any* she la so glad
that you got father to come with you thia
evening He didn't want to oorne. but jrou
Induced him to do ao, and she ia ao glad to
gee him here. Nhe bo pea you will both
come often to talk with her.’
'O fte n the article placed on the rostrum
tel la muoh of the one who owned it. A
ring may give the aex and a good idea o f
the age o f the one who wore it. Not every
locket which opene oonteine a photograph
• r a lock o f hair. but. aa a celebrated me­
dium once explained to me, a locket which
Open* end ia brought to e stance la almoet
aura to do ao, because It la a relic o f one who
!■ dead. Therefore whan a medium picka
up auch a locket from the rostrum eho al­
ways aces, though without committing ber-
aeif definitely, a photograph which is con­
nected with it.
aI t must be taken into consideration that
the aame people attend stance s week after
w eek , and the medium gate to know them,
though they think they ( i r e her no infor-
BBation about them selves.
'F o r instance, a man who is a teacher in
ewe o f the public acboola here began to
levaatigate spiritualism about two y e a n
ago. lie attended stance* during a winter
en d spring. He thought he wan very care­
ful not to reveal anything abogt hia fam ily
#r life, but ta the ooures of delivering mae-
flagse the medium had learned hia profse*
alon and that he lived in The Uronx.
'W a d . after being away for the summer
file teacher came back to town the Thurs­
da y before the Monday on wuioh school
opened end attended the sAanoe on bunday
evening. A t the door one o f the medium's
wdoomed him, aa ia the custom,
remarked that be had grown to be
> lU e V Granger.
replied the teacher. ‘ I only got
on Thursday. Been off on my va-
'W h e o the mediiim arrived ahe greeted
be company and proceeded to hand out
Da o f information before beginning the
•guts* work o f the evening.
" Y o u were downtown yesterday,’ ahe
■Barked to the teacher.
“ O f course she had learned from her
st that be bed returned from hie
on Thursday, and naturally
a eaaaou’e she— ns would have wi aafis to
take him downtown between that day and
the opening o f school.
"D owntow n? Why, yaa, I wee down-
town,' the man replied aiowty.
'N o w the very manner of hie reply showed
her immediately that he had not been
very far downtown. He had been doubtful
if. indeed, it could property be oalled down­
town. Thtrefore ahe decided to stick it
somewhere about the middle o f the oily
and went on:
"Y e a , 1 see you at Fifty-ninth street.’
* l f the teacher had said he wasn't on
that street ahe could probably have drawn
out the fact that he had passed it and would
have said that ahe saw h m just in the
moment of pausing. However, in thin case
the guess was a fine one, and the man was
simply stunned.
"C a n you tell me what part o f Fifty-
ninth street'? he asked.
"Y e s , esat of the Circle,* the medium
answered confidently, and again the teacher
was mystified. Yat any one acquainted with
the neighborhood o f Fifty-ninth street west
o f the Circle will understand how little
likelihood there wae o f hie having business
over there.
'A m the teaoher assented to this last piece
o f infonnatioQ and did not say he had first
been at the Circle, ahe reasoned a t once that
he had come from The Bronx on the elevated.
Hhe did not say now that ahe beheld him o n
the corner o f Third avenue, fo r that would
have been too easily seen through. She
likewise ooncluded that he had visited the
Board o f Education at Fifty-ninth street
and Park avenue, but to say this would be
risking too muoh. Again she hit aafeiy
midway, and announced that the spirit re­
vealed him to her a t the oorner o f Fifty -
ninth street and Lexingtonaxenue, without,
ho wever, stating whether he was conducting
busmens there o r merely passing.
'A g a in the teacher waa simply stunned,
fo r it ao happened that he had not been at
the Board o f Education, but had done a
little business in a building directly on the
oorner o f Fifty-ninth street and Lexington
avenue. And he went away deeply im-
preseed, and seeing no connection whatever
between this surprising revelation and hia
innocent remark about hia vacation.*
Dr. Lewis gave this account o f what Is
oalled materialUation and dematerialixa-
tion:
'I n all auch si's rices the room is pitch dark
except for a blue lantern suspended from
the centre o f the ceiling. Th e audience is
ranged about the walls, ns the spirit is to ap­
pear and then disappear right in the centre
o f the door, instead o f on the platform.
 The Sun
New York, New York
Sunday, January 13,1907
Third Section, Page 42
‘ The lantern shade goes down, leaving
the room in complete darkness, and in the
centre o f the floor appear* a cireleuf Are and
emoke, out o f which the audience gradually
behold* numething white riling. The blue
lantern in very slowly uncovered, the un­
earthly light disappears, and (he white
figure grown and grown until an entire
human form in standing there.
"The spirit bown to the right and left, and
giv<w me*-tag e* to no me o f the c mpany.
Then, an the light ie again shaded, the npirit
slowly diaappeam. until only the airele o f
ghontly (Ire ia to be aeen on the door. This
wavm, flicker* and puffe out, and all ie lef■
In total darkneen.
* When the light 4 are turned up an inntant
later, there in no trace o f the apparition, and
all can examine the floor to nee that there
in no trapdoor in it.
“ All this seems wonderful, but the e x ­
planation ia really very almple. The part o f
the aplt it ie played by a woman dressed In
white. Around the hem o f the robe in a
!*m ler o f phoaphortia. Over this white
gnrment ia a long black nlip. from the top
o f which la a string, one end o f which is
held by a man inside the cabinet.
“ When the lighta first go out the npirit
glides from the cabinet, unseen because
o f her black covering, and stands In the
centre o f the room. Then she raise* the
blsck slip slightly and the phosphorus on
the bottom o f her akin gleams forth like
witch fire.
“ The spirit continue* to raise the blsck
flip, while the man In the cabinet pulls the
string taut and the lantern let* forth more
And more light, making the phosphorus
Invisible. Finally the spirit stands all re­
vealed, the black slip falling down her
back, which is turned toward the plat­
form.
“ After the message* are given she grad­
ually draws the slip down over her again,
the lantern is shaded, and the ghost fire
gleama forth. By waving her skirts the
medium can make this wave flicker and puff
out m a truly uncanny manner. When
complete darkness falls she regains the
cabinet unseen.
“ Interruption ia strictly guarded agiinr.t
in many ways. A stranger is not admitted,
and until one ia known as safe he Is nested
between two strong employees of the
spiritualists.
“Often % man who shows a tendency to
investigate in the midst or proceedings lias
found himself suddenly outside the door
with no idea how he got there. The ex­
planation Always given of tbla phenomenon
by the spiritualist* i* that the man resisted
the psychic force and that it knocked
him down, An the room ia dark and bn ha*
seen and can prove nothing he turn no
iwdrsos.
“ The bouncers o f the spiritualistic meet­
ings also act aa gatherers o f inform ation.
I first gained admission to a dark stance
through the invitation o f a man known to
the spiritualists who conducted it. I told
them my dame at the outlet.
“ T h ey seated me beside a tall man who
seemed to be rather nervous. A fte r a
while he whispered to me:
• S a y , do you believe in this thing? Do
you expect a mewtago?’
* ‘ Idu n 'tkn ow ,' I replied uncertainly.
“ The man went on then to mrorm me that
he had never been to a place o f th e Mirt
before and that he didn't really think he
would get a m essage.
• 'H a ve you any one in the spirit world
from whom you could get a communica­
tion?' he asked.
• ‘ Well, th ere’s my sister A lios/ I said.
O f oou n * I ha vs no sister Alice.
"J ust lie re a small spirit oaruo out o f t h «
cabinet.
* 'Look there,’ whispered m y neighbor.
‘ There cornea one now. Porhape that's
you r sister.'
" ‘ O h n o / l replied. 'My sister wasa very
tall gtrb*
“ Shortly a fte r this my neighbor was
called to the platform .
“ ‘ What do you think o f that?' he whis­
pered to me excitedly. ‘ That'a a m»s*ago
fo rm e. Just think o f it!'
“ Well, he went up to the stage and whia-
peredwith theapintrwho bail called him,and
I thought to m yself tuat it wua about time
now for sister Alice to appear. Bure enough,
the very next spirit tu step from the cabinet
w a sa tall spectre, who wanted Dr. Lewis.
And when I w *nt un and ini|uirnd her name
she informed me that she w as A lic e , and by
skilful questioning 1 led her to recollect
many things in our past lives which had
never happened."
Dr. Lew is learned the secret o f spirit
photographs from a medium who had
fallen into a trap. Us explains that the
object o f the institute is not only to expose
fraud, but “ scientifically to classify and
analyse such phenomena as are usually
called psychic, hypnotic or spiritualistic,
with tbs'intention o f determining their real
nature, “
 SAYS SPIRITISTS
Researcher Tells
Receptions
New York In v e stig a to r of P syc h ica l
A ffairs H a s F ound No C o m m u n i­
cation Betw een Dead
and L iv in g
ftpertnf In T h o H e rn ld .
N K W Y O R K . .Inn. 2«. One of the o b ­
jects of tin* recently organized In s t i­
tute for Psychical Hosenroh In thin
city Is to expose th” methods by
which so-enlled spiritualists delude
the public. Their tricks have been
stmlled for tho pant nine years by tho
president of tho Institute, Iir. II.
Kpencer Lewis.
" I f there Is a n y truth whatever In
tho communication o f the dead with the
living,” he said I he other day to a r e ­
porter, "the spiritualists have yet to
KlYe a single proof o f it. In nine y e n r s
I think I have seen everything they
h a v e to show. M uch was p alpable
f r a u d ; even In the most mysterious
there was nothing that could not be
explained ns dun to natural m eans."
Hr. Lewis w as naked to explnln the
m ystery of the b r o a d daylight stances
w h ic h nro In vo gu e JuhI now.
" I have never h o ard a message given
that I could not trace to either keen
observation or clever guesswork." Dr.
L e w i s Huld. " L o t us take a typical
meeting.
" T h o medium tnkes up an article—
sny a ring. She holds It up so that all
inny see It and begins to describe 1t
minutely, ns If fo r the benefit of those
at a dlstnnco.
" ‘ Now, with this ring,' she says,
'comes the form o f a bonutlful spirit.
I do not know what thero Is In this
ring to Rttrait this spirit. (A panso.)
Again I see this beautiful spirit that
comes with this ring. This spirit has
n message for the person who brought
this ring.’
" A ll the tlmo the medium Is talking
sh« Is scanning tho faces of tho people
before her. This Is why she minutely
describes the ring—to give her time In
which to observe the audience. In va­
riably the owner o f tho ring betrays
her Identity.
" I t may be that one woman will
nudge another or that tho owner will
smile or become remarkably Interested
or grow nervous. Whatever It may be,
the qulofe, practiced eye of the medium
detects Tt.
"She then slowly descends from the
rostrum, saying that the spirit Is lead­
ing her to the ono for whom Its mes­
sage is intended. She pauses before
ench row of people as though waiting
for spirit guidance, but all the while
scanning the faces before her through
half closed eyes. A t last, extending It
to the right person, sho says softly:
" ‘ Yes, you. This beautiful spirit tells
me that you are the one for whom It*
message Is Intended.’
Work* Dramatic 8ids
"Th at Is tho dramatic side o f the
work. To go right to the person and
say, ‘This article Is yours,’ wouldn’t
produce the sad. tearful condition al­
ways desired by the medium. A woman
thus wrought up and susceptible to all
ports of emotions Is the ono for whom
the most wonderful messages can bo
obtained.
"W e will suppose that a man Is sit­
ting next to the woman who bought
the ring. Well, every medium knows
that a man seldom goes alone to a
seance, and In nine cases out of ten
the woman Is his wife. It Is also a
fact that when a man and Ills wife
come to a seance It Is generally In tho
hopes of receiving a message from a
c hild they have lost.
“ Acting on this cue the medium now
says:
" ‘Yes, this beautiful spirit stands
h e r* sM t h l* s p ir it fo r m say*
"M o th e r ." , “ It m ust ho taken Into consideration
thnt tho n am e people a tton d seances
" T h is w o r d 1* p ro n o u n ce d v e r y s o ft ly
wook a f t e r w eek, and the m e d iu m gets
And s w e e t ly , p t iii th e m M ln m h a s n o t
to k n ow them, though they think they
c o m m itte d h e r s e lf i f th e w o m a n floes
glvo hor no Inform ation a b o u t theni-
not hronk d o w n nnd b e g in t o w e e p who
sfelvon.
k n o w * th a t th e s p irit se em s t o bo th a t
" F o r Instance, n man w h o Is a teach ­
o f a m o th e r w h o w a n t* to g i v e a m e s ­
er In one o f the puhlle sc h o o ls here
sa g e to h o r ch ild , o r m e n t io n s ono
began to In v es tig ate sp ir itu a lis m nhout
p o ssib le oY p tn on ttn n a ft o r a n o t h e r un­
two y e a rs a go . H e a tte n d e d seances
til tho w o m a n n ssen ts to o n o o f tha
d urin g tho w in t e r a nd spring. He
e x p e r im e n ta l series.
thought he w a s very c a r e f u l not to
“ In n !na cnwe* o u t o f to n , h o w e v e r ,
reveal a n y t h i n g about his f a m il y or
tho w o m a n b e g in s to w o o p a n d tho
life, but In the course o f deliverin g
m ofiiiitn s a y s s o ft ly , 'A n d n o w I h o a r mossngos tho medium had learned his
hor any “ fa th e r ,'* ' H a rd th o m an profession a n d that he liv e d In the
b rea k s dow n, a n d th o tn o d lu m p ro c ee d s Bronx.
s o le m n ly : " W e l l , a f t e r b e in g a w a y f o r th e su m ­
" 'It la y m ir c h ild w h o s t a n d s h o fo ro m er th e t e a c h e r c a m e b a c k to to w n
you now . T h lfl s p ir it w n n ta m o to any tho T h u r s d a y b e fo r e th o M o n d a y on
th a t It la ntno o f yon t o c o m e to d a y .
w h ic h s c h o o l op en ed , a n d a t t e n d e d tho
I f norm a t o m o th at fh la n p lr lt hnn n ot sea n ce on S u n d a y e v e n in g . A t tho
paaaod ou t In n * n g n ? ' nho nskn su d­ d o o r on o o f th o m e d iu m ’ s a s s is ta n ts
d e n ly o f th o m o th o r. w e lc o m e d h im , ns Is th o c u s to m , an d
'T r o b a h l y th o m o th o r w i l l nnaw or,
re m a rk e d t h a t ho h a d g r o w n to be
'W h y , n o ; nho passed o u t t w o m onthn q u ite a s t r a n g e r .
a g o .' " 'Y e s,* r e p lie d tho t o a c h e r ; 'I o n ly
Inform ation M ean * M u c h g o t h a ck o n T h u r s d a y . B e e n o ff on
“ T h a t In a p p a r e n t ly an In n o c e n t hit m y v a c a tio n .*
o f In fo r m a t io n , w h ich th o m ed iu m " W h e n t h o m ed iu m a r r iv e d sh e g r e e t ­
m ig h t h a v e d e d u ce d fr o m t h e womnn'n ed tho c o m p a n y , and proceed ed to
m o u rn in g , hut th o m e d iu m h y n s k ln g h and o u t b it s o f I n fo r m a t io n b e fo r e
th e ipioat Ion hnn le a rn e d fh o pox o f b e g in n in g t h e r e g u la r w o r k of tho
th e c h ild , w h ic h nho d id n o t kn ow . e v e n in g .
Bhe g o e s n n ; " 'Y o u w o r e d o w n to w n y e s te rd a y ,*
" 'Y o u r d a u g h t e r nayn nho w a n ts to she r e m a r k e d to th e t e a c h e r .
th an k y o u fu r tho m a n y t im e s you " O f c o u r s e sho h a d le a r n e d fr o m h e r
h a v e M o lte d h e r g r a v e a n d th e m a n y a s s is ta n t t h a t h o h ad r e t u r n e d fr o m
p r e tt y flo w e r * you b ro u g h t h e r t h e r e ;' h is v a c a t io n on T h u r s d a y , nnd n a t ­
re a s o n in g , o f courne, thnt I f t h e d a u g h ­ u r a lly c o n c lu d e d th n t a t e a c h e r c o m ­
te r ha a b e e n o n ly tw o m o n th n d ead I Im in g h o m e a f t e r n sen s o n ’ s ab sen ce
m o th e r hnn vln ltorl th o g r a v o n n d tnken w ou ld h a v e e r r a n d s to ta k e h im d o w n ­
to w n b e t w e e n th n t d a y a n d th o o p e n ­
flo w era .
" T h e n th e m ed iu m w ill p r o b a b ly end in g o f s c h o o l.’ *
----------- ♦ »•» -----------
up w it h : ‘ Y o u r d a u g h te r s n y e she In
no g la d t h n t y o u k ° t f a t h e r to co m e
w ith y o u th in e v e n in g . H e d id n 't w a n t
to co m e, h u t you In du ced h im to d o
no. nnd nho In no kind to hoc h im hero. Los Angeles H erald
She h op es y o u w ill b o th c o m e o fte n to
Los Angeles, C aliforn ia
tn lk w ith h e r.'
" O ft e n t h e n r t lc ie p la c e d o n th e cen­ Sunday, January 27, 1907
tru m te lls m u c h o f th e o n o w h o o w n e d Page 5
It. A r in g m n y g lv n th o s e x and n
g o o d Idea o f th e a g e o f t h e o n e w h o
w o re It. N o t e v e r y lo c k e t w h ic h op en s
c o n ta in s a p h o to g rn p h o r n look o f
hnlr, hut, nn n c o le b r a tc d m e d iu m on ce
e x p ln ln c d t o m e, a lo c k e t w h ic h op en s
nnd In b r o u g h t to a s e a n c o In nltnont
nura to d o no. heentm e It is a r e lic o f
on o w h o In d e a d . T h e r e f o r e , w h en n
m ed iu m pIckH u p such a lo c k e t fr o m
th o r o s tr u m sh e a lw a y s seen, th ou gh
w ith o u t c o m m it t in g h e r s e lf d e fin ite ly ,
a p h o to g r a p h w h ich in c o n n e c te d w ith
U.
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"Mfnthiir ’• (
T h l« w w f l l« pniBm inr*^ r e p f * > O lr
• n i * w **i| y Pilil tha m edium ha* net
i-#nmmH1*d h " * * * lf Jf m * w om an d***a
It"! hr*tih «f>1 If y l n In a * a h a

