MR.MILNER STEPHEN'S HEAL ING EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5453, 12 March 1883, Page 2

MR.MILNER STEPHEN'S HEAL ING EXHIBITION.

On Saturday afternoon this gontleoO ; j t gave another public exhibition of Ms -~. healing powers in the Gaiety Theatre. 'Tie \ < t attendance of patients was again large, the. , i body of the hall, which was set apart for y their exclusive and free use, being *«2 \ [. filled, but the attendance of spectator* . was not ao numerous as on previous occ*» , 3 sions, but this may have been owing tofi— - fact that on Saturday a fee of one ahflb'og I ?w— charged for admission to the.circte , j b Among those who patronised the exhibit-* \ were many ladies, and patients aad flptf* -,' j 1 tators appeared to take a deep interests' ("j r the proceedings. Almost at tbe oawfr ' it was manifest that a sceptbu,. , feeling in regard to Mr Stephen's ppw«» "' , was abroad among somefof theaudiesoe> i and they gave proof of this by msnifemas , a markedly hostile spirit, and by repeateajy L interrupting him. This naturally fed to *>.- - exchange of personalities between ***"' 1 Stephen and some of the audience, &* . I Kiddey,hotelkeep—,aud;anothergentiem» | put questions to Mr Stephen regarding: tar , alleged case of the daughter of ; hotelkeeper. Mr Kiddey was supportei|' i one of the audience, and then Mr SUjJgi.,.- , referred to the two of them as |«r|ws» . ' fralum, which led one of the ,< \ inquire how much Latin Mr Stephea_#*£ ' It appeared from the dispute , lowed that the father of the mil-' '■'■ ferred to, believing that his «•s?_[ ." ! had been cured of lameness, l»* B ___r - -.. Mr Stephen £2 „ for his f and had also given him a testm**** - ; signed by a number of witnesses. _J_T > /.; ■ now stated that the girl was •»*{?&'«1 1 and in proof of this one gentleman «*"\_l.. I wasprepatedtoproducelier. M* _£?? 'I ; read a letter that he had received &££ J firm of solicitors, who wero — 3trn f?S_ ; : .1 take proceedings in the R.M. Court H*** >iM the £2 2s were returned and W • »«T -1 monial destroyed j but he -to*4»*3-'* _ I the case was not to be gone on w«W ;,'. I that he knew the girl was not <*>»P*r_; - 1 cured. Another case was | which it was stated that the _ now worse than before Mr Step****""*';; S touched him. Mr Stephen spoke of s~ ■ of ihis audience as "roughs, anfl; **T i,B that one of those in the body *JHvi__ haU had "taken too much and J-* better go and take some JSL __"P_ he did not say. The windows o? *"££ :•-» were open, and Mr Stephen ■*»* If was one person looking in, ima KM "aa drunk as he could be." As _■"_"_£? J of the hostility and the toterru«t»nM»- ?.■ which he had been subjected, -» B *3_ff-» -_f said that he would not give another_ poo* .-, ma healing exhibition in : : m this announcement met with «"* *£> Qjp., { Jg that private ones would pay batter. . «t of the circle occupants ■"■>■ Stephen by exclaimmg.ironicaUy, V. -- % » and the latter responded by m 7^J^j^~lJß! was afraid that the gOTtiemM ■w^-^MJ sboken was " bad." In proof of wa JP Sgp he again exhibited a boot, which^Er^R belonged to a lady in Victo-j whflj he haflengthened,andth* ledoue ot 'Mfc audience to remark that the boot was no proof that be J^s_SS^__? tho cure he churned. The « ecr P ufl^^» part of the proceedings cmfcluded, Mr Stephen as _"«%^S««M_ Sprayer, and went on with exhibition. The first patient *£2g%BM± said to be suffering from S*l_2s|&iM_ AJterthe usual passes by said, "The pain is gone, and \^^»^-h happy." The next patients trea l ?^jjiß^JSP man suffering from an osaiiKO

i - -*—"" ativisted foot; -i' - paraljoo P**~!_i_t„" In none of these '■ J**"****™ f WseXthat the slightest f LideedMr one of these patients W"*' %Z I hpoonldnot cure his ossified ff-JLSftS ciirehimcftiie Inngs. and he placed a on the chest &* a «ST_ who thereupon said his J **®5i very monotonous character, and w^ 6 ** tt those cases which we witnessed j is beneficial result SPr* 53 * —-—-_=—===-