Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25

no more nlSSDfylng, remarkable per-
formance is DOW being given.
Miss Fay's performance is OF me-
cesslty a difficult one. both mentally
and physically; and there are times
when she becomes overfatigued. Her
answers at sucn times frequently 20
astray.
The purpose of Miss Fay is to give
a bright, amusing, picturesque and
mysterious entertainment and with
ont fraud, deceit on IMPROPERLY, and
the above explanation is therefore
given TO the public"
Those people who have worked them
selves up into something bordering on
hysteria over Miss Fays work may
rest assured that she is no spirtualist-.
simply a clever little woman who has
been making barrels of money for 20
years or more with the same old act.
How Is 1t dona2
HER HANDS ARE LOOSE.
First, Miss Fay's hands are loose
as soon as she is inside the cabinet.
The committee. which is a bona flde
committee all right, says they are not
The committee is mistaken.
With her hands loose the rest Is easy.
The bells are rung and things thrown
around in most spooky manner.
TIED GOOD AND SOLID.
Those who have witnessed the per-
Torrance Will remember how the COM
rnittee selected from the audience
stitched bands of linen around each
wrist and then stuck strips of sticking
plaster over the bands so as to secnre
them doubly In place. The loose ends
are then tied securely to a ring in a
board that is nailed to the floor by the
suaVe Mr., Plngree who nails the board
to the floor bringing the ring on line
- a. n Il
en- Is then tied around the neck and
throat OF the medium" and the ends
also secured to the upright board with
nails driven home. To make doubly
secure a rope Is tied around the ankles
of Miss Fay and the end of II Is held
by one of the committee seated on
the stage The screen is then placed
around Miss FAY.
THE CONCEALED SPRING.
The instant she is concealed in the
cabinet" by leaning back she releases
a spring which in turn releases small
knife concealed in the ring. With this
blade she sewers the linen bands at
the point of contact of her wrists, and
she is free. With her free hands she
unties the cord around her ankles and
keeps one foot on 1T so that 1t will not
become slack. With hor free hands
she then plays the guitar and other
Instruments and throws them on to the
stage. Getting her hands toEether be-
hind her quickly the curtain Is then
thrown back by Mr.. Pingree, and the
credulous gasp.
ALL IN THE TIEING.
OF course her assistant, Mr.. Pingree,
has to pass IN q knife at the end of the
act so the spirits can cut her loose.
When the committee releases the
subject the bands are cut al
the sides of the wrists. 1t i
all in the tieing. 1t is an old trick
much in vogue among fake spiritual
istic mediums.
But after all it Is the questions and
answers that stir up the enthusiastic
and bring a chorus of how -is-it-dones?
In this act Miss Fay has accompllces,
it goes without saying. The press
agent works hard, as he should, and
the other attaches work equally strenu-
ously but 1t is the two men down
stairs, the two in the balcony and the
one beneath the stage who do most
of the real work.
TESTIMONY OF THE TABS.
Prominent people are spotted
Those who write questions must
write them on the tabs specially pro-
vided In order to get results.
A few questions written at home are
anEwered occasionally. But these writ
ers are usually betrayed by friends.
1t is a fact, and Miss Fay might tell
you so in burst of confidence were
she so disposed.
1t Will be noticed that Miss Fay
gives you a chance to ask questions
and then there is n long interval be-
fore the answers come. An interval
of nearly an hour.
ryr,r,
During that time there are busy times.
behind She scenes. Before taking a
peep. however, 1t might be well to
remember that when you wrote that
question and signed your name to IL,
you wrote it with hard pencil. You
might write It with soft one. but
then you stand q chance OF not getting
an answer. You wrote that question
on tab furnished by an usher or at
tendant. You then tore off the ton
layer of paper carrying the question
and kept 1t, returning tho tab to the
obliging accomplish.
No, there was no tracing paper un-
derneath II. You are at liberty to
examine the tab before returning It,
II is not one OF those tabs which you
can buy In Chicago for IL cents at
n supply house patronized by medl-
ums. 1t is plain, honest paper.
If you followed those tabs behind
the scenes you would see 1.-The boys
take off their coats and get busy.
PEPPERED WITH. CHARCOAL.
Each top sheet OF blank paper is Wig
orously pepper-d with a salt shaker
containing powdered charcoal The inn
preston left by the hard pencil stands
out az bold as though 1t had been
written in crayon. Just try II. Tho
rest IS easy. The questions are seq
gregatad and consultation held. A
man posted on the prominent people
makes his selection and then author
tiles and the daily papers are consulted
on mining quotations, etc.
Everything Is listed ana the answers
written out In order.
Does Miss Fay commit them TO mem
ry?--Wnll, hardly.
An accomplish carries the list down
into the basement beneath tho stage d.
and makes himself comfortable in
chair.
HOLE IN FLOOR.
II you observe the stage at tho point
where Miss BAY sits when she goes
into a trance you win zee that there
has been a small hole bored through
the floor
Miss Fay comes on In Part 2, sonno-
lenoy| and as soon as the sheet Is
placed around her the man beneath the
stage gets busy. He pushes up pipe.
or speaking tube, which Miss Fay
grasps with her left hand and places
TO her ear.