Show z t IIFADS ILLAC1ES IO eg wltb Personal Magnet i Telepathy Psychology Suggestion Hypnotism and Spiritualism By Ilq ARD U WARM AN A M 6u Inent Piycholoibt and Hygienist ldlpl p M rgto iUSCLE READING 1I27 Jjo r 1ilO tWltl IJ reading is not reading tho 1 II1U > t tilt reading tho mind by means 1111 t h r it jscious muscular action When Ieat tits called mind readtngIn tho ae which It Is generally under = o term mind reading Is a ml t cr and Is in consequence mis N h ° y l Its History lled led mind reading had its ml t In Chicago In 1873 and was L monstrated by one J Randall Depc a newspaper reporter 1ft 1877 while Brown was giving ex 3IOllblbl ris In Chlckerlng New York rop5Cltyjdyoung man whoso fame after a fI UIHel that of Brown and every J27 t fslo alCed ffptotl ljf s < Halled mindreader made uhlmlieujknown to Brown and desired itwitil b bIB assistant claiming he had t 8ton UtG elders f V 4 jiilihwas none other than the great Wti I gton Irving Bishop who saw O th lorttmlty of gathering In the IUTISm Is from a gullible public Ifi1 nverantlon with Mr Bishop 1n sac 1887 after he had made ana I an-a tional reputation ho admitted rte the trickery whereby all mind Ir t ders performed their various T oa and strongly Indorsed thee the-e able words of P T Barnum I 111 t American people like to be humbug = hum-bug ff t eelallY remember his remark in y I IHSFesarto the use of the wire which hot ho-t 3 1ri to his forehead In order to badhe mind of the ono at the other endottlio wire He said The more irayjstirlous j you make the affair the t ass Hkely are they the public to un Set avejftU jen In England Bishop secured NGltt i Wvices of one Charles Garner as I ilstant As Bishop left Brown iiq rner left Bishop as soon as the t was discovered As Bishop had tl hid British territory Garner sal Vhi I a forth to do the Americans but crt ce Bishop ho did not care to put In Jl W bol upon his work He came to i country as Stuart Cumberland RY tb l igTJrcat Mindreader of London Eng ring I t lInF llcltl3 an Invited guest at a private loved ssttg his Initial performance held Sell S9a2 L parlors of tho Russell house eeolbetq Mich I give herewith ash as-h for brtefls as possible not only what was wrl DetI p a general way but the HOW tnciu zen or more prominent citizens including ministers lawyers reporters actors etc were present by special re quWSI fewhen j Cumberland arrived ho an nounofed that his tests of mind read sbgt lvoiild consist of finding hidden M obj < ge giving names dates of birth lave jpInroTof birth etc etc of those pres 11 by HjiiHe did all that he agreed to do ring aia tdld it well under the guise of ads mlfiareadlng He failed in onq In thin Stance1only of this I will hereinafter an Ispeak and that failure was undenla ods jble 1 proot that results depend more llargejyjupon the subject than upon the id reader and wholly in this case iipoftStho physical contact rfBB bre leaving the room and being b11ii 1 1 tided ho took each of us by tho es Ia for an Instant only Why The expert the mindreader muscle r the moro sensitive to the Cot i even to so fine and delicate a i at aefi as may be rightly termed super I rite ve Ho said I do this to as en c the best subject for the soil n Iv so-il or most difficult test viz tho tt of three objects In quick such c suc-h only his touch but his sight gu him In his choice Ha would na loose one of a phlegmatic temper am or one of a sluggish circulation llf nj of a nervous sanguine tern litant sensitive td a marked de gre as chosen for tho test e How It Was Done i S RJ t the blindfold This Is an as slikgjgcc 1 rather than ia hindrance Inasmuch In-asmuch as It shuts out all exterior dls tilt IraGtlons from the operators mind It inaluw him more passive to the Invol unary muscular action of his subject beiides it appears to render the work rfiuie mindreader more difficult tttJjfnearl every case the operator pratiieices a black kerchief I to add to tSjdeceptlon which he places over this iiyes and asks you to draw It tightlY tight-lY es the tighter the better Why D so ho contracts the brows and eVSilllf IOU put on an additional kt r cWftfJand fold kid gloves over tho eyes a A id Paul Alexander Johnstone tho tiilli of the kerchief I falls upon the Pii rf the gloves resting against the lollcted brows When he desires to u raises his brows a very simple till Indeed Is 11 very great aid and Is espo ci deceptive when describing a lady in the audience fb whoih i air 4 Wor bouquet is to be given1 She whtainiy visible to tho operator tfre underneath tho foldiv whon ho IDtIar action of the subject v Ttit blindfold is also 1IIed to prove tT that his experiments ai artnotdue to lriiyslcal contact when he does not r touch the subject but Instead cxtenfis his hands ono above tho other about II foot or more apart and directs the subject to put one of his hands between tween and cqufdlstant from his own Were they placed on the level of his eyes ho could not do the trick Why Because ho could not see the action or movement of the subjects hand This Is essential to success because when the operator moves his hands In tho wrong direction the subjects