The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14
THE WHITE MAHATMAs.
The BaIdwins Amuse and Mystify an
Audience az The Theater.


f The Baldwins We're at the theater last
night Their change to Il larger stage and
auditorium gave them room to make Of
their third entertainment even more OF a
success than they achieved on their first
two nights in this city. Ii is a wonderfully
clever entertainment. even if viewed from
the standpoint OF a confirmed skeptlc and
a marvelOus-almost miraculous-one TO
the mind having the least bent towards
superstition. And there are precious few
minds ~ which there are no traces Of faith
in occultsm.
The feature of the entertainment is Mrs.
BaldWins work. She is called on the pro-
gramme-and not without some show of
reason-"the modern witch of Endor."
Her husband describes her work as clair
Voyance; still he says people are al lib
erty TO believe what they please about il.
He shows results, and does not explain
causes, in so far as Mrs. Baldwin's an
sWers TO questions are concerned. She APP
parently looks into the very minds of her
AUDITORS ana often replies TO merely men
tai questions they may happen to be
thinking OF, and then actually repeats the
questions in such a manner as to leave the
assemblage dumbfounded. She ferrets out
murders, rObberies, lost property and alb
sent relations. and does much well calcu-
lated to prove the existence of mental phe-
nomena Of the kind We read about in stO-
rles OF the takirs of India and the far east.
The audience enjoyed hugely one of the
incidents of the seance last evening.
Tell her Mrs. Baldwin said, after call
ing the initials of a lady from beneath
her envelope-of red and white-"Tell her
yes, she will have another. 1t will
arrive in about four months. (Roars
from the audience) . 1t will be a fine
large yellow, More roars) A
male. And will have long, black
whiskers! screams and roars)
Why, what on earth are you talking
about2" asked Prof. Baldwin.
Why, a-AIaltese tomcat," replied Mrs
Baldwin. t'Somebody has poisoned her
pet Maltese tomcat, and the lady has ask
ed If she will get another" (Yells from
the audience.) The reading of the paper
containing the question proved that She
was correct
1T is positively cruel" unused the pro
lessor, for nice audience to be fooled
Ike that"
In reply to another question Mrs. Bald
win, in an intensely dramatic manner.
recited the incident Of the killing of John
Johnson on the dredge Alabama, off the
Vale Royal wharves a month or so ago,
and concluded by saying that it was pure
~ accidental; that nobody was to blame
for it,
As to the rest of the entertainment.
which comes first on the programme, II is
combination of up-tO-date occultism
and Of fun that is a little ahead of date
Prof. Baldwin is a charming cOnVersa>
tionaltst, and turns serious subjects into
uproarious fun. He duplicates the mani
festatiOns of so-called spirtualistic me-
diums and theosophic adopts in such a
way as 10 put the best of them to shame
and at the same time make his auditors
roar with laughter when he shows them
how easily ii is all done, without max
ing any claim to supernatural or occult
aid.
The Baldwins will appear at the thea
ter again tonight There will be no
matinee.