The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1899, Page 20

20 —— THE SAN FRANOISCO OCALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1899 MARVELOUS FEATS OF MIND READING Remarkable Tests Performed by Khaldah, an Egyptian Officer, READS YOUR SECRET THOUGHTS LIKE AN OPEN BOOK. FORTNIGAT ago, when Khal- dah, the Egyptian, was demon- strating his gifts of telepathy at Miss de Forest's home in West Tenth street, it chanced that William K. Vanderblit was one of sts. If you ean tell me, ald the million- [ what I am thinking of at any given time I will pay you one hundred not wish your money, Mr. Van- sald the Easterner, who Is and does not pursue the cult eans of llvelthood, “but if you e me your hand and concentrate oughts upon some event that has ed In your life, not necessarily ted with it, I shall certainly tell hat that occurrence was.” e milllonaire and the mind-reader clasped hands. Khaldah, for perhaps twenty seconds, kn d his brows together and gazed intently at his subject. Then he said with a smile of trlumph: “Mr. Vanderbilt, you were thinking of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Am I right?” Mr. Vanderbilt sesmed almost dazed for instant and then sald: *‘Absolutely How on earth do you do it?” annot explain,” sald Khaldah. “I very hard, concentrate myselt in thoughts, make myself receptive r mind—then it cames like a face n & mirror. I see your mind, I your thought 1 teel Tall, slender and gracetul, with broad shoulders, & long, typically Egyptian face, every feature stralght and clean- chiseled, a head large, broad and deep, tell you vour name—you were bor month and the g who said er i . Stepping 1€ d on a £ with some A looking up A e greeted this irned to a t your hold your hand a to yourself, just as 1 the veins le as he ngers. He at there was his part. at not name.” is not a “Won't you ving or dead, day? Don't etter at all— e me y of the montt responded Khaldah, = with quickness, “and I think he vour brother, but he has long heen 1 Khaldah was brother had recisely correct. been dead almost v something clse,” con- over to an escri- kage of note- ite down three One of the gentlemen ers were written down, ibtraction made, Khal- > paper close to your you the last number you put down.” “Four ninety-four. Is that correct?”’ It was, as every one who followed the formula as Khaldah gave it agreed. This feat was repeated several times, Khal- dah almost invariably giving the correct answer. The excessive mental strain the man had undergone was quite apparent in his features, the perspiration glistened in his hair and he sank down upon a divan while he mopped his forehead and rested for a few moments. A little bit later, when he was called upon again to enter- tain Mrs. Anyon’s guests, he did some wonderful feats in hidden message read- ing. For example, one gentleman, at Khaldah's request, took up a sheet of paper, tore off a strip and wrote this message: “Will you have a Manhattan ocock- tal The strip of paper was rolled up lfke a tape measure and then Khaldah, who had been all the time at the other side of the room, said: “Please stand up and come over where I am standing. Put the writing close to vour forehead, cover it with the tips of your fingers and let me hold your left hand. Now spell out the words of the sentence to yourself just as if you were writing them slowly on a blackboard at school, but don’t move vour lips.” Khaldah grasped the forefingers of the gentleman’s left hand in his left hand, while the two right hands were pressed to their two respective foreheads. Then he said with a laugh: *“Ah! You atk me a question. I do not drink, but I will tell vou what vou sald. You say: ‘Wil I take a Manhattan cocktail.’ " Again a ripple of laughter and congrat- ulations followed the successful perform- ng to anotk of the 5 nething. I stion ¢ ng AN the monkey ever be mad ful to man? is a question tk vears and rs occupied the minds of able thinkers. And it is not @ red yet, for there are in- te that the monkey can t. a certain cafe, monkeys, or man ears acted as walt- creatures were easily taught the names of certain beverages a check brought the customer asked for. cafe all drinks are the same ch- customer on entering in- mount of brass for he In price, and sts money'in a certain this ve e e e o S S o o o] oo b R e e N R IR S SRS K FINDING WORD TrouGHT QFIN A BOOK." THE DOCTOR THOUGHT 0P .1} GARROTING AMAN, DRAVING A PICURE OF WHOM THE SUBJECTWAS;THINAING = 0 i D40 000D 00+ +DeDeDed 0506506060460 40ebe0es very plain 80 that any one who saw it could read 1t.” In siow, s but one 100lboy fashion, without any the writer's knowledge, these words were penned: “Will you lend me a five-spot?"” men i | an hough this was slang and an up-to- Americanism, Khaldah repeated the rmance spelling, only addin, 1y, in a scarcely tell s before, without the , deferentiat- audible whisper: *“Oh, you wrote; but do but what vou want me to say it right out before all of the writer of the and gentlemen?’ Ths ntence blushed, but sald. oh, ves; speak it right out.” Then said Khaldan, with an amused smile The gentleman has asked a question. He says would I lend him a five spot—what you-call a V. Eh?” the will checks very hop was very clever. lest you TRAI After a little general conversation one gentlemen said he had witnessed ated Washington Irving Bishop of his wonderful mind-reading LAve Khaidah caught the , yes A wonderful 1l try to see if T can do in iid. i way som nfer a of the things he ong yourselves #OXOX NE think of something you want me to co?” One of the gentlemen w ed to an- and earrate ithe aactors very hard feat, and somewhat to those Bishop used to practice, the doctor alluded to perhaps uncon- antagonized Khaldah. For when W took one of the gentlemen by the hand and led him over to the physi- cian he did not clutch the supposed vic- tim’s throat. Khaldah hesitated. Then he removed the doctor's eyeglass string from around his neck, and next his cravat, using the subject all the time. It was plain that Khaldah knew t the subject whose hand he held was thinking about doing something to the doctor’s throat, but as the fterward stated, after hi eyeglas cravat were removed h willed against repeatin, You are con- fused! annot do this!" Great beads of perspiration stood out on Khaldah's forchead, his mus twitched, and he still in hold- ing the subject’s hands fingers in proximity to the physiclan’s throat. At last he took the subject’s other hand and O %O TO WAl PRSI (KHALDA 0 A i put the whole ten fin ers around the phy- throat. This feat provoked unstinted praise from every one. Khaldah tt {ds e is very hard to do this wi uld feel that the doctor that he e subject kept hi > movement to be I cc i e; in fa last we did it gentleman. “Let me pathetic,” hc tess' sister. a iamp and relighting it r ment’s thought the lady sald 1 am ready Khaldah took her nd gracefully led her around a the librar; the the mantelpiece. After supper Khaldah did the most mar- t in his ext velous fe nt me to do, some f over to a b b h was no to the . sym- the ymething you tin aldah, hink of out kcase, ) a pocket - room and placed it on cer, pi He nsive repertory. sald to the hostess: you t am not an artist, but T will draw a little something fo mus ent. Will me distinguished before your eyes &% Remarkable Behavior of Monkeys Brought Up in a Civilized Way. When he orders he simply tells glves it a check. The creature at once 50 cents a day. the monkey waiter what he wants and rushes to the bar and points to a cer- worth trying. tain slgn on a board corresponding with what was asked for. The barkeeper un- derstands and gives the proper drink. If two people are at the same table two checks are given and two drinks are brought. But the drinks must both be the same. No amount of training has sufficed to teach the monkeys to remem- ber two different orders. In this respect they are a faflure. The proprietors of this strange cafe say that using monkeys as they do is not in itself a paying investment. Thelir keep costs as much as it would to employ men for the same work, and they represent a large amount of invested capital, for each ape costs several hundred dollars. It is only the unique feature of the em- ployment of monkeys that makes it pay. People are attracted to the cafe out of curlosity and are willing to pay an extra price for what they get. If there was direct competition with other cafes the monkeys would have to be discharged and men employed at lower wages. It is said that at present there is a& plan on foot to employ monkeys to pick cotton in the flelds of the South. The promoters claim that by sending direct to Africa for large numbers they can get the animals very cheap. They also be- lieve that the apes will do more work than negroes. It is difficult to realize just how the plan is to be made a pay- ing one when the monkeys will require several keepers, must be fed and housed and taxes paid for them, when skilled negro cotton pickers can be obtalned for But perhaps the plan fs | | R A e e R SR SR e | READING.A HOEN MEAGE i iTEL.Lb‘RAMES OF STAANGR | S = SNy READING 1NUMBERS PP S S WD D S WU S SISO S S SO S S A DDA DU MDD A S P PP SR U S SO S WA S S S S S WD SO ) his or her profile and do not stir from where you stand.” Taking Mrs. Anyon’s right hand in his left, he held the tips of her fingers tightly between the first and second fingers of his ieft hand. With his right hand he drew 1 block of notepaper, held by the b and forefinger of his left hand, a profile picture of Senator-elect M. Depew. Then, without show the pleture to Mrs. Anyon, he said “Will you tell me whom you thought of?’ And the lady replied: “Of Ct y Depew.” s t well-known features of this other ter-dinner entertainer were dis- playved on the paper the little group of lookers-on applauded vigorously. Khald: I think you find the too easy subjects,” observed Dr. “Won't you draw the face of I am thinking of this min- unc , certainly,” responded Mr. I will try, but you must try :lp me this time and not oppose my ien Khaldah, with wonderful facil- drew the prominent nose and In- big turn-down collar that were ity, evitable S TABLE. According to the census recently taken by an Eastern college professor we have about 30,000 monkeys in the United Stat In this eonnection the word ‘“‘monkey” is made to cover the whole genus Simia, d includes apes, baboons, orangou- s, gibbons, chimpanzees, etc. And the 000 makes a most interesti ion. Some are good and Séme age smart and some ar majority are stupid, but the 3 ones more than make up for the othe: The highest place in the monkey fam- fly is held by the gorilla, which walks erect In the African forests and has an HOROKOXOROROXOROXOKOXOK O ¥ the distinguishing characteristics of the late Mr. Gladstone. And the doctor con- fessed he had had the Grand Old Man in ™10%0 not feel as fresh as T did earlier in the evening,” continued Khaldah, turning to