{"collection":"Spiritualism & Psychical Research","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/archive_org_SpiritPhotographsThatWereFrauds/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/archive_org_SpiritPhotographsThatWereFrauds","id":"archive_org_SpiritPhotographsThatWereFrauds","license":"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/","rights_basis":"archive_org_open:open_license:http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/","source":"archive_org","source_url":"https://archive.org/details/SpiritPhotographsThatWereFrauds","summary":"","tags":["Spiritualism"],"text":"o \n\n\nTHE NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1922. \n\n\n8 \n\n\nSPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE FRAUDS An Actress Discusses Methods \n\nof David Belasco and Basil Dean \n\n\nXT *i l 1 ri ' X* \u2022 \u2022 ,hem pr,,par * a \n\nA evil Maskelyne, Famous Magician, \n\n\njoining room. left on her errand. She much more wonderful ere those every \n\n\nCites Cases Where London Medi- \nums Were Exposed and How They \n\n\nway that It waa tm- \npossiolo to substitute others (or th\u00abn \nwithout discovery. The makers even- \n\n\n\u2122 seen to ro to her baa. drop one \nof the slides into It and pick up an- \nother slide with tho hymn book. \nThree of the plates upon develop- \n\n\nwheti developed in \nvay would show onc- \n\n\\\\J I I O'. P \u2022 _ g~y i fourth of their trade mark, a Uon \n\nVV Or Kea ^a^ S U/Oniurers L a n rampant, and when these plates were \n\na 1 'T\u2019l fIT'il . P ut >\u25a0> \u201c>\u00ae lr proper order the whole \n\nOutdo I hem With Camera and in **\u00a3 , ho K \u201d;L\u2122; \n\nSeance\u2014 Conan Doyle Deceived [ tXfZZTXr* pI \u201c\u201c wer8 \n\ni The evidence of Mr. Price concern- \ning the experiment Is fully set forth \n\n\nt ,?.. X , ra5 ]\u2019 \u201c , ment showed the thumb print and no \nspirit photograph, the fourth showed \na spirit photograph, but no thumb \n\nprint 1 \n\n\nday phenomena. \u2014 the voices to-ulnt: \nfrom a telephone and the beautiful | \nmelodies that corns from the disc of , \nthe phonograph. \n\n\nso hard to leave oneeelf In their ban da \n\n\nnomena produced by a Polish medium. \nFranck Kluskl. who is said to material \nThe tests definitely disprove the au- 1*\u00ab aplrlt hands and feet. and. by In \n\n\nAt the present time spiritualistic \u25a0 T Hptjf I h PL t Though even then, one cannot quite Ri>laci'iv S TT1 1 1 1 T1 LT \n\nre lea are much excited over the phe- j L ,,C 1 11 \u201c 1 , \u00bbboU\u00abh those Internal questioning*- UC,d! \u00bb l - U O III 1 I I II g \n\ni ! \u2022 I P _ u t\u00bb the mere man's rightness assull _ 1 /A . \u2022 \u2022 . \u2022 \n\naAmCriCflcUld r>ng- own instinct is to be followed. Doubt- <1 II C I U/ptllTllStlC \n\n| , i eg \u2022 tit as to tho more man's richness assail ww n -j \u2022 < \n\n\nBy NEVIL MASKELYNE. \n\nTho World Famous Magiciss. \n\nA RDENT believers ill spiritualism \ncannot undersund why so \nmany persons frankly deny \nspiritualistic phenomena. The be- \nlievers point to famous men like Sir \nOliver Iaxlgo and Sir Arthur Conan \nDoyle and ask If persons with such \nhighly trained and analytical minds \nare likely to lie deceived by mediums. \n\nSpiritualists say that whereas the \nordinary person may be deceived by \nclover mediums, the trickery would \nquickly be unmasked by men of \nsclonce. \n\nIt sounds reasonable to assert that \nnien of science who Uuvo made won- \nderful discoveries would not easily be \ntoken In \u2014 neither would they if they \napproached spiritualism with the eaiu-i \nopen mind with which they approach \ntlioir scientific problems and make \ntheir scientific discoveries. \n\nTho scientist la supposed to take \n.noihlng for grunted. Ho tests every- \nthing. Rut tho scientist who embraces \nspiritualism owing to the death of \nsome loved one Is biased. That part \noFlils brain which subjects everything \n\u2019o keen analysis ceases to operate bo \nfur as Hplrltuullsm Is concerned. \n\nThe fact that a scientist may be de- \nceived In business Is surely proof that \nhe may lie deceived over spiritualistic \nphenomena, i have deceived many \nscientists with my tricks, so I know \nthey arc as gullible as ordinary folk. \n\nThe place occupied by Hlr Arthur \nIn spiritualistic circles Is n very high \none. und Ills opinion exercises u big \ninfluence among spiritualists und \nothers. Ho Is a man of tho highest \nIntegrity, and since the loss of Ills \nsou ho has boon a firm believer 111 \nspiritualism. \n\nhomo considerable lime ago lie at- ; \ntended a seance given by u medium \nwho worn a mask. Tile medium gave \nan astonishing exhibition of her pow- i \neis. and told tho persons present so \nmuch concerning themselves that the \nspiritualists present were very much \nImpressed. Hho described all manner \nof things, told them what they had , \nput into a box which apparently toy \nunopened on the table In dim light 1 \nbefore them, described what they hud \nleft In their overcoat pockets outeld-; \nin tho hall, and In the end she caused | \na spirit to materialise. \n\nHlr Arthur referred to It as u re- \nmarkahlo exhibition, und but for un- \nforeseen circumstances the seance, \nwhich was given under lest condl- \n\n\nTiie tests definitely disprove the au- Ixe spirit hands und feed. and. by In- I 111 * \\\\7 11 T1 ' 1 I \\ j .