The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-02

not be adequately described; it has to
be seen to be fully realized. She sits
blindfolded on the stage, her back to
the audience, while her husband and
manager, Mr.. Max Berol- Konorah,
goes down among the audience with a
number Of small square sections of
blackboard. which he distributes among
the spectators with Il request that each
who receives 4 section write upon it
with chalk any numeral he or she may
choose. The numerals are not sug-
gested by Mr.. Konorah, who returns
to the stage and there arranges the
sections on tripod which is placed
close to the footlights and faces the
audience, until eight or ten rows Of
figures, each row containing six figures,
are formed into a formidable example
in addition.
He calls out at once to Nine. Kon-
orah to name the totaI she instantly
responds; he writes her answer on the
board; then proves it by adding up
the rows himself. Her total is invari-
ably correct; she names it without
the least hesitation when called on.
In like manner Nine. Konorah null
tiplies each row of figures by the row
next below it, and with equally mar
VelOus speed and exactness.
This is done by woman who sits
far back on the stage, blindfolded; her
own back to the board on which the
figures are written. During each dem
onstration Mr.. Konorah does not gu
near his wife, and confines his oral
communication with her to a demand
for q total. multiplication, a sub
traction, as the case may ke Mr.
Konorah himself performs some en-
tirely unique and wholly amazing arith-
metical gymnastics, illustrative Of his
own ingenious invention of a science
which he calls "seX' and relation
ship in and of figures. This is 50
clever as to render description by a
layman impotent. The whole of this
Konorah act forms the most attractive
9nd original novelty any New York
variety house has recently offered in
its bill.
Mr.. Berol- Konorah has made arith-
metic, the traditional dry study of ouI
youth. assume the true aspect IF :,
pastime. He does this in spite of the
ominous properties which confront tbs
audience and are 50 irrestibly sug-
gestive, especially to the juvenile eye,
of the tsrnSaic precincts of the school
room. BIackb03r3s and chalk, under
Mr.. Konorah's deft manipulation, pro-
duce q series of transfCrmation scenes
which beguile one into thinking that
he is Il olxing on at a Drury Lane Pan
tomime CT else seeing a fairy tale acted
Mr.. Konorah, in short, establishes
blocd relationship between the various
figuE es he traces on the beard he en-
dows them with sex, and marries
them. Three" and seven" fer exam
pie, are declared husband and wife-it
is the union of the lesser-the feminine
and the greater-the masculine-o1
two odd numbers which establishes a
round numher-"ten." This may sound
simple, hut no sooner has the magician
caused them to commit matrimony
than he proceeds by occult Ir3cess
combined with mathematical precision
if that be not paradox tc make the
welded odd numbers raise 2 family
whereupon the brothers and sisters
who thus appear upon the blackboard
Are accommodated with more PALE
faced neighbors cf the numerical race
who come into being in the winking Of
an eye, as Kon3rah's swift hanl plies
the chalk. In this manner the children
of the original married couple are en-
ahled to mate themselves, ana to also
play the most surr rising tricks with
each other; younger brothers are ia
Ken in han0 by their elders-"five' on1
four, as senior a1 junior, join forces
and by multiplication rule form "twen-
ty." When this seemingly SIMPLE rrs-
liminary is effected, the mystic wielaer
Of the chalk proceeds to make it lea ]
up to rnarvels. Odd and even num-