New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-04

ani have all mo rest - them sit on mo. couldn't
have stood that but, luckily. just AZ that point
the proprietor ~, the restaurant saved me. lie
said be could not allow that 20 be done n his house
A. % would make rather too much OF a d.s-
iurharcc In public place.
STRONG MIND AND WEAK.
"suil 10 believe that n strong mind can exert
a c0ntroiling influence over a weak one why look
mere" said Mr Thompson. rising ana standing over
the reporter. ~ my hands before your face
40 and tel YOU 10 look into the whites OF my
eyes this VAS only illustration OF the Kinder
gartcn SORT Mr. Thompson did not mean 20 Imply
Or a ulomcr; that his own mind was strong ana
the reporters Wcak-"why. IN he FIRST place, You
ere LOOKING ur At me. and tina, AZ once PAGES me
In th. superior posii Thcn. - YOU gaze steadily
a, ms eyes ,eur Optic nerve will get tired. the
movements ~ my hands VIII confuse you. your
nerves H.ll he unsiruns and then. when you nave
partially los, control o, them. OF course. can
control them the more easily. Why, OF course. any
strong mind can influence a weaker one. knew
young fellow who went down 10 Chinatown ana
smoked opium lie gained Influence over Ger
tain Cninaman 20 such extent that he cured him
of ihe opium habit. He would 20 away and leave
him .or n week ten days At a time. ana ali mo
while that he gone the thinaman would seem 70
be In a KIND OF trance. He had the use OF his
faculties 10 some extent. but he did not seem able
to 10 any work was a launlryman-an he did
not smoke any opium. HIS friends thought he was
insane. but ne only under the influence OF
the white lie was a poor, ignorant fellow
and the white man had stronger viii and was able
to control him 1t is always When two men
great friends. the stronger e sure to influence
and lead the weaker. to some extent
Then do YOU think" the reporter asked. that
hypnotlsm is merely An extreme development or
the same sort OF influence that the stronger OF
the two friends exercises over the weaker
Exactly: any strong vii can exercise the power
fhArn rnl n
earnest who thoroughly believes In what he Is
doing must influence and convince those around hn
just as an actor cannot help convincing his audi
encc II he feels the part that he is acting thor
oughly" ,,,o ~.
actor ought really 70 feel his part. You seem 10
the greatest clown since Grlmaldi. Why was he
able 70 rodGee those ~onceg'"s from G pS
lime he came into the theatre and began to make
rd 1 he ii, nan Himself TO- be the Clown But
to back to hypnotism. there are minds taat
par;icular woman will seem 10 be somehow com
plctcy and absolutely subject To some particular
can say why she is 20 Influenced by man and
not at all BY another, who IS perhaps greatly his
Sir Thompson told some stories to illustrate
tails natural affinity, but they are not strictly IN
point here II believe this was the case with
rrllby' he went on. she mad natural affinity
for syengali she hated him at FIRST ne hlIed i nsr
not resist him / believe there was something about
believe there WAS some deep hidden element in
his nature. something sad and mysterious.
sVENGALI MIGHT BIZ ATTRACTIVE.
The actor picked up the novel, and turned to the
picture entitled AS BAD They Make En-
There" said he. There Is something In that face
that is expressive OF more than Is actually told
OF svengan. It is such face. believe. as might
prove lrreslstbly attractive to some women.
Trllby herself. and on ner own personal suscepti-
sarily have been able to influence any other woman
Certainly; probably he could not have influenced
most women in the same way perhaps ne could
not have influenced any other Inere was some
thing about him that had peculiar fascination for
Trlby Perhaps 1T was his eyes perhaps /. was ms
beard or some Other ieaturs w,nou, wnlcn ,n ne
her nerves. That talk about The morsue was an
Intended TO upset her and confuse and unsettle
her. and in that way he gained The more control
"But how much OF the whole story do you think
is possible? OF course. You don't suppose that any
woman who was tone deaf could be hyPnotized into
that any man could have enough hypnotic influence
over any woman to take her Away from Pa hrs
for years. to make her cut her layer , dead and
Pie could no, make her sing OF course but
hnh he could make her DO rAe rss1 mis- fassna
a complete ascendency over her weaker one"
you use to some extent on the stage? Have they
any real effect? Have they anything 10 90 with
the influence OF one will upon anotherF
They attract the eye OF the subject. ana ne'p PIX 20
throw his mind out OF It's proper balance ana SUD
ject II the control OF the operator IL MS eyes
shut, that he could not see me passes,
they would have effect. They are only Tor the
eye" . ,,.
Now OF course everybody can decide Tor himsei
whether this IL all nonsense not IL Is Clear that
the actor OF svengali believes 1.-The says ne Knows
t-and It is clear that his belief In IL helps MN
TO his part II. indeed It Is not the thing which
alone makes the real acting OF the part possible.