\u00bb \n\nthentlclty of so-called spirit photo- during the spirits to dip tlielr hands, lailCl HaS 111 VY aV ones arii^c \u00ab,nsciou*ncsa-and. be I. \\\\ fjj| e UeaTl lsthO \n\ngraphs und prove trickery on the part and feet in molten wax. to obtain wax \u2022 aM ' * ven \u201d 1,l \u2018 ,h \u00b0 Br \u2122 e f - , lhcy \u201c5 \n\nL p rn J lirprc App sometimes Justified! That Is cue of \nUI I I UUULCl a iilc the nctoru many but sorest t \n\n\npowers ore insignificant compared In his pamphlet, \u2019\u2018Cold Light on Spir- ^ __ \n\nwith some person. I can put forward i Jt-Ujtfc H\u00ab pl*\u00abd \u00ab\u00ab? mmd^omc of t^Tk^T\u2122 toots. Flrri \n\n\nof mediums. moulds. The hands and other mem- \n\nAs a result I chutlengo Jnp medium bers are sold to dematenallzo and leave I \nto submit to my tests and produce ! wax impressions behind, \ngenuine spirit photograph-!. Spiritualists are always asserting \n\nIn considering spiritualistic phen- ! that If a conjurer could do half what \nomena. It Is necessary to bear In a medium does be would be abnormally \n\n\nOpposite Types \n\n\nImage of Despair \nDuring Trials \n\n\nfor tests. These will submit to tests- Plates In tt. dark \u201c d \u2122a\u00ab Uatse^ re do os mu7h os'any kn7w^n medium \n\nlua nude elate to full daylight. They | romto and wftUel \u00bb\u2022 \u00b0P , Iaka pla c\u00ab !n the dark-and the ab- does, but 1 con aim do considerably \n\ncon bo searched thoroughly \u201c'1 1 \u2018 kft h71rk ilide re <*\u00bb\u00ab * U** is absolutely neees- more. \n\nh's left breast pocke' Afterward ' \u201c ary ,or tho BUCCCSS ot trickery. My son'a latest mrstcry In connec- \n\nthe medium handed Mr. Price a slide. T! ' ere \u00ab* hon *'\u2019- mediums, no tlor. with spirit photography should , \u2014 v \nand they went to take Ute photo- 1 doubt, who are seekers after truth, open the eyes of theme who bcllevs in | 1 ) \n\ngraphs. | B ut tho majority of mediums get un spirit photographs and In the wax lm- , h .\u201e of 'him-thatT to 'hU \u2019natural ~ kamen glvo himself or to demand from \n\nUr, Price, however, had tak#\u00bbn tho '***>* Mvln* out ot spiritual '-am, and tho proralons that spirits aro said to leave j ; kindliness Mr Dean having to over- \"thorn, though one draws vitality from \n\nprecaution of marking the slice he j m\u201d\u2122 remarkable the phenomena they behind. At pres ent h* la producing , Mo U > byword for ^theatrical | ^ and d \u201e' troy U t\u201c'..\u00abat deal <-f the M\u00ab surroundings and coworlters and \n\n\nnothing will bo found. They can. if \ndesired, bo locked in a safe, and when \nthe safe Is opened they will be found \nholding a gold watch or something \nsimilar. They will go further and \nrepeat the tests before scientists, un- \nder their very eyes. \n\nIn their cose the stomach will be \nseen to undergo tho same contractions \n\nmade by u person trying to vomit, und | had marked. The two plates \n\nIn the end they will take the watch or posed, and when they were developed honestly they will do so dishonestly. - liberty to bring his own plates to the j held \nknife from the mouth. You could (here' was a so-called spirit photo- | The majority of mediums are con- ' performance, and 1 give my word of | and \nnot possibly find anything on these graph on one. but the X-ray design > jurors, some are clumsy, \npooplo If you searched them for a j was missing! \u2018 very skilled. Some subm \n\n\nthe actor's many but sorest trials! Is i \n| it harder for the actor to have com- 1 \n: piste confldence In his director \u2014 or for \nthe director to command tho ronfl- 1 \n' dcnce of his actor? I don\u2019t know. \n\nAU of which brings us buck to the 1 \n1 entirely different methods of Mr. Be- \nlasco and Mr. Dean In conducting their \nrehearsals. \n\nMr. Belasco ts bound to hla en- \n\n, j courcglng, gentle way of directing no \n\nA\\ ID BELASCO has so long | CM by hl \u201e daBlr , t0 s ,. t tho best of \nbeen the Idol of theatrical and tho actor - .-! oi*w feelings and Ideas out amount of work Is too hard for elthe- \n\n\nBy DIANA BOURBON. \n\n( The author of thia article i a a \nt/ounj American actreaa trained in \nthe English school.) \n\n\nthem \u201ctho groat game\" an-I the whole \naxis of their Uvea To It they will \nsaerlllco everything \u2014 time, money \n(they aro both hopelessly extrava- \ngant), themselves and everybody else \nIs ouly right they should! No \n\n\n\n*ork \u2014 Basil Dean, tho best. I fortunately, are often uncongenial to \ncr: good best. England has * *w>. *\u201c\u00ab\u2022 'dually naturally to the \n\n\nmore brutal \n\n\nTWO SKEPTICS AND A CONJURER\u2019S SPIRIT PHOTO \n\n\nUons. might have been looked upon swaUowlng tricks at u country fair, to \nproviding ^further proof that the L^, M1 \u201e. p^rformun-o easily, \n\nwl h \u00ab.