The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-16
SHE STILL
Anna Eva Fay Entertainment Drew a
Large House

The performances of Anna Eva Fay,
the mysterious. do not seem to grow
old to a Topeka audience. Probably
four-ffths of the people who filled all
the available space in the theater last
night had seen Anna Eva Fay and her
mysteries before.
There is little change in the program.
The same melodious voiced manager
who by the way is the husband-pre-
SentS Miss Fay and her complications
with the same OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
that-I- u~se-no-false beard-in perform
ing-this-feat" expression, and spends
the usual moun of ime in choosing a
delegation of three to keep tab on the
departments" as he called them for
these many years gone by, although he
knows from experience that they are
not experiments and are sure to turn
out according to schedule.
Miss Fay land the m~anager) were as
sisted in the opening performance by
Frank Grimes, D. O.. McCray and d
c. E. Foote, who tied the strings, felt
of the chair to see that it had no false
bottom, and sewed and sealed the bind
ing of Miss Fay's wrists in her great
cabinet trick.
Frank Grimes, by reason of his ex-
p~erience in the shirt making business,
gave a creditabIe exhibition of sewing
the rag. and bit off the thread with a
graceful movement which led people IN
the audience to think that he kissed
the mana OF the principal DGTlOIAuC4-
Judge Foote was lot an expert eaIn-
stress, and was assisted by the man
ager. The cabinet trick was of course
pulled off in the same old way. n
only new feature was a short address
by D. o. McCray who vas chosen to
tell the audience that he could discover
no chlitz in the carpet, wires, hidden
springs or confederates. The speech
made by Mr.. McCray was en~thusiastic-
ally received by the audience.
But the part of Miss Fay's perform
ance which leaves a thick layer OF
mystery and makes people want to see
her again is the uncanny way h an
swers questions which she has never
seen or heard. Anyone in the audi
euce may get in on this proposition
power Of this strange woman Write
your question. fold it and place in your
pocket" Is the instruction, but don't
writs any sloppy question you would
nee hear. for the Mystery, sitting
alone in the center Of the stage under
a sheet. is liable to make you feel like
80 cents by repeating the question,
word for word. naming the writer, and
then giving an answer which may not
be complimentary. Many topeka peo-
pie endorse the Anna Eva Fay way of
finding out things. Information she
gave two years ago proved correct in
many instances. Stolen property was
iNSS'~AS-s D09AACoo GAtSt piAStS SHOWN
up as good things or fakes, as the case
might be. and lucky political aspfrants
named In the spring of 1902 she said,
in answer to a question concealed In the
pocket of a member Of the audience,
that Mr.. Bailey would be elected gov
ernor. Last night she said that Mr.,
Hoch would be the next of the line
She toSd Frank Grimes that he was
due to make money from mining ven
lures in Mexico. and become a large
I factor IN the aTa1rZ nf +ha 0-fant 100
There are also i features which arr
entertaining, including elaborate NOV
ing 9ictIIres.
Miss Fay's present engagement Al