The morning times., 1896-11-01
FAILED TO sVENGAL| HIM
Hausoal,s G mqas is {. in a
-Catalsp. Lie Trance. =
HE FELL DOWN ON HIS ROLE
The Wonderful Roy Hypnotic Over
does the Chair Trick at Odd Fe,-
lows Hall7Case of Stiff Neck.
Hut Iimber Muscles-An Amateur,
Svengali Seance.

MIne. Macdonald, Phi. b. NJ. s., who
mas recently had the city in IA trapcc oven
.he case or Mr.. Hypnotized Hansost ran
up last night, at Odd Fellows Hall, aga inst
very simple lutte Greek legend which
gave her whole hypnolic, cataieptic, snap
| away. =
lnis lady. who suspends animal locomc-
lioii ana puts People 10 sleep quicker than
CorDett or Sullivan, gave three entertain
Inents Yesterday, morning, afternoon and
night.
AT the night Performance she did moi
| latter the entiusiasm of the public as
measured by its attendance, nor at the
| ullerheoh atteHdance, when the tickets
| were Returned aIlrr n BRIEF lecture OH the
lueai ana the fartistic. At the matinee
| Mf. Haiison did not care to play to that
| sini'ii house5 although lady dropped
III from Baltlmore To have her teeth pulled
| "hlch was exceedingly sirauge inasinuch
| as M.,uaule Macdounail had only announced
| aI lhe afternoon performance that she
Wnuid pull or have teeth pulled at night.
"heii the Baltimore lady couldn't have
| her teeth pulled, Madame Macdonald made
| ie" passes at her and catalepticiscd her
IN Jiffy, the fair tBaltinorean keeping
| her Mouth open all the time while she
| was catalepted.
| INTRODUCED THE HYPNOTIZED.
| Madame Macdonald led off last nigh,
| with lecture which was Icvcled against
| scepucs She took, The Times to task foI
| accusing her of Inconsistency. The world,
| In fact, was full OF sceptics, even doctors
ana musicians, While others had no time
| To spare from chewing gum and smoking
| cigarettes to study hypnotism, as 1t gees
| In washington As 10 the doctors wEo
| criticized her, this boy Hanson knew moro
| In minute than such doctors could know
| IN forty years ..--.----.#-=--r-
| Inc hyphotist then introduced the hypno-
| tiLed, Mr. Hanson. She maIntaiLcd luat li,.
| was not silly or weak minded. As for
that matter there were plenty OF people
| In the audience who locked as iT Itiey
| had weak minds As this did not elicit
any very general applause madaaic said
| that she felt sure, however, that the
| people with the weak looking minds We're
| all right She Coniendcd that her powers
| were second to those OF no hypnotist in
the world.
The hypnotiste then asked all W no desired
| 10 be hypnuiized To come forward and, sit
| on the front bench. The only lady on the
| front row moved back very rapidly amid
| Il great deal OF laughter. Several people,
however, wantetlto he hypnotizcd and they
moved forward, among them being a lady
| VINO Looked very much like the one who
| wanted her teeth pulled in the afternoon
As soon as madame made a pass at this
| lady she succumbed picturesqucly and
| languish ed in Il trance until madame brought
! hcr back TO Seventh street Then others
| got hypnotiZed, some Of their heads fall
| ing back. and others forward while other
| heads stood up straight CataleIHicalIy
| until they We're numbered hypnotically y
and went about their usual business
IT FURNISHED FUN.
Mr. Hanson. who was an usher and Il
| brother usher, in the hypnotic business,
were hypnotiZed again ana again a nd fCI-
lowed madamcs hand all around the
proscenium. These two with d gentle
man, lady who was said To be from
| baltimore and sune from this city then
went on the stage, where they were made
| To do all kind of things, such as sitting
| on redhOt chairs. seeing canary birds
| on STICKS, milking a wand for a COW, riding
a hroonstick here. and such other hyp
| motto phenoinena which were really very
amusing il not scientific, objective or sub
| jectivc- -F.
One Of tile ladies was thrown into a
trance and madame said that she would
pull her teeth If thrrc was dentist in the
house. No dentist responded, ani then she
asked If some one would go for a dentist.
but no one wquld go. So tie lady was
aruised without any visible loss of her
| teeth.
Now said inadnme. Il am prepared
ever done. ], Will now give you positive
proof of what claim. ! viii put this boy
c;ttalcptic on two chairs and have some
gentlemen 10 SIT on him The audience
sighed audihly and with expectation.
Madame then turned Found to Hanson.
who was then on the stage, and went at
him some what differently from, heretofore.
She suspended his locomotion, at which he
closed his eyes, II WIS not true. as stated
she continued. that lie ate oyster soup when
| he was in the window. This was absurd
icciiis'. II he wanted tu eat oyster som
he would not have done it where he would
have been detected. This reasoning was
greeted with applause. Madame then
StrUked Hanson down the. front and arms
and after few fearful moments she an
nounced: Every muscle in his body is
rigid, perfectly rigid" and to tell the
truth, Hanson vas rs rigid as he could be
under the circumstances.
SAT ON HANSON.
Then the lady motioned to the assist
ants to help Hanson to the two chairs
which Iad oecn placed in full view OF In,
stage. which had nothing up its sleeve to
deceive any body. This is lust where
madame forgot the story OF Procustes When
his visitors were too short for the bed in
the guests chamber, he stretched them out
ON the rack untilthey fitted the bed When
the knees or thcreabouts-
Hanson stood up like the statue in GirofIe-
GirofIa until the assistants came up and
threw him downsidewise, and ca rried him to
theciairs as they brn in the body of Cacsar r
so that Marc Antony can say, .'oh, We
gods, how / loved him
But Hanson had not been measured by n
professional undertaken. so he was too long
for the ground allotted to him. He was
announced to the audience to be perfectly
rigid. but alas! when they tried to put
him WIN his toes turned up ON the two
chairs, he was painfully too long Catalensy
or no catalepsy he wriggled his head bent
the most rigid muscles, the perfectly rigid''
ones. of his meek and when they stretched
the chairs sufficiently he accommodated
himself to tile accom- III odations and resumed
his rigidity- Then two boys sat ON him
and hypnotism was indicated
THAT WAS PROOF.