The Calculating Boy Company.

Hastings Standard, Issue 169, 12 November 1896, Page 2

The Calculating Boy Company.

The attendance at the exhibition oi the Calculating Boy Company in the Princess Theatre last evening %v:i* by no wosns in proportion to the merits of the performance. However, in spite of the meagre audience the show proceeded. The calculating boy, young lhidk-v \\ vait, a •child of about 9 years of aes. is certainly a wonderful phenomenon. and his mentid calculations Were of thenrw-h es well worth the rai e of admission. The way the yf.uny.-tcr reeled oif figures was enough to m.dte t 1 aver,tee man i G giddy, and the rapidin with wlueh he mentally «->luOecl nulliun* oi to inches and totalled \ip anil with i rds was ssomeitiing to be simply scared at. Scrotal diliicnlt sinus were given to Him l>y uitferent members of the aitdwnce. and iii each instance he delivered the correct ;:aevvf ion, beGm tne cotdd he ■vvrittui on the blackboard. eliciting the warm applause oi" those present. The - •:,,.• \ovnm who app.-a.rs to be a v. -m.tibgeni \••. Sen- twoeomG songs. and in each btsnmce bud to respond io an encore. A lady described on" the hill as Georgia bhigma. };.ivo :m exhibition siumnr to th.it eiven before a par;v e.Mr-n-.mg eit the- late (Gar, Prince Gtoi-ge of Greece, the Princrtw of Wales. &e.. about _lB mouiiingo, wniehcatsed <j em a sensation tin-.-ughoitt i'hn»pt', and certainly completely dwufoimded tise poor Czar and his royal relatives. The lady, who hits a lithe, hj, jid,.;. widowy bgure. with delicate!,. eat features, is certainly the last perr-on m the wot id to impress an awhem-e thai .-he pe;se~-ed physical strength. Pride d in the bonds of one of tite gentlemen who went uii the stage lest might snc apy-eared to be a. mere laiby, as be 1 itte-d her .m l ia-ld her out at arm's length with scao-Gy an etibrt. in the iirst m-tama-sbe hebl a biiii :M cue bohvecu the index linger and thumb of either band, and despite the ntoi-l strenuous exertions the gentlemen ha the platiottn were unable to dislodge it. Pnhmeing it,..rselt on one Got hhe opposed lu-rself agahi>: the siren-. f '.h oi ottchof three mem stud though one after the other they used meir utmost emhntvitr to ptish ber backwards I,bey aere ultimately obliged to acknowledge tbei; ;:- G ves defeated. She next siood on ihc eemt'e of the si;ige. and though, when site penuit-ted t-hem the men eoulil lift her like a child, when she opposed her wiii. or whatever other iorce sia- possesses. to them site eomeietiy baffled their erlous to m,jve her. I'lie eariotts part of the iiiiihr is that- tnis resist.utee does not to reonii l ;- an v jai Vsietii eifi/t tOn her p.Ht iis kPc smues <mieth- ihvo»gh ibe ordeal, a:G Gave.-; the ami,once under lite i:-;p;'e--ion that the occult force which she po -sesses aea;i eiises tile a.!i;ma! sii t iigta oilier opponents w ilium! mttscuiar exertion on her sole.