The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-23
A Mind
Reading Craze
By MARTHA v. MONROE

hlbtions. But this had not the effect
on the beau monde of an exhibition he
gave at the house Of Mrs. MacGruder.
one Of soclety's leaders. This private
entertainment made him fashionable,
and every young man who had shaken
his brains down into his heels at cotll-
lion parties and every young girl
whose aristocratic manners and con
served beauty had given her the right
| TO look down on her sisters who had
the brains to take down the dictation
of a scientific constructor or mer-
chant prince was talking about mind
reading.
| Pete Barnical and Lucy Witridge
were sitting together. she on sofa,
he in chair opposite her. He was
holding a skein of yarn on his hands
which she was winding into a ball.
II have heard" said Miss Witridge.
"that Mrs. Powelton is very much dis
| pleased that Mrs. MacGruder got ahead
of her by giving that mind reading
i exhibition at her house. You see, all
| society is talking about ii. OF course
it is greatly to Mrs MacGruder's cred
| it to have introduced the matter"
Ibid the mind reader find out who
had the most mind?'
II don't think that was his object.
He told what people were thinking
about"
what were they thinking aboutF
| "What question: II wasn't that
which was wonderful: it was that he
could tell without knowing what they
were thinking about"
How could he tell what he didn't
known
She lifted her big brown liquid eyes
| from a tangle in the yarn she was
Strengthening out to his with a KIND
of puzzled wonder.
Il didn't mean to say" she replied
when she had given her brain time to
work out an answer. that he could tell
what a person was thinking about
without knowing Il, but he didn't know
/ it until-until"
"He found it OUT supplied Pete.
"No. not that either. The remarka-
BILE feature of his performance was the
way he found it out
/ How did he do it,"
How did he do 1t? Why. he did 1t
by She was stalled again.
perhaps he didn't know himself
"Thats it. He said he didn't know
how he did 1t"
"what did he dor
HE took Billy Perkins hand and.
blindfolded, led Billy TO what he was
thinking about. Then Mr.. Horton
wrote something on piece OF paper.
folded 1t, put it in an envelope put the
envelope in a book. put the book on
the top OF the library, and then the
where did he put the libraryF
"The library. He didn't put that
anywhere. II was there already"
"Well, then what happenedE
/ 'The mind reader told what was
written ON the paper, though he had
been blindfolded all the time"
That's nothing remarkable. III bet
| can tell what you're thinking about
this minute"
81 don't believe you can do any such
thing"
TRY me. Think Of something and
IN tell you what il is.
Every well; I've thought Of some
thing"
"A pumpkin
There was contempt in her express
sion as she looked at him and replied
that she wasn't thinking Of any such
thing
Eyes. YOU were You were thinking
Of Tom Baxter You couldn't think OF
Tom Baxter without thinking OF Tom
Baxter's head. Tom Baxter's head is
pumpkin.
How Ridiculous But she did not
smile. Indeed, she made the cxclama-
tion because she didn't quite grasp the
logical conclusion.
"Tn tell you what YOU do he pro-
ceeded. not giving her time 10 think IL
an ont. You Fix your mind on some
thing and IN lead You 20 i.
She spent some time selecting an OBJ
iect. then told him she was ready. He
took her hand and led her 20 the piano.
Il didn't think Of that AZ ALL she
said
"Tu try again" he said. sim holding
her hand. and be led her 90 a clock on
the mantel
Wrong again"
lie led her ~ = tete -tete IN the cen
ter - the room. She didn't say whcth-
r. hc was right or not. nor aid he ask
her They sank into their respective
seats on the teie-a tete lie stih held
her hand
n can ten Won what you are think
suc about be said.
"whatg-
Tom Baxter"
Elm nof"
ME
she ali nat reply 70 this she lower
- her eyes
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aWhatF
aYan'rs thinning that I'm thinking
that that love you
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