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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 794, 10 April 1905, Page 2

At Fuller's performance at Wellington the other night It was asked that somooiM* tii the audience should write on n pieco of paper soinc mechanical action which he wanted Grossi, the conjuror and mind rea«' er, to perform, uii.l he explainer that tho person volunteering should assist Grossi by attentive and silent suggestion, and' also that- ho should not involve his own person in the exper-iemnt. A short, fat workman in , tho front row volunteered, and, having written down what he wanted the performer 1.0 do, placed the paper carefully in his pocket. Grossi started oft blind-fold;, and very Quickly got into a knot, and wandered about distractedly and spent a long time fumlyJjnK about tfio tho. man's boot* and the ends of his trousor legs. This grew wearisome, and a volunteer was called in to do the " suggesting,." Mr Morris Fox, the Government actuary,, conversed with the stolid workman, . and then set to work to think hard. Grossi at once clutched the worJt- 1 man and putted a handful of money out of hii| pocket, and selected a half-crown' and waved it about uncertainly. Mr Fox appeared embarrassed, and then spoke out. " 1 think this trick has gone as far as it can' go," he sajd. Then he explained that Grossi ha<T done everything correct so far. ■'■• Hut what this man wanted," he went on, *■' was that Grossi should take nalf-u-crmvn out of his pocket and put flvp shillings back."' The audience yelled, and Crossf's manager was infuriated, while the culprit Raid, '<' I Knew he couldn't 'do It," and escaped tho audience's howl that he