\u00b0L t ? may communicate ! , hat \u201e why th , \u201e uk ubout erto . \n\nPeU, \u201d n \u2018 hr0U8h * ^ me smile Hfirltuallsts \n\nAs It happened, the masked medium .u^Tt ho, Tl, ono^ P \u00b0 W \" \n\nlmd . contract to give exhibitions of!* 1 * \"Upematural. but I cannot. \n\n\nher wonderful powers In a theater, \nund this contract fell through. The \nresult was that an action was brought \n\n\n\nImpossibility. \n\nBoth of them are enthusiasts on \n\nI r \u00ab . : t i m If ff r I i j . Iiiiwiv.'' uiuidi methods\u2014 Interspersing i the subject of lighting In tho theater. \n\ny. some are honor that these plates are not t\u00abm- off. .- re , heaterdom- hm. nmdo Iso- hUl directions fre.-ly with earcasm and and great experimenters and theatrical \ndt to tests by pered with In any way. Tho owner of | .ated up, trances In Broadway \u00bb the- hlimorous imitations\u2014 often palrtfui mechanicians. No detail of any produo- \n\n1 1 and humiliating to the object of them, tion to ever loo small re merit the ab. \n\n^ Cu \u2019ho other hand. Mr. Belasco lentlon of either. \u201end both are adored \n\nrr' , '. h T same ^raft more ut , when ])e dot3 l0J8 llta temper. Is a by an army of stage hands and their \nJ i mrnre niT t*^!' 1 tCTribl \u00b0 I opca Indeed ( well may all hto enUro office -tuff. .1 put the stage \n\n* ' underlings cower abjectly at such hands first, they being so much the \n\n\nIdeas \u2014 results even \u2014 than these two. \nThat very difference covers the whop I \n\n\n_ . . . , times), whllo Mr. Dean, being. In a \n\nof theatrical ways and means which contlnua! , ute ot B , ln l-.nragoment. \ncan leail tu a successful and worth 1 \n\n\nwhile end. \n\nYet of the real work of those tv.n, \nand of all \"directors.\" tho public \n\n\n'ell under control, is by no means so \nawe-inspiring, when the loss of temper \nto complete. \n\nThere- Is no one In all the thcatrli \n\n\nproper is entirely IgTloran - In tho , vorId who u HUch a mBrvelou , dlro , \ndays when managers believed In ll.u- tor of uctreaaes os Mr. -Belasco. I sup- \n\nsi. kit\u201d am f u. *\u2019tt uli'i, .'*\u2022 tis wnw \n\n\nNevil Maskelyne, author of \nthis article, who defies any me- \ndium to meet his tests. \n\nweek. But If you took X-ray photo- \ngraphs of them you would Und the \narticles In question In their stomachs. \n\nIt would be sheer trickery. \n\n1 would back m.v conjurer, who docs \n\n\nHlr Arthur caused a good deal of \ncomment by publishing some time ago \ntin article about fairy photographs \n\n\nfor breach of contract, and during th.. . by ^prodaetiom, of photo- \n\ntrial It was admitted that the whole * ru ' ,h \" \u2018 h \u00bb l , \"ere allege.! to be thoee \nthing was trickery from beginning to ! \u201c f reul f \u2018\u2018 lrl \u201c - There is no quesUon \n\n\nend. and that Sir Arthur and the \nothers aero mistaken In thinking that \nthe information which so astounded \nthem was furnished by spirits. \n\nThe strange thing Is that spiritual- \nism arc unuffeclod by this exposure. \nThey dismiss It as being of no ac- \ncount. \n\n\nthat Sir Arthur honeHtly thought the Walter Scott, \nphotographs to be those of* genuine \nfairies, but there are not many pho- \\ \ntogrephers who would Hire to ban, \nup Sir Arthur's opinion. \n\n\nto keep the plate* hy them for a day or \n\nThis shown a magician's \"spirit photograph\" made by Capt. two in order to magnetize them \nClive Maskelyne, son of Nevil Maskelyne, and also a magician. \n\nIt was done on a London stage. The spirit subject is Sir \n\n\nslon\" and the \"naive public\u201d this was \n; considered desirable. But now I h-it \nj the great artistic contribution to a \nplay copies usually from tho director \n1 think that even at the risk of show- \ning a no longer naive public a few \nmore of tho wheels Inside their \u201cillu- \nsion*' going round, a little more en- \nlightenment on tho subject might 1 >o \nvouchsafed them In the name of ap- \npreciation of any development In -in \nore. \n\nB fiasco Makes the Actors. \n\nDean All /or Production \n\nNow, Mr. Belasco for wo proceed \nat once to take concrete examples\u2014 \nmakes actors, subjecting his produc- \ntion to them, utilizing their own per- \nsonalities and providing Ilia hack- \n( ground of movement and timing which \nwill best set off each Individuality. \nMr Dean, on the other hand, subjects \nj everything to the Importance of his ) \nproduction, thus Obtaining little short \nof perfection for the play, but hardly \ndoing his actors the something more \nI than Justice done them by Mr. Belas- \nco's methdri. Tho latter. In thinking \nout Ids scl\u00bbme of things, molds It \nI entirely to the Individual, concealing \n| faults and emphasizing assets. Mr. \nIH-un mercilessly Immolates the Indi- \nvidual to the perfection of hto prear- \nranged scheme of thinss- \n\nAnd now to abolish the popular \nmyth that \"the production - ' means the \nscene settings, and nothing more, \nis ha ...ha. .a ah,... a -hi-., \u201eh\u201e I I'of. to describe the methods of these \n\n.heed If he wishes o obtain spirit pho- |nlm ,, UnK |leoplo (who ar , tur | \n\nTin ssjj \u2022 s- -*-\u00bb\u25a0 ^z r b^:^z \n\n\u2022 n P . r I f \" I diets who do tn.lpl.Jl? lees, practically \n\nfor the theater), It Is necessary and \n\n\nActs and Writes \n\n\nW. Marriott, psychic expert, \nwho proved to Conan Doyle \nand an editor that he could ob- \ntain spirit photographs by \ntrickery. \n\n\n; (he plates may keep hto eyes on them \nall the Utns. He may load them Into \n1 the slides and develop them In the \ndark room. \n\nWith the ordinary me. Hum tho enter 1 \nhas to flx sn appointment som* time ' \n\n\n\nDiana Bourbon. \n\n\n! most Important people In our modern \nAmerican theater!) \n\nAn Optimistic Producer \n\nA nd an Image of Disgust \n\nPicture Mr. Belasco sitting In thn \nelalls looking like an artist's study, \n\u2022with his IsauUftil white hair, watch- \ning attentively, with a benign expres- \n:lon .m IiIh far, i rinlb* for every on--. \n:.!! sympathy over one's difficulties. \nHe to usually optimistic about his pro- \nductions i or pretends to lie. hy way of \nencouragement), and to Justified by the \nresult. I \n\nNow. Ms. Dean, sn Image of disonn- \nsolute disgust and desperation \u2014 wan- \ndering restle-sljr all over the theater, \nthrowing up his hands os though In Im- \nprecation or silting \"nccablo\u201d (thorn \ni- no other word for It), scowling st \ntho world with hto hat on the hook \nof hto head and a cigar In one corner \nof hto mouth- Th\u00ab complete pessimist ! \nThis mood gives way to one of feverish \nexcit'tnont on tho first Bight\u2014 and \nleaves him the most surprised and dc \nlighted of mortals when another as- \ntounding suecsss to assured. \n\nTo him the Great asms Is a delicious \nagony\u2014 a torture but of great sweet- \nness. To Mr. Belnsco it Is pure Joy, \nnna what It Is to themselves they each \nm.ilte it for every one else. Mr. Be \nIosco believes In the efficacy of praise, \n;;nd, mostly, even does his fault finding \npleasantly. Mr. Dean mistrusts the \nnatural igolim of the actor, and will \nnever praise any one wholly until the \nlust d.iy of rehearsal, when he goes \naround with a fsce like a prospective \nsuicide and fondly Imagines lie is \n\"cheering every one uj/' with tils \neleventh hour \"encouragements-\" \n\nBut any actor or actress should bo \nglad of the privilege of a few years' \nwork under such director*\u2014 no matter \nwhether playing star roles or kitchen \nmi Ids. \n\nTu watch either of them at work to \nhether \n\n\nWe allow any members of tho audl- \nsr -^to write on cords any names of - \nthe Illustrious deoil, any one who If \nknown to fnmo\u2014 poets, stall smen. \nauthors, generals \u2014 It does not matter; \nthe audience has all history to choose \n\n\nThe Journal of the Hociety for being roped to their chairs, yet gut \n\nPhyrhical Itraearch deals with the ex- tors sound, rapping Is heard, lights ,r ''\u2122 \"l'\"'!\u2019' 1 ' \"r '.v' * , \n\nThe queer thing about these fairies ! P\u00b0*ure In the following words: \"It upper, and the medium Is found np- . J * , ' k . s ' \n\nn m that t h#\u00bb v mm Miirtlv !ik.\u00ab can - we ihlnk, hardly b\u00ab d\u00ab*nl^d that pvnttly atlll s\u00abcur\u00ably rop#d at th# t. nd . *j ... \n\nelves and fabies we sc, pictured^ i Mr. William Hope bo* been found of the seance. Hue), a medium Is sn \u00a3 u , pb * ^ mduies \u2019the'mUH re \n\n'.looks by various artists. I \u00ab'\"\">\u2022 \u2022* deliberately substituting bto : expert In ewnplng from ropes, and he ^ m^k of 1.7s freB.re? ieforTT^ \n\nI happen to know of on. or two \u00bbw\u201e ptatre for there of a sitter. The produce, a!!\u2019 the effect, himself nr B^ndM^r^.' \n\n\u2022\u2014 zrssjnr sssik ~ z sjjstl'.\u201d,\"; tz:z^:'zz, \u201d\u2022 : ^ \n\nSir Arthur also firmly believes that Mh< , r lh , au . 1U| hllt . rrfl .. Rln \u201e \u00ab\u00ab\u2022 abundantly confirmed both when umlnatlon seems all right, but In real- \neomo medium* can mutWliUlze from wtom Photographed thew (dries ra7- ,h \u00ae * JI ' 1 \u00ae \" M e\u201c m 'n*<l *vi>d when th# tty It contains s secret chambar | J*JT*J?