The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-06-30

pressure to move you. Do YOU see? 10
demonstrate how simple the thing is let
me give you an additional point. When
YOU feel that the pressure IS about to
sway YOU. relax your muscles. When
the pressure propels you backward let
vour arms give in the direction of the
movement. When the pressure IS for
ward avail yourself of the same precau-
ton. In other words, instead of braclng
yourself firmly, remain perfectly limp,
and then think it will require super
natural force to move yon.
Again we essayed the fat, [ closely
following the young woman's instrlc-
tions. This time victory was on my
side, and stood abashed at the simple
explanation of feat which some time
ago had seemed sufficiently extraordlna-
" to call forth letters of inquiry from
some OF the most scientific minds in
America. ..Let me show you some
thing, said my fair entertainer, taking
batcl. OF letters from an open trunk
and selecting one inclosed in blue en-
velope. s:Herc is letter from an Ok
ford professor who happened to witness
one of my performances. II you VIII
glance over it you will see that he was
particularly stru k with the cane test,
which he considered marvellous. He
asked about the date Of my birth, my
general health and wished to learn
whether any of my ancestors, so far as
known, possessed any Of my peculiar
characteristics He also requested, aa o
particular favor, that I would give a
private seance for the benefit of himself
and several well-knoWn scientists. The
performance was not given. Now, that
man, like thousands of others. learned
as he was, instead of trying to elncldate
my feats through the medium OF natural
agencies, dipped into abstruse science
and got lost, for OF course there was
nothing abstruse in the means l used.
ssTn regard to some Of your other
feats, may I ask how it is possible to
hold chair raised few feet in the air
50 the united efforts of half a dozen men
cannot force it to the ground?'
'sIt can be done very easily, was tie
reply. ssif YOU possess certain amount
of physical strength, and it is aGuch more
difficult to control a chair held by one
strong individual than it would be If it
were he'd by six. will make it clear to
YOU. We Will suppose you to be the
performer. You are LlaE Of strength
and will and you are determined 70 sue
ceea before your audience. Failure
means sss;n 70 you SO far as financial sue
cess is concerned. Therefore you forget
your audience and everything else but
the end in view You take possession OF
the chair with g resolution not to be
shaken by surrounding circumstances.
The six men, on the contrary, are think
inc principally of the derision likely to
follow an exhibition OF muscular super1-
oritv. There being half a dozen Of my
opponents, not one Of them could secure
anythius Exc ? firm hold on the disputed
article, and each OILS, IS 2 rule, tugged
in an opposite direction. to h;s ne!ghbor.
One does not try to hold the chair up.
/; Simply by pushing it with all my
; strength I ioree Il against my foes and
shove them from one aaie OF the stage
to the other. The derision OF tie audi
ence quickly relaxes their muscles, while
never for an instant lose my se!t-con-
troll. While I keep on pushing persist
; emily, my yopponents grow more unsteady
on their limbs, and finally, wearled out,
they setise IN disgust.
s:Can you tel g.E aoy, by SIMPLY
placing your open palms agalilsa The
sides Of chair, you can lift it when it is
occupied by man weighing 200 pounds
and oHes?
:sSome persons loRtd accomplish it
readily vas the answer, :.aided pg GER
tain favorable conditions. Most men in
sitting down throw themselves back IN
such way that the front legs OF the
chair are nearly all the time clear OF the
ground, Almost the entire weight falls
on the hind legs. By pressing the open
palms closely to the sides on : eiltt'r such
as is generally used in the performances
YOU cannot help gripping to a certain
extent. If you possess a goodly allow
ance Of strength this grip will enable you
| to raise aie chair few inches from the
ground. OF eosless il is only a few
inches, and you drop it agasn rather
suddenly, but the audience hears the
! legs strike the floor and You are vlctorl-
Gus. See?"
ssWeI, how ahcnt the story that you
| could not possibly carry a raised umbrel-
/. Ia for more than three consecutive mo-
/ ments without its flying to pieces" in,
o,ired, eyeing meanwhile the discarded
and ,,nhar1ned parasol reposlns by the
Young yoman's side.
"Oh," she replied, displaying embar-
rassnent for the first time, Il was order
ed not to carry a parasol liz the streets
and I simply obeyed instructions. 1t
was unpleasant, of course, to walk about
unprotected from the sun, but by that
little sacrifice Of personal comfort IN
summer was enabled to enjoy fine
sealskin sacque IN wlnter:
"How did you first discover your ablh-
| tv to perform these feats?"
II first discovered it. was the guile
less reioinder, "by going two or three
times to Wallack's Theatre and carefully
watching L1llu Hurst's exhibition. The
spectators really furnished the greater
part of the performance. Il YES really
amusing to notice how the audience used
to watch my every move and constlne II
into something mysterious. To illus,
trate-I had end still have 6 habit OF
passing my hand l,efore my eyes and
also of running it through my aangS.
| Well, young man would trip upon the
stage to ny the cane test. He would
brace himself rigidl,-, grip the stick and
2! look me square il the face, determine,
| ton personiied. The audience were on
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