The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-09
SEANcE WITHOUT SPIRITS.
DR.. and Mime. Eddy's Excellent Enter
tainment at the Opera House.

DR.. and Mime. Eddy's Excellent Enter
tainment at the Opera House.
DIR. and Mime. Eddy gave what theil
bills called IAN Illustrated Lecture or
Sp~iritualism aud T~heosoDhy' at the
Opera House last evening. There was g
good deal said about spiritualism, but the
word theosophY was not mentioned on &c
by the Doctor. The entertainm e ct, how
ever. was a good one and met with the
appreciation of the large audience pres
emit. The aim of the Professor was 10
show that the majority of the mediums
of today are frauds and that he could do
all their tricks without the aid of q spirit
or anything at all supernatural. He sue
ceeded most admirably; Even his lecture
was delivered without any aid fcom the
spirit of Lindley Murray.
DR.. Eddy first EXPOSED the old slate
writing trick. which almost every n
knows 10 done with a false bostomed
slate. Then he introduced Madame
EDDY. who is the more clever OF the two.
to do the cabinet trick. Before Madame
appeared, however, he asked the audience
to dominate q committee OF four OF the
lending citizens TO TAX seats upon the
stage n see that there was no trtckery
about the cabinet.
The gallery Immediately arose to the
occasion and nominated Joseph Dear aud
Robert Davis. These two gentlemen
were unanimously elected; but eve the
charming medium failed to materialize
them. Final y four self-sacrihcing Cit
liens consented to go on the stage and be
guysd by the audience. Mme. Eddy
was then securely bound and tied to q
stake In the cabinet, aud q number of
bells, whistles aud a tambourine were
placed In the cabinet with her. The cur
taius were drawn and Immediately the
bells began to ring, the tambouriue was
thumped aud then all the instruments
were thrown over che curtain. The cab
iuet was opened and Mime. Eddy was
found 10 be securely bound.
Then one of the committee was placed
in the cabinet with his back to the lady
aud his hands resting on her knees so
that il she stirred he could notice 1t.
When the cabinet opened again the gem
tleman aud lady were sitting in the same
position, but the mans coal vas on the
lady with her arms III the sleeves and
her hands still securely tied behind her
back. When the curtain was again drawn
the oat came flying over the top of the
cabinet This trick the Doctor would not
explain, but it all consists In the way the
lady has OF slipping her hands out OF the
baDdaRes.
Keilar's second sight reading trick was
bueu pSElOItHcQ auu cAp1hiu0u " tAo s1ul-
ply in the form of the question which
the Professor put to the blinded medium.
The spirit rappings. spirit faces aud
other manifestations were fully exposed,
much to the wonder of the audience.
Then a boy weighing seventy five pounds
or more was placed on a table. The
committee sat around and bore down
heavily upon the table while the Doctor
aud Mime. Eddy, at each end, with the
aid OF spirits, lifted the table several feet
from the floor aud caused it to float all
over the stage by simply laying their
hands gently upon it.
The assisting spirits the Doctor after
terward explained consisted OF a stout
belt around his and the Madame's waists
under their clothing, from which Ia tiny
hook protruded which. unseen By the
committee, caught under the table aud
lifted it all around. This closed the per-
Tor nance.