The New York herald., 1864-11-06
Hope Chapel Ente rtai nae nts.
THB BOHEMIAN GLASS BLowBRS-THK S?iRrrUAL
1878 AND THEIR PERFORMANCEs


Hope Chapel appears to be IN institution II is what
the old Tabernacle wasused for all sorIs or or,
ment and amusement. Opera, lectures, concerts pic.
lures, fairs, epirtuaem, glass and other blowers come
o6 10 the chapel II was originally started believe
as . church; bat religion s ouly small part-a
very small part-of the Hope Chapel Is
put TO There tho Bohemian glass blow i.
aud the 'spiriluaists exhibition In The building
Ever since the arcers OF tho city OF devoted
their genius TO the manufacture OF gss and
Egyptian artists employed this material alike for their
drinking cups and their funeral uns and the Romans
paved their dining halls and made casts Of their scup
tured gems out Of IT, down the present day qnu.
facture OF glass has claimed large attention expert.
enced much Improvement. II is true that time Q
have Barberin vases, the Kaleidoscope beauties
OF The Egyptian cidons; but then, We have steam
gres OF gass which the ancients dreamed or In
the lower story OF Hope Chapel the Bohemian glass
blowers ply their curious employment. From the Drous
tissue 10 the sod wine glass; works OF use
made by these ingenious artists before eyes OF the
visitor. On the table at the end Of room arc two
perfect miniature steam engines in full motion, made
entirely Of gasss,cam generators wheels, crank ps.
tons rods and blow ptes, all transparent that the
whole pSoccss OF the steam engine Ia visible. In light
ness Of fabric they faIryike and beautiful. Around
the room are miniature glassworks, where the blowe
male and female, are busiy occupied in the
Of all kinds az ornamental work. from glass birds glass
cages 10 superb hookahs that turk might envy. In
operation they employ jets the heaI OF which
crcased 10 two thousand degrees by OF blowppe
worked with the foos like the bellows OF a meodeon.
Ascending 10 the upper regions OF Hope Chapel we
INTO sphere We leave all tho transparency
below aud enter domains OF darkness mystery
We are In the presence OF the Spirits embodied In the
human forms OF the Brothers aud Sister Eddy and q
lady who we believe, claims stronger affinity with tho
other world named Mrs. Ferris The opening perform
similar that OF tho Davenport Broth ers with
The difference that there ~ moro darkness visible and
that the committee selected from the audience have
atsactory habit of standing directly In front OF the
cabinet bile the doors Open so that whatever Of
interest may be going on within the audience IN
blssfu ignorance thereof and occasionally manifest their
dssss There nothing In this branch Of tho
performance The table tipping follows this is decd.
female mediums dressed D sno. pask str,s anS pants
of tho color take their places a pretty heavy
table. The male mediums and the committee" TO
whom is added gentleman, loudly called the
Diana Vernon costume take their seats Ia = feu mi-
italy broken, and tho anxiety Of the audience
waves hot. tr,es Of "Hod 70 the table /" ..Put
explains thai gbt viii be put up tho proper time.
Al this time the house In almost utter darkness The
audienco sovs feversh the explanation Of the manage.
ment s MT deemed satsfactory. A. this juno.
turc the table rises some feet from the ground and
the sistors rise 70 Their feet. The excitement now
intense. voice. ewhat shaken, cros out, "Bab-
cock, you're muscular man hold, on TO that table,
sir" The table mounts higher, sways 10 and fro. They
hold on TO Its legs until II tits over, aud B'bcock 10
ncorod, the table coming down at the tme with
such terce that u was pretty we'll smashed up. Again
aud care the mediums pcrsprng unusually The me.
diums essay 10 accede 10 the nrst but the legs q
tho table are considerably fractured another tabo Is
substituted The committee DO not ascertain the amount
OF moisture on the surface OF the mediums and the feat
Is repeated ny this time the ladies 10 the room are
enthusiastic.
Such s sprtuasn or whatever else II may be called,
as exbiJed ~ Hope Chapel Whatever is, the believer
and the scopic may bc equally entertained BY very
curious ana ineompreheosifie manifestations.