DEAL IN RANK knew# that |hn #plH* — m * In do that

of ■ lB M h *r w ho wants l « r l * " » m e*-
to h » r p h lli. nr m ^ a lln n a nna
pp«8iiifn p«|*ianotii.n a r m ar*eth#r mb -
»fl lap wnrnon a***n|a to nfta nf lh *
• H v rlm rr.1 , 1 anrlra
In nine r f i M nut o f Inr*. h n o v ' f .
rho a .mnn b *R le « to w o»ft an d Ih*
m*dlijm an y a %-fily, A n d n < i« I h m r
h*ir p* y Torh»r ~ * lfr.ro the man
h fr « k * -town. an d » ha m »d1nm prneswla
aw|rmn|f,

Researcher Tells of ,f 'll I* jroiir rhllrt w h « a la n d * la fn ra

you now T h in *plr|t w a n la m * t*» *ay
that II la n h a of f r * In enm # |n i)ir
ll »N>in» In rru* that ftilo aplrlt haa (in|
Deceptions P* *#••»! nut lun* a go 7* aim n *k * m l- >
d *n lr o f i ha mother.
"l*»n h aM jr th* m other w i ll »»l*w er.
'^ ‘hy, no. aha p#«r**j m il tw o m nnlh*
N | . V ork In v e s tig a to r of Payctilaal •d o /
In fo rm a tio n M u m M u c h
Attaint H a * F o u n d N o C o m m u n l,
1That la O fipom nily an Innocent M l
cation R t l w t i n O lid o r infnrmntii'in. whi*-h th»* medium
m labl haVo deduced fm m l h « r n m i n 'l

$ 50,000 .
#nd L iv in g mourning. h u l ihw m«<1lum bjr a#klng
I fir *|iia«llnn haa I n i r r M lh a art nf
(ha child. a h lr ii aha ilM not knnw. I
■ p#r|nl IP T li* l t * r n l i |(he ( i v a on
" ‘T o u r «1oMBhl«r any a a h * w an t* in *
N R W Y fiU K jo n » n n » n f t l t « o ti.
thank ymi f«»r th * m any llm ao you
I*** *• « f the r— ••nlty <’rganli#r1 InaM - ftnvo r(ai|r.i h*r grnrm a n d ihe mnn>
1ut». inr |**yr)ip-nl lO a rB irh In thla pm itr f lo o r r a you brought h * r th ere.*
v lfy k In (||iniir |h" in n lfm ll by r.>aw>nlr*. o f oourar. ih o l ! f I h r in u g h

High (
«i Mi<h ~ m n r l * plrll iiallal a i| # I« iI * , f«-r ha* been *»niy |»rt m itnlha i|#*d ^h*
, puhlb*. T h e ir trlrk a Oa t # be-m nvJher him *I#Hed thn g r a v e u n i Ikkrn
■ Mnitiil lo r t h « final nine yrnrm b y the fl»wr>r».
prrA l.U n l o f Iho lri«llti||n. Ilr- If. “ T h rn thn m ediu m w ill p r n b a h lr end
« P *tic#r up a-tlh - f o u r daitRhter anya ahe la
•‘ I f thrra ia a n y I ruth w h a te v e r fn •o Rind llxat you Rot fn fh c r ir» Pom-
Ih o irn im u n ii'afio n o f th** dead with lh a with you t h la evening ||e d idn 't want k|
l i v i n g " Itn anM l h r othap i a y to n r r - lo corn*, hut you in ju re d hltn fra d-*

F u rn itu re
Porti-r, “ 1h* aplr1tua|l#lo h av e yat In *♦». and ah# *■ ■ « glnn rn #e». him hem
d iv a a alngi* p ro o f n f || in nlnv y » n r * Fh e h ope* v«»u w ill (with r o n i * u ftrn l«»
I think I h ova a r r n ev ery th in g they talk a tth h e r *
h av e in ahow. M u rh * » • p a lp n h l* “ r»ften th e firilrle p ln r-.f nn the
fr a u d , a t r n In th e moat m yaieriouB irum t#lla mttch of the uno w h o owned
I h r r r « a a nnihlnR ttiAt rn u ti not i * |l. A rin g m ay g iv e the a r « nod a .
r « i » l n l o " i aa »ltie to nnrtim ] m anna," good Idea n f th * a g e «if file* one tt'hu

and D n
h r . Lew la wna oakr*t to ayplnln t h * w ore if N n f every locket w h ich oprn*
m yatary of thn bron .l rinyllRhl a^nncaa riintalna n phnt«grnph nr n |ork o f i
wht«-li « r o In Vo r iio Juat now. hair, tint, a a a ro le b rn te j m ed iu m once
” 1 hnvB n r v a r h o a r d a fna*aajr» R lv a n explained to me. a Inruet wltleh opena
th at 1 raulil not tm «’a to all liar k m n and l * h m u g h l to a aeiinoo ta nlmoai
n b a a r v a tlo n o f r la a r r Ruaaaariirk." l»r. ail re to do a©, b-rniter ll la a m ile nf
L r a ii a d li “ I / i un inku a ty p ic a l one w ho la dead. T h e re fo re , when a
m rrtfnR. medium P ick# up aurh n locket from
"T lta maitlnm tn k ra up » n artlr| a — the m a lru m ahe alw n y a eo-*a. though |
any a rlnR d h r hnl>|a It up an t h * t nil without onmmlMItiR h#raelf definitely,
m ay pro it anil lx*Rina to ioA cribo It a p h n ie g m p h which la connected with
Slightly damaged b y fire, sme
m ln u lrly , a t If f o r the fccnrflt o f tlioac It
At a llaiRnoo “ l l moat tm taken in t« mn*|<frrni1nn the marhet at practically yo\
- 'N«»w . arilh th la rlnR.* aha anya. Ihat the BOm e t>enplo a tln n d w a n c ra
'c o m m Iho form «*f a h ran tlfv l aplrlt.
week a ft e r w o k. and the tnrdtum get# j
I d o pot know w h a t ih r r r la In thla In know them , though th**y think they .
nothing reserved.
rlnR In Attract th la aplrlt. ( A po u n r.) give her no lnfnrmntl«in ah n u t I h e m -1
selves
A t n ln 1 am thta h ra u tlfu l spirit that

,
romrm With thla rln R T h la aplrlt h.ta “ F a r Inatanc**. a man w h o I " a le a r h -
one o f the public arhoc.la her#
n in n fA R r fn r lh a pnrann « h O btdURhl
begun lo Inveatlgnte a[d rltu allam nhnut
Itita r i n g '
ta n yrnra tign. lie attend. .1 acanre*
“ All lh a flm o tha m a ilu m la (ralklnR
during the w in ter nfid ep rln g 11#
a h - la B rannlii* I h r farca o f the |»roplr thought he wok very c a r e fu l not to
h r fo r* hrr Thla In w h y * h « mlnut»*ly reveal a n y th in g nhoui h i* fa m ily or
drarrltu-a ih * r in g — In Rlvr h *r tln ir In life, hut In th# m um # o f d eliverin g
A-h1r|i In nhponrr tha autllrnre. I n v w m r u m - d th*» m iliu m had learn ed hla
rin h ly th<* o w n e r uf thu rlnR b rtra y a prnfb>aa|tin a n d Ihat h# liv e d In tha
h r r li*n tliy .
Sale Begins
fining
“ It m ay hr (h o t ooa w om an w ill "W e ll, a f t e r being a w a y f o r the sum ­
n u iR o a e o ih a r o r th at th * o w n er w ill mer Ihe te a c h e r ra m * b a r k (n town
a m llr nr bacom r rrm a rk n h ly I n t r f r a i r i the T h u r s d a y hefora thn M nndny nn
o r Rrow aarvoua. W h a te v e r It m a y hr, w h lrh w h o n l njiened, an d atten d ed the
t h r q u ii^ , practlrrrt e y » o f tha m ed iu m aeanr# on S u n d a y rv rn tn g .
f l c l e r f f If
At th "
Tomorrow
done one n f fft# m edium ’* A ##f»(anta
“ P h r then olnwIy ic a c e n ia fm m th r welcomed h im . • • U tha euatom . and , Monday, Jnnut
coat rum . aftylna Ihnt ihe Bplrlt la len d - rem arked th at he had g r o w n to bo
lh a hoy to the on© fo r w hom It* m oa- quite a a tra n g rr.
*u K" la Intoniod. Mh* pauaca b rfu ra ” 'T e*.' replied the lo o c h e r: 'I only
i-flrh mar o f pi-oplo a e thouRh a a l i l n a g o t back nn T h u rsday.
fo r AMrtt R iilin n ca. but nil tha w h lla my vacatio n .'
K een olT on
Bargains unprecedented. Pric
acnnnlnR ihe l i c r a b efore her fh rou R h “ W h e n t h " m edium a rriv e d ah - greet- I
h a lf Haand rym . A t l**t. e z t r n iln R tt rd the co m p an y , *n d
to th# rtRht paraon. aho aaya a o ftly :
p m ceedril
hand out bit# nf In fo rm atio n before
to to cost Every article is marKi
" *Yra, you. T h la b eau tifu l aplrlt talla beginning ih # re g u la r w o r k
m e that you are th * ona for w h o m lia evading.
o f tha
| to the amount of damage, sh
niaaango la Intondeh * “ ’Y ou w a r e dow ntow n yesterday,
W o r k s D ra m a tlo 9 ld «
ah# re m a rk e d to tha toachcr.
" O f course #h* had learn ed fm m her
sale price, and just h o w muc
" T h a t la I N d ra m a tic a lia of th * gM latnal th at h* hnd r e lu m e d fm m
w o rk To Ra rig h t to tha ptm on and hla v a c a lln n nn T h u rs d a y , an d n at­
of pieces marKed almost noth
a ay . This article IA yours w o u ld n 't urally con cluded thnt n ts a c h e r enm-
p ro d u ce (h r aad. tra e fu l condition ■!* In g home a ft# r s senenn's Ab*rncO fourth of the original cost
w n y * dcalrrO by th r m edium A w o m a n would h av e rrrn n da ta take h im dow n­
th u a wroiiRM up a n d auarapllhla |n *11 town betw een that d ay a n d th# open- I
aorta nf amotlnna la th# on# fo r w h o m Ing o f arhpnl.**
th# moat w o n d a rfu l m eaaagre c a n bo
obtained.
" W e w||| auppnaa tbnt a m an la s it ­ ONE RING CIRCUS IS
t in g n # it in tha w o m a n wito h naghi
fh o rin g W a ll, e v e ry medium k n o w a
Hint a man ai-idnm §••**< alone to a
ecu nee. and In nlnp ra a ra out o f ten
bet t e r t h a n t h r e e ' T h o u s a n d s and Thi
th# wom an la h la wire. It |a a lao a
fa c t that w hen a m en an d h|a arlfa
com # to a aean r# It la generally In tha
H A ft A L L B E A T F E A T U R E S
T W O B IT S
W o r t h o f E l e g a n t ft
hope* o f receiving a m>>a*ARe fro m a
« htld they h av e lost.
“ A c tin g on Ihla c u e th# medium n o w M en agarls a n d T rained A n im a ls S u r­
eAya.
pass M o at o f lha B ig g e s t T rav aiin g
J u s t as Good a&
" Tea, thla beau tifu l aplrlt atanda
8hov*a— P a rfo rm a n c a at W ln t# r

Pimples Stopped
Q uactera at Vanlec a t S e n s a t io
in C n **m I f ro u r n e c k la atHI tw isted from trv-
 DEAL IN RANK
Researcher Tells of
Deceptions
N sw York Invsstlgstor of Psychical
Affalra Haa Found No Comrminu
cation Between Doad
and Living
Spec In I to Th e tf*rn l< l
N E W Y O H K , Jnn. 211.- O n * o f the nh-
Jectn of tfi<> rec en tly organized I n s t i­
tu te fo r P s y ch ic a l Research In this
o ily In to expose tho methods by
w h ich Bo-cn lloil nnlrllunllala delude
I bo public. T h e ir trloka have boon
stu died for tho pasl nine years by tho
president or the Inatltute. Dr. H.
S p en ror Lew is.
“ I f there la a n y truth w h a tev er In
tho com m unication o r tho dead w ith tho
liv in g ," ho anld tho other day to n r e ­
p o rter. "th o aplrltu allata have y e t to
g iv e a single p ro o f o f It. In nine y ea ra
1 think 1 have Bren e v ery th in g th e y
h a v e to Bhow. Much w o b palpable
fr a u d ; even In th o moat myBterloua
th e re wns n oth in g th n t could n ot be
explain ed as duo to natural m eana."
I)r . L ew is w as naked to explain the
m yn tery o f the b roa d d a y lig h t sta n ces
w h ich oro In vn gu o Just now.
“ I have n ever h oa rd a m essage g iv e n
th a t I could not tra c e to either keen
ob servation or c le v e r guessw ork.'’ Dr.
L e w is said. “ L e t us take a ty p ic a l
m eetin g.
" T h o medium ta k es up an a rtic le —
s a y a ring. She h old s It up so th at a ll
in n y see It and b e g in s to doscrlbe it
m ln u toly, ns if fo r th e benefit o f th ose
a t a distance.
“ 'N o w . w ith th is ring,' she says,
'com es tho fo rm o f a beau tifu l sp irit.
I do not know w h a t there la In thla
r in g to a ttract th is spirit. (A pause.)
A g n in I see this beau tiru l sp irit th a t
com es with this rin g . Th is spirit has
n m essage fo r the person who brou gh t
th is ring.’
" A l l tho tlm o th e medium Is ta lk in g
she Is scanning th e faces o f the p eop le
b e fo re her. This Is w hy she m in u tely
describes the r in g — to g iv e her tim e In
w h ich to observe the audience. I n v a -
rln b ly Iho ow ner o f tho rin g b e tra y s
h er identity.
" I t m ay be th a t one wom an w ill
n u d ge another or th a t the ow n er w ill
sm ile or become rem a rk a b ly In terested
o r g ro w nervous. W h a te v e r it m ay be,
th e qulqg, practiced ey e o f the m edium
d e te c ts It.
"S h e then s lo w ly descends fro m th e
rostru m , sayin g th a t the sp irit la le a d ­
in g her to thn ono fo r whom Its m ea-
s a g e In Intended. She pauses b e fo r e
ea ch row o f pcoplo as though w a itin g
f o r spirit guidance, but alt the w h ile
sca n n in g the fa ce s b efore her th rou gh
h a lf closed eyes. A t last, e x te n d in g It
t o the right person, she says s o ft ly :
“ ‘ Yes. you. ThlB b eau tifu l sp irit te lls
m e th at you are th e one fo r w hom Its
messages Is Inten d ed.'
W o rk s D r a m s tle Side
" T h a t Is tho d ra m a tic side o f the
w o rk . T o go r ig h t to the person and
sa y , 'T h is a rticle Is yours.’ w o u ld n ’ t
p rod u ce the sad, te a rfu l condition a l­
w a y s desired by tho medium. A w om an
th u s w rought up a n d susceptible to a ll
s o rts o f em otions is the one fo r w h om
th e most w on d erfu l m essages can be
obtained.
“ W o w ill suppose thnt a man Is s it­
t in g next to the w om an w h o b o u gh t
th e ring. W e ll, e v o r y medium k n o w s
th a t a man seldom goes alone to a
seance, and In n in e cases out o f ten
th e woman Is h is w ife . I t Is a lso a
fa c t that when a m an and his w ife
com o to a seance It Is g en erally In the
hopes o f rec eivin g a m essage fr o m a
ch ild they have lost.
" A c t in g on this cu e the medium n ow
AH yg *
" ‘ Yog, this b e a u tifu l sp irit stands
hor* sort this spirit form says
"M oth iir." $ that the anrnn people nttnnd sonncca
"T h la w o M fa pronounced v a r y softly
and nwootly. fltlll tha mart In m haa not
mmmlttort haraalf It tha w om an doss
not brook dow n a art hsgin t o w eep aha
knows that tha aplrft seem * to ha that
o f a m othor who wants to g lv s a maa-
to b a r child, « r m entions ona
pnaalhla explanation attar nnothar un­
til tha w om an aaannta to ona o f tha
experim ental aartaa.
“ In nlna rases out o f ton, however,
tha wnmnn begins to w oap and tha
mortlnm anya softly, 'Anrt n ow I hoar
hor any " fa t h e r ." * Mora tha man
hfrake down, anrt tha mart 111m procaada
solemnly:
*' *It la y o u r child who atanrta before
you now. T h la aplrlt w anta ma to aay
that It la nice o f you to com a today.
It seems to mo that thla sp irit ha* not
passed out long ago?* oho naka sud­
denly o f tha mother.
“ Prob ab ly tha mothar w ill nnawar,
'W h y, no; aha passed aut t w o montha
ago.'
Information Means Much
“ Th at la apparen tly an Innocent hit
o f Inform ation, which tha medium
might havn dertueart frnm tha wom an’ll
mourning, hut the mnrtlum b y risking
f he tjuefli Inn haa learned tho Hex o f
thn child, which aho did not know.
Rh* Roea on :
“ ’ Your rlnuRhtar aaya sho tvnnte to
thank you fo r thn m any tlmca you
have clotted her g ra v e nnd the mnny
pretty ftnwera you brought hor there;*
reasoning, o f rnurae, (hat I f th e rinugh-
ter hao haon on ly tw o m ontha dead thn
m other him visited the g r a v e anrt taken
flowers.
“ Then tha medium w ill p rob a b ly end
up w ith: ‘ Y o u r daughter ooya aho la
ao glad th a t you got fn th er to coma
w ith you th la evening. IP* did n ’ t want
to comn, b u t you Induced him to do
oo. nnd ahe In an glad to e re him hern.
Rhe hopea you w ill both com a often tn
talk with her.*
“ Often th e article placed on the rno-
trum telle m uch o f tha nno w ho owned
Jt. A rin g m ay g iv e thn oex and n
good Idea o f the age nf thn one who
w ore It. N o t ev ery locket w hich openo
rental no a photograph o r a lock o f
hair, hut. aa a colnbrsted m edium once
explained to ma. a locket w h ich opens
and la brou gh t to a eennen la nlmnot
auro to do so, been non It la a relic o f
ono who la dead. T h erefore, when a
medium plcko up ouch a lock et from
the rootrum aha nlwnya noes. though
w ithout co m m ittin g h e rs elf definitely,
a ph otograph which Is connected w ith
it.
“ It mitat ho taken Into conalderntlon
woek a fte r w eek, nnd the m edium geta
to know them , though th ey think they
g iv e her n o Inform ation ab ou t them-
rfnlven.
" F o r Instance, a man w ho la a tench-
er tn one o f the public aehoolH here
began to In ve o tlga tc spiritualInm about
tw o yearn ugo. Ho attended seances
during tho w in ter and spring. He
thought he wan ve ry ca refu l not to
reveal a n y th in g nbnut his fa m ily or
life, but In the course o f d eliverin g
messages th e medium had learned his
profession nnd that he liv e d In the
Bronx.
“ W ell, a ft e r being a w a y fo r tho Hum­
mer the tea ch er enmo back to town
tho T h u rsd a y before tho M onday on
which achool opened, nnd a tten d ed the
seance on Sunday evenin g. A t the
door ono o f the m edium 's asnlntante
welcomed him . as In the custom , and
rem arked th at he had g r o w n to be
suite a stran ger.
“ •yea.' rep lied tho tea ch er; 'I only
got back on Thursday. B een off on
my vacation.*
“ W hen th o medium a rriv ed ehe g reet­
ed tho com p an y, and proceeded to
hand out hits o f In form a tion before
beginning tho regular w o rk o f the
evening.
"• Y o u w e r e downtown yesterd a y ,'
she rem a rk ed to the teAchor.
" O f count* ahe hnd learned from her
assistant th a t ho hnd returned from
Ms va ca tio n on Thursday, and nat­
urally concluded that a tea ch er com ­
ing hom e a ft e r a season'll absence
would h a ve errands tn tak e him down­
town b etw een that da y and tho open­
in g o f school.*'
I .(is Angclc* llcrnld
I in Angeles, ( nlifornin
Sunday, .lanaarv 27 . ltd "
 The Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sunday, M arch 3,1907
Page 40

