Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-04-03

eyes. This w.ll be readily recalled by
any one who has ever seen one of his
performances. There WAS another
>cries of questions which WAS u~cl i'll
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 gwen, or of this series:
How-I-a. Very WELSH.
NOw-2-b. Sec-g-i.
See hcre-3-c. Well-0-j.
Re quick I'D. Hcrc-l.-k.
Look hcrp-5-e. Quick Isl
Go on-j-f Look Sharp-is is-m.
And hcrc-.-g.
A snap of the finger would accom-
plish the same purpose in this series rs
in the other.
The system of the elder Hermann and
of HOutin was very cumbersome and
apparent. A long string of questions
would sometimes have to be asked to
get at very simple object. and the >ys-
TEN was. moreover. very much circum-
scribed and inadequate to the purpose.
Mention has been made of Hellcrs
classification of objects into groups of
thirteen. Materials were arranged in
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
go. 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 ter numbered cards CORE
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 was given by means of
the system stated Can YOU give" the
number was the cue for units. tell the
for tens. Twill you give" for hundreds,
whats the for thousands. and give
the" for hundreds of thousands. Say
the watch was numbered 2US2. Heller
would remark, What's the number"
on this. giving the cue for thousands
thereby. and adding how" which will
be seen by reference to the second series
of questions given stands for 80" Miss
Heller would slowly reply. Two thou
sand and Helcrwould respond. Very
well, ''how." which would elicit from
his assistant ''S2" at once. Heller,
however, had other systems for per-
forming the second-sight trick. One of
them called electricity into play. There
was an armature and magnet in the
bottom of the lounge upon which Miss
Heller sat, and for ordinary articles
there were thirteen telegraphic signals
that Dale. who was on the stage con-
cealed from view, would telegraph to
her. She could feel the pulsatiOns of
the magnet. and would know at once
what the article was that Heller was
holding in his hand without saying a
word. 1t was especially puzzling to
many persons to see Heller take up an
article from some person in the audience.
and, although he apparently gave nc
sign and certainly did not speak, Miss
Heller would promptly say what it was.
They did not know how simple the solu
ton was. When Heller PLAYED in hi,
Broadway Theater, now Harrigan
Hart's, there was lattice-work on the
, front of the stage covered with artificial
flowers. Behind this sat Mr.. Dale
Miss Heller was seated blindfolded
with her back to the audience. Heller
would take up some article from tn.
first or second row, and Mr.. Dale
through a strong Opera-glass slyly pene
trating the lattice. could see very clearly
/ what it was and telegraph to Miss Hell
Ter. To vary the system as much a
I possible. Dale on some nights wOult
o communicate to her through speak
|, ing-tube that ran through the stag
r floor up through the lounge where sh
= sat.
$ Perhaps the most impudent thing il
= the way of audacity that Heller ever di'
: was the book trick. A gentleman in tn
rear of the audience. apparently from tn
country, would hold fp a volume ant
n say: Nov. I'D like Miss Heller TO tel
t. me what I've got in my hand" IIelle
e would appear annoyed, would not motto
i him further than to say .You shoul
V have spoken of this sooner" in Il net
e tied tone. Suspicion would grow tina
O Heller was stuck" and finally. rs tn
i gentleman. who was generally dude
h was persistent, the great magician
c would elicit from Miss Helle
: that it was book. Then h
i would 60 on the stage. and in order
make the bandage over Miss Heller
= eyes doubly effective apparently. h
would tic a glove over each eve. Thel
It however. woald he tied in such wa
: as to form Il sort of French roof ovt
IS each optic so that Miss Heller coul
j. see very well looking down. The dud
g wanted to know the name of the bool
y and after due consideration Miss Hellt
n would say, for instance. Rawlinson
is History of the Ancient Egyptians.
II Heller would tell the dude to put pla..
l. ing card in the book at random an
q open it. 1t was done. and Heller woul
3 glance at the page. and. asking Mi
Heller the proper questions. she wou
y at once give its number. The astOnishe
e dude verified the answer. Then Mi
r Heller would proceed to read the co
It tents of the page. to the amazement
everybody. This trick was not dol
l. every night. The explanation is simpl
|. Mss Heller had Il duplicate book. ar
r. the dude was another cOnfederat
n When she got the cue for the page ar
gave it. she turned to the page on h
lap, her back being turned to the aut
ence, and coolly read its contents. II
| hook was kent concealed in a seer