Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-03-12

INV one hNNM re was NNNfDs
Mr. Peters and hia frlohds were
puzzled and mystiaod. for they know
that be- had written hla question at
home ana had not ugco her dashboard
They dld not know, however. that DC
had made the remark that day. iu the
presence % ono of Mlsa Fay'a com.
pany. that he would bel there that
HiFht with hia question he did make
such a remark however. stating that
De- intended 20 write "a question az
homo and that be- w7s going to see 30
sho comu read it Miss Fay was there.
fore safe. when tho member OF thc
company reported That Mr. puCu
would be- lu tho audience. in call.nF
h'H name and trusting to her ablo
assistant Mr. piuFrce. to got tho
question and got 90 under thc stage
ln this she was right Had Mr Peters
refused to deliver hIB question. Miss
Fays reply would have been that bis
thought continued 20 come Co her. but
In fragments, 6a ho would not concCn
trato his mind sufficiently 90 enable
her to read &c. with this or something
similar she wound dismiss Che question
and arouse mo- suss icion
How She piumisaes a Question.
She dli The same thing with me.
Z wrote O. question on a piece of paper.
kept IL iu my pocket aud sho called
my name. knowing that I was ln tho
house. hut when ! failed 10 surrender
tho paper when it was called for
the operator below reporting that DO
had mot como down--sho declared that
I d.d not keep my mind on the subject
and that she was therefore unable 90
read my question
Answered When Cardboard Was Used.
have attended more thau twenty.
nYe of her performance iu tHc past
.tW0 years aud never 900 she answer
"a question Dor mp tiI last lhuriny
Previous 90 that time ! had always
written my questions ou my own pa.
Dor and refused 'o surrender them.
but Lass Thursday I used hJr card.
board and wrote very heavily want
cd 90 test her she answered mo a.
most as soon BIER performance was
commenced.
hi.cd BY Many Assistants.
the carbon paper and the uhn OF
tho secret passage under the stage
are not the only schemes used to get
at The thoughts and questions OF tho
people In the audience. Miss Fay
carries company Of people, almost
q dozen, who do not appear aa nom
beers of the company ana b Us their
business To learn what they can at an
times possible so that she can use
the information az the proper Lmo.
These people are scattered through.
out fhe audience when the house ig
1rsl opened and they put in their
tImg getting information about tho
people bon ,he house and responding
fo certain names which bliss Fay may
Ca. An thIa helps along with the
performance wonderfully and o. an
essential part When sho wants TO
mako an unusually good hlt she calls
the name by which one OF her en-.
plOycf is to respond Say b la wo.
man sho then proceeds 10 describe
the clothing OF the person named ana
tells her a great many details On reply
to the supposed question which never
FALLS tO make an impression with the
rest OF the audience. Thla woman
will then perhaps move cautiously %
another part OF the house q saw one
woman move ,nrer times last Friday
night when she viii answer % an.
other name aud so on
Conversations Overheard.
But this ~ not the most important
function 81 these people Their most
important work Is TO listen % CONVEX.
sations ana report them o. Miss Fay.
For instance, one or these paid en-.
ployos may be- sitting beside well
known woman and hear her say that
she would like 90 know so and 30. but
is afraid 10 ask &c. This omployo OF
the company az once makes Il mental
note of this question. aud 10 she does
not leaye 90 report q she writes 81
down, pretending 20 be- aorlbbllng a
question FOR the mind reader" like
me rest Of the audience. later passing
70 % one OF the men who tako up the
questions ON that one slip she may
report the names OF half a dozen PEG
pie ln her immediate vicinity. % nho
Is unable 10 learn an the names she
describes The persons and indicates
their conversation I'D tho man who
takes up the paper hndu out tho
names The rest is easy sailing the
woman On tho audience who has been
talking 20 her friend ls then aston.
ishod 90 hear her name called and be-
told that she wants 20 know 90 and
so FOR she knows that she mas never
written the question Her friend and
several others IN the same section
may be surprised in a like manner
'"Ithout suspeciing collision
Assistants Read tho Questions,
Nor 10 thls the only way they work
&c. last Thursday evening a young
man sat in the hrat row OF the dress
circle next % me and no wrote a quea.
tion ON bic own SID OF paper. refusing
the pad when preferred 80 used the
name o, II. King, although that 10 not
his real name, and as Miss Fay went
on with her reading enc ala n0t call
his name and be became rather Crl