WONDERFUL

P r o fe s s o r ll. S perieer L e w is , o f N e w
Y o r k C>ty. set-m » to h a v e lift e d the v« II ;
‘ o f m y s te ry th a t has e n v e lo p e d the
And Your Friends Al­ scie n ce o f A s t r o lo g y f o r ce n tu rie s past. j
C o m b in in g his k n o w le d g e o f P s y c h ic
F o re t w ith his w o n d e r fu l s y s te m o f A o -
ii most t eu logy. he h a « b ro u g h t h i» m eth od j
d o w n to an a b so lu te ly s c ie n tific b a sis.;
re a d in g the s tr a n g e w o r k in g s o f th e
p la n ets under w h o s e s ig n one is born
w ith a m u sin g accu ra cy. So s t a r t lin g ,
Remarkable Psychic Astrologer a re Ids p re d ic tio n s th a t th ose w h o r e ­
c e iv e them a re a lm o s t c a rrie d b ack t o ;
Tells Past and Future W it h the d a ys o f g r e a t m ira c le s and fo rce d
to b e lie v e th a t P r o fe s s o r L **w l» m ust i>e>
Am azing Accuracy to A ll W h o poam *sed o f a s tr a n g e but w o n d e r fu l!
pow er K ven a s t r o lo g e r s stand arnased >
W rite , A bsolu tely Free. a t th e a ccu ra cy w ith w h ich he fo r e t e lls ,
th e fu tu re. J
t f vou w ish a fr e e r e a d in g o f y o u r
life w ith p re d ic tio n s f o r th e b alan ce o f
the year, on a b e a u tifu l V * lr a l-P s y c h ic
What Does Your Star Say C h a rt i f you w ish to k n o w yo u r lu c k y
and u n lu ck y p e rio d s ; w h a t p it fa ll* to
Y ou Will Do the Balance a v o id w h a t o p p o r tu n itie s to g r a s p ;
s u g g e s tio n * on bu sin ess, frien d s. *r.e-
Of This Year? m ie*. love, m a r r ia g e tie s , t *■■»**“1* • 9lc **“
ness, death s, etc w r ite a sh o rt le t t e r to
p r o f H S p en cer Lows!*. Hoorn k. jMy
W o u ld you lik e to k n o w , fo r th e a s k ­ lod d B ro a d w a y . N e w Y o r k C ity , and you
ing;. wiidLi th e tu tu re lia s in s to re fo r w ill r e c e iv e it b v m a ll w ith o u t d ela y
yo u ? W o u ld it be a n y a d v a n ta g e to and a b s o lu te ly ire*-. }!«* ail re- to g iv e ;
you to k n o w h o w y o u r h e a lth w ill b e ; date, m onth and y e a r o f b ir th s p e ll oul .
how yo u r bu sin ess w i l l g o ; w h e th er y o u r first and la st h u n t and w r it e y o u r |
, > <u w ill be h a p p y o r u n n a p p y; w h a t ad d ress p la in ly ft t m lly inclos*. tw o - •
!> o u r w <-.ik p o in ts and s t r o n g ch u rac- c e m sta m p to r o v e r c o s t o f m a ilin g , and
* t e n s ile * a~e. and h ow t o im p ro v e y o u r P ro f. 1-ewtet w ill send you 'bis new and
i-oUUltion. n n a itcia lly. s o c ia lly and p h y s ­ fin e ly illu s tr a te d book , e n title d **Yoarj
ic a lly ? i f *U. h ere is an o p p o rtu n ity that**, p re s e n t a n d F u tu re R e v e a le d /
v iu sh ou ld gras-p a t once. It w ill cost w ith o u t a n y c h a r g e w h a t e v e r — ■■
you n oth in g , i f you a r c pi caked, te ll t o to ll y m r r ■fr ie n d s / R e m e m b e r y o « l
yo u r frien d s. T h a t # *d \ Y ou :,/%a
w ill be d o in g th em a f a v o r {
The Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sunday, March 3, 1907
Page 40

W ONDERFUL PREDICTIONS FOR YOU!

And Your Friends Almost Beyond Belief.

Remarkable Psychic Astrologer Tells Past and Future With Amazing

Accuracy to All Who Write, Absolutely Free

What Does Your Star Say You W ill Do the Balance

O f This Year?

Would you like to know, for the asking, what the future
has in store for you? Would it be any advantage to you to
know how your health will be; how your business will go;
whether you will be happy or unhappy; what your weak
points and strong characteristics are, and how to improve
your condition, financially, socially and physically? If so,
here is an opportunity you should grasp at once. It will cost
you nothing. If you are well pleased, tell your friends. That’s
advisable. You will be doing them a favor.
Professor H. Spencer Lewis, of New York City, seems to
have lifted the veil of mystery that has enveloped the science
of Astrology for centuries past. Combining his knowledge of
Psychic Force with his wonderful system of Astrology, he has
brought his method down to an absolute scientific basis,
reading the strange workings of the planets under whose
sign one is born with amazing accuracy. So startling are his
predictions that those who receive them are almost carried
back to the days of great miracles and forced to believe that
Professor Lewis must be possessed of a strange but
wonderful power. Even astrologers stand amazed at the
accuracy with which he foretells the future.
If you wish a free reading of your life with predictions for
the balance of the year, on a beautiful Astral-Psychic Chart;
if you wish to know your lucky and unlucky periods; what
pitfalls to avoid; what opportunities to grasp; suggestions on
business, friends, enemies, love, marriage ties, travels,
sickness, deaths, etc., write a short letter to Prof. H. Spencer
Lewis, Room 9, No 1566 Broadway, New York City, and you
will receive it by mail without delay and absolutely free. Be
sure to give date, month and year of birth, spell out your
first and last name and write your address plainly. Kindly
inclose two-cent stamp to cover cost of mailing, and Prof.
Lewis will send you his new and finely illustrated book,
entitled "Your Past, Present and Future Revealed," without
any charge whatever. Be sure to tell your friends. Remember
you do not have to spend a penny.
The Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sunday, March 3, 1907
Page 40

WONDERFUL
PREDICTIONS
FOR YOU!
And Your Friends Al­
most Beyond Belief.
R e m a r k a b le P s y c h ic A s tr o lo g e r
T e lls P a s t a n d F u t u r e W i t h
A m a z in g A c c u r a c y t o A ll W h o
W r it e , A b s o lu te ly F r e e .

What Does Your Star Say

io u Will Do the Balance
Oi This Year?
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' i " • l • • tu tu ri . n : t
v . VV m ild •; b* «in > lu
>• • to k i. h**w >»»ur h«*.» tr; w it . b *.
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* •* » . - M r * **r «ir.t ■;>!•>. w h a i
*r » » a k I'u ii . » a m i » i r » t - -L tra i -
i u c « •• •. ?»*».| h-»wr to i m p r » t r . o u r
id it ; i .. i m h m I i . . m n .'i « u > 4 m l
■ it lirr * i» *4ti -t-i-. t i i a » . t >
1 -. i 1 d Ml Olh > v* i . .
' •| t i m t . i . k li > >*u art* U. t o l l
• tl f r t . :> . li i t «t 4 t i u » . i ^ \u u
w . . !*•• u**ir»*f .* ( 4 t « r
I r U e.-t.r t l .-i** .. r 1^ > -u . o f N«-w
»*•»> »c * flin l a h 4 \ « I h f Vt ,|
■ m > «.t.-r> i*-u t hw* « n v i »>■ a tb c
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• «•!! I ''i t . t . l t Wt. • « l # t ! d « ••( l's > .h it*
. • w i t h in * w e n d o r t u » ) * t r m ->f A i>
.. i • i k nt h .„ a v th u d
wr l a n -lu t* * it - l r n t i . i . b «»> »*.
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l • I " to u n iir t W h •*»*•• » . g n Oil* I* h o i II
W it, a n . 'i n , ; * c u t . . > n 'a i t l K i K
, u r* I . » |> i n n l; < * t » Ih u M w tu t -• -
if».-fii a r e i l m w i * « r i i r 4 l a c k »•»
i' • • * r .a t tn lr a . - u l t*>rw* <J
t o I i i - I . r t • t l Ml I ' M l ' • * it I . H • f U 'i . t t.^
l*a*« 1 *'f a - t r u l l * • r» 11 w ' i . d r r f u l
i w•t K v . ik u * t r > * . . o tu rid i m t i i .t
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1 it * H it r*
it \ o . * i» r . j fr#*r r r » * . : , g o f y o u r
lif« w .1 |>*« J l« t i « » n » '. i r i r p a i a m # *»f
t” »r * » r . m io .iu t.r u . U t r a M ' o i h l i '
• • iti •! > • i w t o k tow * o .t lt|. k>
t. • u h i n U |>r i . u l » w u m i |»i r . • .
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•i* t r u . 't i r Mnt) » • a * ■! M r t i *| m ,t out
in .- r it »i a n d i4 *t » v * m e .m d k t t t « v o i r
4 d i' p i..In i' K • d i* .. u rn -
1
• t - . t* : • ’ e m .— . »*t . .f tv i * • n .I'm
I*-• I».#w'U «***nd jt hi- n*« ni
[ ■I'.• 'I r o t a t e d (MM*k » n t i t b .
|*r* « r n ' o n * ! K i p '•
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l l c r t «ir*1 .
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to tc. > o * i r fr»*'tt«io
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nrm brt v n u >ln
tot l u i « > t o i»p* n*l
 Butler County Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio
Thursday, March 21, 1907
Page 12
__ BUTLKlt COUNTY i;kgtOCll\% 'i u ^ i ^O a Y, MAUCH 21 UK.7._____________________________
t~*^~ — " 1~~~ ~
f SOME TRICKS OF THE SPIRITUALISTS * j
Dr. H. Spencer Lewis After a Search of Ten Years Finds Nothing But Fraud &r \
One oL‘ tlm objects of the recently,
oiifanizcil Institute for Psychical Ke-|
fcC'inch iit Now York City is to expose
Hip inolhnds by which so-called spir­
itualist* tieIndo llie iniblic, Their
tricks !mve been studied for ilia past
nine years by the president of l)ic in­
stitute, Dr. It. Spencrr l.dwis,
“ U lhero is any truth whatever in
IJicj roj)iumuiiiili(i)i oi liio dead with
(he 1icing,1' he said the oilier day to
u reporter, "the >piiilr.aTisla have vuf
to give w single. piyut’ of il. In nine
yearn 1 llmik l have smi ovorylhnig
they h.-tu* lo sfioiv. Much ivu$ pat*
p.tblc fraud, even in Jhc most myste­
rious, lime was nothing that eou'.d
not tic explained as due. lo natural
means.1*
fir. Lewis was asked to explain the*
ir.ystoiy of the broad light .sconces
which are in vogue just now.
“ I Imre novae heard a -messnjw|
given Ibid l conld not trace to citHei (
keen olisorvalion or clever guess­
work." Dr. Lewis .said; “ Let us lake
a typical meeting.
"The medium lakes up an nrlicle-*
ray a ling. Stic bolds il up so that
all nuiy sea it, and liogini; to describe
U minutely, as^ if foe the bendfil of
those at a distance.
r:'' 7 - -— —- ■ ■; ■ *——— -------- t ——
" ' N o w wiiJi iIns ring/ she says,
‘ comes the form o f a beautiful spirit.
J do not know ivJmt there is in Hd*
i i « g to attract this spirit. ( A pau-e.) |
Again 1 sec this hcuulifu! spirit ihu>
comes with (his ring. This spirit has a
message fo r the perfoi: who branehI
(bis rin g .1 • i
" A l l the limn slip is falkiu g ilie me-
(limn is sraiuiinir tho faros o f th « poo-
pin iiefore her. This is why she min -
nU»Iy ile.sevihcs the ring— lo give her,
(Sine in w liicli In observe the audi­
ence. Invariably the owner o f |U«
ring betrays her identity, says the
Now York Sun.
" I t may Ue ilint one woman w ill
nudge unothcr or (1ml the owner w ill
smile or become rentnrkuhly intmcsl-
vd, or grow nervous. W hatever il
may be, the quick, practiced eye o f
the medium delects it.
Syitil Leading Her.
“ Shu then slowly descends from tho
vnslriim, saving that Ihc spirit is
leading her lo the one fo r whom il.s
message is inlciuled. She pauses be­
fore each tow o f people, as though
wuilin g fo r spirit guidance, hut all
the while scanning Hie faces before
her through half closed eves. At last,
extending it lo the right person, slie
fcofU-v'- mW U I

