New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1928, Page 10

ISSUES GHALLENGE 10 SPRITUALITS Hardeen Says They Have Good “Racket”, That's All Hardeen, brother of the interna- tionally acclaimed Harry Houdini, for many years his partner on the stage and now the owner of the se- creta and the equipment which madc Houdini famous, is playing at t Strand theater and finds New brit-| ain audiences deeply interested in | and attentive to the stunts which | have mystified hundreds of thou- sands of men and women in many countries, Hardeen explains his presence on | the stage in a short speech which precedes an act which is entirely free of the “half turns” which con- cealed, or at least was supposed to conceal, the flashes of the old tim« magician’s hands. Tn 1917, he ex- plains, he left the stage to go into business, with a firm belief that he was never to appear under the cal- cium lights again, but with the of his brother, Houdini, two v ago, he says he came into possession of what is considered to he the greatest collection of stunts, and at the same time w rged with the obligation of *showing up fake spiritualis Chalienges Spiritualists “I challenge any of these men or women to perform one of their spiritualistic ‘stunts’ before me twice and ask me to duplicate it, and T promise to do so. I have tricked many of them and confronted them with the cvidence of their trickery. They have a racket—a good one to be sure—but nothing more than a racket,” Hardeen declared to a Her- old reporter in his dressing room at the Strand theater yesterday. To test the power of mediums to communicate with the dead, Houdini and Hardeen made a pact at the death bed of a third brother, select- ing four words which were to serve as a code, and on a night fixed by agreement with the three, Houdini and Hardeen attempted to communi- cate with the brother, but were un- successful. Hardeen now olfers $10,- 000 to any medium who can tell him one of the four words. Former Circus Acrobat Hardeen and Houdini were born s in Appleton, Wis., and in their ear- lier years trooped as circus acrobats. In 1894 Houdini married and the brothers separated, each going his way in the show business and both reaching the highest point of their success us magicians. The performer now playing his engagement in New Britain is re- puted to be a man of wealth, having accumulated much of the world’s goods in the operation of a moving picture laboratory during the period he was off the stage, and in his work as a magician. Tt is his promise to | his brother, Harry, made as heé sat | beside the deathbed in Detroit, that is keeping him on the stage, he avers, | Has Athletic Sons | Hardeen is the father of two sons, | both studwits at the University of | Virginia, and newspapey clippings PAINTING AND eath |7 telling of thelr athletic prowess are treasured bits of the magician's be- longings. Tod Hardeen, elder of the two is a football and lacrosse pla.- ‘cr whose name is prominent in ath- letics at Virginia, while Harry has made his mark as a baseball player and as undefeated welterweight champion of the college. Tonight Hardeen, having accepted !a challenge hurled at him by the | Rackliffe company, will attempt to | make his way out of a pine box | which will be nailed and roped after | he has stepped wnto it. BRIDGE 1S FOR SINGLE PERSONS Married Conples May Find Home Broken by Cards Chicago, De single pe alone by William N. G after he Gerald C. 5 Q graudate of Dartmouth Univers- ¢ had been crucl to his wife be- cause she had made misplays when playing bridge with hun Mrs. Wood. daughter of M. Kelso, president of the G bap com , testified that ad June 23, 1 Doubled Into (€ 12 (P—DBridge is for nd should be left a4 couples, Judge mill announced just rd testimony that Wilhur were m: her attorne Robert sterd twe w me of my cousin. 1 doubled a four diamond bid and the opponent took his 10 tricks. Mr. Wood my dou- ble cost us a game, flew into a rage and struck me. “On February 26, found ou gressive g because when we again Ives partners in a pro- . 1 trumped his origi- “How did happen? the judge “You can trump an ace inter- jected Cantwell. “if it gives you a chance for a double ruifle.” “Mr. Wood didn't wait to see why 1 had made the pl and struck me,” Wood re sumed. “As a matter of fact, it w: really a fumble on my part. Separated for Time “After this incident we separated time and e up with a never to play to- gether We were happy until August 19, We were at the home of friends and they brought out the bridge table. Mr. Wood doubled a one no-trump hid and I, disgusted with a bust hand, forgot to take him out of it. Again he hit me and we have been separated ever since.’ “More married couples should hear your story.” Judge Gemmill said when Mrs. Wood finished. “If husbands and wives didn't play partners in bridge maybe there would be fewar failures in matri- monial partnerships. I'm hearing too much lately about spouses who failed to recognize an indicative bid.” ¥ asked rs, READ HERALD C FOR RESU 1ED ADS IN PERFECT HARMONY Home (P Decorators 7| < rance broker | but stood up’ 'PRINCESS MARIA LOUISE { WEDS WALTER KINGSLAND | Bride Is Descended From Kings of France—Marries New Yorker. Chichester, England, Dec. 12 (P— Princess Muria Louise of Orleans was married at noon today to W. F. 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