Evening star., 1899-04-04

Hypnotism, he said, was an exact art or
science. and this he proposed to prove. In
response to an invitation for volunteers as
on the platform. In order to be successful
with even a majority Of those who had
consented to let him experiment upon
tnei1l. tnem santanelli advised all to keep per-
fectly still for twelve minutes" He prom
,sed IN return to give an hour and a half of
laughter. Beginning with the man at the
extreme left of the stage, the professor
six were lying prone ON the floor and ap-
paEently dead to the world. One Of the men
ana the boy failed to become good subjects
f,,enca M,sn .nese s placed under the hypnotic in
huence Santanellf performed many really
wonderful feats, causing them to obey Inn
p1citly his every wish.
one case was that Of a man whose Jaws
opened oIa at the command Of Santanelli, but
couio not be closed by the subject, The
pastor of leading church on Canitol Hill
was asked to relieve the poor man by plac-
liiS one hand on top of his head and the
nnntb uuuer sh,.. MS chin, and thus force the
Inc command of Santaneli however in
stantly set things right. "
success. "e'e 'iieo Will
The The CAKE WALK TOMORROW
NIGHT-The advance sale Of ticIets for
l .ne cake walk which will be given at Com
nkentlon Hall tomorrow night has been
ha la, Ia se' ana many parties Of society people
evening. There will be a great many
couples In the walk, as, in addition to the
cake special prizes amounting to 500 In
g1la Tin VIII VIII be awarded, and the contestants
VIII include, besides Mr. and Mrs IIuke
BLACKBURN, the present champions MANY
Well,knoWn local colored couples HaIey's
washington Orchestra has been engaged to
ha tui'nlsn h 1ne appropriate music. There will
gram or singing, buck and wing dancing
ana other negro specialties by colored vo-'
caists and comedians of experience.
MOCK COURT BY THE BL1ND.-The
anlnty OF the blind to achieve success as
entertainers was well demonstrated last
evening at the Universalist Church. corner
OF 18th and l. streets northwest. COM
pany or young blind people, assisted by the
tractive program, which consisted of a
drama and musical features. The mock
tr1al contained much fun and was appre-
ciated by the audience. A distinguished
jury had been invited to assist in the trial,
ana they occupied the jury box on the
stage, being Messrs B. H. Warner, ]. ].
Edison, Commissioner Wight, Allan B.
Slawson. e. S. Parker and Rev. DR.. Tai
mage. During the evening Mr.. Cleaveland,
president of the Hartford (Conn) Institute
for the Blind, spoke concerning the move
ment he is leading for the industrial train
ing of the blind, in order that they may
part in the entertainment last evening were
Misses E. Louise Patterson, A. c. D. Muir
ray and Katie l.. Grady, Messrs H. c.
Green, Edward H. Northrop, Fl. L. Bill, H.
r. w. Miles, H. NJ. Hoskins and W. ].
Oates. The musical numbers were all splen-
did!y rendered. The entertainment will be
repeated this evening, Friday and Saturday
evenings and Saturday at o'clock.
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE GLEE CLUBS.
The Lafayette College Glee, Banjo and
Mandolin Clubs are booked to give one of
their characteristic college concerts at the
Universalist Church, 18th and L streets, to-
morrow night. 1t will be an occasion to
call forth large gathering of the resident
alumni of the college and also the many
who are aware of the high place the club
has won among similar organizations. The
patronesses are Mesdames John w. Griggs,
John Leetch, Henry Y. Satterlee, A. w.
Greedy, VIM. c. Alexander, Robt. B. Ten
ney, Geo. r. Stetson, Randolph H. McKim,
Geo. H. Kennedy, Frank Paul Leetch, Les
lie j. Perry, John Sherman, j. Macbride
Sterrett, Henry c. Winship, Geo ]. Easter
day, VIM. H. Dougal, Wallace Radcliffe,
James r. Appleby, NJ. ]. Adler, VIM. A.
Leetch. c. M. McCarteney, Frederick
Moore. c. A. Stone, Harriet Webster Chas
II. Craigin, w. S. Dunlop VIM b. Orme,
]. Holdsworth Gordon and Miss Edith c.
Wescott