* \u2022jj** 1 \n\n\u201e\u201e-.r own 1 sidles a certain strange JJSL \u00a3S?S^ IS fHirt-k \u00ab huSi. , I I \u00b0 f \n\nmedium In order to obtain a plate c . _ . . Ihemselve. recognize the photograph \n\nupon which an 'extra' hod already \u2022 Soat et th * THcka <\u2022* \u00bb\u00bb\u2022 ^verted SgAr<l\" and the w.x \n\nO/ Mediums Exposed mask the \u201cspirit\" has toft behind. \n\n\nScientists' Search tor \n\n\nheir own bodies a certain etrange \n\nrubfltsnce which the splrltualtoto refer j j\u2122 i h .m\"to hi. although \n\nto no ectoplasm lie asserts In perfect nr , fatl ed and made by bom- \n\ngood faith that hs has seen It done I liands \n\n\npose It Is the lovahleness of hto own \n\nnature which help him to understand nn duration In thenterdom \ndc-irsble that the uninitiated should I women ro thoroughly\u2014 nnd perfect un- for the technique of uctlng or produc- \nbctier understand whnt tho director dcrstundlng is nrccwuiry to pcrfcctre- ; j 0n _ \n\ndo-s. production\u2014 e, III more to obtaining to, me week* ago there waa a great \n\nlie does everything, he is everything perfect reproduction from eomo one drn | n,n papers about a movement \n\u2014 Interpreting, explaining\u2014 the author else (as to tho director\u2019s task). \u201emong certain managers to help In ob- \n\nto the actors; tho actors to th\" au- Mr. Doan It hampered by n certain tilnlng properly trained young actors \nthor. tho probable views of critic- hardness in his oem nature whkb pr\u00bb- ' giving lha dramatic ecliools tho \nand audiences to both, whet lie wants vents his work with women from privilege of sending picked pupils to \nto everybody. Inc'udlng th\u00ab scene being us successful as his work with drr ,, rehearsals. \n\ndesigner (unless he to designing men. He not only puls no softnesses. Sow a dress rehearsal by Itself to \neverything hlmselfi, and the elec- none of the womanly qualities. Into \u201e\u201e good to anybody. It to Just nn or \ntriclsn. fur ho plans the lighting, i their performances- he deliberately \nAnd. above all. ho directs: he explains | excludes them He ts a rabid anti- \n\nsentimentalist. but his sincerity to \n\n\nnnd that he hna held some ectoplasm \nin hla hand. \n\nA Kraneti medium known os Mile. \n\n\nThe direct outcome of the celebrated \nfairy photographs was a test arranged \nby a conjuror with an editor. The \n\n\n3. vs has achieved fame In snlrtlual- pholofnlph , were to b , ukcn UDlUa \nistlo circle* for being able to produce ; |h UHUa1 , elIt rondltlon ,. n,. \nthis ectoplasm. During hto tour Mr rlB \u201e und \u201e,ook th. teat in order to \n\n\nArthur attended eomo seances given \nby this medium nnd he came away \n. \u201ertaln In hla own mind that ehe ac- \ntually produced this peculiar sub- \n\nnance. \n\nTho remarkable powers claimed for \nHUa medium attracted bo much atten- \ntion In Parts that eventually It was \n\n\nprove that It was possible for s compe \u2022 \ntent conjuror to deceive the most \nwatchful spiritualist. \n\n8!r Arthur was present, and the edi- \ntor took every precaution ho could \ndevise to render the trickery futile. \nHe signed the flutes and endeavored \nnever to let them out of hla hands. \n\n\ntheir work to the setors. he oven does \ni It for them (If he to able). And that Is \n; where a great producer, like David \n1 Belasco or Basil Dean, scores over a \nj merely good producer\u2014 he can do ilielr \nwork for them. Plenty of director* \nI can explain at great length what It to \nI exactly that they want the actor to \nconvey.\u201d but they can't (like these \n\n\narranged that her powers should be \u201cTl\" \"'L\u2122\u201d wwwpro.erenmain.ei \n\n, -ran \u201d In the dark room be rnlnds on the matter, other, \n\nfl' c <*\" n \u00abt \u00abo \u00bb Shorthand writer mom! conjurer, with a \ntest comprised fifteen seances, and the _. hn , h \u201e , do , nl . - ... , k . .7. _ . \n\n\nbeen Impressed. If such waa the , \n\n(and wo cannot conceive of any other Slate writing and pictures drawn on 1 \"<* oUJm - however, that the , wo| ^ ^ U|| ^ \u201e \n\nreason formitortituUon) It Jmplle, marmged bysuretltuUng r ^ n m \u201c k \" *.\u2018 T themjrives To h.v. ss^Liaaco. for \n\nthat tho medium brings to the sit- , spectolly prepared slates for those el- pernatursl origin. I admit that they the \n\n-ing s duplicate Slide and faked plates umlned by the persons taking part la , are dua to clever trickery, but how we trtS\u2019over tho re \n\nfor fraudulent purpose.. -- I a -once Messages are written la | o*II up the ^.Irtto. take their photo- u \u00ab ^ \u201cJ** \n\nHomo time ago a committee of the add* which do not show when the *i\u00bbPhs and Induce them to make wax Faslee, War\" to I \n\nMagic Circle was formed to Invretl- .late I. cleaned off with a wet .pong. ; nrnska of thsmselve. I leave spirit- 1 of Th \u2019 ,0 ' \n\ngoto spirit photographs, ana wets were yet become visible when the slats* uallata sad ether to guess, \narranged with various mediums who\" are dry. \n\nare famous for getting \"extra* -- or A common spirit maeaago trick ts ts ! \n\nspirit phtogmphe on their plates. ! ask the sitter to dean off a number I \n\nSome of the members of the commit- j of slates on both sldea Th* slats, \ntee believed In spirit photographs, are handed to the sitter for cleaning \n\nsome were professional men with open 1 one at a time and then handed back \n\nwere pro- | to the medium. Bay that there are i \nknowledge 1 four alataa. The sitter certainly \n\n\nI - \n\n\nBade to Normal Eating. \n\n\n\nFrance* Stair), or playing a love ooene \nIn \" Klkl\" for Lenore Ulrlc; to have \nseen Basil Dean playing with appar- \nently unconacln-is humor and complete \ngirlishness the par, of EmaHne In \u2018The \nBlue Lagoon.