Ventriloquism A Skam

Of coursc, says a i-ecent writer, thia vcntriloquism is a sham. Thero is no sneli possibility as throwing the voica to a distance. The old stories of WymaD, the wizard, in which he figures as exploiting such ability in the midst of a crowd, woro necessarily fiction. What passes for ventriloquism consists simply of mimiery and facial immobility. The performer must bo a spaco away from his audience, or he is powcrless. Whenover hu wishes to make them believe that his voico sounds at a distance, he merely lowera it, and indicates the direction for their imagination to tako. Ho can fooi them sideyrays, upwards, downwards or backwards, but he never undertakes to produce the effect of a speaker in tho rear. To a listener close by, no ventriloquist can bo in the least decoptive. Nor is thero any truth in the theory that he talks with tho top of his gullet.or aught else than the organs intended by nature to be usod. By holding the lips as fixod as possible, and avoiding suoh words as cannot bo pronounced without palpably moving the lips, he assists tlie delusion. ■ ■ ■ Gen. Gordon thoroughly believes in Arabi, andsubscribed to tbe fund raisd for his defense. Their views for the porruanent mprovement of Egypt are identical.