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THE NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1922.
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SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE FRAUDS An Actress Discusses Methods
of David Belasco and Basil Dean
XT *i l 1 ri ' X* • • ,hem pr,,par * a
A evil Maskelyne, Famous Magician,
joining room. left on her errand. She much more wonderful ere those every
Cites Cases Where London Medi-
ums Were Exposed and How They
way that It waa tm-
possiolo to substitute others (or th«n
without discovery. The makers even-
™ seen to ro to her baa. drop one
of the slides into It and pick up an-
other slide with tho hymn book.
Three of the plates upon develop-
wheti developed in
vay would show onc-
\\J I I O'. P • _ g~y i fourth of their trade mark, a Uon
VV Or Kea ^a^ S U/Oniurers L a n rampant, and when these plates were
a 1 'T’l fIT'il . P ut >■> “>® lr proper order the whole
Outdo I hem With Camera and in **£ , ho K ”;L™;
Seance— Conan Doyle Deceived [ tXfZZTXr* pI ““ wer8
i The evidence of Mr. Price concern-
ing the experiment Is fully set forth
t ,?.. X , ra5 ]’ “ , ment showed the thumb print and no
spirit photograph, the fourth showed
a spirit photograph, but no thumb
print 1
day phenomena. — the voices to-ulnt:
from a telephone and the beautiful |
melodies that corns from the disc of ,
the phonograph.
so hard to leave oneeelf In their ban da
nomena produced by a Polish medium.
Franck Kluskl. who is said to material
The tests definitely disprove the au- 1*« aplrlt hands and feet. and. by In
At the present time spiritualistic ■ T Hptjf I h PL t Though even then, one cannot quite Ri>laci'iv S TT1 1 1 1 T1 LT
re lea are much excited over the phe- j L ,,C 1 11 “ 1 , »boU«h those Internal questioning*- UC,d! » l - U O III 1 I I II g
i ! • I P _ u t» the mere man's rightness assull _ 1 /A . • • . •
aAmCriCflcUld r>ng- own instinct is to be followed. Doubt- <1 II C I U/ptllTllStlC
| , i eg • tit as to tho more man's richness assail ww n -j • <
By NEVIL MASKELYNE.
Tho World Famous Magiciss.
A RDENT believers ill spiritualism
cannot undersund why so
many persons frankly deny
spiritualistic phenomena. The be-
lievers point to famous men like Sir
Oliver Iaxlgo and Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle and ask If persons with such
highly trained and analytical minds
are likely to lie deceived by mediums.
Spiritualists say that whereas the
ordinary person may be deceived by
clover mediums, the trickery would
quickly be unmasked by men of
sclonce.
It sounds reasonable to assert that
nien of science who Uuvo made won-
derful discoveries would not easily be
token In — neither would they if they
approached spiritualism with the eaiu-i
open mind with which they approach
tlioir scientific problems and make
their scientific discoveries.
Tho scientist la supposed to take
.noihlng for grunted. Ho tests every-
thing. Rut tho scientist who embraces
spiritualism owing to the death of
some loved one Is biased. That part
oFlils brain which subjects everything
’o keen analysis ceases to operate bo
fur as Hplrltuullsm Is concerned.
The fact that a scientist may be de-
ceived In business Is surely proof that
he may lie deceived over spiritualistic
phenomena, i have deceived many
scientists with my tricks, so I know
they arc as gullible as ordinary folk.
The place occupied by Hlr Arthur
In spiritualistic circles Is n very high
one. und Ills opinion exercises u big
influence among spiritualists und
others. Ho Is a man of tho highest
Integrity, and since the loss of Ills
sou ho has boon a firm believer 111
spiritualism.
homo considerable lime ago lie at- ;
tended a seance given by u medium
who worn a mask. Tile medium gave
an astonishing exhibition of her pow- i
eis. and told tho persons present so
much concerning themselves that the
spiritualists present were very much
Impressed. Hho described all manner
of things, told them what they had ,
put into a box which apparently toy
unopened on the table In dim light 1
before them, described what they hud
left In their overcoat pockets outeld-;
in tho hall, and In the end she caused |
a spirit to materialise.
