The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
ALEXANDER"

11 IKE MT. Dooley, Dolly admits
 from the beginning that she'll A believe anything if you tell is to her often enough.
 Now, there's the case of "Alexander," I the mysterious Man Who Knows" mind-reader, seer, clairvoyant-what you will-who careless1y peers into a "Crystaf' or Gazing Ball." and tells you without fail what you are think color your eyes are, and what sort os , man you are in love with; whether your new spring bonnet is going to be trimmed with gardenias or lilacs, and whether skirts will be shorter or longer than they are this season, and l the Lord knows what else. ] Yes, this same Wonder Man. Alexander, with his wonderful intui- i tive powers, his tremendous ability [ in the matter of concentration and his wide Knowledge of orientalism, who last night at the Jefferson fairly took 1 the house by storm" when he revealed apparently hidden thoughts in the minds of his audience; when he read ] out the fears, the hopes, the plans and
 the aspirations of the hungry hearted ana all, HldheS you DeHeNe-JuSt De- cause you cant help it-through the
 simplest and most uncomplex methods
 imaginable.
 1 Cuyiosly ambitious to know the | why's" and the "wherefores" of this | wonderful mans art I strolled in yes ] terday to chat a few minutes at the l Tutwiler with Alexander" and to my | amazement l stayed an hour, listening | to his charming recital of how anu l Whnn and where Iea iS de-art-science- ever you choose to name it--how ever you choose to designate it. | Tall, slender, with wonderfully in . telligent countenance his bright eyes twinkling with delight as he relates
 incident after incident in his wonder 1 fully interesting life. He sits calm and ,unperturbed as he makes mention of
 some remarkable phenomenon with which be has been connected | Tn the first place, please let me say that there Is absolutely nothing
 supernatural in my work" Alexander | said.
 I failed to say that you never think | of him as MT" or even with a front
 name-just "Alexander"-alt he has a given" name. which is Claude ! his taken name being "AleXander7 . out in California, which state he claims as home" they call him Cali fornia' Alexander-a term of endear- ment which qualities him as belong ing to that whole great, beautiful gold
 en-gated state.
 And further let me say" Alexander continued, that I give the secret of my work to all; I make no reserva-
 tons; 1t is merely concentration; psychology"
 | You mean mind over matter-and
 only the feeble minded. the weak
 minded can be used as your subjects ?' I oueried.
 Not at all" said Alexander in re- ply. "On the contrary, the most satis-
 factory examples of my work have been revealed in an audience made TIT of college professors. men of letters men Of learning, men with minds. My | work IS not a case of mind oyer matter but a case of projection of thought and
 is possible with any hybody--eyerybody
 who cares 10 give it enough atten- tion."
 The magic that I do is merely q 1 fiiier-tn, as 1t were, on my pro.
 grammes," he continued q have
 studied it-just as I have delved into lspirltuaiism, into the ouija board. int all the tributaries of occultism and
 science; but my particular work is ieoncentration''
 By queer coincidence was borr