Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-06-04
NEW JAPANESE MAGIC
Mysterious Act on the Stage Which
Nobody Can Explain.
The "Eachanted Fountain" which
Bursas Forth from a Mnn's Head
or the Edge of . sword at
Perform<r's Command.

One of the most interesting trick
that those wonderful people the Jap.
ancse have contributed to the .amuse'
men, Of The American public is the
e.~hant ed fuuntuin" act The orig
inato. # this feat is Prof. Shogiokusai
Ieu-lchi Of 1o"lo, juggler patronized
ane given gold medal by his imperial
ms lesty the Mikado," to quote his
vhi.ing card. reports the Chicago
Chronicle.
In his country Ten-Ichi Is accounted
great magician and n wealthy man.
II is said that he has fortune Of 500,-
~ yen, which is equivalent to making
him many-times 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
250.000 yens. Japs never keep their
yaluabes or relics in the house in
which they dwell
Years ago Ten-lchi was a Buddhist
priest. Early in life he manifested
desire TO learn magic. and before he
had grown very old he found that the
practice Of that are would be- extreme
~ profta BILE 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
fourishes in the Flowery Kingdom
He attracted the attention of the court
and the mobiles and the Mikado ap-
pointed him imperial magician great
honor. Ten.lehi means "the first man
in heaven" Ten meaning "henven"
and lchi zone" This name he adopted
after the Mikado had honorcd him
Fortune began more than ever TO
favor the imperial magician. lie or
ganized 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 "enchante6 fountain" act
the stage is set with three chairs, be-
hind which heavy dark plush. curtain
Is suspended Ten-Ichi comes on the
stage and draws beautiful sword
from It's scabbard. To show how sharp
II Is he cuts paper with II and then
suspends II between two little posts
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 tenpot 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.
Ten-lchi produces fan from the
folds Of his gown and makes several
passes over the pyramid of tnmblerE
Instantly n stream Of water thin but
strong. comes ont ~ the, ,tumbler It
spouts to a height Of Ave or six feet.
He waves his hand the stream ceases.
He waves again and for second time
the stream shoots up. Then he touches
the stream with his fingers and
II disappears He shows that he has
absolute control over H.
young Jap comes In and is amused
at the trick. This Jap evidently is a
comedian, but as he talks only Japan
ese the spectator has to guess He asks
how the trick Ia done and Ia told lie
gets the magic word. buA when he SAYS
II nothing happens. He yells and
storms the magic word, but to N avail.
The magician whispers II and the
stream reappears.
Suddenly Ten-lchi makes pass with
his left hand and second fountain
spurts from the very edge Of the sus-
pended sword, The comedian goes