Mr. Mortimer, the well- known artist, who happened to be one of Mr. Anyon's guests, “but you have a very good eye. I think I could draw a picture for you.” “I certainly wish you would,” re- sponded Mr. Mortimer. The artist said afterward that at first he had in mind Grover Cleveland, but he thought Rich- ard Croker would be a harder profile for Khaldah to draw, so he changed the current of his thoughts from Princeton, N. J., to the Democratic Club, New York. Khaldah was clearly puzzled by this change of thought, and hesitated & long while before putting pencil to pa- per. Meanwhile he held Mortimer's left hand in a vise-like grip and looked steadily Into the latter’s eyes, and then down at th rpet. Slo and with infinite pains Khaldah began to draw the profile of Richard The square-set jaw, the the firm ‘lips and general de- termination and @ were all brought out with ace Then in response to requests from several of the ladies Khaldah drew other proflle portraits, including a rare photograph of Sarah Bernhardt, which the acfress had given to Mrs. Ayer in Paris years ago. The actress is leaning- forward in this plcture, with lips open, as if uttering a loud appeal. Mrs. Ayer said that, she had set her mind firmly on this open-mouth feature of the picture which she possessed. Khal- dah puzzled over this plcture for some little time, drawing nose, lips and chin several times before he could convince himself that the mouth should be left half open, if he wefe to reproduce the picture Mrs. Ayer had in mind. But at Jast he did to the delight of every one. Then Mrs. Ayer asked him if he wauld tell her what she was thinking of, as he saild he had done at an entertain- ment recently when Mr. Vanderbilt and a number of others were participants in one of those exhibitions. “Well,” he said, obligingly, “you think of some evént in your life that made a very vivid impression and I will try to tell you what it is."” Once more he held the subject’s left- hand finger tips in his and told her to concentrate her mind as strongly as pos- sible on the particular event she wanted him to name. “You are thinking of a birth,” he said. “Oh, no, I am not,” responded Mrs. . A ou must be,” he reiterated. “But I am not. It is something entirely different.” “Well, then, it was something very dan- gerous—an accident, perhape.” After a few moments’ pause, he said: “You are thinking of the Chicago fire. But you were not thinking of the right Telepathic Portrait of Senator Depew. date all the time. Your first date was that of & birth.” “You are right, Mr., Khaldah. Now that you speak of it, I always think of a tragic Incident connected with a birth that occurred the Cay before the great fire in connection with that disaster. That thought was in my mind when I gave you the wrong date.” e ee—— First tourist—That Indian seems to have an awful load on g He has evidently followed Kip- white advice taken the man’s burden. up DROHPAOAOAORO RO articulate language which has been re- diced to writing by an eminent sclentist, who made a study of the subject in the great beast's haunts. None of these are known to have been captured e and brought to America or Europe. Next eomes the chimpanzee, and third is the orangoutang. Both of these cies are well represented in the var zoological collections and traveling me- nageries of this country. The best specimens of the chimpanz are Jack and Sa whose portralt ny this article and will make an in- study. ey appear here dre in clvilized costume, which has wor the long, thick hair the ¢ parts of their bodi beards. The markings on t ¥ ds are the same on thuse of a human be- ing, their backbone termina same way and the gene: the skeleton is the sam nasal bones are m A chimpanzee who able to civilization is Chico, th of the late lamented Crowley Park. He is 15 years old clothes, so that his bod with hair. is very some time when his Central and never wore feroc kee: and upon t ago, his cage to clean { almost gn. came. man and before help A direct is another to the sav ee named J is probably the most intell eountry. He is over seven 8 he can do almc thing that can boy of his S himself, putt them, tells t mounts and rides ticularly clever E graph in any pos The pose s ture was 1 the accomp 1y for the te World. The best s of pictures of an ape yet taken is that of Joe, an orangoutang brought from t0 the Pacific Coast by Edwards B He is five y oid nt the ts with a knife ahd fork like a m ses to represent an T laborer, smol and enjoys it and writes lette friends in Borneo. Another highly civilized ch the Queen of Borneo, who appe: picture nursing her t e has reached the mature vears and gave birth to elghteen months ago. She s dresses in her idea of the late but when engaged about her duties dons her Mother Hubt e has always shown the strongest affect for her child. One of the most valu. to the literature of the ape is ti by Mr. Hornaday. He sums v e acteristics of the different types of in these words z “Among the higher apes the orangou- tang comes nearest to man in th number of ribs (twe! and form fters f: contriby in other respects, especi in th more than do the gorill 1 zee. The ghimpanzee approacl most closely in the cha nium, dentition and its arms. The gorilla is in the proportion of the I slze of the heel, cur form of pelvis and absol ity ot the cranium. In its habits the orang- outang resembles the gorilla and chim- panzee, which are not gregarious, while the gibbons are. more spine,