Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-07
| fJrmers. Indeed, his equal has never bee
| seen. He Is the most famous OF all the En2lis


"TDere is gentleman now In this city, who
1s not now before the public, but who, as a
sleight Of hand performer and manipulator OF
cards, Is probably second only to Cazaneuge OF
all the people who have been seen here. ]
mean John Goldberg, known to his profession
as Professor. just now he Is mana gers agent
at the Arch street TEeater, but understand h
occasionally gives Tarlor entertainments and
lessons; He is certainly very skilled 10 handling
very good Goldberg has also done much In
second sight, and assisted Mr.. Mendum, the
manager of the theater. 1 witnessed recently
some second sight business quite equal to any
by Heller and his sister, and they did one thing
do not think Heller did. Mendum was take ,
from the room under the escort OF two gentle
men. One OF the party remaining wrote word
One Of the escort came In, and carried a card
on which Goldberg had drawn a circle to MI.
Mendum. Almost instantly Mendum wrote out
the word that had been written In the first in
stance. The experiment was made with a sen.
tence, and always with the same results. OF
course, the word was carried In that simple
looking and apparently unmeaning circle, but
it was very cleverly DONE"
SECOND SIGHT EXPOSED.
You do second slght?n
before Heller ever thought Of iG, guess. Since
then pin have improved IT, upon it."
"1am afraid that is going a little too far, but
II GU will not give the source of your informa-
ton will try to explain 1t to YOU SO far as
there being any supernatural agency at WORK IL
Is UUt 81. dS you anu every OUlcT sensible III An
Knows. You have seen names written on piece
cf paper, which, tightly folded, the reader
pressed to his forehead, and, with wrInkled
brow and his face sckled DER with the pale cast
OF thought, finally announced what Is written
ON the paper. 1t is simply absurd to say that a
man can read that which he does not see or can
tell what is written II he does not see 1t unless
1t is told him. Now there are several ways used
by the protested mind reader. Seight -of-hand
Is most employed. 1t is astounding to the nov
Ice who does not see the piece Of paper which he
has written On deity opened and read while his
attention Is being attracted. Some times the
operator following the motion OF the hand that
is writing can nearly guess the words or ques-
ton But more frequently an assistant gets
the question, and by the same code Of signals
transfers it TO the mind-reader by the system OF
Which shall now speak. We Will take UP the
simplest form In use, telling numbers, as Heller
did 1t. OF course l do not know what Heller'a
exact code was, but they are all on the same
principle. Haidee sat on the stage with her face
turned away, while Heller went into the audi
ence. A coin was handed him. Can you tell
me what hold?' he asks: Yes; 1t is COIN
In his question. Say what kind OF conn., con-
tinues Heller. Silver she replies, with great
promptness, and the audience are divided In
wonder and delight.
JUST LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY
Should the coin happen to be Of date in sew
enteen hundred Heller would say: That's an
ola piece Now there are only ten figures, and
letters can easily be agreed upon to represent
them; so, If was l, d g. and 4. the ques-
ton would be what date is this? That is readily
understood, isn't it? Frequently the person
who answers hesitateS and says: Hold On
moment; II have it directly" and the compan-
lon at once recOnveys the insormation. Now
all this Is very simple as to fguare, but to give
replies where numbers are not concerned is
much harder. In the performances In public
halls tie collection Of articles from the pockets
Of the audience would not embrace very wide
range. When you have named keys, pocket
BOOKS, Coins. watches, pencils, toothpicks and
letters, the list is about exhausted, and for all
such articles word can easily be adopted. But
suppose man comes with piece OF raw meat
in box; that would be crusher for any two
not thoroughly understanding each other, but
1t could be got over. A series Of questions and
side remarks would finally convey the letters
necessary-for instance, the first remark might
be: Regular as winter with your hard ones
amt your An information might be given after
winter. so that the other persons attention
should be directed only at the first three words
ard so on until the other words are conveyed
Naturally, the people who do this sort OF thing
do great deal OF 1t to keep themselves In prac-
uCe. 1t requires steady attention, care, and
above all, quickness. Both persons must be
quick as lightning, particularly the one who
does the talking: 1may not have made this ex-
PLANTATION very clear, nor have given any code
In use, but have given you the principle and
that's all will dO.-(Phiid. Times.