The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-08
sp,rI, Tricks Explained.


a French sleight. oi.hAnd performer,
Mr.. Alber, who IL giving private sea.
nAnees In Paris, claims 20 be able 10 re.
produce all the phenomena OF spiritual.
Ism that are known 10 mediums. He
explains the performance A. he proceed,
and II appears tina, mos, Of his trick,
can be repeated without any special
machinery In an ordinary parlor!
There is the slate trick, Tor example
A slate IL shown around among TIE
spectators. There Is nothing written on
Il. A spirl, Is invoked. The slate Il
pressed IA, against the under side OF
the table with the lei, hand of the me.
dunn. One Of the audience holds his
hand motionlest. The lights are put
out. A. the end Of few seconds q
heard scratching sound Of slate pen.
ell, and when the lights are :urned up
again the answers to questions addressed
to the spiri, may be read, usually In tad.
ly written characters
Well, in spite OF appearance, Il IL
possible for the medium to hold the
slate and write with his left hand. It's
only necessary that he should have
upon his index finger a small ihimble.
Ike arrangement. The pressure Of a
spring shoots out a mlniure slate pen.
ell. The slate 10 held by the other
| finger and the index finger writes from
right 20 left, the reverse OF the usual
process. beginning with the last letter
Of The last word 4 few hours practice
will enable one 70 do this successfully.
Luminous appari,lons and will o the
wisps flying In space around the heads
Of the audience form another part Of
the programme at mos, spirituallistic
seanees. They are very easy OF repro.
duetion.
Il Is necessary that the medium
shoule have his arms at liberty. lie
asks the company to join hands 80 as to
form magnetic circle around him. lie
explains that such magnetic circle +
a sine qua non of the appearances
which he Is about to invoke In reality
he desires Il because Il Is jbtt az well to
restrain the HANDS OF the audience from
physical contract with the will O. the
.wlsps and mysterious lights.
A. soon as the lights are turned down
the operator plunged his hand into his
! waistcoat and draws out a sulphorized
globe. which he secretly places upon
his right hand. The glove Is phosphoT-
ized only upon one side, so that the
operator has but to turn his hand and
present either the palm Of the back In
order to provide light or darkness.
In the obseurfty Of a darkened room
Il IA Impossible for the audience to de.
termine et what distance from the eyes
the luminous appearance Is produced,
Sometimes Il seems close, sometimes far
of. So II the medium fears that the
boots would betray him, he has but to
remain In his place and eonhne himself
TO turning the glove frs, on one side
and then on the other.
But sometimes to prove absolutely
that there Is no deception the medium
offers to have his hands tied behind his
back lie uses the familiar trick known
as the DAsenPort knot, from the Daven.
port brothers who made It famous, and
no matter how slightly he may appear
TO be bound It Is but ehild's play TO re-
lease lis hands from their ligature.
The joint resolution requesting Great
Britain to pardon Mrs. Florence May.
brick has been indefinitely postponed IN
the senate.
Plate glass windows for coaches were
made at the duNs OF BuekinghAm's
works, London, In 1913,