BAILEY THE MEDIUM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 6

BAILEY THE MEDIUM.

1 . A SBANCT ra CmuSTCHTOCH. '■ : ■ 1 ; IB* Teletraph.-Sccolil OorresDondent.l ' .i : :;;'.■ .■Christchurch, September. 16.'. ■ '.Ttio : medium Bailey -gave \a seance; hero'lasi 1 night- before a good,-audience.'The ."i!venin( . News" representative," who'was : on-the plat--3 form, thus' descriDes-. the- mango trick, wnicii J was the' feature.pt , 'ovoniDg's.perforniance , i '- "/Pie' chairinan' announced, that, on-thei pre ; viousi'day.'a.rem'arkable'thing , had happened al : the. previous c seance.', Mr.- Bailey, had expr'essec . a wish.to-obtain seed'for tho' pur pose of giving; a' domonstrationi ' and' one * hac . appeared as a daylight'ap'port under circumstances.which.,heiCalled,upon Mr. Harry Uri . to explain. ? ': .-V.-i;; ) ■■•■:'■■'■.'■:■■■■'■'::■ -,-.'.•..'• : - "Mr. Uru, after 'stating" how interested '• the : Maoris. wore:iri :Mr.-. Bailpy's.'.worK," said' ttal . Bailey was. in his (the 'speaker's) office "on th< ■ previous , day, and,', while; he: was -there, 'at I apport in the'shape .of a'mango seed was dist covered lnhis.(Mr.iUru's) hatas it.huhg'or the.wall. ■■ ;;■.'.,'■ -'■:■■■' ;;/.■:>:., ,\ ■'.'.',■ • ; /'The seed,-.which-lookedilike a disreputabl< 3 pipi, was- thereupon' handed round for: inspec--0 tion, and; was subsequently planted'in a pol . placed • betweon ' Bailey's'-foef.'' Tho Hiridoc a gentleman, next, assumed commaiid of tlie'pb j ceeduigs.,, Abdul;■eniiTedand-'snored ; aMittle. , and then,gave.an, emphatic .'salaam.' He ans Bounced .that , : tlie. mango.'wasrabout;to,grow, ■> and the gauze,bag was o'poned'to onablothj 1 scrutuieer to; report opened f tao , ™k of the, mango" seed .with'.his' fingers, 3 ; and. disclosed the kernel; *ith, a'-coup'l6 oi E nbrous. rtotlets att^hod,'- and' a little , shool 5 aboyo-.:this was. thhist., into "the earth agaiu 1 , 4 ,™ bag. was. closed,'. ,ahd. the .lights went down: P- Abdul was vastly, excited, but tho-singing oi ■ Angels Hovonng , . Eiund* calmed' him- a. little 1 Jio their announced, thtit .-a appeared j. with three leaves oliut, nnd.Von- the lights'.beinj >.' gi rnod ':«P..,.it-was .seen. that -if; was 'even ■ so, ■' i; ll(! , ) c o n li)ilttee,, l howe.vi!r,,were';no.t ; allowod.tc i iandleltho procibus'bantling.-.■ Da'tkjioss asaiii ' w 9 « ■A' , ov ? r , - aU .-.'.inH-..,tw0 v vbrso3' of - - 'Abide ,■ With Mo- served to promote'the growth-of the , mango; to an-even greater .extent, ■ arid' Abdul , proclaimed that fivo' leaves had•' unfolded; . -again, ho .was afaithfnl witness.-.'.The.'gauzc bag was .opened,. and' Bailoyrtufned tho' earth out.of thoppt on to.fttray. Ho'kept a'tight '. , no !d, of ,-tho ■ mango,-shoot,'- however,'.with >one hand, and, with:-.the-'other,-rummaged' about !n-.the ; '.spU' v for.ithe'rke'rne'l.'::'This he' did hot immediately discover, and; grasping tho lowei . 7J!, 0 ' ff sh ,<">t with his. disengaged'hand, he deliberately broke aV,small-, piece ,off, at' the • same t,m proclaiming'in sorrowful .accents': i look; broke him,now.'., This ■riiiitle.it appear ; ns though he had.broken.the.shoot' kernel. Nothing of,.the.kind took place, howover, as it was several seconds before'ho could . bnd.tho kernel in the: 50i1.... Then ho undertook to endeavour to make itho shoot grow dospito tho . sqnous fracture, in order that ■ tho chairman might possessft.momciito of the pl ea . sant evening. Abdul, '.however, subsmuently conlessed doubts as to whether the thing would i grow after all, arid: it was left nt that. ; -. Jt was Btatod'thata ladyniodium -has'suci cessfuUy; emulated. Bailey's feats' ' on ■ R-Mav evomng last; , When Bailey's first seance wna . held, tins medium held a circle at her own house,'as the result of which, it is stated, Ouee Uvo tarda **re made ,t« «aesi.". ,7 1 ' .\; ■■". . ■' .•.'•*■,<'.'• '.f, ,r ,; ■