The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-06
THE CLEVER BAlDWlNS.
White Mahatmas VIII Remain al
Infantry Hall.

Professor and Mrs. Baldwin have Great
ed such an excitement with their weird
and remarkable entertainment al Infantry
Hall that they have cancelled their en-
gagement At Worcester and remain here
another week.
The first impression of the public on
reading Prof. Baldwin's vertisement
was that the entertainment was one of the
many catchpenny affairs designed TO catch h
the unwary, but the surprise and delight
OF those who have witnessed it has been
so great that the contagion has spread
and large and enthusiastic audiences as
semble each night. Many prominent ladies
and gentlemen have received answers
to their secret questions, and the theory
of confederacy is utterly disarmed. On
Thursday night q well known lady had
lost the key to box of valuables. While
attending the entertainment il occurred
to her to write, "Where is the key to
my boxT Mrs. Baldwin without seeing
the question or knowing what the lady
had written, described the lady's dress
and appearance and gave her full name
and residence, and stated that the key
had slipped through minute hole in the
pocket and was at that time in the
binding at the bottom of the
dress skirt. The lady was so surprised
and agitated that she trembled all over
but finally with the assistance of lady
place described by the somnomist.
1t may here be noted that on Mon
day night reporter on one of
the Providence papers wrote the
query, "Who killed Emily ambers?'
Mrs. Baldwin accurately described Mrs.
Chamber and said that she saw her with
tall, fair man with tawny moustac he
and small beard, that he was wearing a
black slouch hat, that he and Mrs. Cham
bers were quarelling and that he was
demanding money. There was struggle,
that Mrs. Chambers caught the man by
the beard, and that he tore away and shot
her twice and then pounded her face to q
Jelly with the revolver.
Last night five well known
business men determined 70
test the accuracy of Mrs. Baldwin. So
each wrote the same question in substance
but different in detail about a certain irri-
CATION company. Mrs. Baldwin called
the name and described the dress and APP
pearance of each of these gentlemen and
carefully answered each separate ques-
tion going into details only known to the
gentlemen themselves. In each case each
gentleman assured the audience on "his
sacred honor" that no confederacy or trick
was possible. The look of surprise on the
face of Mr.. William Howard and Captain
Beatty 1.-TWO of the querists) as these secret
questions were SO accurately answered
Was inoot amusing w lnc Otner lOOkers on.
In addition to the fascinating work of
Mrs. Baldwin, the rest of the company
gave most pleasing entertainment.
Professor Baldwin's cabinet mysteries are
vastly entertaining. Manuel Lopez is one
OF the greatest mandolinist now travelling.
He Is mandolinist to the King OF Spain
by royal appointment. Jim Bells Ethi-
opian burlesques are pieces of delightful
drollery, and Ada Delroy's dancing is
artistic, yet chaste and modest.
Mrs. Baldwin herself besides her
talents as somnomist aud
general mystifer is an accompl he'd
mimic Of the Sol Smith Russell order, and
delights everyone by her art in that line
Professor Baldwin's talk is like page
from a comic journal, crisp and amusing
to q high degree.
This is almost the only time in the his
tory of recent Providence amusemements
where any entertainment has Caught onv
to such an extent as to cancel arrange
ments in other good towns In order TO re-
main longer. And this alone speaks vol
umes for the merits Of Professor Baldwin's
strange seances.