Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1887 — Mind Reading for Pleasure. [ARTICLE]

Mind Reading for Pleasure.

Fred Ljsnght in St. Louis. Globe-Democrat. For a parlor entertainment there is no more delightful study than the subject of mind reading. There is so much trickery practiced in mixed assemblages that ,the public will not allow itself to be convinced of the force of will power or magnetism—whichever is at the base of the faculty. I have attended public demonstratons. lor years, and althoagh I saw wonderful performances I could not divest myself of skepticism, arid in consequent retired as much an unbeliever as ht :ore I entered on the experiment. However, that sentiment was overcome when in my own parlor, within the famdy circle, I saw persons perform prodigies. Any one: can do the same thing. Let the person who essays the task go out ol the room. The audience thinks of something, or conceals ah article. Then the mind reader returns, selects any one in the circle, and by simply placing the hands on the collar bone so that the index fingers meet at the hack, he will find an involuntary action on the part of the subject that will guide him in the right directioift Any one can try it; but I would advise beginners not to attempt anything very difficult at the outset. After a few experiments they will become so sensitive to muscular and nervous action as to follow the faintest inclination of the person on whom their hands rest.