Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11

\ in coIbfs slowly Becomes visible to. thi
audieqGe NJ &4t4
The Secret is in the previous prepar
alton of the canvas. For picture IL
blue, yellow and brown the medium ha,
applied mixture of sulphites of iron
4 nitrate of bismuth and sulphate of cop.
per dissolved In warm water This
is applied with a brush and when the
colors are dry they are invisible
When the music begins a confederate
takes an atomizer filled with prussiate
of potash and sprays the back of the
canvas, this process slowly bringing
the colors out. The music browns the
sound of the atomizer and the develop
ment of the picture causes the credu-
lous to believe they are indeed min
Cling with the spirits.
Many dealers and artists keep a
stock of these prepared canvasses on
hand.
Methods of Naturalization
For naturalization, which is the
most daring form 'of-spirit taking, the
medium generally carries all the para
phernalia about her. / say her" be-
cause women usually choose this stunt.
When undergoing test conditions the
paraphernalia are carried by confed-
crate and thrown into the cabinet when
opportunity offers. 1 have known a
few cappers to act as confederates for
the patronage sent them in the guise
Of messages from the departed.
Some takers have the room, cabinet
and themselves examined. When the
medium goes into the cabinet the cab
met tender makes a little speech re-
lating to conditions, thus allowing the
faker time to slip his hands under the
back of the coat of the cabinet tender
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curtains appear to move as this is
done one naturally thinks the spirits
are performing behind.
After the seance the manager again
stands with his back to the curtains
and explains a few points while the
medium replaces the paraphernalia.
Ten yards of netting or very fine
silk can be put in watch case, the
heel of the shoe, between the inner
lining of the sole Of a shoe made pur-
pQsely for it, or encased in oil silk
and concealed in the hair. Some me-
diums carry a stamping outfit for
pictures, robe mask, +. envelopes, ETC.,
In a black. bag suspended from the
hips, gathered in al the waist with
elastic. These takers strip themselves
of everything except black skirt
confederates Are Active
More work Is done by the confed-
crates than by the faker. Such con-
federates' gain access to the room
through trap doors, panels or mop
boards arranged to slide. Such con-
trivances are made to defy detection
In examination of the seance room.
Sometimes a false chimney extending
to the ceiling or a niche is built in
the room. A confederate from an adj
joining or upper room enters the seance
room by pushing the false wall out
Two confederates once selected rooms
directly over the takers rooms, pre-
tending to be outsiders and to have
nothing to do with the faker. A
square was cut out of the center OF
the ceiling of the faker's room and
arranged so 1t could be lowered with
the chandelier more than a foot. Down
to the dark seance room a black ladder
was lowered. The confederates with
their white robes glistening with phos-
phorous floated down the black ladder,
the ladder being invisible In the dark
ness and the audience imagining that
spirits were floating out of the air.
Seanee Described
A seanoe is best described as fol-
lows: In front of slit in the curtain
ana to the left OF the parting of the
curtains sits the faker. To his left
is seated another psychic phenomena
medium, so-called, with a confederate,
and next to them sits a test medium
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