The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-07
AMUSENENTS
New Lyric.

, new Lyric.
There are more things In heaven and
eAIthI horauo, than are dfeamt Of In
| gout philosophy Thus spoke the Mel
anch9ly Dane to his most intimate
friend. Thus spoke everyone in sub
I IsSitSe 70 MS or her companion after
leaving the wonderful performance Of
alexander, the psychic, who opened a
week engagement at the New Lyric
theater Monday night. That the large
audience was entertained there is no
uouoti that the people were mystified
mere is no doubt that they, best Of all,
were made better thinkers, ave, better
women ana men there is no doubt, and
LOT TINS reason, If for no other. Alexau-
Ger IS an institution. He is a worker,
lof the betterment Of mankind, and
while he mystifies and entertains he
turns the light Of truth, sometimes hurt
ing, but stiR turning on the light. and
for good
lie answered last night the thoughts
OF 49i persons who merely wrote their
| questions on envelopes. sealed them and
aLoWed them 70 be placed on the stage
Al the finale Alexander, without touch
ihg the envelopes, merely concentrates
nus nlhu' renders 1t impressionable by
| saLths INTO crystal sphere, and not
only calls the name of the inquirer and
tels the question and answers It,, but
l
ably be the future consequences Of the
answer, and in this he is almost UNI
| cahny. Several persons Monday night
| WINGED at his clear cut criticism Of their
| I'VE conduct, but we venture the asser-
tioh mat II the nagging wife, the ire
| sponslDle young person In the third row
and the other Wife who admitted having
| lett her husband would take Alexan-
| der's advice they would be better Off.
me thing which makes the thinking
man think more and recognize the mAri(
OF AleXanders performance is the
statement the psychic himself makes, I
that he claims no supernatural power;
reader,
He rightly says no Just God would
give any individual that power But he
ooes say that he has accomplished what
others can accomplish II they will to
80 do; that Is, cultivate their minds.
snow themselves and with determine
tion accomplish anything they desire. |
For n years Alexander has been a stu
dent not of the occult perhaps. If YOU
piease, nut OF the science Of psychology |
the science Of the mind and as a result |
by focusing the rays Of the mental De !
numbra Of any individual upon his own
mind, made impressonable by long prac- |
tice, does things that even IL he did
clalm were supernatural, he would be
not without followers.
Alexander is a philosopher, a wise
man, OF the west come east, thus re-
Versing the usual order. He has been
known on the coast for years IA "The
treat Alexander" and Alexander Who
Knows" and his work has attracted
me attention Of psychologists through
out the civilized world, Everywhere his
talents have been put to the test he has
proved his ability. He proved it Mon
DAY night and promises to do so the rest
OF the week.
While the Simla Seance, as he calls
his question answering portion Of the
entertainment Is the feature, Alexan-
DER by no means stops at this. He
opens his performance with q number
OF mystifying tricks. the most mystify-
ing being his slate writing, Nobody
doubts that there is something border
ing on the supernatural about this.
Whem a man OF such sterling integrity
| az Charley Mctcalf can hold two blank
states tied together, and without Mr..
Alexander touching them, they come
out with Biblical quotation and an
answer TO the question of relative from
a person departed. Alexander's spirit
painting Is also mystifying, There was
near riot when he promised to pour
any kind of a drink from an alluring
| looking black bottle. Alexander came
down the aisle offering any kind of
drink TO members Of the audience.
| w. ID, kyser, United States district
| dttollcS pLlCkeu up MS ears, From his
position In a prosCenlum box the United
States attorney could see red liullor
poured from the bottle and discern the
boys in the front rows smack their
| lips when the necromancer poured out
the juice that cheers It was feared
that perhaps Biz Kyser might take
some official action, but later, when a
white rat was taken from the bottle
the laugh was on the boys who took
drink, and the district attorney was ap-
parently Of the opinion that a temper
ance lesson had really been enacted,
Alexander IL assisted By a wel-round-
ed good looking female assistant and
two girls, apparently twins All three
help to round out the performance in
acceptable manner, The two girls, how
ever, are better as assistants to Alex
ander as subjects for mind experiments
| than they are dancers. Their terpsi-
chorean offering has not been known TO
make any hue Of Verdure to disfigure
the cheek of Paylowa or any other pre-
mier danseuse that we wot of, Wen
forgive Alexander. however, for he has
an exhibition that Is a revelation, and
education, No thinking man or woman
can afford to miss It. He win be at
| the New Lyric all week. special mat
inee for the women will be given FRI
day and general matinee Saturday
afternoon, NED COURTNEY.