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Show SULLIVAN'S SECRET. Mow He fnul.l Tell Whether II Waa Hoy ar a illrl. When John I. Hotllvim waa In Waah-Ingtoii Waah-Ingtoii l.-na than a year ago he ainuacd a crowd of llatcnera who happened to he of a variety Intellectually Bui-rlor to the average crowd of hnngcra-nn w ho worahlp the greHt man a memory r.T what he wua, wllh an exhibition of attHlmii.'iitu In which, according to John'a lcleaa, bruin Inatead of brawn and flatlrj proweaa pluya the better part, Bays Waahlnglon I'oet. He told Ihe age of any mun In the crowd who wua learned enough to add. Bub-tract Bub-tract and divide a aerlea of compound figurcn. which John furnlahed, and nine t Intra out of ten lilt the mark. Hut one feat which he performed, and In which he believed wllh the rervor or an Idola-tor. Idola-tor. goea Into the marveloua. 11 Involved the telling whether the flrat born or a given couple waa a boy or girl. The way thut thla tent wua accompllahrd waa a profound ret wllh the puglllat. but In a burat of confidence he dlarloaed the method to the writer. To aolve the problem the only neceaaary duta are the full mulden iiunie of i he mother and the full name of the nther. According to Mr. Hulllvuiie formula, If. after counting the lettera In both mimes, the acini la mi even one, the llral-horn la a boy. If odd the 1..HC, of t,e unl,,,, j. a girl. Kor example, ull the b-ltera In llury Jane Hro.di and lliu,n Hmlth form a tolul of twenty. three, an odd number. ltcuM. a girl. If thla formula Is reliable It will serve forccuailng pUr-poara pUr-poara aa well ua the eatabllahineiit of p..:it-fn, lo renulla; but no editorial guurunly goes wllh the preacrlpiion |