Hlr Arthur referred to It as u re-
markahlo exhibition, und but for un-
foreseen circumstances the seance,
which was given under lest condl-
Tiie tests definitely disprove the au- Ixe spirit hands und feed. and. by In- I 111 * \\7 11 T1 ' 1 I \ j .»
thentlclty of so-called spirit photo- during the spirits to dip tlielr hands, lailCl HaS 111 VY aV ones arii^c «,nsciou*ncsa-and. be I. \\ fjj| e UeaTl lsthO
graphs und prove trickery on the part and feet in molten wax. to obtain wax • aM ' * ven ” 1,l ‘ ,h ° Br ™ e f - , lhcy “5
L p rn J lirprc App sometimes Justified! That Is cue of
UI I I UUULCl a iilc the nctoru many but sorest t
powers ore insignificant compared In his pamphlet, ’‘Cold Light on Spir- ^ __
with some person. I can put forward i Jt-Ujtfc H« pl*«d ««? mmd^omc of t^Tk^T™ toots. Flrri
of mediums. moulds. The hands and other mem-
As a result I chutlengo Jnp medium bers are sold to dematenallzo and leave I
to submit to my tests and produce ! wax impressions behind,
genuine spirit photograph-!. Spiritualists are always asserting
In considering spiritualistic phen- ! that If a conjurer could do half what
omena. It Is necessary to bear In a medium does be would be abnormally
Opposite Types
Image of Despair
During Trials
for tests. These will submit to tests- Plates In tt. dark “ d ™a« Uatse^ re do os mu7h os'any kn7w^n medium
lua nude elate to full daylight. They | romto and wftUel »• °P , Iaka pla c« !n the dark-and the ab- does, but 1 con aim do considerably
con bo searched thoroughly “'1 1 ‘ kft h71rk ilide re <*»« * U** is absolutely neees- more.
h's left breast pocke' Afterward ' “ ary ,or tho BUCCCSS ot trickery. My son'a latest mrstcry In connec-
the medium handed Mr. Price a slide. T! ' ere «* hon *'’- mediums, no tlor. with spirit photography should , — v
and they went to take Ute photo- 1 doubt, who are seekers after truth, open the eyes of theme who bcllevs in | 1 )
graphs. | B ut tho majority of mediums get un spirit photographs and In the wax lm- , h .„ of 'him-thatT to 'hU ’natural ~ kamen glvo himself or to demand from
Ur, Price, however, had tak#»n 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
precaution of marking the slice he j m”™ remarkable the phenomena they behind. At pres ent h* la producing , Mo U > byword for ^theatrical | ^ and d „' troy U t“'..«at deal <-f the M« surroundings and coworlters and
nothing will bo found. They can. if
desired, bo locked in a safe, and when
the safe Is opened they will be found
holding a gold watch or something
similar. They will go further and
repeat the tests before scientists, un-
der their very eyes.
In their cose the stomach will be
seen to undergo tho same contractions
made by u person trying to vomit, und | had marked. The two plates
In 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
knife 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
not possibly find anything on these graph on one. but the X-ray design > jurors, some are clumsy,
pooplo If you searched them for a j was missing! ‘ very skilled. Some subm
the actor's many but sorest trials! Is i
| it harder for the actor to have com- 1
: piste confldence In his director — or for
the director to command tho ronfl- 1
' dcnce of his actor? I don’t know.
AU of which brings us buck to the 1
1 entirely different methods of Mr. Be-
lasco and Mr. Dean In conducting their
rehearsals.
Mr. Belasco ts bound to hla en-
, j courcglng, gentle way of directing no
A\ ID BELASCO has so long | CM by hl „ daBlr , t0 s ,. t tho best of
been the Idol of theatrical and tho actor - .-! oi*w feelings and Ideas out amount of work Is too hard for elthe-
By DIANA BOURBON.
( The author of thia article i a a
t/ounj American actreaa trained in
the English school.)
them “tho groat game" an-I the whole
axis of their Uvea To It they will
saerlllco everything — time, money
(they aro both hopelessly extrava-
gant), themselves and everybody else
Is ouly right they should! No
*ork — Basil Dean, tho best. I fortunately, are often uncongenial to
cr: good best. England has * *w>. *“«• 'dually naturally to the
more brutal
TWO SKEPTICS AND A CONJURER’S SPIRIT PHOTO
Uons. might have been looked upon swaUowlng tricks at u country fair, to
providing ^further proof that the L^, M1 „. p^rformun-o easily,
wl h «.°L t ? may communicate ! , hat „ why th , „ uk ubout erto .
PeU, ” n ‘ hr0U8h * ^ me smile Hfirltuallsts
As It happened, the masked medium .u^Tt ho, Tl, ono^ P ° W "
lmd . contract to give exhibitions of!* 1 * "Upematural. but I cannot.
her wonderful powers In a theater,
und this contract fell through. The
result was that an action was brought
Impossibility.
