The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-23
VICTIM OF HOTEL CLERK.
THE PROFESSOR 4 RUINED MAN
oUING To NJ SINNER.

A Novel Usc or Hypnotism THAT t;arnca tits, q
Comfortable nnd Easy living untI TIC U1.
dcrtooh 60 Flash ~ Paste Diamond on tho
Dapper Might Cirra mt the 1Sphcn Hotel.
III 1t had not BEEN for ono Of YOU fellows I
might now bn supporting myself comfortably
by my hypnotic powers instead of playing the
piano and doing vaudeville turns said tho pro.
fcssor after he had finished his stun: at tho Fri.
day night smoker OF the Hotel Clerks Life Saw.
ing, Social, and Outing Club.
at was four years ago. he continued. "that
I landed In New York with enough money to
run me for two weeks md no prospect OF an en-.
gagcmcnt. ] had left New York with tho fly
by.Night Burlcsquo troupc. I played tho piano
for them nj night md circulated handbills In
the daytime. We did a ragged onc.night stand
business, but we managed TO pay expenses until
wc reached Three Rivers. Mich, and nothing
but the Cherry Sisters would 90 in that town.
They wouldn't have us there. and tho company
broke up. Each member had to shift for him
SELF or herself. +"
II had done something in chronology and
hypnotism, and I made my expenses hack to
New York md n little more. ! didn't know
whit TO do when I got here md after working tho
saloons as n phrenologist for n week | saw that
] must strike n now lay or starve to death.
am pretty strong in hypnotism. and l had cul-
tivntcd II for several years. There are so
many fakirs arornl, however, that exhibitions
of it didn't pay.
ut was purely by chance ono morning after I
had paid my last dollar for room rent that I
discovered IA way to utilize my hypnotic powers
with profit. l am the inventor of 1t, and IL It
hadn't been for n hotel clerk ] might now be
working it. l was down on my luck, and I be-
gan looking through the personals and lost and
found notices hoping that something would turn
up. This notice caught my eye:
Found. a sum OF money in n porkctbook on Broad.
way. Owner may get It by proving property md pay
ing for advertising. Mary h. O., 100 West --street.
ut occurred TO mo that Mary was n very
honest woman and l wondered IL I couldn't
guess n description Of the pocketbook and the
amount Of money and so got 1t to tide me over.
/ specialized on what sort of woman Mary was
and then came the thought, why not hypno-
tic her and get her to tell about tho pocket
bOokf The moro i thought It over the better
liked it, and l went to Mary's address to SEQ
what 1 could accomplish. You know that It 10
an easy matter to hypnotize the average woman.
/ have done 1t easily many a time. For ordi-
nary cases l woar n largo paste diamond in my
scarf and l ask the subject TO look at 1t closely.
In half a minute she is under the influence.
When the maid answered my ring at the ad-
dress given in the advertisement / told her that
/ had come to claim the purse. She shouted
upstairs:
"'Mrs. Green. here is the gent what lost the
money and Mrs. Green came down, evidently
very much disturbed by her maids awkward
t fsro locking Woman MaI and as ss she began papoio.
giving for her maid concluded that she wasa
Before l say anything about the pocketbook,
madam 1 said, won't you DO good enough to
look into this diamond in my scarfpin and see Il
e egre;G tt the he house 'siu and Il struck this pin. Am
stepped %edi to S the Light Efs she s{ iooeed at the H PIN. ' She
brought her eyes close to It and at my request
stare" "sSo "S ! M ssea Green an that t IS not a pin. 1t a
pocketbook. Can you see itf
Yes, it is q pocketbook,' she answered in
1t is the pocketbook which you found on
broadway,
Describe II in detail I commanded.
%, , is a black poGke I she said, with
contained three $50 bills and one SIS bill. That
Is @ az you, Mrs. Green. said I, passing my
hand across her forehead, and as She gave .
90; sSSsin e d.; 7 5 I'm m Eliza that you didn't ind any
rally: She had come out Of tho trance without
sT came said:s to see II by chance it was
/ can tel. If it is yours I shall be pleased 70
re! ~ do IT.: the n,rso n g sbo dosc-,h.d !, =,
me, and when Rad finished she said:
u, ut It, Is :. undoubtedly N. oo,h your purse sir and I
right G and 'n saw '9 PSSas / h SSi s s'rua money Is yrle Ct.
Each Fac, dn;yoItI looked Vau over war The !, papers l"rnr Tor such g o I'd;
how many honest people there are in this town.
Nearly every week two or three pocketbooks are
picked up by people who are anxious TO re-
tween the two ] MANAGED to make a very good
income. Occasionally I would find that tho ad-
yertiser was a person whom ] couldn't hypno-
tie; and then I backed out as gracefully as I
tho simplicity OF the scheme pleased me. I
wondered why it had never occurred to other
nv saying that an uncle had loft
me n little fortune.
We'll. sir, it SO happened in the course of
business that | investigated an advertisement
which ran ms follows:
Found In the hall OF the Hyphen Hotel. n pocket.
sinner, niGht clerk at Motel. after p. NJ.
II ought to have known better, but ! didn't,
and as soon as l saw him / had my doubts.
didn't intend TO back down until ] WAS forced
cover n rockctbook ! asked him TO step into the
inside. office with me and incidentally tell ME
what he Thought of my diamond pin. The pin
Interested Sinner and as soon rs we got under
the light no began to examine It,. i saw from
tho expression on his face that / had made a
y" Why; it's imply imitation. It's not tho
r Tay t IN nGmn me- fiSS1"'in ned bc J mnbu ,11G sd Zine bis co Sy
and. displayed a stud rs big MS a walnut. 1t
radiated ght in many colors. / turned my
eyes toward it and although I was nearly
blinded ] couldn't take them away. 1t was real
and dazzling.
"As ] looked it seemed to be winklng at me
and then II told me to tell why ! had come TO
the hotel. toll, the whole story from the be.
ginning and suddenly l was aroused by a slap
on the back. was in the office. Sinner was
at me with IA grin.
"'Well. you are a smooth article he said,
but you should not attempt to hypnotic a hotel
clerk, and above al To, flash "A paste diamond on
him. Did you know that my stone hypnotized
you ard that you have given your snap awayi
Well, il did. ! know your little game. ! am
working 1t again. Let me tell you, however,
that your nerve Is gone. You cant hypnotizo
again because your nerve is gone. Now get out
of here. Quick
II rot out and I found that the clerk had told
the truth Ny hypnotic movers were gone. I
was ruined, | went back to thur ping the piano
and doing vaudeville nets. II doesn't. pay
nenrly so wen. Becansc Of the evil that Sinner