The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-24


opening with the unusual ard the uncanny,
ard currents and cross-cuFrEntS Of occult
Ism, nsesneriErn. hypr0tlsn, sp3fiiaais1h
ard other odds and ends OF isus WenL
cnurzlag I'd and down Third avenue, Elk
fnx up the FIRE alarm and telephone sss-
tens az q great rate. II - foaolfa. y s9eh
an epidemic Of hard thinking ever nefore
ran rampant from the tnsateEs OF the town
a. fhs crowds attempted 70 fathom the
ruvEfifying scenes that had Confronted
them, In both the Seattle and The Third Az
saae housss- Or. Cooke. al the Hrst named
place Of amusement, did al manner or
fblvvs that used 20 be charged against the
snsrsss lust az though there wasn't
enough trouble for spirits without making
them work hard with tsmbouEinss ana
badly tuned guitars. Changing bells ana
lowered lights Now pr. Cooke has IN
proved on all OF this sort OF thing and DIS
payrhle assistants work n ne glare OF me
STAGE lights ard defy detection. II Is much
mare cheerful 70 have the electroiers
glowing with warm effulgence and To %
able "a look into your neighoor's face than
20 have cold ehsHs running up and down
your back as you gaze speilOound and chat-
tcrsngiy a. some fearful. spooky thlhg
srish is white draperies around IN ,ne
eiaaru OF darkened stage. out OF the cen
ter 81 which the lnseparabie cabinet rises
Whv a cabinet is necessary a. a means OF
snfroductfoa for spirits I can't tell. While
DR.. Cooke uses cabinet y Is simply so
thai the audience VIII not see the way ne
does the really marvellous Things that
make up his entertainment.
Now Prof MeEwea. who ran out the
week AZ The Third Avenue 70 houses PACKED
with people who held their breath IN
amazenent at the feats or hypnotism ana
rnfua-readIng was different hut quite as
unlane lie reduced his victims % con-
dttson OF coma and then plunged pins ana
other metal things into them 10 the great
jov OF the audiences and the entire inals-
ference Of the subject. Prof, MeEwen also
nut al Everett man 10 sleep and had him
on exhibition IN a clothing store window
where hundreds Of men and women paused
10 gain inspiration from the picture Of per-
feet contentmsut and Tepose when the EN-
srett man presented az be reehnea III
comfortable looking bed and dreamed away
the hours--it Is aaid-at a dollar an hour
and q suit OF clothes thrown in. IL was all
very beautiful and very touching. Had
Prof NcEwen gone 10 Tacoma he could
have found many cases or chronic soHlDo-
lency, any one OF which would have gone
10 sleep for less than a dollar an hour, ana
never asked a suit Of clothes as bonus.
Then Prof McEwen had skeptical physi-
clan perform an operation in the clothing
store window in which a boil was re-
moved from the patIent-subject's Cor sub
iect-patients) arm. The curious crowd OF
men and women stood gaping while Me
Even waved HIS hands and told his subject
that he would hear beautiful music Then
the doctor rolled up his sleeves and the
clinic gas properly under way. There were
labs and side cuts. and the whole sickealng
performance was carried on in the name OF
science and the art OF hypnotssm. Ihe
Rhow window was a shanbies and the ex-
hibI,gon was disgusting In the extreme.
Nothing more morbid has ever been Of
fered In this city as n side exhibition 10 a
theatrical performance: beside II other
crimes committed in the name Of art sink
into insigntncanee.
Down at the chilly jefferson theater the
Walter Hodges company reduced the tenn
perature Of the nelghborhood by playing
Ion 10 Klondlke" frosty sort OF piece
that Is FUN OF reminders that the wood pile
IS low aud that a sure enough winter Is
upon us. II satisfied several audiences
that had cold f-st. who left the theater
wlth benumbed extremitifs and a vivid re-
memhranco OF n single fir tree on the sum-
NIT, far above the timber line. TIE have In
creased the effect all that was needed was
some sort OF an escaped circus bovolopus
81 come out Of a cave and eat the tree.
The ice cracked and the winds swept
around the corner OF jefferson street and
Fourth avenue all OF the week. Then the
agreeable change o. bill. scene and tenn
perature Tonight Mr. Hodges will appear
in one Of his most popular parts David
CarTIck."
Leon Hermann. who succeeded his uncle.
Alexander. who died a year $50, bids fair
90 become as much OF an institution In A
way Of his own as did the elder necro-
ruancer. Hermann H." as he seeks 10
be called, Is clever. but no cleverer than ne
need be. lie makes the pleasant surround
ings Of stage ard rich paraphernalia quite
as much part Of his entertainment as the
tricks OF "palminw'' and legerdemain and
his many exits. entrances and side plays
arc studied ard worked ont for sfYec' The
Whole composite arrangement Ia successful
and there Is usually feeling 81 sAtsfac-
ttou hat follows an evening spent with
the magician. Hermann enjoys Some adj
NrutnEea over contemporary slelght of.
hand performers IN respect 20 education.
II - does net run the whole Eaunut OF = ~
compllssments. be has az least stored his
mind with knowledge ot his arr ard SIS his
tory. lie has written a brief treatise on
snastc and i.s growth which has never sp-
Feared ia print and which e Is possible 20
give 20 readers OF this column today.
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The Frawlfy company. numbering many
Seattle favorites and presenting a DIVERSE
Ned eill. gave three unusually good enter
t8inments Friday and lass nights and n
matinee yesterday. The plays present ed
were Christopher. Jr.," one % Madelaine
f.ucette RSley's very best works and Is
stamped with a. individuality as much ite
cwn as were some q the risgue but alto
settler attractive scenes IN "An America
CstiEsu." by ne same talented suthoress,
which vas givea here by MAJ 9. Goodwi 2
aad the charming Maxine Elliott. For 5he
matinee 'sT}fe Railroad O. love" w-as fha
h'il and AZ night The Great Unknown ID
with CHRISTOPHER. Jr." NJ Frawloy has
gathered a splendid company and ane
attention IS raia 20 the DEAL Of mount.
ins The pieces In his repertoire. TIE pres
eat tour IS not his annual" bat IS Iac.-
dental 70 the season. lie Is going q take
h5s Ccmpauy to Horotuiu where Qufts !
long engagement NtI BE played and then
return 20 the coast. Nr Frawicy - a
rainstakiag and competent manager and
h.s discretion appears IN the sunordins-
tion - hiuself 20 TIRE more competent
members = his company.
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The olt-tims actor q Prominence was
wcot 70 walk through" rehesrsais PRO-
noancinE his speeches perfunctortly and
giving re clue - those details ct 81.
business that cid not vitality depend
uaau thH ce-cparatfo1 o. the actors about
A.aa- rs idea being 20 surprise ais felIow
as we'll IS 20 astcniea TIE audience wken
th@ play Should he performed tn earnest
TIE anecdstai annals ~ thc STAKE ars
srice8 VITA stories of tfe unexpected gha,
resulted from thls egctisttc Tstsreace ci
TIRE palEuy-GaYs PLAYER. Wbe vas almost
IS Elesss4 " Ecn pc haa dl&c9aatea "a