Butler County Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio
Thursday, March 21, 1907
Page 12
tf t Y w t you. This beautiful KpirH
ells mic that you am tli<? cr.e fo r
vlnmi its message is intended.'
“ Tliwl i ' li e dranuilir t»itlo ol! tho
work. To ” o rigid to llio person tm l
say, ‘ This aiTii'lc is youi*,* wouldnU
produce the sail, tearful condition al­
ways desired by the Medium. A wo-
iililK llnl* wrnuglil up mid ausceplibte
o nil sorts ol’ emotions is 111? one fo r
whom tin? most wonderful messages
can bo o hi tuned.
" W o will suppose Mint ti tmui is
siltin g next to I he woman who
brought liieriu g . W ell, every medium
knows llisil u inmi seldom goes idouc
to n sconce and in nine eases out o f
ten tin woman i-* his w ife. It is also
a i'aft that when a man and his w ife
cmino to a seiuiee ii is generally in the
hopes o f receiving a message from
u chili! (hey have loxi.
" A c t in g oil lliis cue, llio medium
now says:
1Ves, ibis beautiful spirit stands
• Imre and this spirit says “ M other.”
j ' ‘T h is v.unl is pirmniiiwcil very
• s o filv ,-md aweeily. Mi ill I he medium
Into not committed herself. I f the
wtiimin dot'd not hi oak down and he-
gilt io weep slm knows .something j;i
wrong ami goes <nt (o explain Unit the
spirit seems In he that o f r. mother
wJio wants to give, it message to her,
.cbilil, ur nil'll lions one possible ov-
fplaiiatiou a fte r nnniher until {lie w o ­
man assents to one « f (he ex peri men-
tal series.
I “ In nine cases out o f leu, however.
' the woman begins tu weep and the
medium snys softly, ‘ And now 1 hear
her sav “ fitlher.” * H e re the man
• breaks down, utid llm medium pro-
' coeds scileuudy:
©
“ ‘ It is your child who stands he
feiv you now. 'l'liis spirit wants me
tu sal flint it is nice of you to eoi'u:'
today. It scums to me tlmt lain spirit
luis lint passed out very long' aim.
lias yam* child passed out long ngol”
she asks .suddenly of Iho mother.
“ Probably (he motlier will answer,
MVhy, no, she pulsed out two month?
ago. 1
“ Tint is nppareutly an innocent hi',
of information, which (lie medium
might have deduced from the wom­
an 's mounting. But the medium by
asking the question has learned Ike
sex of the chilli, which she (lid not
know. She <ioes mi.
“ 1Ymtr daughter sr.ys she wauls lo
thank you fur the many times yon
have visitcu her grave and the many
p rotlv flowers you h rough l her
I Im re;1 reasoning, o f course, that iCi
the daughter ium been only lw a (
months dead Urn mother has v is ite d »
'lie grave anil taken flowers. '
I
“ Then tlic medium w ill probably
end up w ith : 1Tou r daughter says
>he is m» glint llm i you go*, fath er In
come with yon this evening. He didn’t
want to come, ha', you induced him lo
do to, and she is so lo ecu him
lure. She hopes von w ill hotJi come
to talk w iili her.'
“ Often Urn article phiecil on Ilia
iusIrani tells much of the one who
owned it. A ring may give the sex
and a good idea of Ihe age of the i
one who woiv! it. Not every loekei
wliidi opens contains n photograph or
a lack of’ hair, but, ns a celebrated
medium once explained In me, a lock­
et which opens and if brought to u se-
I unce is almost sure lo do so, because
|it is n :olio of one uho is dead. There-
Butler County Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio
Thursday, March 21, 1907
Page 12
faro, when u mc'aiYili picks ”.ip such fi
hukel from Hip rostrum she uiwuy#
sees, though withoivt committing her*
self delinitely, ^photograph which is
connected with it,
11Jl innsl In* In ken into consider-.! - 1
lion Unit the siunc-. pimple i d . end se­
ances week after week, and the mt*>
diajji gets to laO'V them, I hough they
think they give her :io informal ion:
about IIivjiini']res.
“ For instance, « man who is a
teacher in one o f the public schools
lieiv, began to investigalc spiritnalisj:;
about two yi'ats ago. JIc attended
seam.es dming a winter rani spring.
He thought lie was very (Miefrrt not
to reveal anythin;* about his family
or fife, hill in the remise of delivering
messages the medium laid learned his
profession and that lie lived in Tim
Bronx.
i "W o ll. alter being tiwny for the
(slimmer, the (earlier enme h.iek to
■town (lie Thursday before the lion-
i\u.v cm which school o(>eiied mui a t­
tended the seance on Sunday evening.
At the door one of llic medium's as­
sistants welcomed him, as is the cun-
Icun, and remarked that '.id had gi'owu
to he f|iiitc a stranger.
** 1Yes,’ replied llic tenfiber, ‘ I only
go? hack on Thmsday. Been o ff on
my vocation.*
Information Handed Out.
“ When I lie medium arrived rite
greeted the company and proceeded
to luiiid out hits of information be­
fore beginning the rcgijlur work of
the eveiling. * J
“ ‘ You were downtown yesterday,’
she remarked to the lonelier.
“ Of course sfic hud learned front
tier assistant timl he had returned
from Ins vacation ou Thursday r.ud
•nalnvally conrluded that a teacher
I
I coining liuitic after u season's nl:
sciioe would have errnmls to take him
■ downtown hotween (hat day mid the
I opening of school.
“ ’ Downtown? Why, yes, I vua
liownlosvii/ the man replied slowly.
“ Now the very manner of his reply
showed her immediately that he had
tied been very far downtown. He hod
keen doubtful if, indeed, it could
properly be called downtown. Then-
furc she decided io stick it some­
where about Die middle of the city
and went on:
'Yes, 1 saw yon nl Fifty-ninth
street.1
I “ If the teacher had said Jio uiisnT
on that street she could probably havu
drawn out (iic fact that he hud passed
il did would have said that she saw
ImiAViwt in the moment of passing.
IIo \ f\ v c r, in (his case the guess was
a fine one, aiul llic.num was simply
stunned.
“ Can you tell me what pari of Fif­
ty-ninth street 9' he asked.
“ Yes, east of (tic Circle,’ the medi-
uni answered^ eonlidenlly, aiul again
the teacher was mystified. Yet any­
one acfjnaiiilcd with the neighborhood
«f Fifty-ninth street west nf Ihe Cir­
cle will nndendaiid how tittle likeli­
hood there was of Ins having businesa
over there.
“ As Die teacher assented to this lasl
piece of information mnl did not say
Jig bud first l»ecu at Ike Circle, she
did not suv now that she beheld himi
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 Butler County Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio
Thursday, March 21, 1907
Page 12
on the corner of! Third n v c n r . C j fnrj
Unit would Irovc been (o<» easily sen: I
limuigh. 5>ho likewise concluded lhat
he had visited (lie hrnml oE education
lit Fifly-mirilt street and Park avenue,
1ml to s a y this would be risking (oo
much. Again she Ini Eitfeiy midway,
tint! announced Hint the spirit in-
vealret liiin |o her nl the corner of
Fifty-ninth street and Lexington eve- '
ime. without, however, stating wheth­
er lie was conducting business there
or merely passing.
Teacher Stnnncd.
*1
“ Again tlio teacher was simply
stunned, for it so happened Hint he
had not hern at the bniml o£ educa­
tion, but had demo a lillie business iv
a building directly on the comer of
l’ifty-miilli street and Lexington ave­
nue. And lie wen: away deeply ini*
pressed, and seeing no comicelkm
whatever iiclwcei: this surprising rov-
ehifioti and his innocent remark
alionl his vacation.”
Ur. IOlivia gave this .iccnunl of wltnt
is called urnlerinlizftiion owl ilcinatc-
lialiy.utiou:
“ Lu all such, senuces ‘.lie room h
pilch dark, except for a blue lanlcv.i
suspended froiu tlic center of the ceil­
ing. The Audience is ranged about
the walls, as the spirit is lo appear
ami 1hcn disappear light in the center
of the floor, instead of on the pint-
form.
“ The lantern shmla gees down,
leaving the mom iu complete dark­
ness, mul in the center dE Ihc floor
appears n circle of fire ancl smoke,
out of which the audience gradually
beholds something white rising, The
nine lantern is voryly slowly uncover-
cred, ihc miearthly I'tghL disappears
and tho while figure grows and grown
until an entire hltimm form is stand­
ing Iheio. .* i
“ The spirit bows lo ihc rigid and
loft, and gives messages to some of
the company. Then, as flic? light- is
again shaded, Hie spirit slowly disap­
pears, until only the circle of ghostly
fire is to he seen on (he floor. This
waves, flickers and puffs out, and n’l
is left in total darkness.
“ When flic lights are turned up an
instant later, there is no inice of tho
apparition and all can oxuiuinc the
door to sea Unit Vhci’c >$ no trapdoor
in it.
“ All this seems wonderful, bill the
explanation is really very simple. The
pari of Ihc spirit is played by a wom­
an iirr.vied in while. Around the hem
I of Ihe robe Ls a bonier of phosphorus.
Over tliis u-liito garment is n long
black slip, from the top of which i*i
u string, one end of which is held by)
a man inside the cabinet.
“ When the lights find go onl the
spirit glides from (hr? cabinet, niiseen
because of her black covering, and
stands in the center of the room.
Then she raises timblack slip slightly
nnd tho phosphorus on the bottom
of Tier skirl fleams forth like witch
I fire.
 Butler County Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio
Thursday, March 21, 1907
Page 12
"The spirit continues to vaiso the
black slip, while the man in (he cnbi-
uct pulls the string hint mid tiic lan­
tern'lcls lorth more and move light,
making • the plioiphcms invisible.-
Finally the spirit stands nil ievenled,
the black slip fnlHug down her bnekj
ivhieb is turned Ipwavd the plat Conn. (
"After the messages me given she
gradually drmva the slip down aver
her again, the lantern'is shaded, and
flic, ghost fire .gleams forth.. By wav­
ing her skirts the medium win make
this wave flicker and puff out in a
Indy micanny maimer. )YUen com­
plete darkness falls she regains Iho
cabinet unseen.
^fnlermption is strictly guarded
against in many ways. A stranger is
not admitted, and until one is known
as safe he is seated between two
strong employes of the spiritualists.
Tendfmey to Investigate.
•* /
. "Often a man who shows a fen*
I ilcncy to investigate in the midst u(
proceedings has found himself Sud­
denly outside Hie door, with ho idea
how he got there. The explanation
always given of this phenomenon by
the spiritualists in that the mini re*
aisled the psychic force iiud (hut it
knocked him down. As the room is
dark and lie lias seen ami can prove
nothing, he has no redress.
"Tlio bouncers of the spiritualistic
mectingi; also net ns gathevens ot! in-
formaIion. 1 first gained adinvision
to a dark seance through the invita­
tion of a wan known to the splriliifd-
ists who mriidiielad il. I told them
my name if jltc ouIkpI.
"'th e y seated ine beside a lall inim
who seemed to be rather iiocvohs,
A fter while he whispered to me;
" '.Say,do you believe in this (king?
Do you expect n luessngo?15-* *........
*<‘* l iinu't know/ f replied uuccr-
i ni nly. •
"T h e man went on Ihcn to inform
me tliat lie had never been io a place
of Ibis suit before a:id that he didn^
really think he would gel a message.
11 ( Have you any one in Uic spirit
world from wliom you could geL u
comiminicaljon?1 he asked.
,f f \Vcll, Ihoio’ s my sister Alice/ I
Kajd. Of course, f have no sister.
Alice. , * /• ,
"dust hero a small spirit canic out
or the cabinet.
" ‘ Look there/ whispered my
ueighhor. 'Them ccmes olio now.
Perhaps (fiat's your sister/
" 'Oh, no, l replied. ‘ M y sister
was ft vary tail girl/ ,
"Sh ortly after this my neighbor
was called to the plat form. ,
" ‘ What do you think o f (1101?' Im
whispered to me excitedly. 'T h a t’s n
message for me. Jnsl think of i t l ’
"W e ll, ho went up to the stage ami
whispered with the spirit who bad
called him, and I thought, to myself
1 1iiat it was about, lime now for sister
(Alice to appear. Sure cnougli,•tliu
very next spirit to step from (be cab­
inet was a fall specter, who wanted
Ur. Lewis. And when J went up and
iuriuiied her name slid informed mo
that slip was Alice, and by skillful
quest[owing I tod her to vecoiicet
many things iu om* past lives which
Jbad never happened."
Butler County Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio
Thursday, March 21, 1907
Page 12

l Di\ Tahvir learned the secret oC

| spirit pliolnjji-apliS fvniu.. a mertiuyi
wild bail fallen'into a trap. lie ex­
plains 11ml tlie object of tbo institute
is not exactly to expose fraud, but
"scientifically to rlnfesify and annl.vxo
such phenomena ns are usually culled
psychic, hypnotic w spiritualistic,
with the- intention o f determining
their rail nature.”
The National Tribune
Washington, District o f Columbia
Thursday, M arch 28, 1907
Page 4

D r. H . Spencer Lem*is. President o f

t the N e w Y o rk Institute fo r Physical
Research, w hatever that m ay be, has
evidently noticed w ith envy th;* notori­
ety achieved by W ig g in s and other
prophets o f disaster, and he is m akin g
a lively shy tow ard getting Ills own
nam e in the papers. T h ere is no cheap­
e r an d su rer way o f getting talked
about than by putting up a good, strong
calam ity how l, and the stiffer the y a w p
the g reater the notoriety. T h erefore.
D r. L e w is raises a w ail such as has
not been heard since Ascension 1st M il­
ler frightened the souls o f our nervous
gran dm others. H e says that <h « stars
h a re given ft to him straight that A u g.
31. 1915. at 2 p. m., there w ill begin,
abo u t 50 m iles belo w P ittsburg, a se r­
ies o f te rrib le earthquakes, w h ich w ill
sink P ittsb u rg ISO feet. Cincinnati 200
■ feet. L ou isville about as low, and 75.*
090. 000.000.000 cubic feet o f w ater w ill
. rush In. m a k in g an im m ense lake, cov-
* erUtg the w h ole O hio V alley . I f this
sort o f stuff com es from read in g the
stats, w e a re g la d that people a re hav­
in g n o better success In gettin g u p w ire ­
less telegraph y with M ars.
* ____ _ ^ _
Brooklyn Life
Brooklyn, N ew Y ork
Saturday, M arch 30,1907
Page 12

• • «

I T is singular, to say the least, that so momentous a

* fact as the reestablishment o f astrology among the
exact sciences, and a prediction based on an infallibly
drawn horoscope that eight years from the last day of
next August, Pittsburg and the entire area o f the
Central States will be visited by eruptions, eventually
causing the land to sink and finally to be covered with
an inland sea o f a hundred thousand square miles, has
not apparently caused a ripple o f excitement. No one,
of course, would pay any attention to a prediction o f
this kind from the average modem astrologer, who is
only too happy if he can guess within a fortnight o f the
arrival o f a snow-storm, or a hot spell; but it comes
from no less a personage than Eh-. H. Spencer Lewis,
president o f the New" York Institute for Psychical Re­
search, and was handed out to a .Stm reporter as a
mere sample o f what could be done by means o f astrol­
ogy as practised by the ancient Egyptians, and Dr.
Lewis. It is a pity that the doctor did not see fit to
select as a sample something nearer to hand, even
though less exciting: because there are many skeptics
so stubborn that it will take fully eight years for this
demonstration to convince them. However, the essen­
tial facts are that Dr. Lewis has discovered among
Egyptian inscriptions the key which is to revolutionize
modem astrology. The modern astrologer has been
drawing his horoscopes in ignorance o f one essential
factor, to wit: the value o f the letters in the name of
the subject, hence his work has been valueless; but
with the tables discovered by Dr. Lewis, the results
are infallible. Although this would seem to be a mat­
ter o f no small importance, nobody as yet appears to
have lost sleep over it
 The Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sunday, M arch 31,1907
(Sunday W o m e n ’s M agazine)
Page 9
for
Bem&rk&ble Psychic Astrol­
oger Tells Past and F u ­
ture with Amazing A c ­
curacy to A ll W ho
Write, Absolutely
W o u ld you like to know , fo r the asking,
w h at the fu ture has in store fo r you? ]
W o u ld it be any ad v an tage to you to j
know how y o u r heal ill wilt oe; how y o u r '
business wifi po; w hether you w ill be
h ap p y o r unhappy; what y o u r w eak
points and stron g characteristics are,
and how to im prove y o u r condition, finan­
cially, socially am i physically v„- If wo,
here Is an opportunity you should grasp
at once. It w ill cost you nothing. I f you
are pleased, tell y o u r friends. T h a t's
all. You w ill bo doing them a favor.
W h o know s w h at this w ill do fo r you?
k,x P ro fesso r H . Spencer .Lewis seems to
lifted the v j^ fs ^ ilm y s te ry that has
tilT A S K J S S *g
cent urfer££& C . C om bining his know ledge
of Psychic F orce w ith his wond*¥fthf ? w *
tem o f A stro lo gy , he has brought hisN
method dow n to an absolu tely scientific
basts, re a d in g the stran ge w o rk in gs o f
tlie planets under w hose sign one is born
w ith amassing accuracy. So startlin g a re
his predictions that those w ho receive
them are alm o st curried back to the
days* o f great m iracles -and forced to
believe that P ro fe s s o r L e w is m ust be
possessed o f a stran ge but w onderful
power. Even astro lo gers stand am azed
at the accuracy w ith which he foretells
tl»e future.
**I follow ed y o u r advice and succeeded.**
w rites M iss T. St. Clair. “ A ll o f y o u r p re­
dictions come true. I w ish I had sent fo r
the w o n d erfu l free re ad in g you gave me
before I did.”
If you wish a free reading of your life,
on a beautiful Astral-Psychic Chart; If
you wish to know your lucky and un­
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w h a t opportunities to g ra sp ; suggestions
on business, friends, enemies, love, m ar­
riage ties, travels, sickness, deaths, etc.,
w rite a short letter to P ro fe sso r H . Spen­
cer L ew is. Room 18, No. 1500 B ro a d w a y .
New T o rk City, and you will receive It
by mail without delay and absolutely
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age and spell out your first name and
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Kindly send ten cents in silver or stamps
to cover cost o f m ailin g and chart, and
P ro fe sso r L e w is w ill send you y o u r re a d ­
in g and a free copy o f his new and finely
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an y ch arge whatever. B e sure to
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 LET HIM
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Astrological Book, Absolutely Free of Charge I
COVER PAGE OF BOOK SEAT FREE. BACK PAG E OF BOOK SEAT FREE. >

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Page 5 (Sunday Press Women's Magazine)

Your Real Life Told at Last

Know W h a t the Stars Say You

W ill Do the Balance
o f This Year.

