Show PSYCHOLOGISTS T ARE PUZZLED BY ACTOR By AMY AI ARMSTRONG Giving G a a. test this at the University Uni Un of ot Utah of or hl his ability to transmit mu music lc to the mind of ot Mile Mercedes playing at the Orpheum this week certainly had ev everything against I him anti and yet was able ablo to Rive give a a. tory torI tOr demonstration All AI we vc gl e e these I tests for ho eald said is to prove 11 that there Is no trickery about the act Tho explanation ton we lea leave leac c to oth other Others act t If IC I l I I could give Ivo a satisfactory Q explanation I would not be here doln doing th the the- act I I What Mercedes does la As Is to have some on In the n audience think of ot a selection of ot otI i music tell him the name of ot It I and then I I he transmits It i tn In n some wa way to Mile ant she sho gIves given the name In Inmost Inmost inmost most cases and nd plays vlas the c pisca They Thoy do not Cot ot caim claim that the they ne er r fall fail fal but the tho per cent of or failures Is 18 Small to tho tito thoI total number of or selections asked for I This morning effort every en was made mado by the professors and students to eliminate mate I and all 01 possibility of ot sl signals or a code of or any sort aorL sort I am convinced d. d said sid I Po Prof JO Joseph Peterson head of the do do- of or psychology that there ther Is no rio trickery about It I. I The Tho que question only remaIns remains re re- I mains how Is It done I Is It muscular activity which enables him to send Rend th the thought or r Impression or ora a hi It I else Is I It I ether waves or air wave which transmit the tho Impression If 1 th tho tha former It I Is IH electricity Any number of or questions were asked Mercedes and his hil assistant as to how hoW tho the Impression lol left let him and went vent to her She says sas that sometimes s she gets Jet a n picture of the notes In her mind sometimes Just a aHen Hen seno e of or tho the melody comes to her If it I h he hI j d does doen not know the music he cannot send It I to h her r so o that nto rt o can play It but hois ho hola la is 15 not a pianist pianist He lie plays the violin Mercedes Meredes In H he and Mile tone h have 0 been working together about ten or twelve years arl They were In an orchestra orches tra ira first first- he lie being th tha leader When he wanted to play a tf certain selection electon ho would turn to her and tell tel her ann and ane It I finally got so s ho did not seem m to have to tell her but by the time he had turned ture around round she hc was picking out the th right music This Is S w what t started them at first am and they have since e developed the sympathetic sym sym- pa pathetic tl understanding Professors ProCessors of l pay psychology everywhere c have Interested and have c performed t tests testa l. l but o have p jet t been hen able to give gt no satisfactory explanation They have tried to explain In various ways but what one believes another de denies The tact fact remains that however ho It I Is Is done It Is Iser er very wen well done and no one one who sees It tt Is ablo bi to find any flaws In la hI thin method or nr fr tr to 0 rl nv tim ruling ml |