The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22
HYPNOTlSM AND FUN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Flint Make a Hit With Their
First Anaconda Audience.

There is nothing uncanny or mystical
about Herbert l.. Flint, the hypnotist.
who. with his wife opened a weeks en-
gagement at the Margaret theater last
evening. He does not affect the eccentrci-
ties some hypnotists put on, but, on the
other hand, is conventional, with the con-
ventionality of 80 years ago. From the
side lines of a broad, beaming, good-hu-
mored fact droop pair of the Whlskers
the elder Sothern made famous in his
characterization of Lord Dundreary in
Our American Cousin
Mr. Flint speaks with a voice that is
thoroughly fabricated and runs as easily
as a new chainless wheel is advertised to
run
Mrs. Flint, who Mr.. Flint assures the
audience is the "only lady hypnotist be-
fore the footlights." is slender. pleasant
faced and charmingly gowned. After Mr..
Flint has collected and tested a lot of
subjects he turns them over to her, Bride
wise at least. She then completes their
breaking. puts them through all sorts of
queer PAGES and turns them out at the
end well broken, gentle. fit to ride or
drive and warranted not to shy.
While Mr. and Mrs Flint are really
most remarkably successful in their hyp-
motto entertainment and give perfor-
nance better than anything of the kind
ever seen here before, it must be admit
ted that Mr.. Flint's whiskers and Mrs.
Flint's gowns are the most striking
things in the show.
The audience last night was not large.
Rain and indications of heavy storms
kept people at home. The audience that
attended, however. was delighted with
the entertainment offered
To begin with, Mr.. Flint delivered a
lecture on hypnotism, his nicely oiled
voice running along smoothly for half
an hour or so. Then he called for sub
jeCts Sixteen young men, after consid-
cradle coaXing were secured They
came grinning upon the stage, seated
themselves in a semi-circe and were test
ed as to their true worth as hypnotic
subjects. One by one they were taken
in hand by Mr.. Flint. who would try
them on simple tests of hypnotic sugges-
ton, such as making them believe they
could not unclasp their hands, that they
could not artiCulate or that they slut
tered. BY process of elimination the
number of subjects was reduced to 10.
Then Mr.. Flint introduced Mrs. Flint,
assisted her in getting the 10 under con-
troll and left her to her own devices.
Then came the happiest part of the en-
tertainment. Mrs. Flint put the 10
through various ridiculous performances.
once she convinced them their knees
were stiff and they could not sit down.
Then she afflicted them with timber
knees and had them doing contortion acts
about the stage, like a lot of chickens
with amputated toes trying to stand up.
She made each one think he had flea
down his back. One or two subjects in
this scene started to do a disrobing act
but Mrs. Flint caught them in time and
brought them out of the trance.
One subject, a gentleman with spas
modic legs, a slender frame and neck
tie that looked like wallpaper sample,
furnished unbounded amusement to the
| audience. He lent himself SO readily 10
the hypnotic suggestion that that pessi-
mistic element which is always found in
an audience whispered that he must be-
| long to the company.
Mr.. and Mrs Flint will remain in Ana
Conda until the close of the week and will
give an entertainment every night al the
Margaret. Unlike some hypnotists they
avoid vulSarity in their performances and
give a clean and thoroughly enjoya BILE
evenings entertainment.