Riturkable Psjchlc Astrologer Tells

Past, Present anj Future Wiih
Amazing Accuracy to All
Who Write, Abso­
lutely Free.

WILL OPEN YOUR E Y E S .

Would you like to know, for the asking, what the future has in store for you? Would it be any]
advantage to you to know how your health will be; how your business will go; whether you will be
happy or unhappy; what your weak points and strong characteristics are, and how to improve your con­
dition, financially, socially and physically? If so, here is an opportunity you should grasp at once. It'
, will cost you nothing. If you are pleased, tell your friends. That’s advisable. You will be doing;
■them a favor. I
Professor Lewis of New York City seems to have lifted the veil of mystery that has enveloped,
.'the science of Astrology for centuries past Combining his knowledge of Psychic Force with his won-,
tierful system of Astrology, he has brought his me;hod down to an absolutely scientific basis, reading.
the strange workings of the planets under whose sign one is born with amazing accuracy. So start-;
ling are his predictions that those who receive them are almost carried back to the days of great mir-1
acles and forced to believe that Professor Lewis must be possessed of a strange but wonderful power.
Even astrologers stand amazed at the accuracy with which he foretells the future.
If you wish a free reading of your life with predictions for the balance of the year, on a beautiful,
Astral-Psychic Chart: if you wish to knpw your lucky and unlucky periods; what pitfalls to avoid;:
what opportunities to grasp; suggestions on business, friends, enemies, love, marriage tics, travels, sick-i
iness. death, etc., write a short letter to Professor Lewis, Room 46. No. 43 West 27th Street, New York
Gty, and you will receive it by mail without delay and absolutely free. lie sure to give date, month and
year of birth, spel] out your first and last name and write your address plainly. Kindly enciose 10 cents
:to cover cost of mailing, etc., and Professor Lewis will send you his new and finely illustrated book, en-(
•titled “ Your Past, Present and Future Revealed.” without any charge whatever. R e sure to tell your:
friends. No one will be disappointed. They are sent bv mail, postage prepaid, and absolutely free. j
The Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sunday, June 9,1907
Page 5 (Sunday Press Women's Magazine)

L E l■ 1HIIS/l 1rE LIL.! . 1

YOUR FORTUNE FREE 1

H e W ill Send Y o u a Reading of Y o u r L ife, an Astral-'

Psychic Chart and Horoscope, and a Copy of His
Astrological Book, Absolutely Free of Charge
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Wonderful
P red iction s
For Youl

Your Real Life Told at Last

Know W h it the Stir* Say You

Will Do the Balince
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Pist, Present in i Futme With
A im in g Accuracy to All
WUo Write, Abso­
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WILL OPEN YOUR EYES.

Would you like to know, for the asking, what the future has in store for you ? Would it be any
i advantage to you to know how yotir health will be; how your business will g o; whether you will he
happy or unhappy; what your weak points and strong characteristics are, and now to improve your con-,
; dition, financially, socially and physically? If so, here is an opportunity you should grasp at once. I t '
■will cost you nothing. I f you are pleased, tell your friends. That's advisable. You will be doing
i them a favor. |
Professor Lewis of N ew Y'ork City seems to have lifted the veil of mystery that has enveloped
the science of Astrology for centuries past. Combining his knowledge of Psychic Force with his won-j
derful system of Astrology, he has brought his method down to an absolutely sciwuilic basis, reading
|the strange workings of the planets under whose sign one is born with amazing accuracy. So start-;
ling arc Ills predictions that those who receive them are almost carried back to the days o f great mir-'
acles and forced to believe that Professor Lewis must be possessed of a strange but wonderful power.)
Even astrologers stand amazed at the accuracy with which lie foretells the future.
If you wish a free reading of your life with predictions for the balance of the year, on a beautiful,
Astral-Psychic Chart: if you wish to know your lucky and unlucky periods; wltat pitfalls to avoid;
1what opportunities to grasp; suggestions on"business."friends, enemies, love, marriage tics, travels, sick-1
ness, death, etc., write a short letter to Professor Lewis. Room 4G. No. 43 West l!7ih Street. N'cw 'Y'ork
City, and you will receive it by mail without delay and absolutely free. Ue sure to give date, month and
year of birth, spell out your first and last name and write your "address plainly. Kindly enciose 10 cents
:to cover cost of mailing, etc., and Professor Lewis will send you his new and finely illustrated book, en-
titled "Y'our Past. Present and Future Revealed.” without any charge whatever. He sure to tell your
friends. A'o one will be disappointed. They are sent bv mail, postage prepaid, and absolutely free. j
LET HIM TELL YOUR FORTUNE FREE
He w ill send you a reading o f your life, an astral-psychic chart and
horoscope, and a copy o f his astrological book, absolutely free o f
charge.

C over page o f book sent free. Back page o f book sent free.

Wonderful predictions for you!

Y ou r real life told at last.

Know w hat the stars say you w ill do the balance o f this year.

Remarkable psychic astrologer tells past, present and future with

amazing accuracy to all w ho write, absolutely free.

WILL OPEN YOUR EYES.

Would you like to know, for the asking, what the future has in store for
you? W ould it be any advantage to you to know how your health w ill be;
how your business will go; whether you will be happy or unhappy; what
your weak points and strong characteristics are, and how to improve
your condition, financially, socially and physically? I f so, here is an
opportunity you should grasp at once. It w ill cost you nothing. I f you are
pleased, tell your friends. That’ s advisable. You will be doing them a
favor.

Professor Lewis o f New York City seems to have lifted the veil o f
mystery that has enveloped the science o f Astrology for centuries past.
Combining his knowledge o f Psychic Force with his wonderful system
o f Astrology, he has brought his method down to an absolutely scientific
basis, reading the strange working o f the planets under whose sign one is
bom with amazing accuracy. So startling are his predictions that those
who receive them are almost carried back to the days o f great miracles
and forced to believe that Professor Lewis must be possessed o f a
strange but wonderful power. Even astrologers stand amazed at the
accuracy with which he foretells the future.

I f you wish a free reading o f your life with predictions for the balance
o f the year, on a beautiful Astral-Psychic Chart; i f you need to know
your lucky and unlucky periods; what pitfalls to avoid; what
opportunities to grasp; suggestions on business, friends, enemies, love,
marriage ties, travels, sickness, death, etc., write a short letter to
Professor Lewis, Room 46, No. 43 West 27th Street, New York City,
and you will receive it by mail without delay and absolutely free. Be
sure to give date, month and year o f birth, spell out your first and last
name, and write your address plainly. Kindly enclose 10 cents to cover
cost o f mailing, etc., and Professor Lewis will send you his new and
finely illustrated book, entitled “ Your Past, Present and Future
Revealed,” without any charge whatever. Be sure to tell your friends. No
one will be disappointed. They are sent by mail, postage prepaid, and
absolutely free.
The Sun
New York, New York
Sunday, March 17, 1907
Second Section, Page 7

! ASTROLOGY’S KISSING I I I .
SECRETS OE T H E K id Y E T iA X S
TO LD R Y DR. L E M S .

Tt»e> ftlll Makf A i t N o i ) an K xift M r n f f .

Hr Thinks—* * IM Itr Harncopfi.
Though—A Trtl Prrdtotloa for Aug.
91. I1II9* At 9 r. M.—Influence cf
the Mtme linked filth That cf 9I at».
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ARCANE UL. ARC AN ■ LJY.

 The Sun
New York, New York
Sunday, March 17, 1907
Second Section, Page 7
1 ASTROLOGY’S MISSING LINK.
SEfttET* Of THE Ki,YI‘T H \ 9
TO I D I I I nif. f>:*» If*.
i T h r> Will Make Astrology a n R * se t * r t cnee.
U p T M n k a —\ a H ollar llo r w e o p e *.
n u i u i h - A Trot P r r d lr llu n fo r A u c
31. 11*13, l l 3 I*. H —Inrtumec •*
ih r v in ip I Joked With T h a i o f "liar*.
According to Dr. H. Spencer Lewis,
president of the Now York Institute for
Psychical Research. the missing link of
astrology has lieen discovered. For many
yeom Dr. has devoted himself to in*
vowrigut ions of occult sciences, astrology
being among the number,
“But up to six or seven months ago."
auul l*r Lewis. *1 hud oonoluded that as­
trology us an exact science was a failure.
“Tim trouble hus been that In meting
hor<HMx>|ieN. mitrologera reckon by the ilay
and hour of birth only. Tliat la equivalent
to saying ilint two i>eraona (torn in the same
day and hour will have similar characters
and fortunes, whereas we know that twins
born only a few minutes a|*rt are often
entirety opposite In disposition and have
pursued widely different careers. This
vagueness and sp|>arent Inconsistency in
astrology In due to the fact that ths name
of every person really plays an important
part In his horoscope.
"When I began to investigate astrology
the thing which Impressed me first was the
fact dial while the ancieut Egyptians were
acknowledged to have placed great im­
portance u|mu a name in casting s horo­
scope, modern astrologer* paid Uttls or no
attention to it. Out of 1tt» astrologer* to
whom 1 sent for readings not one consid­
ered my name in Ins computations,
“The more 1 studied the more convinced
I became that the system of connecting
name* with birth dates in casting horo­
scope* known to the ancient. Egyptians
was the missing link which, rediscovered,
would change the astrology of to-day from
u thing of glittering generalities to an ex­
act nnd useful science.
"F r o m the Egyptians, you know, we have
an Hfiricrit astrologica l chart, which liaa
I fo r rill'd tlie foundation o f uumeroua modern
name and nunitier a>sterna In it the letter*
1
o f th e ulphaliet are g iv e n th e fo llow in g
nu m lw ra A 1. B 2, C 3. D «. K 5. F 3. Cl S.
H *. 1 I. J 10. K 2. I* 3, M 4. V 5. 0 7. P 8. Q 1.
H 2. H 3. T 4. T h 7. V 8. Y I. 7. 7.
“ T lw n there a re the fam ous Egyptian
areanee, the relation o f which to astrology
has puzzle,i l*oth astrologers and E gyp tolo-
gists over since they w ere discovered.
T h e re are seven ty-eigh t o f them, tw en ty-
tw o m ajor areanee and the lathi no* minor.
|
"U ii each is u hieroglyph o r ideograph,
an uatrolugical aigti, and a letter, all o f
w hich, it has been recognized, must h a v e
som e connection with each other. E g y p ­
tologists have interpreted som e o f the
ld m g ra p li* It is not difficult to do.
“ F or crum ple, here is a copy o f the m a jo r
arcane number tune. It ia tliat o f the
V eiled Lamh. It moans tliat wisdom haa
to be appealed to in ev e ry circum stance
o f life It warne one to l*e discreet, silent
a n d cautious, fo r critical circumstances
a re at hand.
“ In the upper righ t hand corner ia the
sign o f 1a s >. In the upper le ft ia the
letter 7. which is reckoned to be equ ivalent
to our 7. and a l-o to the sound o f Th.
“ M inor arcane num ber 8t represents the
S la ve o f the Sw ord. It wnrns you to b e ­
w a re o f some plotting. Below the figure
a re three vertical strokes, w hich represent
the third letter o f the alphabet and the sign
Of Aquarius.
“ I made a com plete study o f th e a even ty-
e ig ln areanee. I m astered the in terpreta­
tions ,»f their hieroglyphics, and found ju st
th eir connection w ith e v e ry letter in the
alphai>er, and e v e ry name that can tie given
a I'oiAon.
"B u t it w m V t until som e seven m onths
a g o that I hit upon the ancient system o f
! a p p ly in g th * wisdom o f the arcan e* to
a u rological divination Tliat w as the m iss­
in g link which, connecting the science o f
im m »i un.i n urn tiers w ith that o f the stars
a n i planets, fo rm ed o f the tw o a p e rfec t,
co iu ie.en t whole.
"Mines then I have teste.) this system
w ith th.» nam** o f hundred4 o f cities and
l>m>ple known in h isto ry ,and in not a sin gle
, instance ini* it been disprove;! N ot o n ly
h a v e even t* been correctly indicated in the
1 linrotoop'M thus fo r m 'd , but th e exact day
' h id iioiir o f their occurrenc ■ It is reason­
a ble to b elieve that a system which reads
the past accu rately in e v e ry instance m ay
be safely applied to the future.
 The Sun
New York, New York
Sunday, March 17, 1907
Second Section, Page 7
“ 1 w ill *av right h**r»*. h ow ever, that for
the prof»>H.,irtruil a stro log er. who casts
h o m s n p e * fo r $i each. thin d iscovery
w i.l have liplfi vain'*, fo r lb** wimple ri>n*on
tli.ti com puting w ith n n t ’ i « * well a-* w ith
birth da te, n fu ll day is re.piire-l fo r casting
a h o ro c 'o p *
“ !<v this s w e - n events m t v he foretold
yearn in advance Vow I a*n able to m ake
unhe-itat ingly rh*» fo llow in g p rediction in
regard lit tin* central portion o f the l mti»d
States
“ t )n th e last d a y o f A u gu st, tf)i3. at 1 P M.,
th ere wdl la» successive shock*. felt in
all the t ’erural Ktutew, The*** quake*. o r
•*' plowif on w ill continue f. r nearly a week
T h e earth will hue and fa ll, hug** flumes
w ill shoot upw ard fo r htindre la o f feet.
"T h e cause o f thin w ill he th e explosion*
o f natural gn* del'd in tlie m any nunea.
T h e trotihle w ill start at a place along the
( Hihi R iver, ids.ut fifty mileal>el<.w Pittsburg.
T h e first exp). sum w ill > ccu r there at 3
P M and ihousaiids o f lives w ill be loat
b e fo re nigh tfall.
“ Mine a fter m ine wtll ex p l.x le between
the Ohio and the Mieaianippi, fo llow in g
th e mam at rata. In the v ic in ity o f Cin-
cinnaM there w ill lie but on e shock. but it
w ill he terrific, causing rhe earth to aink
, nearly 30tt feet at one time.
“ T h e region co vered w ill include tOO.COO
squ are m ile*. P ittsbu rg wdl aink .1*0 feet,
hut an slow ly that few Uvea w dl i»e loaf
At the mouth o f the O h io the ground will
aink hut three feet.
“ Inaide o f fo u r yearn thia en tire depr**-
•ion w ill fill with w ater, fo rm in g a vaat
inland aea. requ irin g 73.000.000.nu0.ivi0 cubic
fe e t o f water. Lou iavtlle in particular
w ill aink suddenly, leavin g th e hulldinga
almoat Ir ta t. Thia great aea w ill co ver
m an y o f our beet cities,
“ N o. certain ly a nam e cannot change
th e planeta under which one in horn, but
It d o e» alter th e position o f those planeta
in a horoscope and their influence in a life.
T h e Pn ited S tate* o f A m erica w ould h ave
had a v e r y different hiatory had it Iw e t
nam ed Columbia. fo r different influence*
w ould have been tlrawn around tt.
2
»
"T h e surname count* most in the h oro­
scope o f an individu al, fo r he receives ita
ch aracteristic* d o u b ly —first, through the
law s of inheritance, and secondly on his
ow n account, because the m m * belon g*
to him In hta ow n righ t T h e first given
nam e la of alm ost equal Im p o rfin e e to the
surname, and muat be spelled In full. M iddle
names are not to l>e oon ald a-el at all.
■Tha m eaning of e v e ry le tte r o f the
alphabet, the clm rseter.atle It give s Ita
bearer and the Influence It hrlnga Into
hla lii’a are aivown In the seven ty-eigh t
arcane*. A person will sueoeed beet if
be has a name which signifies the char -
aoterietica and gift* moat appropriate to
bis profession and state In life
“ ^ o r exam p le L . according: to the K g y o -
tian arcane*, signlhee a good m otm ry fo r
retain ing a succession o f fa cts which have
been m entally classified in a certain order.
K g iv e s p o w e r to an alyse d e a r ly w hile
seeing a su b ject ss a w hole; to assemble
facta m entally, and t>ee what p ert each
plays in the en tire pfot or case. ami to ju d g e
the rela tiv e im portance o f each.
“ N signifies origin a lity. O, a good
m em ory- R. stubbornness or doggedneea.
A means p o w e r o f oh oer-ation and oarefu l
notation A name com posed o f these
letters t h e r e f o r * - say I^eonora—w ould lie
e p erfect nam e fo r a wom an who wished
to succeed In literature.
“ Rut understand, 1 do not mean that b y
nam ing a ch ild I.erw.ra one would m ake
Iw r g row up in to a fam ous author, unless
It was born in a sign which g a v e her taste
and a b ility In that line to begin with. In I
this case It w ould d raw aliout her all the
Influences most In harm ony w ith her na­
ture ami co n d u cive to her happiness, but I
i
bestow ed on one whose natural inclinations
w er* in an en tirely d ifferen t direction
m igh t have Just the opposite effect.
“ W g iv e * the a b ility o f salesmanship,
the pow er t o influence and convince w ith
w ords. W a lte r would th erefo re be a splen­
did nam e fo r a la w yer. W illiam , on the
oth er hand, Is a nam e best fitted fo r s man
o f m echanical or en gin eerin g talent.
 The Sun
New York, New York
Sunday, March 17, 1907
Second Section, Page 7
"T h e I g iv e s (treat ten a city o f purpose,
I d fa ct, 1 h ave noticed that a person with
thin letter Is a p t to stick to one ob ject to
the point o f o v ero x e rtio n or in ju ry to health.
(1 is another letter which given a b ility fo r
aalssmanahip and a c tiv e m oney m aking.
‘ H a rry ie a good nam e fo r a m an inter*
eeted in com m ercial busmoae - a grocer or
d ry g o o d * m erch ant. H e n ry is an ideal
nam e fo r a tninieter or m an d evoted to a
relig ion * life .
*H i* a p ecu liar le tte r in that it m akes
a persou inclined to m elan ch oly: it produce#
a m ental condition which m akes him sus­
cep tib le to touching influences In an
author it produces a stron g tendency to
pathos.
“ M g iv e s an a p preciation o f humor and
a ch aracter which w ill look on the b righ ter ;
aide o f life . M arie w ould be t he beet name
fo r one w hose career was to tie (hat o f a
singer or con cert p la y er: not an actress
but one w ho w as to hold an ex trem e ly re ­
fined position b e fo re the public. M ay or
M a ry (Its one fo r the ld*» o f a nun o r fo r
som e relig iou s ca llin g
“A is a spiondid lerter for on artist to
have prominently, because of the splendid
visual memory it bestows. i gives xrtistic
talent; Y, good Judgement concerning I
fo rm , color ami harmony; T. a love o f n a ­
ture
“ T h e position which the letters occu py
on m character, though, o f course, it d o e « j
on the career A letter need m ore than '
n in e w ill d ou b le it* influence, and all the '
ettar* tieceesarily m o d ify each oth er m ore I
or less.
“ Thu*. 1 said R sign ified stubborn****. ,
N ow . N g iv e s a nature fo r nubm itting not
to fla ttery but to reason. T h e re fo re a
man with l*oth these letters in hi* name,
w hile ex trem e ly stubborn when convinced
that he i* rig h t, w ill g iv e in inMtantly to
good rivu'oning.
“ I> hit* a tem lency to m ake a person
v e ry susceptible to fla tte ry , R to produce
hysterica and to g iv e a person an e x a g g e r*
a ted idea o f the im p ortan ce o f a thing;
to make one fanatical O m akes a person
v e r y precise; i f not offset b y quick, a c tiv e
letters, slow .
“ John is the nam e fo r a man w ho directs
la rge en terprises, not aa an a c tiv e w orker-
but a * an overseer. H e haa an a b ility ,
to control m en and m ake them p erform J
p rop erly the duties he m a y not he a b le :
to turn his hand to.
“ P gives a fondness fo r readin g. 1' a
taste fo r m ix in g chem icals. 7, denotes g en ­
ero sity . Q the opposite e n tir e sellishru***.
am ounting to miserliness.
“ ('h a n g in g a name w ill change o n e‘a
life, iiccause it w ill a lte r the entire |m»ition
o f the planets in a horoscope, from the date
on which th e c h a r g e take* place, and will
draw different irflu*?n< es about one
" I t must i e understood, how ever, that
the nam e and it* d efin ition , indejiendenf !
o f its a stro lo g ica l asp ect, re a lly am ounts '
to v e ry little. Th e sign under which one
te burn la y * tlv’ corn erston e o f the ch ar­
a cter It is o n ly when taken in conjunction
w ith the d a te and hour o f birth that a name
t an l e relied upon
" In a p p ly in g thi* new system it i* first
n ecessary tu nmnl e r the letters o f the
name con secu tively. I, 2. 3. 4, Are., and then
m u ltip ly each num ber thus given a letter
wi th that w h i t h represents it on the old
E gyptian chart. T h is g iv e s tis a new set
o f p rop h eeiee which !>einng exclu sively
to the in d ividu al possessing the name.
From the *um o f the num bers thus found
w e get. tw o new a stro lo g ica l circles to a pply
to the h oroscop e,
"It. is a long and tedious process, referrin g
constantly fr o m the planets to the name
The Sun
New York, New York
Sunday, March 17, 1907
Second Section, Page 7