Both of them are enthusiasts on
I r « . : t i m If ff r I i j . Iiiiwiv.'' uiuidi methods— Interspersing i the subject of lighting In tho theater.
y. some are honor that these plates are not t«m- off. .- re , heaterdom- hm. nmdo Iso- hUl directions fre.-ly with earcasm and and great experimenters and theatrical
dt to tests by pered with In any way. Tho owner of | .ated up, trances In Broadway » the- hlimorous imitations— often palrtfui mechanicians. No detail of any produo-
1 1 and humiliating to the object of them, tion to ever loo small re merit the ab.
^ Cu ’ho other hand. Mr. Belasco lentlon of either. „nd both are adored
rr' , '. h T same ^raft more ut , when ])e dot3 l0J8 llta temper. Is a by an army of stage hands and their
J i mrnre niT t*^!' 1 tCTribl ° I opca Indeed ( well may all hto enUro office -tuff. .1 put the stage
* ' underlings cower abjectly at such hands first, they being so much the
Ideas — results even — than these two.
That very difference covers the whop I
_ . . . , times), whllo Mr. Dean, being. In a
of theatrical ways and means which contlnua! , ute ot B , ln l-.nragoment.
can leail tu a successful and worth 1
while end.
Yet of the real work of those tv.n,
and of all "directors." tho public
'ell under control, is by no means so
awe-inspiring, when the loss of temper
to complete.
There- Is no one In all the thcatrli
proper is entirely IgTloran - In tho , vorId who u HUch a mBrvelou , dlro ,
days when managers believed In ll.u- tor of uctreaaes os Mr. -Belasco. I sup-
si. kit” am f u. *’tt uli'i, .'*• tis wnw
Nevil Maskelyne, author of
this article, who defies any me-
dium to meet his tests.
week. But If you took X-ray photo-
graphs of them you would Und the
articles In question In their stomachs.
It would be sheer trickery.
1 would back m.v conjurer, who docs
Hlr Arthur caused a good deal of
comment by publishing some time ago
tin article about fairy photographs
for breach of contract, and during th.. . by ^prodaetiom, of photo-
trial It was admitted that the whole * ru ' ,h " ‘ h » l , "ere allege.! to be thoee
thing was trickery from beginning to ! “ f reul f ‘‘ lrl “ - There is no quesUon
end. and that Sir Arthur and the
others aero mistaken In thinking that
the information which so astounded
them was furnished by spirits.
The strange thing Is that spiritual-
ism arc unuffeclod by this exposure.
They dismiss It as being of no ac-
count.
that Sir Arthur honeHtly thought the Walter Scott,
photographs to be those of* genuine
fairies, but there are not many pho- \
togrephers who would Hire to ban,
up Sir Arthur's opinion.
to keep the plate* hy them for a day or
This shown a magician's "spirit photograph" made by Capt. two in order to magnetize them
Clive Maskelyne, son of Nevil Maskelyne, and also a magician.
It was done on a London stage. The spirit subject is Sir
slon" and the "naive public” this was
; considered desirable. But now I h-it
j the great artistic contribution to a
play copies usually from tho director
1 think that even at the risk of show-
ing a no longer naive public a few
more of tho wheels Inside their “illu-
sion*' going round, a little more en-
lightenment on tho subject might 1 >o
vouchsafed them In the name of ap-
preciation of any development In -in
ore.
B fiasco Makes the Actors.
Dean All /or Production
Now, Mr. Belasco for wo proceed
at once to take concrete examples—
makes actors, subjecting his produc-
tion to them, utilizing their own per-
sonalities and providing Ilia hack-
( ground of movement and timing which
will best set off each Individuality.
Mr Dean, on the other hand, subjects
j everything to the Importance of his )
production, thus Obtaining little short
of perfection for the play, but hardly
doing his actors the something more
I than Justice done them by Mr. Belas-
co's methdri. Tho latter. In thinking
out Ids scl»me of things, molds It
I entirely to the Individual, concealing
| faults and emphasizing assets. Mr.
IH-un mercilessly Immolates the Indi-
vidual to the perfection of hto prear-
ranged scheme of thinss-
And now to abolish the popular
myth that "the production - ' means the
scene settings, and nothing more,
is ha ...ha. .a ah,... a -hi-., „h„ I I'of. to describe the methods of these
.heed If he wishes o obtain spirit pho- |nlm ,, UnK |leoplo (who ar , tur |
Tin ssjj • s- -*-»■ ^z r b^:^z
• n P . r I f " I diets who do tn.lpl.Jl? lees, practically
for the theater), It Is necessary and
Acts and Writes
W. Marriott, psychic expert,
who proved to Conan Doyle
and an editor that he could ob-
tain spirit photographs by
trickery.
