New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-13
RITALLING STUART CUMBERLAND.

Some private experiments in mind reading
or understanding made yesterday ut Dr. George
NJ Boards Office I'm West Thirty-fourth ST. here wero
about score OF physicians and other professional
present, among them the Rev. +. z. Thwing OF Brook
Ign, and Clark Bell. The first experiments were made
with boy about sixteen years old He had pale face,
gray eyes and light hair and the peculiar dreamy ex-
preston of franco subjects. "Find what am thinking
Of said Dr. Beard putting his hand the boys fore
head and swapping his fingers The boy began to blink
and sta DR. Beard made in front of his eyes
until trance condition was induced. Then the subject
began TO move around the with his head down
and his eyes closed When he reached a table, he slowly
bent over it until his head touched bit OF paper that
lying upon It, This the object thought of.
Similar experiments made with this subject by
different persons in the of the afternoon OF
which were successful The boy not able to find
object except when in trance condition.
more expert subject the Of n homeopathic
physician " this city. He young man Of very
short statdte back hair and deepsct black eyes For
tifie he has made cXperUcts in muscle reading
trance condition but his face vid with excite
nrDG and after peFrcrnling several experiments he
sutEers from nervous exhaustion. paper OF pins was
sp'cad ont table IN one room and the young man
vns blindolded in another apartment To 20 from one
TO the other 1t necessary TO for dis
lance through a hall. When the muscle reader had
niacrJ DIR Hrorls hand against mia forehead he swayed
from side TO side for moment and theu darted through
the hall into the back room with great raldy dragging
the doctor with him His course to- the table was IN al.
pins for moment he brought his finger down on one OF
them, Nhich pronounced to be the right one This
subject able to find objects I'm all parts OF tho rOOn
getting down his knees aud feeling under tables and
chairs in until the right object reached.
Some OF the eXl erments not successful Ihesc
failures were explained resulting from the inability
the operators to keep their minds concentrated on the
objects that they had selected.
The Interesting experiments were those in which
thS subject eDdeay ored to designate things little larger
thnn q pin head. in instrument made by Dr. Beard,
which consisted Of thimblo TO which brass needle
an inch in length was attached put on the fore
finger OF his right hand. and similar instrument was
placed fOrelinger of the operator. The ends of tho
two needles then hooked together with this con-
the musclcrcader succeeded In bringing the points
OF the needle to rest upon particular letter Of word
closely printed page Of diamond type which the
operator had selected. This experiment was repeated
with different persons Small squares were made on
large Of paper by drawing lines an eighth OF an nc
apart an other lines at right angles 10 them The points
OF the needles brought to rest cAch time III the
SQUARE chosen. These tests were never made before:
Dr. BIrdsall young physician who was one or the
spectators also performed experiments In nlsce-eAd-
Ing, a subject He almost ~ successful as either
of the Others He deliberate IN his movements
and did not manifest any symptoms OF nervousness