Show IUOII SSOIl VM J 018 ltMIs1IIN lulllcrJlt Ihr Opt nt HnuM Thc NIlrlb 11lol1 U HIP Snmll AuIIeScc Iccllr In iM > pnr The Steels comhimtion of trickery nncl I spiritualistic humbug gave their first pub lie seance In tItle Open IIouso last evening even-ing lIe au hence w is pxceedinglv limited lim-ited In size is nlo wcro the perceptive faculties of several who were r selt Tholrofessornnd Madamo Slccn held tIe boards and welt through Iho regular old programme of mind reading clairvoyance clairvoy-ance card shuflhng J I aId I tho general Isl juggler jug-gler incidental I to tho cafchsitoiisly I I sideshows side-shows ofncarl every traveling circus Madamo Sleds is far from ppmtucllo in cither style or uppc irmeo weighs about 20th pounds I wears u black Bilk dress hand painted und has n metallic voice with a nasil accent which ono is loth to reeeivo us a mo ins of communication between be-tween this and Iho spirit world Angelic nllcranecs sweet and low would novcr be l rccojmcd i l through Mich 1 u telephone l ea iecoghl g l ep as Mad lino Nicest fho Professor wnsdonoup Sit an uvcnmg suit some bad grammar and n verv patronizing tyhe i to the commlttpo wliieli ho sue icelcd in inveigling upon Iho stage Wo Sr i it with no disrespect to tho Professor Profes-sor hit Iho manner in which ho deals out tho cards would he the envy of nn ordlnuv three carl monlo man In fact his card phullhng knocks tho 11l < amos clarvoanccslllv and is a clover piece of sleight of ban 1 which only lacks tho merit of not being origin Tho omsly test called for from tho nudl enco during Machine Steels wonderful wonder-ful mind leading vvas not responded to During the blackboard test in which the medium is blindfolded and adds up columns of figures written by ono of tho comtnitleo Mr los I ippmaii requested tho Professor to step entire away from tho blackboard and not inters cno in lIsts mailer in i any way Tile Professor avoided i it tho psjchological conditions of tho test were not apparent to him anuS ho declined to embark upon a professional profes-sional operation until ho could tire his wav lcarly I Ihrotiiji rhino the omtly test called for was a signal failure riio second sight feature of the pro grunmo compared verv favorably with an thing in that line legerdemain that his isited Salt Lake but when tho Professor Pro-fessor wound up Iho entertainment bpi b-pi i ing such to chestnut as turning water Ito wine etc all then gravely informing tho audience that he would attempt at-tempt explanation tint evening some hOtly should have flipped him in the ear with an egg of undoubtedmalnrit What schoolboy who does not remember the trick Thu performance of Iho fctccns last Ierformamo evening justified what the DIMOCIIVT vcsleiilav said of lliem tricksters osily OWI this naJ nothing more nnd were the ellIOt running a J > cent Blcight of hand performance under legitimate colors thov ould bocntitled to such criticism and sue cess as their merits would command i tin ceRI l tho rs i of i f mediums and spiritualists i h 11 t c er ie guise o ltic hlliis allI eiu r sma i and with a pretense of luving a iscorhierei upon special disp itches to ali from tIes upper spheres tisoy cal only bo classed as urianl frauds all humbugs whoso onlv dcign is fo prc iix > n Iho innocent j tgllt and credulous I of Iho community I and to swindle them ty means of outrageous roprcpentalions in regard to their ability to deal in alleged ppmttial phenomena Puck must base been looking in ut such a Heanco let that was last niLht when ho quoted Iho immortal expression What fools these mortals bo I |