; (he plates may keep hto eyes on them
all the Utns. He may load them Into
1 the slides and develop them In the
dark room.
With the ordinary me. Hum tho enter 1
has to flx sn appointment som* time '
Diana Bourbon.
! most Important people In our modern
American theater!)
An Optimistic Producer
A nd an Image of Disgust
Picture Mr. Belasco sitting In thn
elalls looking like an artist's study,
•with his IsauUftil white hair, watch-
ing attentively, with a benign expres-
:lon .m IiIh far, i rinlb* for every on--.
:.!! sympathy over one's difficulties.
He to usually optimistic about his pro-
ductions i or pretends to lie. hy way of
encouragement), and to Justified by the
result. I
Now. Ms. Dean, sn Image of disonn-
solute disgust and desperation — wan-
dering restle-sljr all over the theater,
throwing up his hands os though In Im-
precation or silting "nccablo” (thorn
i- no other word for It), scowling st
tho world with hto hat on the hook
of hto head and a cigar In one corner
of hto mouth- Th« complete pessimist !
This mood gives way to one of feverish
excit'tnont on tho first Bight— and
leaves him the most surprised and dc
lighted of mortals when another as-
tounding suecsss to assured.
To him the Great asms Is a delicious
agony— a torture but of great sweet-
ness. To Mr. Belnsco it Is pure Joy,
nna what It Is to themselves they each
m.ilte it for every one else. Mr. Be
Iosco believes In the efficacy of praise,
;;nd, mostly, even does his fault finding
pleasantly. Mr. Dean mistrusts the
natural igolim of the actor, and will
never praise any one wholly until the
lust d.iy of rehearsal, when he goes
around with a fsce like a prospective
suicide and fondly Imagines lie is
"cheering every one uj/' with tils
eleventh hour "encouragements-"
But any actor or actress should bo
glad of the privilege of a few years'
work under such director*— no matter
whether playing star roles or kitchen
mi Ids.
Tu watch either of them at work to
hether
We allow any members of tho audl-
sr -^to write on cords any names of -
the Illustrious deoil, any one who If
known to fnmo— poets, stall smen.
authors, generals — It does not matter;
the audience has all history to choose
The Journal of the Hociety for being roped to their chairs, yet gut
Phyrhical Itraearch deals with the ex- tors sound, rapping Is heard, lights ,r ''™ "l'"'!’' 1 ' "r '.v' * ,
The queer thing about these fairies ! P°*ure In the following words: "It upper, and the medium Is found np- . J * , ' k . s '
n m that t h#» v mm Miirtlv !ik.« can - we ihlnk, hardly b« d«*nl^d that pvnttly atlll s«cur«ly rop#d at th# t. nd . *j ...
elves and fabies we sc, pictured^ i Mr. William Hope bo* been found of the seance. Hue), a medium Is sn £ u , pb * ^ mduies ’the'mUH re
'.looks by various artists. I «'"">• •* deliberately substituting bto : expert In ewnplng from ropes, and he ^ m^k of 1.7s freB.re? ieforTT^
I happen to know of on. or two »w„ ptatre for there of a sitter. The produce, a!!’ the effect, himself nr B^ndM^r^.'
•— zrssjnr sssik ~ z sjjstl'.”,"; tz:z^:'zz, ”• : ^
Sir Arthur also firmly believes that Mh< , r lh , au . 1U| hllt . rrfl .. Rln „ ««• abundantly confirmed both when umlnatlon seems all right, but In real-
eomo medium* can mutWliUlze from wtom Photographed thew (dries ra7- ,h ® * JI ' 1 ® " M e“ m 'n*<l *vi>d when th# tty It contains s secret chambar | J*JT*J?* •jj** 1
„„-.r own 1 sidles a certain strange JJSL £S?S^ IS fHirt-k « huSi. , I I ° f
medium In order to obtain a plate c . _ . . Ihemselve. recognize the photograph
upon which an 'extra' hod already • Soat et th * THcka <•* »»• ^verted SgAr<l" and the w.x
O/ Mediums Exposed mask the “spirit" has toft behind.
