The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-13
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campus is an excellent vantage ground
| for a gossip" circle. Then there was
Professor Albert j. Manchester, OF Hope
| street high school. Mr.. Reed. OF English
I high school: Professor Minor II. Pad
| dock of Manual Training high school,
| Miss Stella Allen. Miss Mabel l.. Blaney,
| Miss Fannie r. Woods and Miss Il. r., ID.
| Worth. both OF Slade Mansion school;
| Professor Currier. OF University hall,
| Brown: DR. Edward Bacon. DR.. Robert
| r. Noyes. Mrs Dr Robert Y Noyes, Dr.
! III. l.. Lowell. Mr.. Guild. secretary ~
I the Woonsockct Rubber Works, Coll
| oncl Clark and MIR. -. r. Hayden. OF city
I hall: Alderman Reynolds, Mr.. r. O. stiles,
Jos NJ Mann, Nathan Kaufman, MIR.
Darling MIR. Dooley secretary OF the
Union Trust company, and many others.
We had not long 10 wait before the
curtain went up. Mons De Thorcy, MIR.
lnaudis assistant. introduced the cslcu-
lstor and then asked us 90 give Mr.. maud
date and he would in ten seconds tell
as the number Of years, months, weeks.
days. hours. minutes and seconds had
"a sssed since then. This he did, aud upon
proving his answer was found 10 he cor
rect.
Then Mons Inaudi asked someone IN
give him date and he would tell the
day OF the week upon which IL fell. Dates
then rained In upon him from everyon-
present who was anxious 10 know what
day OF the week ne or she was born upon,
or knowing wanted TO test this wonderful
memory.
lie answered all Immediately and cor
rcctly once the date juno IL, i1Is, was
asked. About ten minutes afterwards,
after he had solved many other problems,
July 4, i77s was given him. lnsudi an
swerrd then looked ~ the lady who had
asked the last date, asking, Remember
showing that he had remembered and
connected the two dates. After several
OF these questions had been asked and
answered Mons De Thorcy announced
that Mons. lnsudi would solve at one
time i've examples. one each in addition.
multiplics tion. subtraction. division and
square route. Make IL six" said Inandi.
Every one laughed, and different bnes. In
the audience supplied the numbers re-
quired TO make up the six examples. some
OF which extended into the sextiNlons.
All the time maud stood with his back
to -t.i1eiteard Simply repeating the
fgures after his assistant. VIXEN some
one present gave him the number s-il-44
to cube. lnaudi smiled and said ~ know
that one. Difficult" While Mr. De
Thorcy was doing the examples on the
board maud did them mentally. mean
while allowing his trsin OF thought TO be
interrupted by questions given him in
rapid succession by those present, such
as Multiply "a by ~ $50. square ~. .7ss.
What day OF the week did March p isSs,
fal upon etc. etc. once Young man
asked what day OF the week April -, 1870.
fcll upon. Inaudi gave the correct an
swer and added: 1t was raining You
remember Then after = second glance
At the youthful questioner said "Oh.
no. I see you don't"
During his calculations he frequently
calculated with his inimtsbe French ac-
cent and a rougish smile. Difficult"
long before Mons De Thorcy had hnl shed
the blackboard computations Mons. In
audi said: II have finished
On giving his answers they were found
10 tally exactly with those upon the
board with the exception ~ one figure
Mons. maud insisted upon a certain
figure different from the corresponding
ono of Mons. De Thorcy. and Mons. De
Thorcy vas found 20 be wrong
Then came the most remarkable exhl-
bition OF all with these long six sx-
smples upon the hoard together with
several others which had been given him
off-hand by those present and some from
text books carried ny several ~ the stu
dents with that object in mind maud.
still standing with his back 10 the black
board. repeated from memory every hgure
contained in the examples and their an
swers on the board ~ was wonderful
demonstration Of verbal memory and
everyone present voted inaudl wonder
I'll wager that when maud comes here
next week Brown will he out IN fuli
force for the boys always grasp an oppor-
tunltp- ehsn one like this u offered. They
certainly can't have examples solved for
them like this every dsy. Make hay while
tho sun shines boys 'Nun Sed And
anyone else who misses this wonderful
exhibition next week will miss one of
the wonders of the age maud T. like
one ~ the seven wonders OF the world
something which everyone should see.
TEE MATINEE GIRL