Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-12

r--. VINO claim TO nave Two mInus u1u |
but single thought. ! gladly respond |
ed to the invitation and was abundant |
~ rewarded by what l saw"
Mr. Stead then goes on TO explain |
that the Iancigs are Danes of about |
forty years of age and were brought |
up in the same village in Denmark |
and afterward came TO this country. |
where they married. After some time |
they discovered they We're so much in
harmony with one another that Mrs. |
Zapcig often read her husbands
thoughts before lie expressed them in
word or writing.
Zancig then tried a series of expert
ments to see whether he could by
thinking intently OH Il thing impress u
picture of that thing on his wife's
mind He found that when he thought
red she saw the air about her grow
lurid: when he fixed his mind on green
she saw green; when he thought of =
rose she saw the rose. and so forth.
But. while he could transmit his
thoughts of her and often did so unin'
press her by thinking intently of a def
mite object On the other hand, she
could rarely. if at all, impress his
mind. think she ever so intently.
After some years of experience they
went on the variety stage IN this coun'
try. Their act consists of Mr. Zancig
going out among the audience asking
1l,lars TO Shn
some object and IN all instances Mrs.
Zaucig standing oil the stage, marks
on slate tie proper name Or number.
Sometimes she makes mistakes. mis-
taking a six for nine or three for
an eight. but rarely.
Mr.. Stead AYERS that in order to
make certain that there was no fraud
he invited the Zancigs to luncheon at
his home on Nov 10 last. He con-
tinueS:
They did not get the invitation till
II in the morning of that day. Two
hours later they arrived at > Smith
square The company present iuclud-
ed Herald Begbie, 5. Trier of Copen-
| hagen, my wife and myself and. OF
n
| lunch he went into the drawing room.
| This is divided in two by Il heavy
| curtain which shuts off the half OF the
| room looking westward from the rest
| Of the room looking eastward. Mrs.
| Zancig went alone with her slate into
| the east end of the room: the curtain
| was drawn. Mr.. Begbie Mr.. Trier, my
| wife and | each chose objects. names
| or numbers. which We're no sooner
| shown to the husband than the wife
| announced them quite accurately from
| the other side of the curtain. Mr.. Beg
bic wrote three names one above an
| other. Mrs. Zancig wrote them down.
[ He then gave Mr.. Zancig "A watch
| key on which the makers name. Hunt.
| was distinguishable with difficulty. 1t
| is key said Mrs. Zancig from the
| other room: the name is Hunt \
series of eight figures was correctly
written out. Then, remembering Mr..
| Labouchere's familiar challenge to
thought readers to tell him the number
of banknote in his possession, took
out of my purse an old discolored bank
note and handed il TO Mr.. Zancig
What is it, he asked. His wife re-
piled from behind the curtain at the
other end of the room, 1t is Il note
u The date:' he asked. July 5. 1881,
she answered. And the number ::
There Is o. she said, and and al
s. and Il and Il f. She then drew
back the curtain and showed Us writ
, ten upon it '44.S95, which was the
number of my bank note.
Il ought to have said that she had
previously stated that the bank note
, had been scorched in the fire. 1t has
. every appearance of having been sing
ed, as | have carried it in my pocket
for twenty years 1t was thrust into
my hand twenty-one years ago by ;
lady as | was forcing my way TO tho
platform of Exeter hall at the meeting
which welcomed me on my release
from Holloway Jail. / have kept i
ever since as Il kind of mascot FOL
luck. l don't think any living sou
has seen it since then but myself alone
And | certainly did not know wha
, was its number"
al After this 1t was hardly necessary t,
O describe further experiments, though
Mr.. Stead.