Scientists' Search tor
heir own bodies a certain etrange
rubfltsnce which the splrltualtoto refer j j™ i h .m"to hi. although
to no ectoplasm lie asserts In perfect nr , fatl ed and made by bom-
good faith that hs has seen It done I liands
pose It Is the lovahleness of hto own
nature which help him to understand nn duration In thenterdom
dc-irsble that the uninitiated should I women ro thoroughly— nnd perfect un- for the technique of uctlng or produc-
bctier understand whnt tho director dcrstundlng is nrccwuiry to pcrfcctre- ; j 0n _
do-s. production— e, III more to obtaining to, me week* ago there waa a great
lie does everything, he is everything perfect reproduction from eomo one drn | n,n papers about a movement
— Interpreting, explaining— the author else (as to tho director’s task). „mong certain managers to help In ob-
to the actors; tho actors to th" au- Mr. Doan It hampered by n certain tilnlng properly trained young actors
thor. tho probable views of critic- hardness in his oem nature whkb pr»- ' giving lha dramatic ecliools tho
and audiences to both, whet lie wants vents his work with women from privilege of sending picked pupils to
to everybody. Inc'udlng th« scene being us successful as his work with drr ,, rehearsals.
designer (unless he to designing men. He not only puls no softnesses. Sow a dress rehearsal by Itself to
everything hlmselfi, and the elec- none of the womanly qualities. Into „„ good to anybody. It to Just nn or
triclsn. fur ho plans the lighting, i their performances- he deliberately
And. above all. ho directs: he explains | excludes them He ts a rabid anti-
sentimentalist. but his sincerity to
nnd that he hna held some ectoplasm
in hla hand.
A Kraneti medium known os Mile.
The direct outcome of the celebrated
fairy photographs was a test arranged
by a conjuror with an editor. The
3. vs has achieved fame In snlrtlual- pholofnlph , were to b , ukcn UDlUa
istlo circle* for being able to produce ; |h UHUa1 , elIt rondltlon ,. n,.
this ectoplasm. During hto tour Mr rlB „ und „,ook th. teat in order to
Arthur attended eomo seances given
by this medium nnd he came away
. „rtaln In hla own mind that ehe ac-
tually produced this peculiar sub-
nance.
Tho remarkable powers claimed for
HUa medium attracted bo much atten-
tion In Parts that eventually It was
prove that It was possible for s compe •
tent conjuror to deceive the most
watchful spiritualist.
8!r Arthur was present, and the edi-
tor took every precaution ho could
devise to render the trickery futile.
He signed the flutes and endeavored
never to let them out of hla hands.
their work to the setors. he oven does
i It for them (If he to able). And that Is
; where a great producer, like David
1 Belasco or Basil Dean, scores over a
j merely good producer— he can do ilielr
work for them. Plenty of director*
I can explain at great length what It to
I exactly that they want the actor to
convey.” but they can't (like these
arranged that her powers should be “Tl" "'L™” wwwpro.erenmain.ei
, -ran ” In the dark room be rnlnds on the matter, other,
fl' c <*" n «t «o » Shorthand writer mom! conjurer, with a
test comprised fifteen seances, and the _. hn , h „ , do , nl . - ... , k . .7. _ .
been Impressed. If such waa the ,
(and wo cannot conceive of any other Slate writing and pictures drawn on 1 "<* oUJm - however, that the , wo| ^ ^ U|| ^ „
reason formitortituUon) It Jmplle, marmged bysuretltuUng r ^ n m “ k " *.‘ T themjrives To h.v. ss^Liaaco. for
that tho medium brings to the sit- , spectolly prepared slates for those el- pernatursl origin. I admit that they the
-ing s duplicate Slide and faked plates umlned by the persons taking part la , are dua to clever trickery, but how we trtS’over tho re
for fraudulent purpose.. -- I a -once Messages are written la | o*II up the ^.Irtto. take their photo- u « ^ “J**
Homo time ago a committee of the add* which do not show when the *i»Phs and Induce them to make wax Faslee, War" to I
Magic Circle was formed to Invretl- .late I. cleaned off with a wet .pong. ; nrnska of thsmselve. I leave spirit- 1 of Th ’ ,0 '
goto spirit photographs, ana wets were yet become visible when the slats* uallata sad ether to guess,
arranged with various mediums who" are dry.
are famous for getting "extra* -- or A common spirit maeaago trick ts ts !
spirit phtogmphe on their plates. ! ask the sitter to dean off a number I
Some of the members of the commit- j of slates on both sldea Th* slats,
tee believed In spirit photographs, are handed to the sitter for cleaning
some were professional men with open 1 one at a time and then handed back
were pro- | to the medium. Bay that there are i
knowledge 1 four alataa. The sitter certainly
I -
Bade to Normal Eating.
