The herald., 1897-03-19
AMUSING HER GUESTS
The Periious Result Of a Chicago woman's
Hypnotic Experiment


A pair of cold. penetrating gray eyes
were used as a hypnotic medium on
girl. The girl came very near not get
.ing over 1t. Not until doctor threat
ened to throw her out of a second-story
window did she recover her reason, and
even now she is very Ill ana VIII pe IN
bed for some time. Miss Emma john
son has the eyes Miss Sadie johnson,
her niece, II years old. Is the girl.
1t happened Sunday night. The wom-
an with the eyes has made quite stuuy
Of the effect her gaze has on people.
When she looked at them for certain
time and told them to go to sleep or
else do something foolish or useless tne
eyes made them do 1t. Miss Johnson
was proud of her success.
There was a pleasant party In her
home psychology and hypnotism were
being discussed, and after a little desul-
tory talk on the subject Miss Emma an
nounced that she intended to make
test.
For a time nobody was willing to be
Then Sadie said she would become the
victim of her aunts power. Some OF the
timid ones tried to dissuade the girl.
but the aunt assured them all that there
was no danger whatever.
The outcome was a disaster. In the
midst of the exhibition the girl col
lapsed and there was panic. The
women screamed and cried. The hyp-
noticed girl trembled and shuddered
and then mumbed to herself. Some
tlmid ones said she had gone mad. ana
then there was more excitement than
ever. The aunt tried to make use OF
her cold. penetrating gray eyes again,
but they wouldn't work. Then she, too,
grew frightened and cried.
had cried an1
screamed until they were tired a re-
action set In and they sat down and
watched the poor girl. She was In
rftlable state. She wandered around the
house. crying, laughing. sobbing. NUT
terlng and doing other utterly unrea-
sonable things.
Then some sensible woman said that
they ought to send for a doctor. The
aunt, however. thought that she still had
enough OF her power left to bring her
subject out OF her trance. So she set
her mind to the task. She went to the
cir. and told her TO walk across the
room. The girl looked at her aunt as IL
she understood, and arose from her seat.
She made n few steps. and then stag
gered and fell on table. unconscious.
That settled It. Somebody rushed out
and called DR.. Hamilton Forline, who Is
somewhat of a hypnotist himself. He
made the usual mysterious passes before
the face of the girl. but she paid no
attention to him.
The guests were more alarmed than
ever. The girl lay on the table. trem-
bling from head to foot. Her eyes, which
were wide open, were rolling and she
chartered wildly. Then one of the guests
got q glass OF water and dashed 1t IN
her face. This did not have the slightest
effect on the girl.
Meantime the doctor was figuring on
what to do. He finally stepped up to
the girl and said:
"If YOU do not wake up shall throw
YOU out of the second story window.
Tie girl started and then screamed.
"Ill do It," repeated the doctor.
Tie girl screamed once more.
Then she awoke. In few minutes she
was In full possession of her senses. but
sobhing and moaning hysterically::, She
vas placed in bed. where she VIII re-
vain for several days.
FER aunt says with emphasis that SIZE
| never try again to use her eyes In
4 ..hsr hypnotic experiment.
Or the information of the curious
tie experiment. is described. The hyp-
ne,sst. In addition to her eyes, used
other means to render her subject one,
diert to her Will. The girl was first led
10 chsir. Then she was told to look
carefully and comprehensively At the
cold. penetrating gray eye OF her aunt.
She did go, and then her attention w.cs
called to bright piece of metal, which
was placed IN such a position that IN
looking at It the subjects eyes were
kept in a constant strain. At length
the girl gave way to the conditions and
passed into a somnambulistlc state. She
was told to enter the presence OF the
awe-stricken guests. For their edinca-
ton she was blindfolded and made to do
the usual things. In the midst OF the
performances, however, the poor girl
gave way, and then came the panic. the
doctor the awakening and the declara-
ton Of the aunt that she had made her
last experiment In hypnotism.-Chicago
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