\" or r.irnmg from one \nentirely different character part to an- \nfood stuffs ottl * r \u2018\u2022 n<l \u2019\u25a0\"'\u201ctt both) In a play like \n\u2019Loyalties -- to a revelation. \n\nThe director decide* everything \ndown to the movements of the chore.- \ntors about the \"tags\u2014 where they \"hall \n\u00abt nnd when, and how\u2014 even tho In- \n\n\nmine eras flttod up for the medium, \nwho stripped to the skin and was \nthoroughly searched before entering \nthe cabinet. The experiments were \n, conducted In n dark room In order to \ngive tho medium the moot favorable \nconditions posslblo. At the some time \nIt will be realized that the darkness \ndid not help the .dentists In their In- \nvestigations. \n\nThe report of the scientists throw\" \n, light over these slltlnge in the dark. \nTho medium failed to materialize the \nmuch discussed ectoplasm. She had \n\n\nfound to b**r \"extrss.\" One extra - got wonderful spirit photographs on \nwas of a plat* which bore hto signn- unopened pockets of plates. Twelve \nlure und thus clinched It* nuthentlc- | of the tests were violated. It was \nHy: the other was nn extra of *ome \nfnlrle* dancing round Hlr Arthur. Yet \nthe editor asserted that the plates had \nnever lefe hto pomesslon or been \ntouched by Mr. Harriot. \n\nWhen ho consulted tho notes made \nby the shorthand writer, however, he \nfound that ho had for one moment \nlet the plates go from hto hands The \neditor did no, remember letting thorn \ngo. but the shorthand notes gave him \n\n\nproved that the seated packet had \nbeen opened, although the medium as- \nserted that It had not been touched \nIt wns a severe setback to those who \nbelieved In spirit phtograph*. \n\nFingerprints Are Used to \n\nDetect Photo Substitutes \n\nA lady medium, whose Integrity was \nconsidered above suspicion by no less \n\n\n... - _ , ., , ' \u00bb\"\u2022 duc Uw Hiionnanu noiM {tv# nim \u201e n\u00abmnn than (hA nrlnolnffl nf th# S\u00ae <Jo In \n\nfiftren oPtoTt.mltlre of pi^udBg this j proof that he hod relinquished them. BrHIsh College of Psychic f\u00a3tonce.w\u00bb* with on* another that If a well known \n\nr\u201dr.7'c, t i,l.\u201e that she pro- i I\u201d on *>>\u2022 put to the test of the committee of person In spiritualist le .-lrr>\u00bb happens -a-, o. p\u00bb\u00bbs \u25a0 n \n\nP i *\u00ae r \u00ae 11 y\u00ae n front * tvel* known poster tl)) , single Circle. As ts usual with to be visiting some place abroad they dried and fresh fruits 141.41 pec \n\nIts saw her make those! d *n\u00ae ln \u00ab round a night wancM . fhj> rt ,t| n g apen*,) With oer- \"dll Post all the Information concern- and edible fats 111.11 per cent \n\n\nconvince the \nduced It once. \n\nThe scientists saw lier make these | tight, \ntnusculur contractions of the stomach \n\nsuch as a person maVta who to will- ] who to fully awake and doing Ills best \nfully trying to vomit On two occa- i prevent trickery, it must 1,e easy to \nslon* she produced something in her deceive thoee people who go to the \nmouth. The first time she seemed to i medium full of trust In orddr t<A oh- \n\n\nREAT BRITAIN has got \nalmost to Its pre-war nomin \neoneumptlon of \n\nsay* th* Foodstuff# Division of the \nDepartment of Commerce In Its quar- \nterly analysis of British foodstuff con- \nsumption. \n\nWheat flour Import* for the nine n^.,io n , 0 f VO |o* ar# often \"given , \n\nmonths ended September *9. II SI. \u201e Mre . For th * on , thing that no \n127 II per cent of the average of nn \u201e\u201e do to to eee and hear \n\n1110 to 1114. Import* and eonaump- h . mMir \u201e h e to seen and heard from \n\nUon of other coarse grains bow- th , auditorium. That th# director \n\n-ver. have decreased materially from one* an audience to there th- \n\npre-war figure*, and th* total lmpor- vUtT ^ tMl , wh ether he to doing wall , \ntatlon of all grain* and floor In nine \u201e r ^t mo dern thenterdom; \n\nmonths of 1I2S (M.tDS.ICft pounds), that ta too late to know. The director \n\nbaa been only IK.d per rent, of the I dlwoT ,\u201e \u201e beforehand, and ha. to eel I \nIng the home* of spiritual!*'.* tho me- average Importations of 1110 to 1114. rtfht whst to wroog. He. too, regu \n\ndluma take secret copies of photo- But Imports of meat end meat prod- the \u201ctiming\" of the different per \n\ngraphs from the family albums, and ucta. or dairy products, fruits, end formancee- . r,\" of tho greatest fa- tore \nth\u2018-se provide them with the neces- edible fsts are all far above the aver - 1 giving them thetr true value. Bo \nsary aplrlt photograph, for future age of tho four year. 1110 to lit!., t hn, when the finished product ts re- \nuse Meat and meat product imports In \u201ea]ed It to meet often by hto work \n\nSo closely do mediums keep In tmi-) th* nin# month* of IMS here been that It star.,1* or fall*. Even the critic* \n\nli:.!4 per rent, of the pre-war aver- i (though they don't realize lt> appor- \noge. of dairy products IIL4S per cent., I ( | on pr ,lee or blame often quite \n\nrent., wmngty to the Individual