France* Stair), or playing a love ooene
In " Klkl" for Lenore Ulrlc; to have
seen Basil Dean playing with appar-
ently unconacln-is humor and complete
girlishness the par, of EmaHne In ‘The
Blue Lagoon." or r.irnmg from one
entirely different character part to an-
food stuffs ottl * r ‘• n<l ’■"'“tt both) In a play like
’Loyalties -- to a revelation.
The director decide* everything
down to the movements of the chore.-
tors about the "tags— where they "hall
«t nnd when, and how— even tho In-
mine eras flttod up for the medium,
who stripped to the skin and was
thoroughly searched before entering
the cabinet. The experiments were
, conducted In n dark room In order to
give tho medium the moot favorable
conditions posslblo. At the some time
It will be realized that the darkness
did not help the .dentists In their In-
vestigations.
The report of the scientists throw"
, light over these slltlnge in the dark.
Tho medium failed to materialize the
much discussed ectoplasm. She had
found to b**r "extrss." One extra - got wonderful spirit photographs on
was of a plat* which bore hto signn- unopened pockets of plates. Twelve
lure und thus clinched It* nuthentlc- | of the tests were violated. It was
Hy: the other was nn extra of *ome
fnlrle* dancing round Hlr Arthur. Yet
the editor asserted that the plates had
never lefe hto pomesslon or been
touched by Mr. Harriot.
When ho consulted tho notes made
by the shorthand writer, however, he
found that ho had for one moment
let the plates go from hto hands The
editor did no, remember letting thorn
go. but the shorthand notes gave him
proved that the seated packet had
been opened, although the medium as-
serted that It had not been touched
It wns a severe setback to those who
believed In spirit phtograph*.
Fingerprints Are Used to
Detect Photo Substitutes
A lady medium, whose Integrity was
considered above suspicion by no less
... - _ , ., , ' »"• duc Uw Hiionnanu noiM {tv# nim „ n«mnn than (hA nrlnolnffl nf th# S® <Jo In
fiftren oPtoTt.mltlre of pi^udBg this j proof that he hod relinquished them. BrHIsh College of Psychic f£tonce.w»* with on* another that If a well known
r”r.7'c, t i,l.„ that she pro- i I” on *>>• put to the test of the committee of person In spiritualist le .-lrr>» happens -a-, o. p»»s ■ n
P i *® r ® 11 y® 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
Its saw her make those! d *n® ln « 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
convince the
duced It once.
The scientists saw lier make these | tight,
tnusculur contractions of the stomach
such as a person maVta who to will- ] who to fully awake and doing Ills best
fully trying to vomit On two occa- i prevent trickery, it must 1,e easy to
slon* she produced something in her deceive thoee people who go to the
mouth. The first time she seemed to i medium full of trust In orddr t<A oh-
REAT BRITAIN has got
almost to Its pre-war nomin
eoneumptlon of
say* th* Foodstuff# Division of the
Department of Commerce In Its quar-
terly analysis of British foodstuff con-
sumption.
Wheat flour Import* for the nine n^.,io n , 0 f VO |o* ar# often "given ,
months ended September *9. II SI. „ Mre . For th * on , thing that no
127 II per cent of the average of nn „„ do to to eee and hear
1110 to 1114. Import* and eonaump- h . mMir „ h e to seen and heard from
Uon of other coarse grains bow- th , auditorium. That th# director
-ver. have decreased materially from one* an audience to there th-
pre-war figure*, and th* total lmpor- vUtT ^ tMl , wh ether he to doing wall ,
tatlon of all grain* and floor In nine „ r ^t mo dern thenterdom;
months of 1I2S (M.tDS.ICft pounds), that ta too late to know. The director
baa been only IK.d per rent, of the I dlwoT ,„ „ beforehand, and ha. to eel I
Ing the home* of spiritual!*'.* tho me- average Importations of 1110 to 1114. rtfht whst to wroog. He. too, regu
dluma take secret copies of photo- But Imports of meat end meat prod- the “timing" of the different per
graphs from the family albums, and ucta. or dairy products, fruits, end formancee- . r," of tho greatest fa- tore
th‘-se provide them with the neces- edible fsts are all far above the aver - 1 giving them thetr true value. Bo
sary aplrlt photograph, for future age of tho four year. 1110 to lit!., t hn, when the finished product ts re-
use Meat and meat product imports In „a]ed It to meet often by hto work
So closely do mediums keep In tmi-) th* nin# month* of IMS here been that It star.,1* or fall*. Even the critic*
li:.!4 per rent, of the pre-war aver- i (though they don't realize lt> appor-
oge. of dairy products IIL4S per cent., I ( | on pr ,lee or blame often quite
rent., wmngty to the Individual actor when
Egg
time they are lifted and a message la
found on one. So spirit writing gains
adherents!
