The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-06
Cleofan Entertainment at the
Theatre This Evening.
WATTERsoN IS COMING
HIS GREAT LECTURE ON ..MONEl
AND MORALS"
..The South in siavery''-EIiason's
Expose-Some "SpoOl<' Talk in
the East and West-Latest News
from Across the Atantic-stage
Gossip.

its doors once this week, out on tldt oC-
casion it will entertain an honored
guest. Henry Watterson, the famous
editor statesman and orator. will lee
ture Friday evening, May Ii, on Mon
ey and Morals
Mr.. Watterson has had very pleas
ant reception on the coast, where he
has delivered his lecture to large houses
at almost every point at which he has
spoken. The Portland Evening Tele-
gram in an editorial speaks of Mr.
Watterson's visit to the west as being
ultimately of much good to this part of
the United States. In this editorial the
Evening Telegram uses these words;
THE one great trouble with this sec
ton is that we are misunderstood in
the east. Situated as we are 5000 miles
from the seat of government, and our
laws made by a body of men three
fourths of whom have not the slightest
conception of the Importance of this
Pacific coast country, 1T is no wonder
that our interests are sighted, that
our motives are misconstrued, and that
we are treated as if we were a mere
colonial dependent, and not an actual
part of this great republic"
No truer words than these were ever
spoken, and the Evening kilograms
conclusion is that a man having as
wide a circle of readers as Henry Wat
terson will be able to tell them things
of the Great West that will ultimately
result in much good.
There is always danger in a country
as large as ours that a sectional feel
ing will grow up, especially where parts
of the country are separated by the
great dividing lines of nature. This
sectional feeling and the divergence of
interests becomes to the thoughtful
mind at once a danger and a menace.
The greatest safeguard lies in a broad
mindedness, best attained by travel
which gives the clearest idea of our
wonderful nation, it's great extent and
its great resources.
The press of the coast has been unan-
imous in its praise of Mr.. Watterson's
lecture. Money and Morals" In many
places he was lionized.
novel entertainment is booked at
the Salt Lake theatre for two nights
of next week, May Is and 16. 1t will be
entitled THE South in Slavery" About
100 darkies will take part. 1t will be
produced by local talent, but in ad-
jdition the Criterion Quartette will be
introduced. At the close an old-time
| Spiritualism cannot be said to be
rampant in Salt Lake city just now.
Eliason's clever expose was like a
shower bath to spring chicken to its
expounders. A great deal of interest
was aroused last week, the public was
wrought TO pitch Of excitement rarely
| seen, and the result was that last Sun
day night crowd surged around the
! Salt Lake theatre such as has seldom
been witnessed in Salt Lake city. On
Friday evening an Overflow meeting
AS the Methodists would say, was
held at the theatre, chiefly for the
| benefit of those who were turned away
Sunday night. And on this occasion
the theatre was well filed.
Eliason's exposure was as complete
as it was clever. His method was first
to introduce the tests" and give them
| in just as mystifying a manner as the
| boldest medium. And in this there is
no bungling, for Eliason is as clever. as
| the best of them. After the audience.
/ including the stage committee, was
completely puzzled, he would expose
1.-THE test, to their intense amusement
and delight. l have yet to find a single
person with aught but praise for the
exposure. and the exposer, or one who
! expressed a single regret.
| Eliason has made up a little tour
among surrounding towns, where he
will repeat his exposure. He will ap-
pear at the following places on the
dates named: Ogden, Sunday night;
Park City, Tuesday; Coalville. Tues
day; Evanston, Wednesday, and Provo,
Saturday evening.
| have in memory many amusing re-
membranes of mediums, seances, and
spiritualism in general. 1 was once
thrown in little community that had
completely gone daft on the subject of
spiritualism. A medium had nightly
seances, in which the believer and the
unbeliever mixed, but with the believer
largely in the predominant. This craze
! lasted the better part of one winter.
and many person of sound judgment,
while not believing fully, was greatly
Impressed
/ OF that winter among the spooks
1 will take the space to relate just one
incident, 1t was common in giving
elatewriting tests, for the medium
when carefully watched, or when in
the presence of some especially skepti-
cal person, to make the message very
short.
In fact the atmospheric conditions
sometimes prevented any messages al
all. Well, these short messages
generally read something to the effect
that the spirit was weak and could not
write on that day. But the medium
always got his 81 whether the spirit
was weak or not.
In the family of strong believer
worked an illiterate servant girl DC
casionally she was permitted to inves
her hard earned pennies in spool
messages and it struck her that it was
a better business than washing dishe.
and serubbing floors. So she gave i
out that she had discovered that she
was medium, and proceeded to givt
her first test, which was slatewriting
On this occasion, after some littl
manipulating she produced slate will
the message, on which was scrawled
in the unmistakable chirography anc
, photography of the girl. the following
, words:
81 am wake. 1 cannot rite. John"
In the outburst of merriment that fol
! Flowed we told her that we agree
, wholly with John. And thus were tn
hopes of a budding medium blighted.
/ NJ. B. Curtis, whose long trial in Sal
, Francisco for the murder of a police
man, and his subsequent acquittal i
still fresh in the memory, produces
Ills Oiu ouCCGSS odiu VI 1OSeH II
. New York last week and to bi
: houses. The play has been modernize
and has apparently renewed the hi
I it made some years ago.
! A big revival of Shenandoah is on
e of the certainties for the beginning o
: next season. 1t will be produced in
!, spectacular way, and under Bronso
: Howard's own direction. The manage
: ment will, of course, be in the hands O