The herald., 1894-10-29
His MAGNETIC HANDS.
THE BOY PHENOMENON DRAWS A
CROWDED HOUSE.
a Large Audiencs That Was CempIstsIy
Mystifis ed = Suffering Humanity
Made to Dance and Laugh
With Glee.

A very much mystihed audience that
had packed the Los Angeles theater
from bottom TO top, boxes and all.
stresmed out at 10 o'clock las. night af.
ter an evening with Franklin Stuart
Temple. familiarity known as the Boy
Phenomenon.
Thsre were all sorts OF comments on
the procesdings, from the empigram-
matte gentleman who called the whole
thing the eliminating fake" to the in
tensely interested old ladies who cav in
it the hand OF God.
The stage was tastefully set as an
open room and Prof. VIM. Fletcher Hall
delivered lecture frat on magnetism,
in which he succinctly reviewed the
history of that strange influence. At
the conclusion OF his remarks, DR.. Tenn
pie and his younger brother. Horace
Temple, who assists him, were intro
dnced. They both presented
novel appearance in their loose whito
ehirts, the nleeves OF which were rolled
up to the elbows, and black trousero.
Thoy proceeded at once to bueiness.
In one corner OF the parquet, clocs to
the stage, was group of expectant, suf.
ferlng humanity and they wsre assisted
up the stops to the stage, one at a time.
whero DR.. Temple rapidly treated them.
Hia method OF treatment was simple.
When q man or woman had reached the
stage the patient was seated in q plain
ordinary, strsight-backod chair, and
stated the ailIncnt. Last night thay
were mosty rheumatic cases Of more or
lnau In at IA nh
non then proceeds TO rub the affected
limb and made tingling sensations
come. After O number of rapid psasss
and lingering touches with his long
sinewy fingers the subject would be
stood up, holding on TO the back OF q
chair, and after his back had been -ub.
bed and manipulated, would be told to
step out. and in all but one or two oases
walked right of. discarding crntches and
canea.
1t was q very queer and bewildaring
sight, and the faces of the people in the
audience, as we'll az OF the patients,
were study.
T. d. Shannon, an inmate OF the
county hoapitaI, was helped up on the
stage, ueing one crutch and hobbling
painfully. His trouble was sciatic
rheumatism OF or 8 months' stnndins.
After rubbing his afflicted log and spine
he walked of smartly without any diff
Guilty. The came weB true OF John
Fisher Of 814 Grand avenue, who ussd
two crutches when no came on tie stage,
and slapped his feet down glsefully sB
he weltzsd down the steps.
Isaac Goldberry Of IA Hill street, had
fallen l2 feet, and had not borne bis
weight on one leg for three years. He
walked around quite nimbly after the
doctor worked with him.
George P. Conner OF Cotton actually
danced with his rheumatic leg alter he
WAS manipulated. and dispensed with
his crutcheB.
August Malstrom, from the county
hospital, said he had no pain in his
rheumatic frame when the doctor got
through with him.
A tough case WAS struck in J. II. Ste. |
venson of Riverside, who did not know |
what was the matter with him. The |
doctor pronounced 1t loc0motor at7xia, |
and he wss not visibly improved by the |
treatment.
Mrs. B. @. Rowsll of Santa Ana, with
broken hip and partial paralysis. had |
last, and her expression of Joy w6s
something to remember when she |
marched up and down the stage and |
blessed the "the boy phenom."
J. w. Gibaon OF the county hospital |
had rheumatism, stomach. liver and
kidney trouble, and a.ill had them when
he left the stage.
A Mrs. George OF 645 Banning street |
had the misfortune to lose her false
front during her treatment for rhsu-
matism, but forgave that contretempa
in her Joy at being able to walk around.
When Mrs. N. V. Horne of Pico
Heights reached the stage she an
nounced that she had neuralgic pains in
her left eye. and could see but little out
of the right one. The pains had gone
and ahe said she saw better, when the
manipulations ceased.
One OF the most remarkable cases was
that of Mrs. Catherine Mullen, of 1873
Twenty-sighth street. Her hands were
stiff and drawn with rheumatism, and
she could not raise her arms. After
the rubbing they loosened up, she
opened and shut her fingers, raised q
chair above her head, and the audience
cheered as she went up the aisle.
Amongst others who were treated
were J. Thompson OF 115 West Twenty
fourth street; Frank Aurss, corler Of
Vine and Palm streets; ]. M. Bradbu
who lives north OF the city Mrs. A.
Murray OF I'LL Main street, w. G. Wor-
cham OF 213 North Soto street, Mrs.
Mullen OF South Main street near
Fourth, and L. B. Lyman of 42l Victor
street.
DIR. Temple then announced that he
was exhausted. and the audience was
dismissed. Whatever raay be the power
which he possesses he succeeded in pro.
duoing some wonderful appearances OF
astonishing benefits by the dexterous
use OF his hands.
Races at Oakley.
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