actor when \nEgg \n\n\ntime they are lifted and a message la \nfound on one. So spirit writing gains \nadherents! \n\nMediums help each other to an as- \ntonishing degree by passing on In- \nformation concerning th* people In- \nterested In spiritualism. When visit- \n\n\n\nIt belonged to th* power behind the \n\n. a . tain religious formallUss, hymns were Ing that person to th# beet known me- Imports have fall-n off heavily, being acn-a. Th* trouble to that w* mum- \n\nit it is possums to deceive an editor , , n And pn( y*ra were said to obtain 'Hum In the place only 47.21 per cent, of th# average of m .n, be| nK an ungrateful race and \n\nlio Is fully awake nnd doing Ills host \u2014 -\u25a0 \u25a0\u2014 --- . m.. ------ \n\n\nDavid Belasco. \n\n\ngreat and overwhelming In everything \n\nhe does. These three thing, are ob- 1 gjj \"concerned; Is \nseen s\u00ab ,T\u00abtntng which ts \nI have. \n\n\nbe masticating very quickly nnd some- \nthing emerged for about two Inches \nbetween her lips. The scientist switched \na fisshlnmp on It to examine It prop- \nerly. but Instantly tho medium turned \nher head and the so-called ectoplasm \ndisappeared In her mouth. The second \ntime n substance something like India \nrubber emerged from her mouth for \nhalf an Inch, and quickly disappeared \nagain. \n\nIs It not strange that a medium who \nI said to have produced ectoplasm on \nso many other occasions should fail \nIn produce any In three tests? The \n- port prove* that anything seen dar- \ning these seances can be accounted \nfor In e perfectly natural manner. \n\nIf this to llio bool Mile. Eva can do \n\n\nvtous to arv one who ha. \nmany of tils productions \u00bb\" \neven If they hare been Ire. tr.limsteiy \nonneoTcd with th<- rehearsing period. \n\nMr. Belasco can. and doer, take nn \n\n, the necessary atmosphere for obtain- Th# spiritualist visits th* medium , 1419 to 1214. There I* no dot* *t| full of vanity, are very willing to sc-' inferior play and *r\u00bbnr\u00ab wi l ire no \nIn* spirit photographs. as a m-lter of course, snd th* \u00abn\u00abdlunv I hsnd. th# Foodstuffs Division ear*. - cept the credit e.f things when It turns ! linin\u2019 \u2022\" special Inspiration, and makes \n\nA sealed packet of plates had h*\u00abn \"Ho has never seen the sitter 1-efore to egplsln the great Increase In lm- \u2018 that the director mu right (and It '\u00abm*ih!ng profoupdly intr-retir* out \n\nforwarded to the medium, and th*** astound# the Utter by hto accurate In- ports of animal product- unless It is surprising how often he Isi When <* Ub - ** Ingredients\u2014 a terrific \"tour \n\n; were expose-1 one by one and devel- formation. Thu# the sitter to hood- may bo that home ivoductlon has de- (,\u00ab was wrong, however, every or.e Is for \"/^admittedly; but such a lav- \n\noped. An extra, or supposed spirit winked nnd lh* wonderful powers ui creased owing to the very dry sum- \n\n1 photograph, appeared on the first the medium lauded to tho skies. I ' mer of 1221. The princloal Increase \n\nplate. It was. however, anticipated \"ould write a book about the slmpl* n dairy products Imports le in cheese \nI that the pocket of plates would b* and effective methods of fraudulent ; and condensed milk, which may be \nopened In a certain way. and th# tests me.lHima and still leave much unsaid, considered meat substitutes. \n\nSo Fairies Appeared proved that the packet waa so opens, k The so-called spirit voices heard In H-mv of th# more Important tm- \nOno of tlie most famous mod turns (he top plate removed and a prepared trumpet sp*4klng are human voices ports of the nlno months. Jonuary- \n\n\ntain spirit photographs. As a matter \nof fact. It to the rosiest thing In the \nworld to practice deception Upon \nthem. \n\nPlates Substituted. \n\n\ngenius and beauty on such \nrial Is sometimes chafing, \nngs for the tremendous achieve- \n\n\ni ment to) \nwhenever \n, stances to \n\nI tse wit |1 \n\n\nfor producing spirit photographs In piste substituted. \nBritain I- Mr. Hope, of the Crewe Clr- \n\n\ndns solely to trickery, and within tht \n\n\n\"le. For a long time Mr. Harry medium was put to a further test. In \nPrice, a member of the Society for handing her these platen lo put Intr \n\n\nPsychical Research, tried to obtain a \nsitting with this medium, but ylthout \neucceaa. Early this year, however, s \nsitting wan arranged st a fee of two \n\nguineas. \n\nAn aoon n - t the sitting -v\u00ab- nr \nranged. Mr.. Price worn to the In \n\n\nTo make assurance doubly sure th* Inst few months flash lamps carried by \n\nsceptics have more than once revealed \nthe speakers In the very act of talking \nInto the trumpet. So f\u00abr ns this phase \nof spiritualism Is concerned. I have no \nloubt that If a spirit Is able to apeak \n\n\ntho slide* a UHIe pink poa'e was deft \nplaced upon the ball of hto thumb by \na committeeman, and a tiny Impr-e- \n\n\nlii Uio its) - ot manifestations, b4( ! portal Dry rial* Lompiany sad asked going lex Uc brum book la \n\n\nslon of his thumb was made on thn In th* dark It will also he abi* to spaak \ncorner of each plat--. In tho light. The voices In trumpet \n\nAt' -r putting the plates in th- - -peaking aro look*.! upon by spirttual- \nytng ale- - -s tot* as wonderful, y-t thosg rams \naa ad- ipIri'.uaiLis do col iz.cgulzc hiv \n\n\nHeptember. 