Mediums help each other to an as-
tonishing degree by passing on In-
formation concerning th* people In-
terested In spiritualism. When visit-
It belonged to th* power behind the
. 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-
it 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
lio Is fully awake nnd doing Ills host — -■ ■— --- . m.. ------
David Belasco.
great and overwhelming In everything
he does. These three thing, are ob- 1 gjj "concerned; Is
seen s« ,T«tntng which ts
I have.
be masticating very quickly nnd some-
thing emerged for about two Inches
between her lips. The scientist switched
a fisshlnmp on It to examine It prop-
erly. but Instantly tho medium turned
her head and the so-called ectoplasm
disappeared In her mouth. The second
time n substance something like India
rubber emerged from her mouth for
half an Inch, and quickly disappeared
again.
Is It not strange that a medium who
I said to have produced ectoplasm on
so many other occasions should fail
In produce any In three tests? The
- port prove* that anything seen dar-
ing these seances can be accounted
for In e perfectly natural manner.
If this to llio bool Mile. Eva can do
vtous to arv one who ha.
many of tils productions »"
even If they hare been Ire. tr.limsteiy
onneoTcd with th<- rehearsing period.
Mr. Belasco can. and doer, take nn
, 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»nr« wi l ire no
In* spirit photographs. as a m-lter of course, snd th* «n«dlunv I hsnd. th# Foodstuffs Division ear*. - cept the credit e.f things when It turns ! linin’ •" special Inspiration, and makes
A sealed packet of plates had h*«n "Ho has never seen the sitter 1-efore to egplsln the great Increase In lm- ‘ that the director mu right (and It '«m*ih!ng profoupdly intr-retir* out
forwarded 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— a terrific "tour
; were expose-1 one by one and devel- formation. Thu# the sitter to hood- may bo that home ivoductlon has de- (,« was wrong, however, every or.e Is for "/^admittedly; but such a lav-
oped. An extra, or supposed spirit winked nnd lh* wonderful powers ui creased owing to the very dry sum-
1 photograph, appeared on the first the medium lauded to tho skies. I ' mer of 1221. The princloal Increase
plate. It was. however, anticipated "ould write a book about the slmpl* n dairy products Imports le in cheese
I that the pocket of plates would b* and effective methods of fraudulent ; and condensed milk, which may be
opened In a certain way. and th# tests me.lHima and still leave much unsaid, considered meat substitutes.
So Fairies Appeared proved that the packet waa so opens, k The so-called spirit voices heard In H-mv of th# more Important tm-
Ono 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-
tain spirit photographs. As a matter
of fact. It to the rosiest thing In the
world to practice deception Upon
them.
Plates Substituted.
genius and beauty on such
rial Is sometimes chafing,
ngs for the tremendous achieve-
i ment to)
whenever
, stances to
I tse wit |1
for producing spirit photographs In piste substituted.
Britain I- Mr. Hope, of the Crewe Clr-
dns solely to trickery, and within tht
"le. For a long time Mr. Harry medium was put to a further test. In
Price, a member of the Society for handing her these platen lo put Intr
Psychical Research, tried to obtain a
sitting with this medium, but ylthout
eucceaa. Early this year, however, s
sitting wan arranged st a fee of two
guineas.
An aoon n - t the sitting -v«- nr
ranged. Mr.. Price worn to the In
To make assurance doubly sure th* Inst few months flash lamps carried by
sceptics have more than once revealed
the speakers In the very act of talking
Into the trumpet. So f«r ns this phase
of spiritualism Is concerned. I have no
loubt that If a spirit Is able to apeak
tho slide* a UHIe pink poa'e was deft
placed upon the ball of hto thumb by
a committeeman, and a tiny Impr-e-
lii Uio its) - ot manifestations, b4( ! portal Dry rial* Lompiany sad asked going lex Uc brum book la
slon of his thumb was made on thn In th* dark It will also he abi* to spaak
corner of each plat--. In tho light. The voices In trumpet
At' -r putting the plates in th- - -peaking aro look*.! upon by spirttual-
ytng ale- - -s tot* as wonderful, y-t thosg rams
aa ad- ipIri'.uaiLis do col iz.cgulzc hiv
Heptember. 1922, Inclusive, are:
Wheat, bu 122,741.995
Wheat flour, bid 5.44M0J
Com and commaal. bu.. {<.495.941
Out# and oatmeal, bu 29.or-9.M9
Beef, lbs -97.d54.9I4
Mutton and lamb, lbs.... 547, vdo
Pork. Iba 640.970.449
Butter. I be II9.699.I5l -
Cheose. lbs 2K.W.U.C
srx4*K auiu. iii.....' idJ!.:::.:?!
