, 1886-08-12
MARTHA {. sTEEN.
Martha E. Steen to Puzzle the
Scientists
With Her English Mediums on Sum-
day Night.

Possibly every reader whose thoughts
turn toward %spiritualism, has heard of
Mrs. Martha L. Steen, the London me-
dun, whose spiritual materializations and
seances at one time threatened to create a
revolution in the worlds metropolis. This
medium will be here next Sunday evening,
Aug. Is. at the Cheyenne opera house,
under the management of MIR. j.. N.
Heligan, from Denver, and will give some
Of the wonderful and startling manifesto
tons that originally puzzled the London
world and later created excitement and in
terest in New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Ore,
and other ciSes in the country. 1t is said.
For three weeks she was under the
closest supervision and examination of the
leading scientists Of England, and in all
that time the secret of her peculiar power
If other than normal-remained undis-
covered. Prof. Crooks. Of the Royal So
cicty, at the end of the investigation, gaye
Mrs. Steen a testimonial to the effect that
no trickery or fraud could be detected in
her materializations. Mrs. Steen is very
| different from the usual run OF mediums.
In the first place she is Intellectually
great; no one remain long in her presence
without feeling it," Seats will be OIL sale
at Rhodes & Troxell's up till Sunday
evening We would advise all our read
ers to get their tickets at once, as these
mediums turn.pcople away nightly.
OF the performance, the Colorado
Springs Gazette says:
1t is very safe to say hat the large
audience present at the opera house last
evening LETT more than well pleased with
the entertainment which Professor and
Mrs. Steen afforded them. To say that
Mrs. Stcen, with her wonderful mental
powers deceived them, would be stating
it very mildly. In fact, nearly every one
was completely mystiied. From the be
ginning of the entertainment to its close
the attention OF the audience was fastened
upon the Professor and Mrs. Steen.
There is one favorable feature Of the ex
hibition which they gave last evening
which demands special mention, and that
is that there are no mysterious cabinets
and curtains, by means OF which they
conceal themselves, but hat everything is
done in the brightest of gaslight and in
full view of the audience. Professor
Steen stated before entering upon the
tests of the evening that they were not
spiritualists, nor did they claim TO do any
thing supernatural He further said that
he and Mrs. Steen were humbugs, but he
defied the audience to detect them in
their receptions. A committee consist
ing of Drs. Brinley, Solly aud Doane, and
Messrs. Taylor, Aux, Thornton, Baker
and Human were selected to supervise
and investigate all the tests. The first
test was the shutting Of cards, and Mrs.
Steen then called the turn on each card as
it was taken from the deck. After a few
more interesting tricks 1--WE use the word
for want Of a better one) with cards, Mrs.
Steen gave a wonderful exhibition of her
mathematical powers. Captain Baker
placed FIVE columns of figures upon a
blackboard, Mrs. Stein added the figures
together correctly, and besides stated all
the figures which were upon the board as
they were pointed at or scratched off at
random. We should have stated before
that Madame Steen was completely blind
folded, and the bandage was not removed
from her eyes during the progress
of the entertainment. Professor Steen
then produced eight envelopes and
requested the gentlemen on the
committee to write the date of
their births ON slips Of paper and place
them in the envelopes. DR.. Evans then
selected an envelope and Mrs. Steen stat
ed the date on the paper. Several more
were selected and in each instance the
correct date was given. The next feature
on the programme was an exhibition of
spiritual naturalization. Mr.. Taylor
received a written communication from a
friend of his who has beer twelve years in
the spirit land. Mr. Aux also had a com
munication which was extremely personal
in its character. Perhaps one OF the most
remarkable and certainly the most mysti
II ing Of the evening. was the following:
Mr.. Taylor was asked to select a card and
put it in his pocket without looking at it
or showing it to the audience. After an
interval OF a few minutes, DIR. Brinley was
asked to raise the sleeve on Mrs. Steen' s
right arm and to the surprise of every
one the nine spot of clubs was found
be imprinted upon her arm. MIR. Taylor
was asked to take the card from his pocket
and it proved to be the same card which
was shown on Mis-. Stems arm. Prof.
Steen then moved among the audience,
and the madame correctly gave the name
OF each article which he touched. The
date of Judge Germans birth was given,
and also the date upoL which DR.. Coombs
had been presented with a cane. Prof.
Steen concluded the evenings entertain
ment by giving a number Of clever sleight
OF hand tricks which fully established his
reputation as a noted prestidigitator.
Before dismissine the audience he an
nounced that on Monday evening madame
Steen and himself would give an enter
tainment containing the various features of
spiritualistic b uomena. 1t is almost
Impossible to give a complete and salts
factory account of any entertainment of
this character, and we can only say that
to be appreciated it must be seen. PROBES
sor and Mrs. Steen are the only people
in their line who have ever visited this
city who have satisfactorily redeemed all
their pledges to the public, and they GER
tainly deserve a large audience at their
entertainment tomorrow evening.