1922, Inclusive, are: \n\nWheat, bu 122,741.995 \n\nWheat flour, bid 5.44M0J \n\nCom and commaal. bu.. {<.495.941 \n\nOut# and oatmeal, bu 29.or-9.M9 \n\nBeef, lbs -97.d54.9I4 \n\nMutton and lamb, lbs.... 547, vdo \n\nPork. Iba 640.970.449 \n\nButter. I be II9.699.I5l - \n\nCheose. lbs 2K.W.U.C \n\nsrx4*K auiu. iii.....' idJ!.:::.:?! \n\n\nreptsea to handle an \n\n\ncould make\u2014 d-ea malt*\u2014 \nlie clinoae# worthy aub- \nwork on. \n\n\u25a0an always and resolutely \n\n\nwhat \n\n\nready\u2014 eager- to chare the blame. ! tohnes. \n\nThat to the only ,!m. when th* dlrec- ) P oor \ntor'e complete (nnd n-al) responslbtl- ' *' n \" \n\nIty la freely admitted. \n\nBut those occasions are less fre- \nquent In cases like the two 1 have \nchosen to Illustrate Mr. Betswro, of \neours*. know* Ms theater backward \u2014 \nbut then he rarely forces sn actor's believes to be the b\u2014 \u2022 material. \nInclination\u2014 preferring to overcome literary and histrionic, available \nbto certainty by reason. Mr. Doan, \nhelng n young man. o-caslonally atOl \nmsec- a mistake, and bring deter- \nmined always on having Ills own way \nover a performance at once \u2014 often \nusee fore*\u2014 and Insist# on providing \n\n\ndlntry perform- nos without the co- \noperating audience (In ether words, \nrather a ptior performance), with In - \nlermlnobl* wslt* betwaen (ho acta (o \nwaste one's time and tiro one out. \nAny correction# or Instructions (from \nwhich one might l*#m) are given be- \ntween the acta, behind the lowered \n\u25a0urtaln. In s-cre* \n\nWhat Is really wanted la for tho \nmanagers\u2014 and as pec lolly their coat* \n(for It to tb* set ora who *ra most \nlikely to object), to Mu* to these *tu \ndents the privilege of attending at \nleast th* last week of rehearsal* (all \nof them). Of course. It should be as- \n\"ertslned that the right type of etu- \n1 lento\u2014 those who sincerely Inland to \n| follow \"the profession\u201d \u2014 are chosen. \nThe privilege might bo mad* e reward \n'or good work In tho arcAeml-e Then \nthe manager, and aotors would bo \n\u2022ura thal only tho** who would roally \noroflt by what roold undoubtedly be \n| '-arned under these i-toeumstaneee, \n\n\u25a0 nd not those who would be \"out for \n\n\u25a0 inurement.\" would be availing thtra- \n| -Ives of tho privilege. \n\nThe reason that most dmmatio \n\u2022chools are such woefully Inadequate \nraining for a profession which, after \n\u25a0II. demands as much technical knowl- \nIge as mos* otherw to that they are \n\u25a0ften staffed by either out of date \nactors \u2014 or those who are not good \nnnugh at their Job to obtain first \nclass engagement# 'bemselvea (olhsr- \nvta* they would not. os a rule, taks up \n\"Instructing\"\u2014 or mto-lnstruetlng). \nConsequently th- only real and sere \ntcar-Ko training to In watching mat \nactor# who know their Job\u2014 at work \nunder real directors, who know theirs \n\u2014and alforl-tng lh# actions of th# \none and the directions of ths others. \n\nThis attendance st rehearsals of \nMays, In which they are not person - \nn opportunity for \nextended by Mr. \nBelasco to certain and occasions! young \nPlayers in where poaelMHttos he I# In- \nterested\u2014 an 1 which to made ohllgs- \n'ory for the Junior member- of th* fit. \nMartins Theater Own puny, I .on/ -n. b*- \nMr. Basil Dean \n\nI have chosen to write shout two \nmasters In ths theater \u2014 on# long \nestablished and revered \u2014 the other \nwinning hto way to Ms position In tho \nface of the opposition Inevitably of- \nfered by any Institution to new things \n04 course, y,\u00bbu r.xnnot turn anywhere \nand And their equals It would b* a \ngreat thing for the theater If on<- \ncould! \n\n\nnv- \n\u25a0rttcu- \n\n\nreetlon- \nin pari \n\n\nwhere at the time and for \ntor pun-re v For th!* one must nereis \nrespect him. however much on# mu> \n\n\u25a0Usage- with hto Judgment lu one or \n\nthe other. \n\nIn bolh men there 1s sn enormous rsstora who \nproportion of th* eternal child (which recognition \u25a0 \n\n\nw: \n\n\nnil \n\n\nto liu ntcillau \n\n\nhow- \n\nla Ml \n\n\nailtols). TliUi eoik ia \n\n\nBut If the public generally \nood tn \"re about theatrical dl- \n\u2014 and if young elsge aspirant, \nteular, took it seriously ns th\" \ngrec-t Instructive power It really Is\u2014 T \nthink It would lead to nn inspiring de- \nmand for ever t-ettor and better things \nwhich would prove n help and en- \ncouragement to many excellent di- \n\u25a0ot ywt command tb- \n- limelight m> tlghllv \n-\u2022x 1- J ach ' 1 \u25a0 -nt lo '\u201df\"# \n\noi two.","title":"Spirit Photographs That Were Frauds","tradition":"Spiritualism & Psychical Research","translated_text":null,"word_count":6759}