The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-28
sLADE THE-WHATs
a sunday Evenins G~piritaAliattc ssancs %
Ming's Opera House.

A sunday Evenins a~piritaalistic ssancs ~
Ming's Opera House.
MI. Chas. slado must have bsen vcry
mush pleased q the size and character Of
the audience that greeted him at tho opera
house last sysninR TO witness his perform
ancss. Ha il Z bright, active man, and the
various acts were done with q snap and
yiRor that pleased the audience. Tbs per-
formances consisted Of ths usual rontine q
~spiritualistio manifestations, with . few
ohsstnuts. but withnl entertaining. he
started out with receiving = messnge from
John Brown on q clean slate. But the slate
went through 30 many travels bsfors the
message appeared that II was quito possible
to have visited John Brown y vac
d war very much impressed. The prin-
cipnl part OF the evening wns spent with
mysterious performances In tho cabinet.
These consisted principally in the doing OF
certain acts. ~ the ringing n throwing
OF bells and t~ambourines, untyinR OF ropes.
fact that the spirits 9ho take the trouble
to make physical manifestations, for the
bonent OF mortals, as the medium states,
should exhibit their powers in such . very
useless, syen senseless way; that their moo
esty always requires their medium to %
hidden from tho vulgar gaze, and that they
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attendant, or the medium himself, Ia with
in convenient distance. 1t is very human, but
not very scientific, TO imagine a mysterious
or unknown force as the agent producing
physical effects. simply because each step
from cause TO effect is not clearly seen o.
are perfectly sufficient to produce the same
and even far more mystorious results, ma
have been known to do 80. Mr.. Slade did
not mako my very pronounce olninl q
ep~iritualistic aid, but sought TO give that
impression, ~ it il the mysterious thas a.
tracts, But his performances were 80 far
behind thoss of the Davenport brothers, OF
Hermann, and Of Keller, who make no pre-
t~sntions Of %superhuman aid, that No one
Who has seen these great presdiRitateurs
we're deeply impressed.
The principal trick is in slipping the
wonderful ingenuity is shown and Mr..
Slade rather gave this fact away BY slip
ping a pair OF handouts, securely looked, a
feat mot unknown to the criminal classes,
but carried to a degree OF perfection
with the so-called apiritualistic mediums
and their brothers in dark works, the pres
diQitateurs or slight Of hand performers. 4
Messra. Chas. Jeferies, J. B. Atchison, Geo.
W. Jackson and J.. s. Gourley represented
the audience, and their mystification after
THAR elaborate knot tying, helped entertain
the audience, and the nA1vette OF one OF INT
committee in anxiously removing q large
pocket book from the pocket of his coat
which had been transferred from his owr
person to that of the medium, in the ne
creoy of the cabinet was loudly applauded
Part of the audience we're entertained by
the curtain catching once when first dropped
and getting 4 view Of the medium" wht
was supposed to be fastened, making viRor
Gus motions with his arms. The ''spirits'
also treated their mortal host unkindly. a
MI. Slade received a bad bruise on the sid
of the face while apparently inmoyabl!
tied to a post and dependent entirely OF
their aid for all movement.
The performance is entertaining and in
structive, as showing the ingenuity ant
lightning rapidity of the man. and IL al
hour or more pleasantly spent. Those VIII
the mysterious will find it very easy to i'm
agine spirits ~innumerabls responding II
the beck and call of this lively gentleman.