Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-23
READING THE Mind
An Evening Of Minh,
Music and Mystery.
HOW TO LEARN SECRETS.
Violin Playing at the Mental Dicta-
tion Of Person Other Than Player.

The Spaniards have highly seasoned
national dish which they call "Olla
Podrida." The canny Scotch feast or a
like compound under the name OF "hotch-
potcb," while the unlucky Americans
who stay In boarding houses, instead OF
living respectfully like human beings,
frequently have to struggle with the mys-
teries OF what is known as "bash." Ihe
programme of the entertainment offered
this week at Lothrop's seems to have
been made up somewhat In the manner
one imagines the above named deleclable
mixtures are probably prepared. II va
rlety IL the spice OF life, and life therefore
is good, then this weeks Offering Is much
like existence and OF necessity must he
good.
The two Lorrets, Edward and Louise,
start the fun with a quaint bit OF Jug
Cling deity done. followed by queer
piece OF folly with the help Of immense
long soled shoes, and enuing with very
pretty exhibition OF shadows cast upon a
little screen by the use OF the hands and
fingers alone. Some of these silhouettes
are as clean cut and effective as Paul
Konewwka's best efforts In similar d.
rection. Ned West does black face sketch
which Barr and Evans follow with "a
Rube ana Lady" turn that affords an op-
portunity to ALdy Barr to do some of the
very best tumbling ever seen here.
Mar. Seymour then gives an exemplifica-
ton OF his strange power OF reading the
tho ughts and mental impressions OF peo.
pie mo may come under his influence
BY the help OF persons, selected at random
from the audience, he ascertainy secrets
known only to the man or woman whose
hand no grasps, initiates acts performed
while he is out of sight, learns the names
OF people Of whom only the one helping
him has any knowledge, plays music on
violin under the mental guidance and at
the suggestion Of total strangers, and in
almost every case seems perfectly able to
tell ones thoughts without paying even
the proverbial "penny for them." Some
people oall him "a fake" and . fraud.
Is a remarkably clever and skillful one,
always achieving success, and fully con-
vincing those who come into intimate
association with him that he is neither
the one nor the other.
Carr and Jordan give a melange Of
opera, comedy and drama, with bu RESCUE
limitations and some excellent singing,
John Pstten, In very funny make. e.up,
cracks jokes, plays q tuba, and with it
gives capital imitation Of a locomotive
stalled In snow drift, and Carlin and
Clark do an eccentric knockabout turn
that provokes much applause and laugh
ter. McPhee and Hill close the evening
with remarkably good performance on a
triple horizontal bar, doing pirouettes,
shoot. outs, cutaways and fly. outs, and
some very noticeable double sumersaults
as good as were seen In the sawdust ring
in Dan Rice's palmiest days.
There's lots Of fun In the show and
more laughs than you can shake stick at
when the geese fly low, and il you don't
go some evening this week, or to one Of
the usual matinees, you'll be sorry for it.,
sure. 1t is an admirable article, propel 1t
on it's progression.