Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1911 — GOULD IN ROLE OF MAGICIAN [ARTICLE]

GOULD IN ROLE OF MAGICIAN

Father of Edwin Refuses to Retrieve Lost Hat When Asked to Second Time In One Day. Edwin Gould says that when he was a little boy his father took him on an excursion into the country. The father several times cautioned him against leaning his head so far out of the ear window. Little Edwin wanted to know why, and his father told him that his hat might blow off. The youngster then Jammed his hat down on his head and said: “Now it can’t blow off:* But suddenly the bat blew off, and the little fellow was disconsolate. His father had snatched It off and hidden It behind him. But when Edwin began to cry and sob, his father said: “There it comes!” and then began to whistle. The little fellow looked out of thq window, and suddenly his hat was slipped upon his head. “I was amazed,” says Mr. Gould. "I thought that my wonderful daddy had whistled and performed a miracle for me. I laughed with glee, threw my hat out of the window, and said: “ ‘Now, Daddy, whistle It back again. That’s fun.’ “But he said he could do that only once in a week.”—The Sunday Mags, sine.