and taking e v e r y la tter in a name into I

consideration. Once w ork ed out. h ow ever,
it ia poaaible to tell w hat bueineMe a person
w ill succeed in. what the present rhancee
o f aunoaaa a re , what frie n d * to tiew are o f.
dieeanee w hich threaten, the exact datea
o f tra vel*, accid ents, fo rtu n e* or m arriage*.
Dates most, fa v o ra b le to huaine** and
changes o f a ll kinds m ay he stated year*
|n advan ce ”
Dr Ixw is is at present preparing a chan
according to hie system, which he intende
to present to the Weather Bureau at Waeh-
ington. By means of thia. he aays, the
precise weather may be predicted far In
advance and cenain knowledge obtained
of a coming winter, apring or autumn
in ample time to prepare for It intelligently.
New-York Daily Tribune
New York, New York
Wednesday, July 7, 1907
Page 5

MRS. MAY BANKS STACY ENDKAVORS TO

C O N V I C T S H A K E S P E A R E O F O C C U L T IS M .
#The rntrobcM of the Professional W om an's League
showed a praiseworthy retard for tht fitness of
things when they selected for their subject for yes­
terday's meeting "The Occult Bide of the ‘Midsum­
mer N lth t 's Dresm.' " Notwithstanding the day, a
number of women were present at I o'clock, and
took part In an animated discussion.
Mrs. M ay Banks Stacey read a paper on the
subject, setting forth Shakespeare's knowledge
and belief In tho occult ns evinced in many of his
writings, and particularly In the play selected. She
said: “There la no d »ubt that Shakespeare's plays
contain evidence of hermetic and ancient mystery
sources, In fact many t*»opl« claim that the plays
were written by n member of the secret society of
the Roslcrucla, end not by Shakespeare, while
others claim that he was a member of this society.
The aim of the Mystics was to teach man the reality
of the future life," This supposition was supported,
she said, by the fact^ that Shakespeare, through his
works, showed a familiarity with the teachings of i
Plato. Socrates, Viral I ojld other of the ancients
•m i - * co” ‘' 0PtIon of ih»* occult. The quotations
• • r w au s t u f f ns dreams are made o f and
ur lit tie life U bounded with a sleep" suggest
strongly the teaching* of Kleusfnlnn m y steries.
n - l ^ ; . a * r r Lru','‘ A olrcw s, Mme. Do Louie and Miss
o rtrurje Summers. In an Interesting discussion,
showed remark a hi,, familiarity w.th the occult and
the myster! *us in general.
rA H i? nu i ! 1"" * ,p r e s e n t w ere Mme. r>e I a n i l e , Mrs.
K n n X iJ l x i l : . King. Mrs. H. Herbert
Mr!* A. K. Hiilstrom, Mrs.
known a i' '•\i’V;,"Alr* MnrV Temple Bayard, better
APro Mn,reM«rfl x°/ ” Th" ,M,,* burK Dispatch," MISS
Al. Moore an<| Mrs. <»i-nrude \n trews.
Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California
Friday, September 20,1907
Page 7

T w o Year* of Courtship to
Solve the ‘Affinity’ Problem
( ■ r H. L ffW le.)
H * n M w ( •( tha Mew Vsrh Iwatttwta far toayafclcal
S i m rtli.)
OJt« and mon wr haar of "afflnltlag."
I-naaryalny tha aarar quality of leva. Thay ara Ilka
The President oar *1 Olr, aaparatad at Mrth and tnroanplrta until
jolnrd again In marriaga. Ko dlaoord. no oppoalta
of New York's thinking or farting mdM axlat betwaon thorn An

M
“ •eel-aaaiae" and otiiar fcriaa applied u> affinity muat ba tha “ othar half—tha aptrltual
cnaaa whrrrtn trua lova baa Moray t i - Psychical ppmplmnant" of our w>uto.
lalfd and navor niuld axial Thr trua
maanlna* «>f lhaea larma ara dtotorlad to
■I anaaual rln-umataanaa. and vary fa *
Research I'arfart haalth to » r r l aaary lor an affinity Trua
lotr to atoo ■'iraaarr. If thaaa do not axial lhara
rrall) uivlaraland what ihaer apl ritual
tana* maan li la irna that if all marrlagr* war# Society can lir no affinity Tha mind muat ba purr thr
hwaod upon Irua afftnlttwa lhara aronM bo norr thought* muat b» aplritual, abnva malarial planrr. j
ttnepliiaaa In marrlago Tha tmubta at praoaal la Says and muat rtwnr from a mind Hint la whoilv dr- J
not with thr dl'orro law*. but with tha marrtaar tntrd to lova ami aarrrd faithfulnara
lawa Wara tha marrtagu Mara progwr lhara Proper Thrrr can h«- im tiyrn a fu l marring* unlraa thr
would ha II It la naad for dtvorr* laara of an) kind
Imoa nni tha futura «f th!a . nuntry - ef any Mating, prim-tpaia ara afflnlllra to w «t* degroo. Thr
irr ttH t rrtiti<’ nf thr world at prramt la tha la* t
rauntry—<t«prnd upon Ita fntun mrn amt antitm*
Why I-a tha rhltdrwa at prnannt twins ad ora tad
to maka twtlar man and woman for tha futura,
Enforced by tnatrlaga law* Thr grratrat nbatarlo to thr '
• •■tld a pmgrrea la I hr aaay mannar In which two i
and at tha aama tlmr altawc.1 to ha Itirn of
paranta who ara not proparty maud and not pro-
Supervision, I ropl- may marry, lire together and bring lr.ru I
I
•Ida world swh ■hlldrcn at trill In lha ftilnre n«
uurlng tha dnnwatlr i-tiwdlibm- whMi will mnt-lr
tha rhlldran to hrroror prrfoct man ah>l woman’
Will Remedy an r.a naiWma
*

Education ran n»v*t ovar* tuna llir horn Iqatine la

and habila t-Mucatkm »i«na '••n nevrr maka d«-
•irwhla man anil woman If thay ara rut bom under
proper rnndlttonr
lloar wall thr (Irrrka know Ihla II •» wall
m a r »f thr arvlrnl nation# know thl*'
Whan pa ran la ara property matad whan thalr
laara arr affinlttra and tbrlr llvaa ara datntnt
phyalrally matarlallr and pplrttually to *a<-h otlirt.
than thalr rhWdrm tdtU lw man and wr»mrn of
wblrh thla nation or any othar nation would hr
proud
Tha q ura Hon which will natural!* aria* la
What U affinity? > Affecting the
Tha Blbta will giro ona «r«nttlon. aHrnr# anothat
and madloin* anothar. Wa arr looking for on-
daflnltlon that will rovar all and will hr rl*arl>
uwdaralood Afftnltlro arr two aoula. two aplrllual
Patna a rarh haring Ilka naturaa. Ilkr ahim Ira and
Divorce Trial R w n lisrt will nftt bring about thr dralr •
fchl. rrault* thr) mrraly aatllr thr phyalral qqra-
Evils, and •ko.a of marrl Im ilng thr apbllua! thr i r m l
•I'tr-t uni, una-'l/od Tha onU rott. n .1 m.-tl. -d la
Gives a lli-tt of furring a orrtalh trnsth rf .-ourtahip, of
*i ■■'tatntan-'a. ta la e m thr man and thr woman
Definition of Hn*t> and auddrn iln-talon# In marriage ahould
)■* p'oiilhttrd A thowingh itr-i* ratiindlihr **f thr
tint arr of both prttn 'lfili rlaitlil br fon-rd. and
True '«'•> tillap at loaal t*<> jra r*' •ompanionghlp
ahiitihi marrlagr 1t altownl Tl.t* g i t gt, i- hull
“ Affinity” as P*ta-*n» an opportunity of raallatng br'ntr it la too
I ttr tor •oniimnn. whlrlt will pnthtMt rtlrt !*e-
•wr»n Urni ti tbta wrn don* mart) marrldgog
■'•util hr poatponr-t nnd many «Ho rk t*nut | r.ont*
Welfare of u * teautl -llffrrrnlty Ifiuti planitr.1 Mu m harty
• - HI tna ahl> h rrault from lot* at fltal atglil
Society. 'ton'd t r attrtrd and *»-td-’m wot,|,i rrault trad
l*t thr dlvotrr tteirl
Two Years of Courtship to Solve the ’Affinity1
Problem
(By H. SPENCER LE W IS )

(President o f the New Y ork Institute for Psychical Research.)

The President o f New York's Psychical Research Society Says Proper

Supervision Will Remedy Divorce Evils, and Gives a Definition o f True
"A ffin ity " as Affecting the Welfare o f Society

M O R E and more we hear o f "affinities," "soul-mates" and other terms applied to

cases wherein true love has never existed and never could exist. The true meanings
o f these terms are distorted to fit unusual circumstances, and very few really
understand what these spiritual terms mean. It is true that i f all marriages were
based upon true affinities there would be more happiness in marriage. The trouble
at present is not with the divorce laws, but with the marriage laws. W ere the
marriage laws proper there would be little need for divorce laws o f any kind.

Does not the future o f this country - o f any country - depend upon its future men
and women? Why are the children at present being educated to make better men
and women for the future, and at the same time allowed to be bom o f parents who
are not properly mated and not producing the domestic conditions which w ill
enable the children to become perfect men and women? Education can never
overcome the bom instincts and habits. Education alone can never make desirable
man and women i f they are nor bom under proper conditions.

H ow w ell the Greeks knew this. H ow w ell many o f the ancient nations knew
this!

When parents are properly mated, when , when their loves are affinities and their
lives are devoted physically, materially and spiritually to each other, then their
children w ill be men and women o f which this nation or any other nation would be
proud.

The question which w ill naturally arise is, What is affinity?

 The Bible w ill give one definition, science another and medicine another. W e are
looking for one definition that will cover all and w ill be clearly understood.
A ffin ities are two souls, two spiritual beings, each having like natures, like abilities
and possessing the same quality o f love. They are like one whole, separated at birth
and incomplete until joined again in marriage. N o discord, no opposite thinking or
feeling must exist between them. And affinity must be the "other h alf - the spiritual
complement" o f our souls.

Perfect health is necessary for an affinity. True love is also necessary. I f these do
not exist there can be not affinity. The mind must be pure, the thoughts must be
spiritual, above material planes, and must come from a mind that is w holly devoted
to love and sacred faithfulness.

There can be no successful marriage unless the principals are affinities to some
degree. The greatest crime o f the world at present is the lax marriage laws. The
greatest obstacle to the world's progress is the easy manner in which two people
may marry, live together and bring into this world such children as w ill in the
future weaken the nations.

Trial marriages w ill not bring about the desirable results; they merely settle the
physical questions o f marriage, leaving the spiritual, the sacred questions unsolved.
The only rational method is that o f forcing a certain length o f courtship, o f
acquaintance, between the man and woman. Hasty and sudden decisions in
marriage should be prohibited. A thorough understanding o f the nature o f both
principals should be forced, and only after at least two years’ companionship
should marriage be allowed. This w ill give both persons an opportunity o f realizing
before it is too late the conditions which will probably exist between them. Is this
were done many marriages would be postponed and many others would eventually
result differently than planned. Many hasty decisions which result from love at first
sight would be altered, and seldom would the result lead to the divorce court.

Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California
Friday, September 20, 1907
Page 7
The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sunday, September 22,1907
* * *

>rt at flrat tight an« Impaatw mar-

„ » M moat be tabooed It there are to
be no mlitakei in the tutor# In Mint­
I ing a life helpmeet, for thla sort of lore
1 and this eort ot marriage are not com-

patlble with the search for the ^affin­

ity,? Accord :ng to H Spencer
p r e sid e n t tit the New York institute tor
psychical research, It taken at least two
fears to find thla elusive thing.
H r . Hew it m ys that trial marriages
aril! m l to n g about, desirable result*;
i t o r merely settle the physical ques­
tions of marriage leavisg the spiritual,
tfee sacred questions* unsolved. He says
— .— . . . I I .i II ■ " " ........................................... - .............I I I H I

that the only rational method is that of

forcing a certain length of courtship,
of acquaintance, between the man and
the woman. Hasty and sudden decisions
in marriage should b e p ro h ib ited . A
thorough understanding of the natures
of both principals should b»* forced, and
only after at least two years’ compan­
ionship should marriage be allowed.
This supposedly scientific advice from
m iiu m il ■ ill Hiwm* 'U jHWW » — —

the president of ths New York institute

for psychical research Is diametrically
opposed to that which has been given by
the poets from time immemorial.
Hamilton G rit
Hamilton, Kansas
Friday, October 11,1907
Page 4

JltE and more we tear o f ♦'affiwitiea,'* ‘ aoui-iuatea** oad otter

term applied to c m vht-n ia true lore ha* arrer nitTcxi end
never could mitt. The (roc umiiing* of Uwar term* are die-
- ’T* r- turtrd .»o'
- 1 £1
fit __________•
unuaual -*-------- .^ 1 ...____
m y« #few anally
•>
- - ,

undentand wfot them* apirif ual tcmia main. It i* irw that il

«ll marriagi* wctc baerd uj«* true affinities then* eoald hi
I hxHV happineoi in marriage. The trouble at praamt w uai
with tlie dinunt- h n , hot with the «narru»j>r lawn. Wen lb>
marriage lav* proper there would he little ni«xt fur div.trx
P taw* «f *uv Lind.
» Affiniifea arc two auul«. ta« spirit u*l briiic*. each having • Khr
natunr. like ahilit in. and poNO-wing tlie •ante quality of loir. They an
| one whole, separated at tiirlh and imumfdrte until joint'd a.tain in mar-
riajp'. No diM-nnl, no opposite thinking or feeling must evi*t Uetwisai
Item. An affinity must lw the “otter liu!f--the tpihrhal <-i»:npU*meut"
* of our acute
Perfect health » nMaun for an affinity. True Imre w also nmtw
. tary. If tlteae du nut exist there tnu he no affinity. Tlie mind nmi‘
be pun*, tlie thought* imwt he spiritual, above materia) plauca. ami (uu*i
come from a in.ml Unit in wholly drvoted to loir anil an red faithful-
mws.
" licrr can be bo auec*- fill marriegv anlee* lie* principals an> at-'
r d o *AUM’ * ------- ’*■'
 The Birmingham News
Birmingham, Alabama
Saturday, October 12, 1907
Page 16
R em arkable P s y c h ic A strologer
T e lb Past an* F u tu re w ith
I ? W h y Not Know Tour fM iu» at W * A m azing A ccu racy to a ll w h o
I M i it?
W rite, A b so lu tely Free.

YOUR REAL WHAT D O ES YOUR STAR SAY

LIFE TOLD YOU WILL DO THE BALANCE

OF THIS Y EA R ?

AT LAST! W ould you like to kn ow . for the a s k in g

w hat th e future h u In store for y o u !
W ould It be any a d va n ta g e to you to kn ow
horn* you r health w ill b e; how your bust-
R em ark able P s y c h ic A strologer ness w ill go; w hether you w ill be happy
or unhappy; what you r w ea k points and
T ells Past an* F u tu re w ith strong ch aracteristics a re and how to
Im prove your condition, financially, so­
A m azluc A ccu racy to a ll w h o cia lly and physically? I f so, here I t an
opportunity you should grasp a t once. I t
W rite, A b solu tely Free. w ill coet you nothing. I f you a re pleased,
tell you r frtenda T h a f s alL T o o w ill be
doing them a favor.
P ro fes so r H. Speneer L e w is seem s t »
h ave lifte d the veil o f m ystery that h e *
WHAT D O ES YOUR STAR SA Y en veloped the science o f Astrology for
centuries past. C om bining his kn ow ledge
YOU WILL DO THE BALANCE o f P sych ic FY»rce w ith his wonderful e y * .
tem o f A strology, he has brought his
OF THIS Y E A R ? m ethod down to an absolutely ecien tlflo
basis, reading the stran ge w orkings of
the planets under w hose sign one Is b o m
w ith am azin g accuracy. So startling a r e
his predictions that those who re c e iv e
them a re almost carried hack to the d a ye
o f g re a t m iracles and forced to b e liev e
that P rofessor L e w is must be possessed
o f a stran ge but w on derfu l power. E van
a stro logers stand am azed at the a ccu ra te
w ith w hich he fo retells the future.
I f you wish a fre e readin g o f your Ilfs ,
w ith predictions fo r th e twtlance o f th e
year, on a beautiful A s tra l.P s y c h ic C h a rt;
I f you w ish to know you r lucky and un­
lu cky periods, w hat p itfa ll* to a v o id ;
w hat opportunities to grasp, suggestions
on business, friends, enemies, love, m a r­
ria g e t l r a travels, sickness, deaths, e t a .
w rite u short le tte r to Prof. H. Spencer
L e w is . Room 68 No. 43 W e st ITth S treet.
N e w Y o rk C ity sn d you w ill r e c e iv e
It by m ail without d e la y and absolutely
free. B e sure to g iv e d a te o f birth and
a g e and spell our y ou r first name and
last nam e and w rite y o u r address p la in ­
ly. K in d ly send tw o -c e n t stamp to c o v e r
cost o f m ailing, and P ro f. L ew is w ill send
you y o u r reading and a fre e copy o f hie
new and fin ely Illu s tr a te d book, en titled
" T o u r Past. Presen t and Future R e­
v e a le d ." w ithout a n y ch arge w hatever. Be
sure to tell your frte n d a
 The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento, California
Saturday, October 12,1907
Page 13
? W hy Not Know Your Future as He
tieta It 7
, terlstlos are. and how to Improve your
YOUR REAL
LIFE TOLD
AT LAST I
Rtmitkablt Psychic Astrologer
Tells Pest and future With
Aaaiing Accuracy to All
Who Write, Abso­
lutely Free.
WHAT DOES TOUR STAR SAT
YOU WILL DO THE BAL-
AN O l Of THI8 TEAR?
W ould you like to know, for th« a ik - j
tog. what the future has in store for
you? Would It be an> advantage to
you to know how your health w ill be:
how your business will go; whether
you will be happy or unhappy; what
your weak points and strong charac-
condition. financially, socially and
phyetcally? If to. here le an oppor­
tunity you ehould graep at once. Tt
w ill cost you nothing. If you are
pleaeed. tell your frtende. That's all.
l'o u w ill be doing them a favor.
Prufeesor H Spencer Lewie seems to
have lifted the vail of myeterv that
has enveloped the science of Astrology
for centuries past. C o m b i n i n g hie
knowledge of Psychic Fore>• with his
wonderful system of Astrology, he has
brought his method down to an abso­
lutely scientific basis, reading the
strange workings of the planets under
whose sign ons Is born with amazing
accuracy. £o startling are Ms predic- (
ttons that those who receive them are
almost carried back to the days of
great miracles and foroed to believe
that Professor Lewis must be possess­
ed of a strange but wonderful power.
Even astrologers stand amazed at the
accuracy with which he foretell* the
future.
If you wish a free reading of year \
life, with predictions for the balanoc of
tho year, on a beautiful Astral-Psychic}
Chart. If you wish to know your lu< kv
and unlucky periods; what pitfalls to
avoid, what opportunities to grasp;
suggestions on business, friends, ene­
mies, love, msrrlage ties, travels, sick­
ness. deaths, str.. write a short letter
to Prof. H. Hpencer Lewis. Hoorn 8t.
No. 43 West I7th Btrwet. New York
City, and you will receive It hy mall
without delay and absolutely free. He
sure to give date of birth and age and
spell out your first name and last
name and write your address plainly. I
Kindly send two-rent stamp to cover
cost of malting, and Prof, Lewis will
send you your reading and a free ropy
of his new and finely Illustrated book. .
entitled. "Your Past. Present and Ku- >
ture Revealed." without any charge
whatever. Be burs to tell your friends.
Why Not Know Your Future as He Sees It?

YOUR REAL LIFE TOLD AT LAST!

Remarkable Psychic Astrologer Tells Past and Future With

Amazing Accuracy to All Who Write, Absolutely Free.

WHAT DOES YOUR STAR SAY YOU WILL DO THE BALANCE

OF THIS YEAR?

Would you like to know, for the asking, what the future has in store for
you? Would it be any advantage to you to know how your health will be;
how your business will go; whether you w ill be happy or unhappy; what
your weak points and strong characteristics are, and how to improve
your condition, financially, socially and physically? I f so, here is an
opportunity you should grasp at once. It will cost you nothing. I f you are
pleased, tell your friends. That's all. You will be doing them a favor.

Professor H. Spencer Lewis seems to have lifted the veil o f mystery

that has enveloped the science o f Astrology for centuries past.
Combining his knowledge o f Psychic Force with his wonderful system
o f Astrology, he has brought his method down to an absolutely scientific
basis, reading the strange workings o f the planets under whose sign one
is bom with amazing accuracy. So startling are his predictions that those
who receive them are almost carried back to the days o f great miracles
and forced to believe that Professor Lewis must be possessed o f a
strange but wonderful power. Even astrologers stand amazed at the
accuracy with which he foretells the future.
 I f you wish a free reading o f your life, with predictions for the balance
o f the year, on a beautiful Astral-Psychic Chart; i f you wish to know
your lucky and unlucky periods; what pitfalls to avoid; what
opportunities to grasp; suggestions on business, friends, enemies, love,
marriage ties, travels, sickness, deaths, etc., write a short letter to Prof.
H. Spencer Lewis, Room 68, No. 43 West 27th Street, N ew York City,
and you will receive it by mail without delay and absolutely free. Be
sure to give date o f birth and age and spell out your first name and last
name and write your address plainly. Kindly send two-cent stamp to
cover cost o f mailing, and Prof. Lewis will send you your reading and a
free copy o f his new and finely illustrated book, entitled, “ Your Past,
Present and Future Revealed," without any charge whatever. Be sure to
tell your friends.

The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento, California
Saturday, October 12,1907
Page 13
 The Detroit Free Press
Detroit, Michigan
Sunday, October 13, 1907
Part II, Page 9
7W hy Not Know Tour Future u He See* H?
YOUR REAL
LIFE TOLD
AT LA S T !
Remarkable Psychic Astrolo­
ger Tells Past and Future
With Amazing Accuracy
to All Who Write, Ab­
solutely Free.
WHAT DOES YOUR STAR
SAY YOU WILL DO THE
BALANCE OF THIS YEAR?
* Would you like to know, tor the asking,
what *the future has in etore tor jroul
Would It be any advantage to you fto
know how your health will be; how your
business will go; whether you will be
happy or unhappy; what your weak points
and strong characteristics are, and how to
Improve your condition, financially, eo-
clally and physically? If t o . here Is an
opportunity you should grasp at once. It
will cost you nothing. If you are pleased,
tell your friends. That's all. You will be
doing them a favor. ___ ____
Professor H. Spencer Lewis seems to
have lifted the veil of mystery that has
enveloped the science of Astrology for cen­
turies past. Combining his knowledge of
Psychic Force with hls wonderful system
of Astrology, he has brought hls method
down to an absolutely scientific basis,
reading the strange workings of the
planets under whose sign one Is born with
amazing accuracy. So startling are hls
predictions that those who receive them
are almost carried back to the day* ot
great miracles and forced to .believe that
Professor Lewis must be possessed of a
strange but wonderful power. Sven
astrologers stand amazed at the accuracy
with which ha foretells the future.
If you wish & free reading of your life,
with predictions for the balanoa of the
year, on a beautiful Aetrai-Peychlo Chart;
If you wish to know your lucky and un­
lucky periods; what pitfalls to avoid; what
opportunities to grasp; suggestions on busi­
ness, friends, enemies, love, marriage ties,
travels, sickness, deaths, etc., write a short
letter to Prof. H. Spencer Lewis, Room 63.
No. 41 West Twenty-seventh street, New
York City, and you will receive it by mall
without delay and absolutely free. Bo eure
to give date of birth and age and spell
out your first name and last name and
write your address plainly. Kindly send
two-cant stamp to cover oost of mailing,
and Prof. Lewie win send you your reading
and a frge copy of hls new and finely
Illustrated book, entitled .**Your Past.
Present and Future Revealed," without any
charge whatever. Be sure to tell your
friends.
 The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana
Sunday, October 13, 1907
Page 12
? Why Not Know Your Future u II* Beta It?
YOUR REAL
LIFE TOLD
A T J.A S T !
Remarkable Pychie Astrologer.
Tells Past and Fntire with
Amazing Accuracy to All Why
Write, Absolutely Frye.
WHAT DOES YOUR STAR SAY
YOU WILL DO THE BALANCE
OF THIS YEAR?
Would you llko to know, for the nuk­
ing. wtmt tho future* has In storo for
you? Would It bo liny advantage to you
to know how your health will bo; how
your business will go; what your weak
olnto unci atrong chanicterlatlca aro, and
R ow to linprovo your condition, financially,
socially and physically? If ao, hare- 14
an opportunity you ahould grasp at once.
It will coat you nothing. I f you oro well
plenaed. toll your frlonua. That'a nIL You
will be doing them u favor.
Professor Tl. Spencer"Lewis seems to
have lifted the veil of mystery that )m «
enveloped tho aelcnco or Astrology for
centuries pant. Combining bin knowledge
of Psychic Force with hlu wonderful sys-
tern of Astrology, ho has brought nl»
method down to an absotyte aclentlllo
basts, reading tho atrango workings Of
tho planets under whose sign ope I*
bom with amazing accuraoy. So start­
ling nro Ids predictions that those‘ Who
receive them are ulmoat carried back to
tho days of great miracle# and farced to
hcJIrive that Professor LewtH must btf
possessed of it Btrnngo but wonderful
power. Kvon astrologers atnud atpnaed
at the uccuiucy with which he forutdla
the future.
If you w ImIi a free reading of your life,
with prediction for tho balance of th»*
year, on a beautiful AatrHl-PHychlc CMmrt;
If you wish to kuow your lucky and tin-
lucky periods; what pltfuil* to avoid:
what opportunities to gntnp; auggqatlonn
on business. friends, enomtoa, lovo. nmr-
rinse ties, truvela. alckncaa. dftath.N, etc.,
write a short letter to Prof. H- »P«ncer
Lewis. Room OH. No. 43 \Vcat Twenty-
seventh atreot. New York city, and you
will recolvo It by mall without dclny and
absolutely froe. Do mire to glvo date of
birth and ago and apoll out your flrsi
name und Inst nnmo und wrjto your ad­
dress plainly. Kindly aend 2-cont stump
to cover cost of mailing,/und Prof. Lewis
will sond you your reudlng ami u free
copy of Ills new and Onely Illustrated
book, entitled "Your Past. Present and
Futuro Revealed," without uny ohargo
whatQV&r, 13c <|ur« to toll your friends.
The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana
Sunday, October 13,1907 : Why Not Know Your Future u Its Ben It?
Page 12
YOUR REAL
LIFE TOLD
AT LAST!
Rem arkable Pychlc Astrologer
Tells Past and Fotare with
Amazing Accuracy to All W h p
Write. Absolutely Free.

WHAT DOES YOUR STAR SAY

YOU WILL DO THE BALANCE
OF THIS YEAR?

Would you like to know, for the auk-

ins, whnt the future Imij In alore for
youT Would It be any advantage to you
to know how your health will be; how
your bualncsi will so: what your weak
points and strong characteristics are. and
how to Improve your condition, flnanclajlv.
socially and physically? If so. hore- U
an opportunity you should xrasp at ones.
It will coat you nothing. IF you are well
pleased, toll your friends. That's all. You
will be doing them u favor.
Professor H. Spencer'Lewis seems to
have lifted ills volt or mystery that jins
enveloped the science or Astrology for
centuries past. Combining his knowledge
of Psychic Korco with Ills wonderful sys­
tem of Astrology, ho has brought nls
method down to an absolute scientific
basts, rending the strango workings of
the planets undor whoso a|gn one IS -
born with amazing uccuraoy. So start­
ling nro Ills predictions that those-who
rocelvo them nro utmost parried back to
tho days of great miracles and forced *°
believe that Professor Lewis must In*
possessed of a strango but wonderful
power. Kvcn ustrologors stand uipasod *
at tho accuracy with which lie foretell*
the future.
If you wish a free rending of your life,
with predictions for the bnlunco of the
year, on a beautiful Astral-Psychic Chart:
If you wish to know your lucky nnd un­
lucky pcrloda; what pltfultg to avoid:
what opportunities to gntnp; suggestions
on business, friends, enemies, lovd. mar­
riage ties, travels, sickness, deaths, etc..
writs a short letter to Prof. H- Bpencer
Lewis. Room 6*. No. 43 West Twenty-
seventh streot. New York elty. nnd you
will recelvo It by mall without delay and
absolutely free. Do sure to give date of
birth and age and spoil out your tlrat
name und Inst nnmo and wrjto your nil-
dress plainly. Kindly send 2-cont stump
to cover cost of iiinlllng. /Hnd Prof. Lewis
wilt send you your reading unit a free
copy of his now and llnety Illustrated
book, entitled "Your Past. Present and
Futuro Revealed," any oh»i
whatavejr, U<4 |ur« to tall your frlvm
 )R E and more we bear o f “ affinities," “ aoul-mates” - and othe.
terms applied to eases wherein true love has never existed and
never could exist. T h e true meanings o f these terms are dis­
torted to lit unusual c-ireumstam-es. and *verv few really
understand what these spiritual terms mean. I t is true that i f
all marriages were based upon true affinities there would be
more happiness in marriage. T h e trouble at present is nor
with the divorce laws, but with the marriage laws. Were the
marriage laws proper there would be little need fo r divorce
laws o f any kind.
Aflm iires are two souls, two spiritual beings, each having a like
a in re, like abilities, and possessing the same quality o f love. They are
ne whole, separated at birth and incomplete until joined again in mar-
iage. X o discord, no opposite thinking or feeling must exist between
bem. A n affinity must be the “ other half— the spiritual complement"
f our souls.
Perfect health is necessary for on affinity. T ru e love is also neeees-
ary. I f these do nor exist there can be no affinity. Th e mind must
e pure, the thoughts must be spiritual, above material planes, and must
ome from a mind that is wholly devoted to love anu sac-red faithfu l-
iess.
There can be no successful marriage unless the principals are af-
■nities to some degree. T h e greatest crim e o f the world at present is
he lax marriage laws. T h e greatest obsracle to the world's progress
s the easy manner in which two people may marry, live together and
wing into tins world such children as will in the future weaken the
lations.
T ria l marriages w ill not bring about the desirable results: thev mere-
y settle the physical questions o f marriage, leaving the spiritual, the
acred questions unsolved. The only rational method is that o f forcing
i certain length o f courtship, o f acquaintance, between the man and
Ionian.
______________________________ The Humeston New Era
Humeston, Iowa
Wednesday, November 13,1907
Page 8
1908
The Evening Star
Washington, District of Columbia
Thursday, April 30, 1908
Page 11

ASTROLOGY UNDER THE BM

FRAUD ORDER I8SUED AGAINST
SOOTHSAYERS. ‘

Mr. Meyer Alto Frowns on Economi­

cal System of Butter
Making.

