St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-03-14

No, or.r,,b;n th.t an .,,d;anoo r-o,Id
h., ,;loa,,- 80 - 80 thn..ar Th;.
,r.s snh1;r;Jed INTO rrar, "f ,h;rtaan
Thoso T m - ser;aS @ u-ara ,u onnSn,it,sd ~ ~ n,amorr
h, Hellar and h;s fa;r ass;S,ant IN tha
ordar in which, thar We ,ara arranaed For
ins,anca hare ;s ono of tho sar;es thot
was nSad to o;re ,ha ooIor of an .rt;cIe
or tho fret tbirtaen letters n of M The a,nha'
ba, Nv ~. nnuarai har.n.;th stl,aa
Az w;, ha saon tho color Letter
or number was Obtained bv the wav in
Which tho ,,,as,;nn was fran,ad
Can xon n.,ns This, Rrown-,-,
Can YOU give give thiss' .White-s-b.
Can ca; you tell thiss. Red-s-c;;
WHAT WHAT is THIS: THIS; :'''''''-'.''p VinIe,I5c
And this? is?................ -. .Black-s-f.
This This is what ,,,,s, -GreensILs. Gree
will you give this. Pmrple-&l.
WIN you tell thiss-. Old Eold-l7-k.
ie Tel, ,hiss idss ''''''''''-''''..YY Yai,owCx9m
Tho ono to tb;S sor;as If the color of
an object was asked for. i ..color. :,
..Can Won name This color2'' would he
brown of course. ..(,an you Give this
coIor2, white. and so on. II any other
letters of the alphabet were wanted.
saw to tell the monogram on watch or
sleeve -button = snan of the tinoer
Woulu accompany the question, tne re-
naming letters in the alphabet bearing
%ho sor.a r,ol,t;yo ,,s;t;nc :, tho sar;as
" f
given. For instance, N, the fourteenth
letter in the alphabet would be given by
asking the hrst question, Ian you name
this letter?' accompanied by snap OF
the fingers. The fifteenth letter in the
alphabet would require the second ques-
ton. and so through the list.
Heller's success in this and other
methods depended largely on his own
marvellous memory and the memory OF
Haidee Heller. and when he put one OF
these or other questions to her, IN the
most natural and oft-hand manner IN
the world, she would respond as quick
~ as II the object were right before her
eyes. This will be readily recalled by
any one who has ever seen one OF his
performances. There was another
series of questions which was used in
the same way. the cue being color for
colors, precious stones for such, these
different groups of thirteen each being
classified in the order OF the series OF
questions already given. or OF this series:
How-l-a- Very welsh.
sNoTsa@o,i s.nsaso, SeeIsl Meno
Be anickl-d. Here-l7k.
Look here-Se. Quicklls-I.
an And hereI- 'A s""ip
A snan of the finoer would accom-
Mich tho s.mo nurnose in tb;s ser;es ne
in the other.
The system of the elder Hermann and
Of Houdin was very cumbersome and
apparent. A long string of questions
would sometimes have to be asked to
get at a very simple object, and the sys-
tenn was, moreover, very much circum-
scribed and Inadequate to the purpose
Mention has been made of Heiler's
classification of objects into groups of
thirteen. Materials were arranged On
this list: Stone. cloth, gum, putty,
leather, cork, marble, glass, ore, ivory,
rubber, wood and hair. The metals
chosen were: Gold. silver, brass, nickel,
steel, tin, lead, platinum, mercury. cop
per, bronze. zinc and iron. Precious
stones were: Diamond, topaz, emerald.
ruby. amethyst. blood-stone, opal, cam
60, cat's-eye, sapphire, onyx, carbuncle
and pearl. Designs were arranged in
this order: Skull, head, musical instru-
ment, house, figure. insect, coin. star.
monogram, three links. square and
compass, strap and buckle and weapon.
Leading countries were also system
atized in this way, and. as for playing
cards. the ten numbered cards corre-
Ponded with first ten questions in Sc
ries, and the jack. queen and king with,
the three last questions.
Heller and his assistant used every
means for dramatic effect. Taking up
a watch. he would give the proper cue
to Miss Heller. who, knowing full well
what the object was, would describe it
as round object and bright. and finally,
after seeming difficulty, would say what
it was amid much applause. The num-
Der of the watch watch, was given by s., means .sd OF
number was the cue for units. tell the"