The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

| EFFIE ELLSLER.-This charming
actress, famous the country over for
her delfneation of Hazel Kirke,' has
taken a new departure this year, and
| included Camille" and GAS You Like
It, in her repertoire. She appears
here Monday and Tuesday in those
plays, her husband, Frank Weston,
and her father the old time actor John
A. Ellsler, being in her support.
ANNA EVA FAY-Seeing that An
ma Eva Fay is coming to Salt Lake
City, it occurs to me that the following
little experience may be of interest.
Please note the fact that 1 ann Lot
a believer in the supernatural, but must
admit that on several occasions nave
submitted to the test of mindreadinS
and am convinced it is possible.
In December last | was at Topeka,
Kansas, and as my business required
me to be much around the opera hous-
es, / spent two evenings in the front
of the house during the appearance of
Anna Eva Fay. 1t is probably known
that for the last act Of the perform
! amce she requests some thirty or forty
! of the audience to write on small
piece of paper, a question, the paper
to be retained i'm the hand of the writer.
Miss Fay then in turn calls the name of
the writer, locates him or her in the
upper or lower part of the house. as the
| case may be, and not only tells what
the lady or gentleman has written but
in most cases answers the question to
the satisfaction of the writer. Just for
eun [ wrote what town do 1 go to
from here?' and the answer was cor
rectly given Wichita" The audience
laughed and I don't wonder at it. You
know in Chicago people always laugh
at st. Louis, and the citizens of st.
Paul think there is something very
funny about Minneapolis; perhaps Salt
Lake people think the same about Og-
| den, L don't know.
However the aptness of the fair mind
reader suggested to me that [ would put
her to a strong test, and ask her a
question which at that time was CIV
ing me considerable uneasiness. My
| opportunity had passed for that night
so the following evening found me
seated in a box. l have written a novel
which has by many able critics been
qualified as a strcng work and a pos
Sible money maker when put upon the
market. Among the publishers who
had requested the manuscript for read
ing l received a letter from the Bow
Knot Publishing company, of Chicago,
and in response sent my book. I wait
tiating a trade, but both letters and.
messages brought me no news until 1
went to Chicago myself and found that
the firm had bursted up, and was no
more. What had become of my MS? [
used every effort but could not find a
trace which might restore my property.
The owners of the defunct publishing
house had left the city and the assets
had been sold. Even the Pinkertons
creaX I Il
my book.
This was what was troubling me,
and on piece Of paper which 1 tore
from my date book I wrote Can you
tell me what has become OF my manu-
script of Young Mrs. Bonte? - / 1Old-
ed the paper and placed it in my vest
pocket and waited developments. 1 am
quite sure that not only no one knew
what L had written but no one in To-
peka knew that I had ever written a
book. | was getting doubtful of my
| case when some twenty or more names
had been called but not mine. Pres
emily Anna Eva Fay said There is a
gentleman i'm the house named H. A.
Darcy. He is here in the interest of
a lady star who is the coming attrac-
ton at the opera house, and here the
mindreader gave a very fattering an
nouncement Of my star and advised
OF the opportunity to see Effie Ellsler
But here Miss Fay's manager, who was
waiting upon her, stopped her, saying
Yes, that is all right, but is it what the
gentleman wants to knoW?" Then turn
ing to me he asked if I was holding nv
paper in my hand. Truly [ was not.
had forgotten to take it out of my
pocket. Hold it in your hand, please
said the manager. Then Miss Fay con-
tlnued: You have written a book and
the manuscript has been lost to you,
in Chicago I don't think you will ever
recover it. 1t will probably be printed
some day over some other name" The
! next day got a letter from the Pin
kerton agency which settled all hope
Now comes another circumstance.
A few weeks later received a. letter
from home giving me the glad news
that my manuscript had been received
| and was safe. "Wellr' said Will Ellis
Ter and others of our company. that
knocks out Anna Eva Fay. does if
| not?" To this L must say, No, it does
not knock her out. She simply told
! me exactly what I was thinking. Word
for word my thoughts came from her
mouth. This is mindreading,. During
the entire seance [ fixed my eyes on
her, and in my eagerness that she
should give me some news was throw
ing my thoughts at her [ know MANY
who are ADLER to tell ones thoughts
by holding the wrist or placing hand
ON the back Of the subjects neck. but
this is the only time l have ever seen
this science pTacticed with perfect
results without contact.