The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
A NEW JAPANESE TRICK.
The Enchanted Fountain is an Un-
 explainable Mystery.

The Enchanted Fountain is an Un-
 explainable Mystery. | One of the most interesting tricks | that those wonderful people, the Jap
 anese, have contributed to the amuse-
 ment of the American public is the 'en-
 chanted fountain act. The originator
 of this feat is Prof. Shogiokusai Ten
 Ich of Tokio "juggler patronized and given gold medal by his imperial
 majesty the Mikado," to quote his vis-
 iting card.
 In his country Ten-Ichi is accounted
 a great magician and a wealthy man. It is said that he has a fortune of 500,-
 GOO yen, which is equivalent to making
 him a many-time millionaire in this country. He lives in a palace in the environs of the Japanese imperial city and on his extensive estates has erected a go-down. or storehouse, in which he has curiosities estimated to be worth 250, 900 yen. Japs never keep their val uable or relics in the house in which they dwell.
 Years ago Ten-Ichi was a Buddhist priest Early in life he manifested a desire to learn magic, and before he had grown very old he found that the prac- tice of that art would be extremely profitable to him. so he abandoned the priesthood and gave all his time to the cultivation of the art mystifying.
 He rose rapidly in profession which f1ourishes in the Flowery kingdom. He attracted the attention of the court and the nobles and the Mikado appoint ed him imperial magician, great hon. or. Ten-Ichi means "the first man in heaven" Ten meaning "heaven" and Ichi lone" This name he adopted after the Mikado had 1onored him.
 Fortune began more than ever to fla vor the imperial magician. He organ ized a company and travelled many times the length and breadth of the island of Japan. The enchanted foun- tain" act gained for him great fame.
 For the enchanted fountain" act the stage is set with three chairs, behind which a heavy dark plush curtain is suspended Ten-Ichi comes on the stage and draws beautiful sword from it's cabbard. To show how sharp it is he cuts paper with it and then sus- pends it between two little posts some two feet high, the sharp side up
 On his right there is a pyramid of three ordinary glasses of numbers. The magician pours from teapot into the top one of these tumbler then seats himself leisurely on the middle chair At the same time two pretty Japanese girls come in, one from either side of the stage, and take the seats beside him.
 Ten-Ich produces a fan from the | folds of his gown and makes several | pases over the pyramid of tumblers. | a stream of water, thin but | strong, comes out of the tumbler. It | spouts to height of five or six feet. | He waves again and for a second time | the stream shoots up, Then he touches the stream with his fingers and 1t dis | appears. He shows that he has ab- solute control over 1t.
 A young Jap comes in and is amused | 1t the trick. This Jap evidently Is a | but as he talks only Japa- | nese the spectator has to guess. He | asks how the trick is done and is told | He gets the magic word, but when he says it nothing happens. He yells and | storms the magic ord. but to no avail. The magician whispers 1t and the | stream reappears.
 Suddenly Ten-Ichi makes a pass with 1is left hand and second fountain ;purts from the very edge of the sus- pended sword. The comedian goes ,ver to investigate and is surprised to 'ee third stream come from the top If his head. He is amused, and more 'o when second Jap boy coming on he stage suddenly develops a spring # water in his head.
 This second boy brings on a torch ike little stick, which is lighted and