Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-07
THE NAVY TEAM WILL WIN.
so DECLARES SHADOW, THE
MYSTIC ONE
Unique Manifestation Of Mind Read
ing Last Night at The
Colonial Theatre.
THE ENTERTAINMENT WAS A
GREAT SUCCESS.

Between the election returns todas
and the marvellous manifestations ~
mental telepathy last night ~
t9esI,..i,,.ss AZ the Colonial Theatre,
.,'a,tg.fttaus hardly know where
=. s.at and are still rubbing
she5r eyes at MONDAY to know il
tbev really are awake, or il life is
one rich. rare dream and the myster-
ious great unknown.
The entertainment given at the local
theatre last night by Prof. Samri :.
baldwin and his daughter, Shadow,
The Mystic, was the most clever
and unique ever given here, not 70 say
the most mystifying. Some one has
asked: .'Can my eyes deceive me-
Well. yes, rather. Just go tonight To
gee Professor Baldwin's show at the
Colonial and see how much your eyes
can deceive you. The show IS great !;
il is like T.. II. Bamum' s circus The
best show on earth. and has Barnum
beaten before the race is begun. You
are sticking a pin in yourself all the
time the strange things are going on
10 see If it is you or you have be-
come trransmogrided, and you are yet
asking yourself if you, are a fool, or
a dupe. or the worst kind Of subject
for Mt. Hope.
The program opened with scene n
the foot of the Himalayas, the home
OF the Mahatmas, and Professor Bald
win explained he would take his au-
dience into the mystic wonders of the
Fast Professor Baldwin is a great
talker, it is a part of his bnsi ness TO
falk and he does it interestingly. He
diselaims any use Of the supernatural
and says his work is by purely normal
methods. Whatever il IS, the illu
sion is complete
After inviting some Eve or six gen
tlemen whose names were suggested
bv the audience to act as committee
on the stage the follow ing well-knowl
citizens seated themselves 10 the leti
Of the tent, where the mysteries wer'
developed Mayor j. dep. Donw
Professor Noinot. Professor cusaehs.
Professor Alden, all of the Naval
Academy. and MIR. Hamilton a. Gale
Two OF these, Mayor Douw and FRO
fessor Cusachs. tied the hands and
feet respectively of Professor Bald
win; the tent curtains were drawn ano
in an instant free hands We're revealed
through openings and there was {
fattIing of bells, blowing of horns
and PROFESSOR DAi40 III N-@o ttkN ~
spite the nautical knots with which
he had been tied.
The entire program was good. Inc
illustrated songs were we'll sung, anC
The exhibition Of legerdemain by
Frederick Frevoli was exceedingly
clever. Miss Jessie Mae Lloyd danced
well and Mr.. George Arnold gave
some good interpretations of the pos
sibilities OF the banjo. The masked
mystic, represented by Mohammed
the silent, was rather startling when
he hypnotized his victim ano
raised her several feet from the foo
without any visible support save the
riqidity of her supine body. Ali
these we're good, but the greatest OF
All was the psychic exhibition OF
shadow who, through mind waves.
read questions and gave answers, while
under hypnotic influence, TO dozens IN
The audience. She told their names
clearly and distinctly, in some in
stances told in what row they sal.
She told them what they had lost,
where they would be this time next
wear. il their ventures would be sue