The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-16

ANNA EVA FAY EXPOSED.
She Did Her Wonderful
Table Raising Feat By
Means of a Ring
A HOOK AND EYE ARRANGEMENT.
A Cruel. UnbelieVing Man Con-
fronts the London Spiritualist
with His Discovery.
A HOOK AND EYE ARRANGEMENT.

Anna Eva Fay has been spoken of
for many years as beingin exceedingly
close communion with ethereal spirits,
and as a priestess of theosophy and
spiritualisn has made crowds cape in
wonder at her apparent power to
compel mediums to do her bidding"
She once set the town talking in Lon
don by her table moving, material
ization of beautiful flowers and such
incidents.
Miss Fay appeared at the Columbia
Theatre last night. She held the big
audience that jammed the house awe
stricken until near the close. The
gods would have cheered her, but it
would have been a sacrilege to shout
in such a presence. But before the
end came the idol was broken and n
whole house Missed.
The quick eye and nimble steps of
DIR. A. E. Palmer effected this trans
formation. DIR. Palmer was one OF a
committee of three called from the
body of the house to the stage by Miss
Fay's manager. The two others were
DR.. NJ. II. Kaufman and Professor
Refs.
All through the series of spiritual
istic items on the programme the doc
tors and the professor watched with
all their eyes every twist and turn,
but they succeeded only in looking
foolish after the climax of each feat.
HOW SHE DID II.
1t was different when it came to tn g
table lifting. Arrayed in shiinmering
robe of gold and white, Miss. FAY
walked rapidly across the stage, nerv-
ously opening and closing her fingers,
her chin lifted at the same angle that
q girl holds her face for a kiss from a
big fellow. her lips moving quickly as
she whispers by the way to the
medium who is to assist her, She adj
vances toward a table. which DR..
Kaufman is asked to rub with his
handkerchief so as to show that there
is no sticky substance on its surface.
DR.. Kaufman does this. and he rubs
Miss Fay's hands too, as an additional
precaution.
The Spiritualist, with a look in her
eyes as If she had seen her mothers
ghost, plants the palms OF her hands
on the table, still working her lips at
q terrific rate-in a way a man could
never 90; there is q graveyard hush
in the house; the gods are In their
glory and the Christian science peo-
pie in parquet, balcony and gallery.
are holding their breath. Miss Fay
lifts her hands; the table comes with
Il.em. She raises it above her head
and then cries nervously, go now!
Go! goi goln The medium is supposed
to vanish. and down comes the table
with a crash. The gods say "Ah-h,"
and everybody looks serious. All this
is very fine, but there is a dubious
look on the face of DR.. Palmer. He
says nothing, but can see he is
thinking very hard.
Miss Fay, C Jnes on again. Her eye
are flashing and she is holding an ami
mated conversation with her medium.
her head in the air, as usual. She is
going to lift another table. She goes
through the same man9uvres as be-
fore.
The table this time, though, is a
different one. The same passes
through the air, the same nerv-
Gus twitchings, the same nervous
crash. Again a hushed tribute from
the sweep of seats below and above
and the manifestation is over. Miss
Fay bows a ghostly bow and is max
ing like a flash for the wings. DR..
Palmer jumped from his seat on the
stage and sprang toward the priestess.
She tried to pass him, but he was too
quick. He grasped her right hand
and she screamed.
She lifted her face skyward and APP
pealed, it would seem to the spirits to
come to her assistance.
But all the spooks and hobgoblins
in spiritland could not shake off the
persistent doctor. Miss Fay did not
faint, as most would have
done in similar circumstances; but the
doctor did not want to kiss her, or
anything like that. The priestess did
not lose her nerve; when the spirits
failed her she faced the doctor and
glared at him. He smiled at her. The
gentlemen in the upper fat were
silent; the Christian science people
looked Mortified. The man who beats
the big drum was asleep, but there
was the doctor holding the priestess.