Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-04-24
NEW JAPANESE MAGIC
Mysterious Act on the Stage Which
Nobody Can Explain.
Tbs "EHehantsa Fountain" which
Bursts Forth from . MANS Head
or ths Edge OF q sword at
perfexnSr's oomnand.


One Of the most interesting tricks
that those wonderful peol 'e the Jap
ancse have contributed &c Gle amuse-
ment of the American public is the
"enchanted fountain" act. The orig
inator of this feat is Prof. Shogioknsai
Ten-lchi of Toxic, "juggler patronized
and given gold medal by his imperial
majesty the Mikado," to quote his
visiting card, reports the Chicago
Chronicle.
In his country Ten-Ichi is accounted
a great magician and wealthy man.
Ii is said that he has fortune of 500.-
, ven. which il equivalent to making
him many-tim millionaire In this
country. He lives in n palace in the
environs of the japanese imperial city
and on his extensive estates has greeted
a go-down. or storehouss, in which he
las curiosities estimated to be worth
100000 yens. Japs never keep their
valuables or relics in the house in
which they dwell.
Years ago Ten-Ichi vas n Buddhist
priest. Early in life he manifested
desire to learn magic. and before he
had grown very old be found thnt the
practice of that are would be extreme
~ proftab BILE to him, so he abandoned
the priestho God and gave all his time to
the cultivation of the art my stifying,
He rose rapidly in profession which
flourishes in the Flowery Kingdom.
He attracted the attention Of the court
md the mobiles and the MiI,ado ap-
pointed him imperial magician, great
honor. Ten-Ichi means the first man
in heaven" Ten meaning heaven"
and Ichi "one." This nnme he adopted
after the Mikado had honored him.
Fortune began more than ever to
favor the imperial magician. He or
ganized company and Travelled many
times the length and breadth Of the
island of Japan. Tie "enchan.cd foun-
tain" act gained for him c.es; fame.
For the "onchonte6 fountain" act
the stage is set with three ch;.ira, le-
Lind which heavy dark plush, curtain
Is suspended. Ten-Ichi comes on the
stage and draws a beautiful sword
from it's scabbard. To show how sharp
1t is he cuts paper with It and then
some two feet high, the sharp side up,
On his right there is a pyramid OF
three ordinary glasses or tumblers.
The magician pours from teapot into
the top one of these tumblers, 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.
Tsn-fchi produces fan from the
folds of his gown and makes several
passes over the pyramid of tumhlers
Instantly stream Of water. thin but
strong. comes out of the, tumbler. II
spouts to a height Of Ave or six feet
He waves his hand. the stream ceases.
He waves again ead for second time
the stream shoots up. Then he touches
the stream with his fngers and
10 disappears. He shows that he has
absolute control over it.
A young Jap comes in gnd is amused
at the trick. This Jap evidently is a
comedian. but as he talks only Japan
csc the spectator has to guess. He ask,
how the trick is done and is told He
gets the magic word. but when he says
II nothing haBpens, He yells and
storms the magic word, but to 10 avail
The magician whispers IL and the
stream reappears.
Suddenly Ten-Ichi makes pass with
his left hand and q second fountain
spurts from the very edge of the sus-
pended sword. The comedian goes
over To investigate and is surprised TO
! bee third stream come from the TOP
nj his head. He ID amused, and more
20 when a second Jap boy. coming or
the stage suddenly develops n spring
of water in his head.
This second boy brings on torch
like little stick. which is lighted and
held by the two girls. Ten-Ichi pro-
eluces short stick to the end of which
q little teaeup is attached. He waves
his wand and little streams Of water
shoot forth from the .teacups. from the
Torches, from the heads Of the assist
lsnts-in fact, the stage ia a regular sea
~ fountains, The rcene winds up with
all the streams playing.