ENTERTAINMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 27 September 1927, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

PREDATORY AND FASCINATING SPOOKS. Stuart Cumberland in his most interesting volume called “That Other World’’makes mention of an incident in the life of the famous medium Daniel Dunglas Home, which, in view of the present vogue 'for spiritism, is not without interest, says Carter the Great who will given an engagement at the Municipal Theatre, Hastings, for one night only, note’the dace Thursday 29th September. Carter has only recently made a tour of India, where he learned first hand of the marvels of the fakir. Carter quotes the fidlowing story; Whilst in Petrogiad —so at least, a famous diplomat assured me when 1 was there—Homo did a feat of dematerialisation before the Court which, had it not been for the favour in which he was held in high places, might have curtailed his liberty, for a period. He had dematerialised a splendid row of emeralds lent the “dear spirits” for the purpose of the test; but up to the time of his departure from the seance, the emeralds, for some occult reason,’ had declined to materialise and be given back to the confiding owner. They were of course, in the spirit land engaging' the attention of the spooks, who seemed to have a pretty taste’for valuable jewels. But- the Chief of Police had not that faith in spiritual probity generally accepted at the Court, and before leaving te palace, Home' was searched, and—so the story came to me—the dematerialised emeralds were found materialising in his coat-tail pocket. They had been placed there by the evil spirit, of course, but the Chief of Police impressed upon the medium that the climate of the Russian Capital might not be good for his health—that an early departure would probably benefit it. Home took the hint and his early departure. To his dying day, I thinly he regretted the inteference of the evil spirit (or the police). It would have been so much more satisfactory for the jewels to have remained dematerialised in the spirit land, to be materialised at will with no interfering police around for they, the jewels, were of greaij earthly value.