The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-07-03
MIND-READING
Mr.. w, Irving Bishop at the Opera
House and Emma Square.

When the curtain rose at the Opera
House Saturday before last Mr.. Bishop
smilingly greeted seq of expectant
faces. The following committee was
granted him by request on nomination
OF the house Major Cornwell, Judge
Bickerton, Hons. a. Rosa and j. U.
Kawainui, DR.. N. B. Emerson, and
Messrs. Frank Spencer, F. P. Hastings,
]. H. Patty, C. L. Wight and F. s.
Pratt.
The experiments consisted of !: ~
finding gentleman in the audience
first blindfolded and then with open
eyes, whose name Mr.. Patty had pre-
viously written in his note book; (2)
finding two pins concealed by Judge
Bickerton, one in drawer in the box
Office, the other in the royal box; (3)
writing on a blackboard native word
previously written secretly by Mr.. Patty,
and even initiating the handwriting, the
word being "Lehua;" a. presenting
| bouquet with eyes open to two ladies',
first found while blindfolded, whom
Mr.. Pratt had thought OF; (5) playing
game of hare and hounds blindfolded, in
which over a very rugged and circuitous
route-jumping off and ducking under
the gangway, going behind the wings
and through Mr.. Irwin's box-Mr.
Bishop led Mr. Hastings to an ante
room where Major Cornwell was con-
cealed at the end Of the route; 49, re-
placing a living tableau OF four persons,
Marshal Soper the central figure, as
they had been posed by Judge Bickerton
| and DR.. Emerson, Mr.. Bishop finding
the characters scattered through the
audience, and % drawing, blindfolded,
a recognizable sketch of Mr.. B. Orden-
stein on the blackboard with the artist,
Mr.. Strong, acting as thought medium
by his rival artists side. The audience
were delighted with the performance
throughout.
At the close Mr.. Bishop explained his
method, which was, briefly, that by
pressing his eyeballs upward or down
| ward when blindfolded he threw himself
into a semi-unconscious or hypnotic state,
| when mental images concentrated in the
minds of his subjects were reproduced
on his own inward vision.
Emma Square was thronged with peo-
pie at 4 80 Monday afternoon, to view
| Mr.. Bishops open air performance. The
| King and Princess Liliuokalani were
among interested observers. As pre-
liminary test Mr. Bishop, eyes bandaged
with cotton batting, handkerchief, and
black bag over all, found knife con-
cealed in the shrubbery by Hon. H. A.
/ L. Iafn x1yhn n
with Hon. j A. Cummins, Lieut.. Rit-
tenhouse of the Vandalia, Messrs. Patty,
Pratt and G. o. Berger, constituted the
committee OF the day.
Lieut.. Rittenhouse, Major Cornwell
and Mr.. Patty were selected as commit
tee to conceal an article within one mile
of the square. On their return they put
| themselves in contact with Mr.. Bishop,
blindfolded, before map of the city,
when, with pencil, the mind-reader
| designated on the map the locality
where the article was hidden. The
map was draped while Mr.. Bishop had
his head bound up as above described.
and taking the three gentlemen with
him in carriage he drove off, the reins
| in one hand and the committee men cit
| ting behind him in the rear seat An
immense concourse in carriages and sad
dies and on foot fell into procession in
the wake of the extraordinary equipage.
Mr.. Bishop told the committee that he
| was not going the circuitous route they
had gone, but should drive direct to the
place OF concealment. He drove by way
of Emma and Beretania streets to Fort
street, and proceeding along that thor
oughfare pulled the team up as it passed
Messrs. Benson, Smith & Co.'s drug
store Here he alighted and with the
committee entered, when, after some
annoyance produced by crowd that