hand fol lows tardily thereby Indicating unconsciously uncon-sciously and unintentionally to the operator that ho is moving in the wrong direction But when tho operator opera-tor Is on tho right track tho hand oi the subject responds readily and ro alns Its relative position This blindfold trick Is also resorted to in tho driving test through tin crowded thoroughfares of a city How ever fn tho case of Jolmstono a hood was worn the out cover being mohair the Inner part of heavy broadcloth Surely ho could not see below this I No he had no need to do so lIe could see through it by means of a neat little contrivance Tho strings that fastened the hood about the neck had a sort of doublo backaction i e they opened a seam in tho front of the broadcloth hood that was not distinguishable through the mohalrnot distinguishable distinguish-able to the casual observer but enabled en-abled tho ramdreader to distinguish objects very clearly So much for the blindfold and the part it plays In reading read-ing minds Once more to Mr Cumberland When ho reentered tho room after having been blindfolded he took the hand of one of the group who had hidden hid-den an object and ho found the object quickly Ho did this many times and accurately He failed but once There was a reason One of tho reporters desired de-sired a test Unfortunately for Mi Cumberland tho reporter had been Imbibing rather freely too freely to concentrate his mind on the hidden object Tho reporters hand was as limp so to speak as was his mind therefore as tho operator denended en tirely upon muscular action to Indicate direction ho was wholly at seaa ship without a rudder and he was obliged to give It up In the triple test with myself as guide he succeeded admirably I held my thought Intently on each separate articleIndividually not collectively held each one for the time being at the exclusion of the two others MindReading or Muscle Reading Which Undoubtedly and undeniably muscle reading In order to do Justice to the operator my mind was fixed on tho hidden object each In Its turn so intent In-tent was I that I was not aware of a muscular movement on my part that was directing him to tho object Mind Is Indivisible It Is impossible for the mind to bo In two places at the same time The hand of the operator Is guided unmistakably guided by the hand of the subject as soon as the I physical contact Is established as ho fully surrenders himself to tho Involuntary i Invol-untary muscular leading of his subject Tis true the operator Is usually In advance hence It may be said that the subject cannot lead but the subject can push as well as pull the better word however Is direct When the operator In his rush which Is done for effect passes the point or place In the subjects mind he Is very quickly made aware of it by an Involuntary movement on the part of tho subject that arrests his attention at-tention and directs his action In the giving of names dates etc Mr Cumberland had all the letters of the alphabet and tho numerals up to ten arranged In regular order Again he was blindfolded and seated at a table He took the hand of tho subject and told him to think Intently on the first letter of his name He then passed the subjects hand slowly over the letters When the right letter was reached the supersensItive mind reader felt a slight Involuntary movement move-ment on tho part of the subject Instantly In-stantly tho operators hand darted down on the correct letter like a hawk on a chicken In this slow and tedious way he gave names dates etc and called it mind reading If you want additional and self avl dent proof of Involuntary muscular action ac-tion you may find it In your own personal per-sonal experience Ikyou are a bicyclist Recall the time you learned to ride Do you recollect that leath lIIco grip with which you clung to the handlebars handle-bars You saw an object In the street There was ample room on either side qf it but you steered straight for It and then wondered why you hit It Why did you Because mind Is Indivisible Indi-visible and cannot be In two places at the same time Your ailnd was on the object In tho street hence you were wholly unconscious Of tho muscular action ac-tion that guided the wheel You may remember tho experience of the man who was learning to ride a wheel and had porch difficulty in consequence con-sequence of a telegra lt pole infront of his house Tho pplo was on the side of the road not In the road but it always al-ways seemed to be In ovldence No matter where ho started that pole seemed to bo his objective point lie ninifd Straight for it unintentionally unintention-ally and his aim was good Ono day he started with his back to tho pole Althougu lie was a novice ho disco ered he was a trick rider his wheel made a complete circuit and struck the pole Why Because he could not hate his mind on the polo and on the wheel at the same time Besides ho feared the pole and what one fears ho gets I Tho musclo readerahd his subject held exactly tho sumo relation to each other as do the novice wheelman and his wh6el directed by unconscious muscular action Copyright 1W7 by Joseph B Bowles > I |