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Show TESTS LN MOD READING. Prof. Brown Is Strong in the mind : But Weak In tbe Spirit. ' Prof. Brown, in his mind-reading tests, and Miss Lillie Brown, the spiritual medium, gave an exhibition of manifestations manifes-tations to a large audience at the ' Salt Lake Theatre last night, A committee was selected satisfactory to everybody, and under their supervision, the tests in mind-reading .were conducted, and regarding re-garding this feature Mr. Brown's powers must be declared a success. After one or two simple and ordinary tests, Brown gave an extraordinary instance of thought transference. He desired Mr. "W. C. Morris, the painter, to fix his mind strongly upon the features of some par ticular person in the audience; then, being blindfolded, the two grasped left hands, : the Professor applying his right tor Mr. Morris' forehead for an instant. . At a - lively pace he then started with Mr. Morris through the aisles, and after making the circuit returned re-turned to the stage. The gentleman selected oy Mr. Morns was then described by BrOwn, who also stated that a woman in a bonnet sat next to him. He would not attempt to describe the lady a lady could not be described. However, he thought from the mental photograph he had received, while in mind communication communica-tion with Mr. Morris that he could descend de-scend in the audience and pick out the gentleman. Mr. J. C. Coiiklin, sitting next to Mrs. Joab Lawrence (the lady evidently alluded to) was selected, and Mr. Morris admitted the Professor to be correct. The mind-reading of Professor Brown caused a very favorable impression, and is undoubtedly strong evidence of that psychic phenomena in which believers are apt to be too enthusiastic and skeptics altogether too incredulous. It is entirely a natural power, possessed by all, though by no means to that degree in which it is found in Mr. Brown. The ring test as given by mediums was not a success. . Brown claimed nothing j supernatural for it, and Mr. Jos. Lipman, who was the subject, declared it to be entirely unsatisfactory. The table-tipping was a tame exhibition, and if Professor Pro-fessor Brown claims that his "message from the dead" is a genuine spirit manifestation, mani-festation, he certainlv claima rW Spiritualist in. the condition he was in would claim, and asserts what a man of his intelligence should know is a phase of deception and rank humbug. . Miss Lillie Brown gave some clairvoyant clairvoy-ant tests in reading questions which had been written by the audience. One inquiry in-quiry was, "Where is John Taylor?" This was probably proposed by some inquisitive in-quisitive deputy marshal.- His inquis-ltiveness inquis-ltiveness was not answered. Another gentleman wrote, "Where is Joseph McMurrin?"' Mc-Murrin?"' The medium paid no attention atten-tion to this, and consequently the Herald and News will not have to make any denials de-nials upon the subject. Royal B. Young mquired,-"Isit right for a man to have more than one wife ?" As Miss Brown is not presiding over the Third District Court no answer was given the question, but R. B. Y. will probably have the conundrum settled for him by Jude Zane. The Judge, by the way, is nota clairvoyant, but he is alwavs ready to settle such questions as the particular one mentioned. The materializations by Miss Brown were cleverly done, and proved conclusively con-clusively that, though many are fooled thereby into a belief that such deception occurs through supernatural agencies, really it is nothing more than a game of clever trickery. The Browns' entertainment entertain-ment is an enjoyable one, and they may here anther exhibition before leaving . ' |