Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-15
Anna Eve Fsy.

Considerable curiosity hiss been
aroused among thVso VINO have nj.
tended the performances o. Mas Fay
At the Theater this week ne 10 the prob.
abls explanation Of her apparent power
TO READ the secrets Of her audiences.
Miss Fay, very wissly, does not CLAIM
any supernatural giits or com muulca-
ton with spirits. She does claim,
however. thai she has some mysterious
power not ordinarily possessed by men
OF women, but NJ 10 what ~ IL, every.
one 10 leit Tres 10 form hia own theory.
IL Ia we'll known that celebrated ~.
called magiuiana have from tho earliest
times given the moot startling Def.
foTmanoes by means OF the simplest
tTlcka. IL In matter Of historical
record that aH early ah the second cen.
tufy magician, Alexander, replied 10
questions written anu enclosed In
sealed envelopes, although the seals
were apparently unbtukeD. Probably
this gave the hey 10 modern "spiiit-
Writings" which the scandinavian
wizard An1VlaJn, and later macy
alter him, presented. The re-.
mafkable performances OF SignoTa
Pinolti, who bllndioldod replied to
questions anu described articles hold
up by the audience we're oevsrly iml.
taled and elAt Grated by Robert Hou.
din, Hermann, Anderson aud others,
and tho explanation offered was that a
very clever system Of signals was en-.
ployed 10 obtain the remarkable 70.
suits.
To those who possibly muy feel salts
Nod that no common trick explains
Miss fay's performances a solution
based ON Psychological supposiliOns
may seem more nAtutal. There nto
philosophers Oi the iusalistic school
who maintain that TO certain extent
both animals aud human beings are la
the operation OF their minds indtpend.
eht Of tue Limitations OF space aud
time, Aud that some persons possess n
remarkable uensibility as 10 object Of
which others take no notice IL an uu-
disputed TACT.
What perfection this faoulty-ii such
II bt-cAn reach by practice 10 the
question. IL ~ "a well authenticated
tact, that there are peftons who ar,
Able ~ locate syringe unser the surface
VI the eartn, or precious metals, with
remarkable precision. rhesc facts ar,
about ~ easy 10 explain as Miss Fay'a
supposed clalvory anes.
THE LADY INTERVIEWED.
Miss Fay wac seen NJ the Nuutsior,
by feptttet Tor this NEWs. Mhui
met In an unpro'essi nal way sue In
pfes',s one ~ being pleasant, WV
olOus anu nervous little woman, full v
Intelligence anu siuostity.
Shu has done her suaTe NJ traveliur
IN Tact there are lew pace VI impOt.
Ance Ia America or Europe wner
Mics Fay bab not presented her euiet
tsinmeaL Al the court u Doumafl
Mics Fay maze deep Impression OF
ne kiug, ~ d owing 10 TINS fact, it wa
N eauy matter Tor her ~ obtain au
lienets - Ulhet court. Sue sieu
lutte a time ~ the court VI tue Daniel
Niug anu received many royal iavors
Ot tue present ear ul Russia Nils
Fay sayt: "When / first made hi
acquaintanco he was cnatming nt,l
elbow. spent year aud niue month
Iu Russia aud gave seventy six eutoI
ulnmeuts m some Of tue many ditiei
ut palaces. The last YVES ut the palac
q the Granu DlKe SchewolheL u
ourse l had ~ obtain permit ffot
"a minister OF police Oe ore being Al
owed T. appear at any OF tho Russia
lalaces.n
KING OscRr OF Sweden Irasente
Miss Fay with handsome gvl