A stro lo g y fo llo w * healing b y “ absent

treatm en t" as a su fferin g victim o f the
P ra t Office I epartm ent fraud order. This
ancient and honored system o f taking
m oney from the credulous has, it is c h a rg ­
ed. been practiced by H . S. L e w is and F.
T. M cIn tyre at 41 W e st !i7th street, P e w
Y ork, mail being received under the a d ­
dresses o f P rof. H. Spencer I^ewis. Prof.
Lew is, the L e w is Com pany and E. SmKh.
It Is ch arged that for horoscopes—which
w ere kept ready printed in stock—the men
asked the sum o f S3, but w ere wilting to
taJte $*J. or even II, if they could not get
the la rg e r sum. They also. It is said, sold
ch arm s and Instructions for becom ing e x ­
pert hypnotists. A frau d order for a sim i­
la r offense w as issued some time a g o
against M cIntyre.
A nother G erm an lottery has come under
the ban. This time it is the G reat H a m ­
bu rg Money Lottery, whose agent is H u g o
W in terh off. again st whom a fra u d order
h as been issued.
Easy Butter Making.
A perfectly beautiful system for m a k ­
ing a pound o f butter out o f a pint o f
milk docs not please the postal inspectors,
fo r a fraud order has been issued against
Camden-Post Telegram
Camden, N ew Jersey
Friday, M ay X, 1908
Page 9

POSTAL AUTHORITIES
RUN DOWN SCAI
By United Pre** Wire.
WASHINGTON, May l.~Po*t
Inspectors are devotlnff particular
tent Ion Just now to the operations
bogus clairvoyants, astcolourists,
ets, spiritualists. seers, and other*
that nk^nd as a remit there has ‘
a remarkable Increase tn the m
of fraud orders recently.
Th*' latest to come under the baa
H. Spencer Lewis, who operated
variou s aliases nnd was located at
W est T w e n ty -se v e n th street,
York, f>\vis offered “startling
tlons” for a two-cent stamp,
offered still m ore remarkable gift
Into the future for $S. \
These “life readings'* wtre\l
be practically alike in all caj
ed in advance. Lewis alto trat
“hypnotic ball*/*
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The W eekly G u ard
Council Grove, Kansas
Friday, June 5,1908
Page 7

&utt*0 0 ful iHarriaiji* (ghiltj I

e~—.:i.. 1
B y H . SPENCER LEWIS,
Prnidcnt o f th « New York Intlltute for Psychical Rocarch.

OKK ami more wo hear of **aftinit•**«,” ••soul-mates'' and otlcs

M terms applied to enm'n wherein true love Inis never existed mid
never could exist, The true meanings of theiuj term? are dis­
torted to fit unusual circumstances, and very few nutty
understand vital these spiritual terms mean. It is true that if
I all marriages were based upon true affinities then* 1 would bo
[ more happiness in marriage. The trouble at present is not
with the divorce laws, but with the marriage laws. Were the
I marriage laws proper there would Ih* little need for divorce
laws of any kind.
Affiniites arc two muds, two spiritual Ixingx, each having a like
nature, like abilities, and possessing the same qualify of love. They are
one whole, separated at birth and incomplete until joined again in mar­
riage. Xo discord, no opposite thinking or feeling must exist Ik *tween
them. An affinity must Ik* the “other hnlf—the spiritual complement"
of our souls.
Perfect health is necessary for an affinity. True love is also iiceoes-
sary. If these do not exist then* can Ik* no affinity. The mind must
be pure, the thoughts must be spiritual, above material planes, and must
come from a mind thnt is wholly devoted to love nml sac ml faithful­
ness.
There eon lie no successful marriage unless the principals are af­
finities to some degree. The great<st crime of the world at present is
the lax marriage luws. The greatest obstacle to the worlds progress
is the easy manner in which two people may marry, live together and
bring into this world sm h children as will in the future weaken the
nations.
Trial marriages will not bring nbont the desirable results; they mere­
ly settle the physical question* of marriage, leaving the spiritual, the
sacred questions unsolved. The only rntional method is thnt of forcing
a certain length of courtship, of acquaintance, between the man and
woman.
The New York Times
New York, New York
Saturday Review of Books
Saturday, August 29, 1908
Page 475

Replies to " A Clergyman.*

I.
Kf*r York Timet Ratunkiy Rerint of Book• :
I have been expecting It for some time.
It was bound to cornel
In your Issue for Aug. 23 last you pub­
lished a protest by ** A Clergym an.** in
which the reverend gentleman gives news­
paper and theatrical men a black eye. Let
the theatrical world take up Its side of the
question. 1 propose at least to fire the
first shot In behalf of the newspaper men.
" A Clergym an " aaya that If a certain
author desired to havs sensation In hia
book he should not have selected the char­
acter of a clergym an as a villain, but
should " have portrayed. In natural and
uqforced manner, his villain as perhaps a
newspaper or theatrical man, professions
notoriously loose and of wanton tenden­
cies."
I n ! H as this " C le rg y m a n " suffered
throughout® press, or does he fear the
press?
After all. are not newspaper men hrv
nmn and liable to err? And which would
m a t e the greatest sensation, a clergyman
as a villain or a reporter? I>o we not ex­
pect more from a clergyman then a re­
porter? And do we not find as many ras­
cal* In the pulpit as In the street or
among either of these two ** loose profes­
sion* **? ROYLB TUUR8TUN.
N'cir York. Aug. 22.
1909
The Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Saturday, September 11,1909
Page 2

M F * N T \ I. T R I . E P A T H V AS A
PH Y SIC A L P A C T . — IT. S p e n r e r
l,p wis tH!s s o m e th in g of th°
p 4*vrhM’fl l ph*»n om^non that is
rr» ogni^fd as a material sign.
1910
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Illinois
Sunday, February 27, 1910
W o rk e r’s Magazine, page 4

H . S p e n c e r L e w is . a p ra c tic a l p sy c h o lo g ist
o f G r e a t B r it a in . Is e x p e rim e n tin g hi telep a­
th y. l i e h o ld s th a t th o u g h ts
N e w Exper­ a r e tilin g s, th a t they h a v e a
iment* in p h y s io lo g ic a l o r m a te ria ! e x ­
Telepathy. is te n c e a s w e ll a s a p s y c h o ­
lo g ic a l stru c tu re . H e a ls o
finds It d e m o n s tra te d th a t th in k in g is a
p ro c e ss o f v a r y i n g v ib ra tio n s , a c tu a l, p h y s ­
ic a l v ib r a t io n s , a n d th at a th o u g h t is th e
d ire c t r e s u lt o f a n u m b e r o f su c h v ib ra tio n s .
H o w f a r it h a s been p ro v e d th a t th ese
th o u g h t v ih r a t io o s e m a n a te b ey o n d o u r con ­
sc io u s b e in g M r. L e w i s d o e s not p re ten d to
k n o w . B u t a s an h y p o th e sis he a s s u m e s that
t h o u g h ts p ro d u c e p h y sic a l v ib ra tio n s w h ic h
e m a n a t e in all d irection s, a s d o th e v ib r a ­
tio n s o r w a v e s fro m M a r c o n i’s w ire le s s te le ­
g r a p h . I f this is g ra n te d it m u s t be g ra n te d
a ls o th a t in o r d e r f o r a n o th e r m in d to re c e iv e
su c h v ib r a t io n s th at m in d m ust be c o n stru c t­
ed p h y s ic a lly u p on th e s a m e p rin c ip le a s a
M a r c o n i re c e iv in g station .
I f th o u g h t w a v e s a re v ib ra tio n s c o n sta n tly
e m a n a t in g p ro m isc u o u sly it Is a p p a re n t th a t
on ly c e rta in b r a in s o r m in d s c a n b e so p h y s ­
ic a lly a ttu n e d a s to re c e iv e th o se p u re ly
p h y s ic a l v ib ra tio n s . T h is e x p la in s w h y th ose
w h o fro m a p s y c h o lo g ic a l p oin t o f v ie w a r e
c o n sta n tly a ttu n e d to a n o th e r can n ot a t a ll
tim es a n d u n d e r at! c irc u m sta n c e s re c e iv e
m e n ta l m e s s a g e s , p ic tu re s o r w o r d s d ire c te d
to th em b y th e a g e n t. A tm o s p h e ric c o n d i­
tions, b o d ily Ilia* v ita lity a n d its la c k , a n d
n u m ero u s o th e r p h y sic a l con d ition s srould
ten d to p re v e n t a n a g e n t fro m p ro p e rly
e m a n a t in g o r d ire c tin g th o u g h t w a v e s a n d
to p ro h ibit th eir recep tion a t a n y o th e r point.
The Washington Post
Washington, District o f Colum bia
Sunday, M arch 13,1910
Page 42 ____________________ _________________________

PEARLS DIE FROM LACK OF USE.

[Chicago Tribune.]
H. Spencer Lewis, a practical psycholo­
gist o f Great Britain, is experim enting in
telepathy. H e holds that thoughts are
things; that they have a psychological or
m aterial existence as w ell as a psycho-
, logical structure. H e also finds it demon­
strated that thinking is a process o f
varying, vibrations, and that a thought is
the direct result o f a number o f such v i­
brations.
H o w fa r it has been proved that these
thought vibrations em anate from our con­
scious being Mr. L ew is does not pretend
to know. But as a hypothesis he assumes
that thoughts produce physical vibrations
which em anate in all directions, as do the
vibrations or w aves from M arconi's w ire­
less telegraph. I f this is granted it must
be granted also that in order fo r another
mind to receive such vibrations that mind
must be constructed physically upon the
same principle as a M arconi receivin g
station.
I f thought w aves are vibrations con­
stantly em anating promiscuously It is ap­
parent that only certain brains or minds
can be so physically attuned as to re­
ceive those purely physical vibrations.
This explains why those who, from a
pschological point o f view, are constant­
ly attuned to another cannot at all times
and under all circumstances receive men­
tal messages, pictures or words directed
to them by the agent. Atm ospheric con­
ditions, bodily Ills, vita lity and Its lack
and numerous other physical conditions
would tend to prevent an agent from
properly em anating -or directing thought
w aves and to prohibit their reception at
any other point. *
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H, Spencer L e w is , a p ractical p sy­
c h ologist o f G r e a t B r it a in , Is ex­
p e rim e n tin g in telepathy. H e holds
th at th o u g h t* a r e th in g s :th a t they
bave a p sy c h o lo g ic a l o r m a te ria l e x ­
istence as w ell as a p sy ch olo gical
structure. H e a lso finds it d e m o n ­
strated that th in k in g Is a process of
va ry in g v ib ra tio n s and that a
th o u g h t is the direct result o f a n u m ­
b e r of such v ib ratio n s.
H o w fa r it has been proved that
these th o u g h t v ib ra tio n s e m a n a te
fro m o u r con scious b e in g Mr. L e w i s
does not preten d to k n o w . R u t as a
h ypothesis he a s s u m e s that th o u g h ts
p ro d u c e p h ysical v ib ra tio n s w h i c h '
e m a n a t e in all d irection s, as do the!
v ib ra tio n s o r w a v e * from M a r c o n i’s)
w ire le s s te le g ra p h I f this i » g ran te d
it m ust be g ra n te d also that In o r d e r i
f o r a n o th e r m ind to receive such v!-*
h ra t io n s th a t m ind must he c o n ­
stru cted p h y sic a lly upon the sam e
p rin cip le as a M a rc o n i re ce iv in g s t a ­
tion.
If th o u g h t w a v e s a re v ib r a t io n * }
con stan tly e m a n a t in g p ro m isc u o u sly
It Is a p p a re n t that o n ly certain
b r a in s or m in d s can be ao physically
a ttu n e d aa to receive those p u re ly
p h y sical v ib ra tio n s . T h is ex p la in s
•why those w h o , fro m a p sy ch olo gical
point o f view , a re c on stan tly a t­
tuned tn a n o th e r c an n ot at a ll times
an d u n d e r a ll circ u m sta n ce s receive
m ental m essages, p ic tu re s o r w o r d s !
d irected to them by the a g e n t At>
m o se p h e rlc con dition s. b o d ily ills,
vitality an d its lack and n u m e r o u s
o t h e r physical con d ition s w o u ld tend
to prevent an a g e n t from properly-
e m a n a t in g or d ir e r t in x th o u g h t
w a v e s and to p ro h ib it th eir reception
at a n y o th e r poin t.— C h ic a g o T r i b -
un*
San Francisco Call
San Francisco, California
Saturday, April 2,1910
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Mind Is Like Wireless

H. Spencer Lewi*, a practical pay -
ehologlst of Great Britain. I# experi­
menting in telepathy. Me hold* that
thought* are thing*: that they have a
psychological or material existence as
w ell as a psychological structu-e, He
also finds it demonstrated that thinking
is a process of varying vibrations, a r t
that a thought Is the direct result of
a number of such vibrations
How far It ha* been proved that
these thought vibrations emanate from
our conscious being, L ew is does c»v
pretend to know. But as a hypothesis
he assumes that thoughts produce phys­
ical vibration* which emanate In alt
directions, as do the vibrations or
waves from Marconi's w ireless tele­
graph. says the Chicago Tribune. If
this Is granted It must be granted also
that In order for another mind to re*
celve such vibrations that mind roust
be constructed physically upon the
same principle as a Marconi receiving
station.
I f thought wave# are vibrations con­
stantly emanating promiscuously, ft Is
apparent that only certain brains nr
minds can be an physically attuned a*
to receive those purely physical v ib ra ­
tion*, Thia explains w hy those who,
from a psychological point o f viler,
are constantly attuned to another can
not at * U times and under a ll circum­
stance* receive mental messages, pic­
tures or words directed to them by the
agent. Atmospheric condition*, bodily
Ills, vitality and U s lack and numer­
ous other physical conditions would
tend to prevent an agent from proper­
ty emanating or directing thought
w aves and to prohibit thltr reception
at an y other point. T'-'\ ' i :>■' ,
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 Mind is Like Wireless

H. Spencer Lewis, a practical psychologist o f Great Britain, is

experimenting in telepathy. He holds that thoughts are things: that they
have a psychological or material existence as well as a psychological
structure. He also finds it demonstrated that thinking is a process o f
varying vibrations, and that a thought is the direct result o f a number o f
such vibrations.

How far it has been proved that these thought vibrations emanate from
our conscious being, Lewis does not pretend to know. But as a
hypothesis he assumes that thoughts produce physical vibrations which
emanate in all directions, as do the vibrations or waves from Marconi’ s
wireless telegraph, says the Chicago Tribute. I f this is granted it must be
granted also that in order for another mind to receive such vibrations that
mind must be constructed physically upon the same principle as a
Marconi receiving station.

I f thought waves are vibrations constantly emanating promiscuously, it

is apparent that only certain brains or minds can be so physically attuned
as to receive those purely physical vibrations. This explains why those
who, from a psychological point o f view, are constantly attuned to
another cannot at all times and under all circumstances receive mental
messages, pictures or words directed to them by the agent. Atmospheric
conditions bodily ills, vitality and its lack and numerous other physical
conditions would tend to prevent an agent from properly emanating or
directing thought waves and to prohibit their reception at any other
point.

San Francisco Call

San Francisco, California
Saturday, April 2,1910
Page 11