Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-22
THE E MAKE A HIT.
Every Promise Fulfllled-Spiritualists
Bafded-AnOther Treat TO-Nfeht.

Bafned-Another Treat Tonight.
Renshaw Hall was comfortably filled last
evening with an audience who went with
the expectation Of being humbueged and
were very much disappointed. The enter
tainment from beginning to end was one
succession OF surprises and m .steries.
frof. Steen, at the beginning of the enter
talnnent, invited the audience to select q
committee to sit on the stage Inc investi-
gate every part OF their p%araphernalia.
The committee selected consisted of the
following well known gentlemen: Meesrs.
John F. Forbis, j. B. Wilcox, j. F. Beck,
DR.. o. B. Whitford, DIR. L. E, Holmes and
j.. K. Boyce. The ieats OF mind-reading
performed astonished the committee and
the audience. Madame Steen certainly
possesses most marvellous powers, and her
memory is something very remarkable.
The blackboard test was the principal
feature OF the evening. Mile. Steea sat
bilnd-lolded in a chair near the footlights,
while Mr.. Forbis wrote upon the board
eight rows of four figures. After he had
written them she read them off without |
being able to see them and added the total,
giving it correctly and at once. Then as
the Professor pointed to various fgu. es
on the board she called them off in rapid
succession. Messrs. Boyce and leck then
received some written spirit communion
lions which they reed to the audience,
creating much laughter. Previous to the
blood-writing test Prof. Steen offered to
give $1,000 to any one who could solve it,
and referring to the communication in
YESTERDAY Inter Mountain said that he
was willing to prove that what the CORE
%spondent said regarding the test was false,
o lar as Mile. Steen was concerned. Then
he proceeded with the test. Taking a pack
OF cards and laying them on the table,
Madame told Mr.. Boyce to select one, then
telling him to place it on the table
she told him that the card was the
tray OF spades and that it would appear
TN the right or left arm just as DR.. Holmes
would choose. Thu Doctor choose the right
and. sure enough, after taking of her
and pulling up her sleeve the tray OF
spades stood out in bold relief upon it.
Doctor examined it and even went so
lar as to probs it with an instrument.
This, however, hurt the lady, and she OBJ
!ected to being dissected just then. The
then examined the left arm and
there were no signs OF any blood upon it, !
showing conclusive ly that it was done nv
! power not explainable, aud not by
tricks.
We have not the space to speak of the F.,
many other tests and proofs of the wen r
power eXnlI1teQ l1SC evening: suffice Is
t to say that every one was satisfied that :
he Steens had redeemed every promise !
hey made. Alderman Forbis said after s
he entertainment that the feats which the >
'rofessor% explained were very easily under I
food, but the rest were an iaexplicabie a
mystery to him. +
The Steens will give another performance v
o-night at Renshaw Opera House, and I
verybody should turn QUIT to see these won +
lerful people. Because Butte audiences have y
'een humbugged SO often by schemers with. \
ut wit, brains or talent, genuine gifted F
should not be made to suffer for y
rant OF patronage. We have said consid- +
rable about the Steens lately, but all we n
said does not do them half Justice. a
hey have no peers in their line, and one h
vening spent with them is of more value a d
undred times over than the price of ad-
Mission asked to see them. They will ap-
ear in a new selection OF feats and mar
els OF mind-reading tonight, and the Pro 81
ssor invites every person to bring some q
beet to test the Madame's power OF seeing G.
lille blindfolded. Up