Telegram-herald., 1891-02-09

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Axaes ch4rcoG, whose private sxaieitieas
sf bypsofls power are tbs iatess tAiazs
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nises - DR. chzreos of ths s<lpeIrlsss.
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ieoks. accordingly. like frsaehwomsa
Who has borrowed az Anglo sAxea body,
being tall aud having . British breadtA
Of shoulders, bat eomhinisg With these .
clear pA.lor Of ska, . general srimasss
and briilisney Of dark eyes ana hair
which do not beieay to psrndioas Aibloa-
IL you See her on the street ia tailor
gews sad jacket, with great sstrskhsn
collar coming up about her ears. yoa
woadsr was ever Londoner so chic or
Psrssiaa possessed Of such calm, Rotten
Row reserve.
In parior when she begins an expari-
msnt you lose all sense Of the inter
national puzzle, warming To her work,
she il Preach utterly. The spectacle IL
weird
The young mani have not seen her
operate on q woman-is asked to sit,
place his right hand on his left wrist aud
plant both feet firmly on the door. She
stands before him, handsome figure,
with no observable popularity but
slight museula promineuce of the eye
brows-something often notice in busi-
ness women aud others who are called
upon To exercise acuteness OF perception
She does not touch him nor make passes
before him, but looks steadily at him,
her arms at her sides. On the instant .
tremor passes through her. Her head
be uds to meet his head. Her hands are
clsnched. 1t would seem the nails must
pierce the skin. Her arms quiver. Her
whole body quivers with . mighty ten
sion. She is slightly crouched, as il to
make q spring. Her eyes fasten them
selves on those other eyes. They send
out white lights. The woman is terri
bly, alive. The is putting into one mo-
mens the vital power of year. 1t is a
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soul.
1t is but for minute. His feet draw up
from the floor His face comes forward
to meet her face, his eyes dilate wildly,
then they close, his head falls.
1t is only in bringing a subject out
from under hypnotic influence that Mile.
Charcot lays hands on him. Then she
N. a., hoh ind ho
subject is refractory while regaining con-
sciousness she cuffs his ears. Some Of her
feats, as hypnotizing an entire stranger
whose back Is turned to her and who 10
sitting at the other end Of the roo N, IL
lustrates the dangerous nature Of the
power we are meddling with. She 10
probably tho strongest operator Of tho
day-curiously enough seeing that she
is the only woman-and there may be
grains Of comfort In her assertion that
she,cannot hypnotize drunken person,
nor one who has resolved not to be hyp-
Noticed. She tells me she has confidence
in the future of hypnotism as a curative
agent and as q substitute for anasthetics
in surgical operations. These things
aside, she is our coming sensation.
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With . Side Saddle or Astride4
Not in open exhibition in park or
boulevard, but In those secret conclaves
where the riding of the goat is supposed
to form part of tho initiatory cers.
monies.
The placing of q chapter of Kappa
Kappa Gamma at Barnard College within
the past few days calls attention to the
thriving growth OF women's Greek letter
societies.
II the aspiring freshman Is . Bos-
topian, his father, his brother or his
cousin before him belonged to Psi U; il
he is Providence man, his chums are
reckoned with Zeta Psi; if he is q New
Yorker, he afiliates naturally with Beta
Theta ri, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Chi Phi
or Chi Psi. Not to be outdone, the as
piring freshwoman, from whatever Sec
tion Of the country, considers the
bestowai OF her maiden affections on
Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Phi or some
other alphabetical agglomsration.
No Hedging fraternity has ever lived
the faculty's frown; Greek letter socie-
ties do not 60 at Smith or Wellesley, but
in the coeducational colleges no less than
seven are maintained by the girl stu
dents, and the accession of Bryn Mawr
and Barnard indicates that the newer
women's colleges may take up the idea.
| The seven ..sororities" have about seven
ty-fvs cha aSters, and a membership of
several thousands.
Kappa Alpha Theta Is the oldest. II
has about a dozen chapters, Michigan
University, Cornell and Wesleyan being
its strongest colleges To Eta Chapter
belongs Alice Freeman Palmer
Alpha Phi il the richest. 1t has three
chapters. at Syracuse, Boston and North
western Universities Alpha Chapter a.
Syracuse owns . chapter house that vies
with some Of the most beautiful build.
ipgs Of the fraternitiea
Kappa Kappa Gamma IL the largest
and most fully organized. Itis 81 years
old. aud the planting OF Ceta Epsilon
Chapter at Barnard gives it's twenty-six
active chapters. Its memberships above
loo. 1t marks out its colleges into
four provinces, each province being rep
resented in . Grand Council. which is
and Cornell Universities are its stronges.
Eastern colleges In the west, IL is en-.
trenched in Indiana. Wisconsin, North
western, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Ne
brxska aud Missouri Universities