Evening star., 1896-10-27
PUT HAM TO SLEEP
Charles Hanson Starts in for Long
%ss Nap.
Placed Undcd Hypnotic InAuence-Hal
. Long ntAtance Sleep Record
-Ak q Window.

Charles Hanson, a seventeen-year-old
white boy, was put TO sleep this morning
| with the expectation that his slumber
would last without interruption for q Pc
Rod Of four dayr. "a
1t was not the first time that hypnotism
has been tried in this city. but especial
interest attached to the experiment be-
cause OF the length of time the sensitive"
Is to stay under the influence. Hanson is
from Charlestown, w. Va, and this Is not
the first time he has gone in for a long
nap Prior to coming to this city he put
himself into the hands Of hypnotists. once
at blenheim, Ont, and once at Jackson,
Mich. Each time he slept for seven days.
and claims to have felt no bad results, bar
ring the fact that he lost one and a
nalf pounds of flesh each day. He seems
| TO be an enthusiast on the subject and likes
nothing better than to go to sleep for an
| indefinite length of time.
why" said he to a Star reporter this
morning. Il have slept for seven days at q
time, and when 1 woke up felt just as If
l had only been asleep for q few hours"
Hanson came tc Washington some time
ago and the first thing he did was to look
ABOUT a Tor hypnotist, who wanted sub
Ject He found what he was seeking in
MRS. Macdonald and she agreed to try
her powers on him. The place selected for
the experiment was the Census pharmacy.
was placed in the window for the accom-
mooatioh Of the sleeper. Hanson is rather
a nice looking young fellow. but seems to
nants nave little ambition beyond posing as a
professional subject. This morning he
wore black silk outing shirt and blue
knlckerbockers when the time came to go
| TO sleep. His weight was announced as
lD IL pounds. When the appointed hour
arrived the store was crowded, and there
was big gathering Of the curious on the
OUTSIDE trying to get peep at what was
going on inside
When the reporters arrived the sensitive
was placed on little stool and told to
give himself up completely" He assumed
the look OF lamb on its way to the block,
and Mrs Macdonald began to make q few
mysterious passes about his face, all the
tIme talking to him in a low voice, telling
MIN to be quiet, to rest, to sleep. Within
ten seconds his eyes closed and he began
10 nod The hypnotfst bade him walk to
MS couch, and Hanson's eyes opened. Act
| to the window and climbed up to the
lounge. where he is to remain until next
Saturday morning. Then Mrs Macdonald
mace some more passes and said to him.
sleep, Deep sweet Sleep" Hanson turned
and tossed couple of times, as If seeking
comfortable position and then to all ap-
pearances fell into a sound slumber. The
woman stood beside him and delivered a
lecture on her powers. She said that II
Hanson was only feigning sleep she was
as anxious to know 1T az any one could be-
| for If she couldn't hypnotize him nobody
could ever put any one under the influence
He Is absolutely dead to all feeling"
she announced. You could stick pin in
him or cut off a limb and he would not
know it,.
IF that is so.v said a young man in the
crowd, why is 1t that his hand twitches
every time a fly lights on it?"
Its because he is not yet in the deepest
sleep. When he has been asleep for awhile
1T will be different And 1t really was as
she said When Hanson was put to sleep
| 1t was with no 'sugges ton as to the hour
| OF his awaking. and he Is expected to re-
main precisely as he is until she arouses
him. She explained. however, that If she
died in the meantime her influence would
be broken and he would awaken naturally
Hanson Is very anxious to be put in a
cataleptic state some time and buried un-
der ground for an extended period but so
| far he has been unable to get any one to
try the experiment ON him.