Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1930, Page 22

NATACHA RAMBOVA, HIS WIFE THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1930. The Truth About Rudolph Valentino i Widow Tells of Psychic Reunion After Actor’s Death. The morning of Monday, August 16, 1926, while at my father’s chateau in Juan les Pins, in the Riviera, I fecelved & cable from George Uliman, sent at Rudy’s request, telling me of his sudden 1liness and operation. This came as & great shock to all of us, for we thought him in the best of health. Although the message hinted that the fliness was grave, we had no idea how grave it was. Aware, as we were, of Rudy’s splendid strength and unusual physical resistance, it did not occur to us for ‘s moment that he might not, recover. Nevertheless, the news worried me, %1 AR YCARS celved many lessons in the past, took control and talked to me gently, kindly of pefsonal things between Rudy and myself, and with such compassion as I had never heard him use. He spoke of Rudy's great love for me, his life, his character and career and explained that his term on this earth school room was completed. Within the next few days he would x‘us to another plane of fio{nsc!nulneu this ever-continuing e. Early next morning I cabled Mr, Ull- man for news of Rudy's condition. The cable was not answered. What was there to say? We had been given the ing now, give it no credence, discard 1t as the phantasms of my brain. But @ few years ago those same people would have smiled with equal skepticism at the messages the radio brings us to- day. How, they would ask, can voices icked out of the air be transmitted g! an unseen force over miles of empty space? Today no one doubts validity of radio transmission. It is just another scientific phenomenon to Which yesterday we were blind. Bach new development of sclence, from the steam car to the aeroplane, from the lightning rod to the telephone, was at first hailed as & fraud by those Mounted police kept the crowds back during the Valentino funeral services in New York City. and, in the unexpected anxiety it aroused, all the petty resentment of our misunderstandings faded from my mind. Once again he was the same old Rudy, in trouble, and he needed me. I cabled immediately that I would come to New York by the first sailing if he wanted e. I never received an answer to that cable. If Rudy recelved it at all, it was while he was in a state of uncon- sclousness. Death came with unex- pected swiftness. Even as the next two days passed we did not realize the danger. Mr. Ullman continued to notify us almost hourly of each slight change in Rudy’s condition, and the news in his cables as they came seemed favorable rather than discouraging. ‘The actual presage of his death came through psychic communications. Rudy’s Call to Wife. It happened that as guest at the chateau at that particular time was QGeorge Wehner, the distinguished Amer- fcan psychic, who had led us far along the ways of understanding of the spirit world. It had become our custom to have family sittings from time to time, with Mr. Wehner acting as medium. Wednesday evening during one of these sittings, while Mr. Wehner was in a state of deep trance, Rudy “came through.” We were first aware of his presence by mutterings of a few al- most incoherent words and the repeated calling of auntie’s name and mine. This did not surprise or terrify us. ‘Those who have investigated psychic omena know that it is not at all unusual for the consciousness of a per- son still living in the earth-world to manifest itself or communicate at a distance while the body is sleeping or unconscious. On waking the person may remember these experiences in the form of a dream. Priday morning my cable from Mr. Uliman brought us news that Rudy was better—greatly improved and on the road to recovery, We were enormously cheered. ing essed to have another sitting. diately after Mr. Wehner_was in trance | Black Feather, Rudy's Indian friend, who once had saved his life, “came | through” to tell us that he was the chief | and would not leave him. ‘Then Jenny spoke, saying she had been constantly th Rudy since the beginning of his ess. He himself had seen her and called her name as he was taken to the ambulance. Called for Jemny. In confirmation of this I received & letter from my sister in New York | the very week of Rudy’s passing, giv- ing me details of his illness; explain- ing among other things that Mr. and Mrs. Ullman had told her that Rudy kept calling the name of “Jenny” as| he was being taken in the ambulance from his hotel. ‘These communications from Jenny and Black Feather worried me. I could 2ot reconcile them to the cheerful news of the morning’s cable for they seemed neither happy nor hopeful. And no cause me even greater concern, feacher from whom y and I had re answer the night before, but had re- fused to accept it as truth, for what we do not wish to realize we stifie in our he&ru. onday morning I awoke to find the atmosphere of my room heavy with the perfume of tuberoses—and then I knew Rudy had passed on. When on Tuesday the delayed cables arrived announcing his death, I was grateful to the prophecy from the other world whose kindness and upderstanding had softened the cruelty of this news, The third day after his'passing Rudy came to us for the first time, led by his mother, Gabriella. His atiitude of mind, resentment at having been taken at the height of his career while his work he felt was not yet completed, made this first contact an unhaj one. He spoke not clearly but incoherently remained with us only a moment, called auntie’s name and left suddenly. Then his mother spoke to us. She was almost distracted by his state of mind and regretted the day she had ever allowed him to leave Italy. What was the benefit of a success that had brought him to such bitterness and anguish? Rudy’s Attitude Natural. ‘Then others came to comfort us. They explzined in a beautiful way that Rudy's a de was only natural. With all the force of world thought and grief directed upon him, nothing else was possible. We must have patience, and each of us try to help him in our sev eral ways. They, too, would help him, | and this first darkness and despair would soon pass. It has, for I have communicated with Rudy very often since then and I know he is happy, still continuing on an- ofll{}l;" plane the work he only began on earth. Many will smil what I am wrif who had not yet tested it. In the astounding revelations of the last quarter century we are only beginning to comprehend the unseen forces of the universe which man has not yet utilized. ‘Those who have not yet received test messages from the other world find it difficult to belleve in communication after death. The man who has never heard a radio would be loud to declare there is no such thing as music in the air about us. But we who have lis- tened to it pay no attention to his pratings. We know he has never in- vestigated it. For this reason I am untouched by the stupid criticism of ““Allen’s Foot:Ease 4 E y) for quick relief e\ to foot-fatigue 'The handy new tin makes it so easy to shake ALLEN'S FOOT~EASE into your shoes. No waste. Tired, hot, swollen, in) feet ftelpf'x?& e gist also has the small (envelope) package. 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Thus I dismiss the subject, for my be- llef 1s secure. Rudy was dena—z:t he still lives, for life is ever continuing. In all contemporary history there i only one young man who his 208 was strong enough to withstand the great deluge of fame, adulation and flattery that was heaped on Rudolph Valentino. That young man is Lind- bergh. And Lindbergh's life was spent among simple, real people with fine ideals—not in the shams of Hollywood. So Lindbergh came through the test on his feet. Rudy did not fare so well —but better still than many man of twice Rudy's age and wisdom. Yet thanks to the innate sweetness and almost childish sincerity of his nature, thanks to the spark of divine fire in his genius and artistry, his name still lives, beloved by the millions who remember him as he passed—a meteoric flash across the silver screen. (Copyright, 1930, by Natacha Rambova in the United States and abroad. Al Tights reserved.) Play May Save Strike. 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