Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-17
OUR SOCIAL WORLD

GAN items of social interest will be gladly
noted In these columns If sent to Mrs.
George G.. Ball, Nineteenth street, between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues South High
lands. Telephone $751;
At no other period of the worlds history
has there been aroused such universal in
terest in hypnotism, and all the phenomena
that pertain to the mind. There are
psychological stories, treatises and a thou
sand and one explanations offered by be-
levers in the science, well as by skeptics
who can give no satisfactory unrayeling of
the mysteries, while they deny the theories
of the advocates of hypnotism. Du Maui
rier's two famous stories, 'Trilby" and
AZ, eter dppe5son gave tresh impetus 10
ed new phases of mental phenomena to an
interested reading public; notably was this
eral years before ''Trilby" In view of the
universal concern in this matter the APP
tional discoveries in this never yet fully ex-
plored field of thought
DIR. E. w. Scripture of the Yale psyche
logical. laboratory. who for the last two
years has been investigating various hyp-
motto phenomena, has established certain
well defined facts upon which a science of
hypnotism can be erected. DIR. Scripture
has just given full details of the discovery,
method of measuring Authorizations. He
has found way to measure, in specific
to produce haliucinations of tones that are as,
equal In intensity to real tones, whose
physical energy, can be measured, and to
cause a person by walking a certain num-
Der of feet to see a spot where there is none.
In fact, hypnotism is shown to be Won
Cloud o has o
scured Ii for ages, and which must now be
classed among legitimate and scientific
tried by DR.. Scripture, in conjunction with
DR.. G. e.. Seashore, was on the sense of
tory Would be invited to enter for the pur-
pose of having his hearing tested. He was
PLACED In perfectly quiet room. He was
beside him would make a click, and that
then very faint click would be produced
faint to be heard, but gradually would grow
louder. Just as soon as he heard the tone
he was to press telegraph key. He was
apparatus in another room, where he could
manipulate the telegraph key. the tone in
first made the sounder in the other room
click, and then he slowly increased the in
tensity. of the tone till the person Just
tone was then made. This was repeated
ten times. After that no tone whatever
was needed. 1t was, sufficient to make the
sounder click, and the person would. after
a SECOND or two, declare a that ne heard the me
tone Just as This t c9nd be sc5
was pure hallucination, produced by sug-
gestions from the first ten experiments. In
d
taste, of touch and of heat were produced,
and it was even found possible to make
person actually see an object e that did not
the people experimental upon were perfect
Iy sane and normal yet the various hallu-
produced on a small scale by appropriate
suggestions Almost as curious is the fact
that they were not hypnotized In any way
whatever. DR.. Scripture regards as a most
potent factor in the application of his re,
suits the fact that they open out a fruitful ,r,l
greatest public interest lies in the proof that
these phenomena are not really abnormal,
but are going on around US aii the ,, tim h,
suggestion without knowing it. owing 70
suggestions, much of what we see is not
though over 1000 books are known to have
been written on this subject 1t IS being
placed On n ssenc of pass Certain heaers
now can be easily accounted for, and one OF
the first physicians in THIS country noid5
the future will be based largely on 'sugges-
tion. I"
Miss Ida Robertson has gone to Boze-
man. Ala, to attend the marriage of her
friend, Miss Bozeman, which occurs IN
few days.
Mr. NJ Bostick will deliver a lecture
upon 'Engsh Government before the
Lyceum of Powell school this afternoon at
o'clock
On Wednesday afternoon Miss, Bessie
Hart entertained the Wednesday Afternoon
Gard club at the residence of her sister,
Mrs. Jonas Schwab. Miss Simpson and Miss
Hart tied for the 6u served
after the games
charming Nashville party composed of
Misses Shook, Bass, Baxter, other young
ladies' and several young gentlemen, spent
"Wednesday and Thursday IN Birmingham.
his private car, and during their stay in
our city enjoyed various forms of sight see.
inga nsava afternoon to East Lake.
Mr.. Charles DeBardeleben and Miss Mar
s evening, at 5 O'clock. at the Methodist
church at Bessemer, by Rev. Eugene Haw-
kins. The church was profuseiys ,i a nd ,ie
Prince Prince sister Of the bride. was maid of
Misses Mis- Sss Margaret smith. Mamie Howell,
Amy McAdory. Katie Todd Messrs. WIN
Prince Fris au sh S W. G. oliver, Jr:. +. II
Reed, Mortimer McAdory, Walter Fowlkes
ben ben Ii, gone to New York on a brief
honeymoon trip.
Mrs. Louis ", Clark entertained the Little
noon at her home on. Highland avenue.
There ss;ns S guests John present
amohE son ,ne'' Mrs l.. g. Woodson
and Mrs. James Weatherly The prize, a
beautiful pearl and silver paper cutter was
won by Mrs. Wilmer Beard: Delicious re-
freshments were served after the games
The Little Jokers Will meet next with Mrs.
Paul Freeman.
Miss Harriet Talitha Price and Mrs.
George Willis Hays were married Wednes-
day evening at the Episcopal church az
AyondaIe The ceremony was performed by
Rev 81 p Fitzsimons assisted by Rev. DR..
Thomas J. Beard The church was a bower
Of floral beauty, filled as It was with
Miss Willie Price, maid of honor, wore pink
silk and carried La France roses; the two
silk and Miss Mary Kroell in yellow silk,
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