reptsea to handle an
could make— d-ea malt*—
lie clinoae# worthy aub-
work on.
■an always and resolutely
what
ready— eager- to chare the blame. ! tohnes.
That to the only ,!m. when th* dlrec- ) P oor
tor'e complete (nnd n-al) responslbtl- ' *' n "
Ity la freely admitted.
But those occasions are less fre-
quent In cases like the two 1 have
chosen to Illustrate Mr. Betswro, of
eours*. know* Ms theater backward —
but then he rarely forces sn actor's believes to be the b— • material.
Inclination— preferring to overcome literary and histrionic, available
bto certainty by reason. Mr. Doan,
helng n young man. o-caslonally atOl
msec- a mistake, and bring deter-
mined always on having Ills own way
over a performance at once — often
usee fore*— and Insist# on providing
dlntry perform- nos without the co-
operating audience (In ether words,
rather a ptior performance), with In -
lermlnobl* wslt* betwaen (ho acta (o
waste one's time and tiro one out.
Any correction# or Instructions (from
which one might l*#m) are given be-
tween the acta, behind the lowered
■urtaln. In s-cre*
What Is really wanted la for tho
managers— and as pec lolly their coat*
(for It to tb* set ora who *ra most
likely to object), to Mu* to these *tu
dents the privilege of attending at
least th* last week of rehearsal* (all
of them). Of course. It should be as-
"ertslned that the right type of etu-
1 lento— those who sincerely Inland to
| follow "the profession” — are chosen.
The privilege might bo mad* e reward
'or good work In tho arcAeml-e Then
the manager, and aotors would bo
•ura thal only tho** who would roally
oroflt by what roold undoubtedly be
| '-arned under these i-toeumstaneee,
■ nd not those who would be "out for
■ inurement." would be availing thtra-
| -Ives of tho privilege.
The reason that most dmmatio
•chools are such woefully Inadequate
raining for a profession which, after
■II. demands as much technical knowl-
Ige as mos* otherw to that they are
■ften staffed by either out of date
actors — or those who are not good
nnugh at their Job to obtain first
class engagement# 'bemselvea (olhsr-
vta* they would not. os a rule, taks up
"Instructing"— or mto-lnstruetlng).
Consequently th- only real and sere
tcar-Ko training to In watching mat
actor# who know their Job— at work
under real directors, who know theirs
—and alforl-tng lh# actions of th#
one and the directions of ths others.
This attendance st rehearsals of
Mays, In which they are not person -
n opportunity for
extended by Mr.
Belasco to certain and occasions! young
Players in where poaelMHttos he I# In-
terested— an 1 which to made ohllgs-
'ory for the Junior member- of th* fit.
Martins Theater Own puny, I .on/ -n. b*-
Mr. Basil Dean
I have chosen to write shout two
masters In ths theater — on# long
established and revered — the other
winning hto way to Ms position In tho
face of the opposition Inevitably of-
fered by any Institution to new things
04 course, y,»u r.xnnot turn anywhere
and And their equals It would b* a
great thing for the theater If on<-
could!
nv-
■rttcu-
reetlon-
in pari
where at the time and for
tor pun-re v For th!* one must nereis
respect him. however much on# mu>
■Usage- with hto Judgment lu one or
the other.
In bolh men there 1s sn enormous rsstora who
proportion of th* eternal child (which recognition ■
w:
nil
to liu ntcillau
how-
la Ml
ailtols). TliUi eoik ia
But If the public generally
ood tn "re about theatrical dl-
— and if young elsge aspirant,
teular, took it seriously ns th"
grec-t Instructive power It really Is— T
think It would lead to nn inspiring de-
mand for ever t-ettor and better things
which would prove n help and en-
couragement to many excellent di-
■ot ywt command tb-
- limelight m> tlghllv
-•x 1- J ach ' 1 ■ -nt lo '”f"#
oi two.
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