St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-15
WE'RE THERE ANY SPIRITS.
an Interesting Exhibition of Spirit
uaIiSm and Mind Reading.

The Exposition hall was packed with peo-
pie last evening to witness the spiritualist
exhibition by Annie Eva Fay and the mind
reading exploits of Nine. Steen. After a
tedious delay of half an hour. filled with
coaXing applause from the galleries, Miss
Fay's manager appeared. He related some
of the marvellous performances of this lady
abroad, already well-knOwn, and stated
that the demonstrations produced by her
must either be accounted for as being super
natural or the result of some undscovere d
scientific laws. He introduced Miss FAY.
a petite lady wearing what was said to be
a Worth dress that cost 81, 900. After some
difficulty he procured a couple of gentle
men to act as an investing committee
They were Maj. 7. NJ. NewSOn and Il. Rob
erts. They examined the cabinet which
had been placed in the center of the stage
and pronounced it as repreSented-a simple
framework of wood with draper
les. In the center a stanchiOn had
been erected and a stool placed.
a screw eye containing an iron
ring was put in this stanchrOn and Miss
Fay's hands securely tied by the committee
The hands were tied with strips of cloth
which were then sewed and strips of court
plaster fastened over them. Then she sat
down and was tied To the iron ring. Mai.
News0n tied one end OF a rope securely about
her ankles and the other end was held taut
beneath the foot of Mr.. Roberts. Her neck
was also tied back. In this position she
gave the first half of the performance.
Musical Instruments were placed in her lap.
the curtain drawn and Immediately they
were played successfully and all together
and then handed out of the cabinet. A
glass of water was placed i'm her lap. the
curtain drawn and quickly opened when
the glass was found in her mouth. Mai
NewsOn then took his place i'm the cabinet
with her, his head being covered with a pail
and the musical instruments piled upon
him. When the cabinet was closed the in
struments were treated as before and on
emerging the major announced that although
his hands were on the lady's lap he could
not perceive that she moved. and that he
felt cold hands touch his on the back. A
pencil which she held in her teeth did not
write on his cuff as expected to. because
the cuff was too far up his sleeve. although
he felt the attempt to get at it. Paper aud
scissors were placed in her lap and. presto.
a little doll had been cut from each, the
papers having previously been marked so
they could be identified.
NAILS AND A RATCHET
were put into her lap and immediately they
were driven into board within the cabi-
net n pail placed in her lap was found
turned over her head i'm a twinkling. She
was then inclosed in box. only her head
sticking out, the cabinet being removed
Articles laid on the box were quickly hurled
from it and paper laid there was written
upon by some agency within the box. the
work being done through a small aperture,
covered with a curtain. At this stage of
the game Miss Fay was liberated
from her letters, the committee
affirming that they found her exactly
as they tied her in the first place. Miss
Fay, Maj. Newson and a lady from the
audience were then seated in front of the
cabinet and the drapery pinned around
them, just leaving their heads exposed. I'm
this position there were violent demonstra-
tions within the cabinet, and numerous ar
ticles were handed out. including a large
number Of fresh cut flowers. the people all
the time holding each others hands.
plaster paris hand was next produced. laid
on plate OF glass. placed on two chair
backs, and with the lady several feet away.
raped the answers to many questions.
There was a strong suspicion of those near
that wire OF string controlled this hands
movement.
Prof. and Madam Stein were introduced
ana this lady gave some examples of mind
reading. A committee of seven was now
on the stage. They wrote the date of their
births on slips of paper and sealed them in
envelopes. She was blndfolded and
sat with her back to the commit
tee and told what was writ
ten on the slips. She told the
names of people and described any article
held up by any one in the audience, giving
the make, quality, number of jewels and
kind of movements to several watches. She
CORRECTLY ADDED FIGURES
placed on blackboard, and whenever any
figure was pointed at named it immedi-
ately. Her feats at mlnd-readlng were as
ineXplicable as they were wonderful, but
were interrupted, much to the annoyance of
the audience, by the electric lights being
suddenly eXtinguished and remaining so
for fully five minutes. detrachng somewhat