The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-17

It proved . be ticket to the strangest part of the entertainment These we delivered at the entrance to a very nar- row winding passage as to . dungeon, leading into room similar to the other. Perhaps we were not ten feet from the tirst, the winding. being a deception at the end of this room. was an alcove about five feet through an alcove. guarded by grinning skeleton on each side holding candle in Its claws or dry bones. At the back of this alcove on end stood an empty coffin. By re- quest a man from the group stood in the coffin. He stuck out his tongue and chaffed with the audience; he was scared I know for he kept swallowing. and then began the strangest thing ever saw. He grew black with the first stage of decomposition; his teeth began to show. lips disappeared. his head became a skull: the sheet over him became transparent and finally dis appeared leaving a complete dry skele- ton. After a moment began the exact reverse of this. The sheet reappeared. the hair came back. the flesh returned contour, the grinning teeth became covered and finally the man in full personelle stepped out smiling. back into the audience.
 Another man tried 1t an went through the same performance and when the sheet was whisked away the coffin was empty. The man reappeared moment later in the room. This was certain ly most clever and horTtd optical de- lusions. It has the celebrated Daven- port cabinet trick beat far and away. In the first room at one time the lights were put out and then appeared a weird bluish light that made every body look like a corpse and not a fresh one at that. I looked at my hands and the lips and faces of my companions, all wore the hue of death I saw a woman stealthily open her bag, take out her mirror and looking at herself get a little scared. I noticed however that she took in" the whole show" I haven't told you the whole of 1t. but If any one wishes to hear the balance my memory is good, and can be found It was worth seeing.
 Mrs. M. Pellegrini and her daughters, Misses Jeanie and Clare Pellegrini. and Master Tom Ferrandini, will leave Sunday for Buffalo Lithia Springs. Jamestown and other points.
 Miss Mae Glass of Uniontown is visiting her cousins. Misses Louise and Evelyn Glass. at their home on Hull Street.
 Miss Ida Belle Gay has gone to Dade- vile. where she will be the guest of her aunt, Mrs James R. Hall, on her annual camp. for a week. after which she will visit her friend Miss Helen Sturdivant.
 Miss Lida Jordan of Midway is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Richard Butt. at her home on Sayre Street. Troy to visit friends.
 Miss Lottie Johnston has gone to Selma to visit friends.
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 Miss Mary Metcalf has gone to Troy to visit Miss Nellie Beard. ed from Blount Springs. where she has been spending some time.
 The Pensacola Journal gives an .c- count of a bridge party given in honor of Miss Annie Laurie Seibels by Miss flyer.
 Mrs. Beers and daughters. Misses Ma tilda and Corinne Beers. who have been visiting Mrs. Jacques Loeb, left yester. day morning for Asbury Park.
 
 MT. and Mrs. I. L. Steiner have gone to Lithia Springs, Ga.
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 Miss Frances Katherine Certerfit has gone to Asheville to join her sister. Miss Margaret Certerfit
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 Miss Margaret Fuller isx spending the summer in Louisville with her sis- ter, Mrs. Caldwell.
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 Miss Geraldine Ware has returned from a visit to friends in Marion.