MIND READING.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 39, 8 April 1875, Page 3

MIND READING.

A new parlour game, suitable for evening parties, is now making its way in certain circles of, American society, and will doubtless, in course of time, become naturalised in other countries. It is called " Alind Reading-," and is: understood to be based upon a theory of unconscious muscular action. It is; played in this manner :— A member of the party goes out of the room, and, duriqg his absence an object is. hidden. On his return two others of the party, stand up beside him in the middle of the room, placing both their hands ; upon his body, one hand on his chest and the other on his back, in the meantime keeping their minds intensely concentrated on the locality where the object is hidden. In a few moments the party operated upbn will mpve inthe direction of the hidden' object, .and in nine cases out of ten iinds it. Its introduction has created quite a thrill in New York; where a gentleman, named Brown, has been drawing large audiences by his manifestations of power in this direction. Mr Brown, being an expert,' is able to do more than find hidden thimbles or scissors,, for by means of placing the back of the hand of the person operated on against the back of his own head, ", holding it there permanently," thißothep hand of the operator being touched -lightly 1 against the- 1 tips; ot the finders of tb^eliaiids of the person operated . on, he has Tieen known to: tell w%t the lattei Wa^'thuik-. ing- ab^ijt.. lii.;this. : pogiiti'on ; , weT.'are; assured, thfe sligjifest tren^pr or agita- : tibn of the mind/may becoroto^ibated^ i throughTishe^ :tlp¥"bf^Bß~n%gers"'6irone : person to. anotheCii It^haslbeenj obijected to spiritualism: that^ eyea con^ed^. ■ing the unaccountable- motion of tables ■and hats, no, pr^cdcal gqod ha^ bee;n^. iknown to come of it. " 34in(t ReadlnW' [is an offshoot of spirituHlism, bui it obiIviously' -Has ; r the f "advantage "in^tHe^ n^t^ : ' iter of usefulness. The position 7 desoribedi ; las-an-essent^^i^imißaryrisTnot-a-very-convement one,: atid T ia r cases whete thg' i ipeisonsi-'^perated-iipoii: cihoughi? steWly^ lit? iwould f beconMT 1 pb^Mcatty^tedieifsV But tke "■aavaata'g^ eeeSsioiiaHy 7^' %& derived authentic inforination) touching,. what, is^ massing! r through -.the- mjuias; of wim

whom we converse is so great that a little stiffness in the arms and a tenderness about the finger tips would weigh as nothing in the balance, True, it would be difficult to perform this operation upon an involuntary subject 3 and, in ordinary eases, the easier plan would be that the person about whose ment 1 operations we are curious should adhere to the old custom of saying what he is thinking of.

Woman. — Place her among flowers, foster her as a tender plant, and she is a thing of fancy, waywardness, and folly — annoyed by a dew drop, fretted by the touch of a butterfly's wing, and ready to faint at the sound of a beetle j and she is overpowered by the perfume of a rose-bud. But let real calamity come, rouse her aflectrons, enkindle the fires of her heart, and mark her then ; how her heart strengthens itself — how strong is her heart. Place her in the heat of the battle—give her a child, or a bird — anything to protect — and see her in a relative instance, lifting her white arms as a shield, as her own blood crimsons her upturned forehead, praj'ing for life to protect the helpless. Transplant her in the dark places of the earth, call forth her energies to action, and her breath becomes a healing', her presence a blessing. She disputes inch by inch the stride of stalking pestilence, when man, the strong and brave, shrinks away. Misfortune haunts her not; she wears away a life of silent endurance, and goes forward with less timidity than to her bridal. In prosperity she is a bud full of odours, waiting- but for the winds of adversity to scatter them abroad — pure gold, valuable, but untried in the furnace. In short, woman is a miracle — a mystery, the centre from which radiates the great charm of existence.