The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-20

means. have been weakened physically.
Cigarette smoking is one % the prin-
| c,pal causes OF this weakness. ana
among the hundreds OF young men
whom I have used az subjects on the
| stage nearly all OF them used cigarettes
TO illustrate now subjects are sour
ed for the stage performances. l will
outline the duties had 10 perform while
| acting as manager. i Travelled a week
or 50 ahead OF the snow. and my part
| in each town was to 60 among the
school boys and pupils % business col
leges, choosing these because they are
usually connected with the 6est fami-
lies OF the place
at would invite a number OF these 10
| the hotel parlors. and there try them as
| 10 their susceptibility TO hypnotisn. In
| this manner ] would obtain about mr.
teen or twenty. who were given tickets
| of admission to the o2c-a mouse. aud
| when the hypnotiSt arrived and invited
| persons TO come upon the stage these
boys were on hand ana were invariably
crazy 10 be put under the influence.
| This IS the method followed by all the
| professional hypnodsts-
|
| fact that after being once hypaotized
| the subject becomes infected with the
| desire 10 repeat the performance. Hyp-
| notism has a certain exhilarating effect
! upon the nervous system, and. IL per-
| sisted in, obtains the same hold upon
| ones system as the opium or cocaine
| haJoits The ultimate result Is 10 wear
| away the mental faculties and reduce
! the subject TO a seni-imbecilic cOndi-
| ton.
"In the fall Of 1886 in Ia Crosse. Wis.
about fifty school boys beseeohed me 10
| let them be hypnOtized. I gave tickets
20 great many OF them and they APP
peared upon the stage. They became 50
| infatuated with the thing that twelve
OF them left their homes and followed
| US To Winona. MINI. At this town a
professor in the high school induced
| some Of his pupils to go upon the stage
| and himself took lessons from the hyp-
| nOtIst with whom l was connected
| The subject grew into craze and the
| boys and teachers used TO hynnotize one
| anOaher even during school hours. / re-
| turned to WinOna ABOUT nine weeks
| ago. and found rnat the principal of
| the school had been compelled to re-
| sign mis- position. Many OF his pupils
| bad been reduced TO communicable con-
| dition by overiniulgence in hypn0tisIn.
and the parents OF the town were up in
| arms against US.
AT Mlddletown. y. 7. a few weeks
ago. a pupil IN one OF the schools Vas
given the suggestion that he eaouli fall
1 asleep every day at O'Clock During
the first few days his case odd not at
| tract much attention. as ne would recov-
e. after several hours; but finally as
parents became alarmed, and the man
| aver % tie opera house. VINO had re-
| ceived Instructions in me art. was
4 obliged 70 call At the house every day
I and awaken him. Shortly sfteT~ard
I the boy was removed 70 a private SAM
/ tariurn a: Johnsrown, -. J.. his reason
/ having become weakened b. the strain
AT Youngstown. Dll0. a prominent
young man vas found wandering a3oui
/ the streets az alilnlght during heavy
storm. and when questioned b. the Do-
/ lice was unable TO give any account y
! himself He vas locked up a. drunk
AMI remained IN = ss-ni-coGnstose sta;e
| FOR thi-ty-six hours He was finally
/ identified and IL Szs sound that ne bad
been the subject % a travelling hy5'oof-
/ -. who had recently visited tae i3E1.
Previous - that time he hsd Me- an
| excellent position IA an i-on ToTSs lie
I = nov a Ioafer. a hanger On. and - coz
sanity seeking amateur hypTs1tists MOO
vii put t7in under the influence
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! the fnora nate desire % many vel
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+ caused an Indignation meeting 4 TIE
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