Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25

went to him hopeful and did not
grudge the money, no matter how
much the payment of it hurt them.
The doctor could cure all the ills the
flesh is heir to and believe if any one
had asked his press agent or Prof
Arthur IL he could grow hair on a
billiard ball he would declare that he
could.
DR.. Arthur was too spiritual to pay
any attention to the filthy lucre. Such
sordid things as money did not inter-
est him and after he had made the
passes and administered the rubbing
which constituted a treatment, the pa
t1ent would have to call upon the
manager to pay his bill. The doctors
thoughts were on higher things than
mere cash.
The doctor is a past master in the
knowledge of dramatic effect. He is
good actor and might make an hon
est living on the stage if his constitu-
entS in the Sixth ward refuse to re-
turn him to the council next month.
He always claimed to his audience
that his performances were most eX-
hausting and once he fell in a faint.
declaring that he gave out so much of
his own life and magnetism in healing
others that he had little left to sustain
him.
Faker Throws a Faint
He closed his performance on Satur
day night. During the intermission be-
tween the hypnotic stunt and the heal
ing stunt the doctor left the stage, and
a lew minutes later came rushing back
His hair was disheveled and his arms
We're outstretched and the exclamation
on his lips
My God, the manager has slipped!"
lie had convenient fainting spell, but
hnally came out of it far enough to
conclude the performance and wake up
the seVen-day sleeper from his trance
of DEATH
We all waited around to be paid off.
and when the audience had disappeared
the doctor-he who was above consider.
ing paltry goid-met a crowd of people.
all with their minds bent upon money.
Ihe manager has skipped and taken
all the money with him." he said.
There were protests from every quarter.
but the doctor protested that he was in
Just as bad a fix as anyone and that he
mad no money to pay anyone. That all
the contracts had been made by his
manager and that he was therefore not
liable for anything; but as he believed
in doing the right thing he would see
what could be done.
He told us to call at his office on the
following Monday. With this we went
away, not very well satisfied but max
ing the best of bad bargain.
On Monday l called and vas met at
the door by a woman who told me l
could not come in. She said that there
had been lot of people there trying to
collect bills, but that the professor
would see none of them.
Sees Councilman from the Sixth
A few days later / again went to the
office and was told that he had left
town. l hear. nothing more from him
for about twosweeks, when l was told
by a horse" named Casey that the
professor had been in town all the time
and was then located on the south side.
He gave me his address and / called
several times, but with no satisfactory
result as regards the money due me.
one time woman was present who
was taking instructions I'm hypnotism
from the professor. He had her try to
hypnotic me, Dut after several at
tempts i'm which she failed he gave me a
sign, gave her some more suggestions,
and / simulated hypnotism.
She believed she was a full-hedged
hypnotist, and he gave me a dollar,
saying, you helped me out of a h
of a fix" He said that was all the
money he mad at the time. A few days
after this ! secured an engagement with
a travelling hypnotist and left the city.
1 did not see Prof. Arthur again
until few days ago, when l saw him
on the street and he was pointed out as
the respected and honored councilmanic
representative of the Sixth ward. Since
then l learned the fact that Prof
Arthur the boy phenomenon, and DR..
Arthur Houghton, councilman from the
Sixth ward. are one and the same per-
son from the picture published I'm The
Herald at the beginning of The Heralds
crusade against takers in Los Angeles
Chicago people became suspicious OF
Prof, Arthur and the professor thought
Il Just as well to leave for some place
where he was not quite so we'll known
II was after leaving Chicago that he
wrote the letter to Florence White, the
medium who decided a week ago that
she had better take a vacation from
practice In Los Angeles
In that letter he told her that he re-
GREETED he could not stay long enough
/ to meet her, and remarked that "hG
| got leary of staying"
1 have had so much dealing Will
y mediums and spiritualists that l an