The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-18
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Clunie Opera-house this even
ing Professor Sylvan Lee will begin
week of lectures and experiments IN
hypnotism The illustrations of his
lectures are represented by the Eastern
press to be overlooking with merri-
ment and wit, and to often carry the
audience into roars of laughter Pro-
fessor Lee insists that these expert
ments justify profound inquiry into
what he claims is a wonderfully and di-
vinely provided power, natural to man
and of which he should make wise use.
He denies all the fanciful claims made
for hypnotism, says there is nothing
occult about it, nothing really strange,
if one will stop to reason. He adds that
there is far more hypnotism in every
day use than most people suppose, that
most physicians use it, some of them
unconsciously and as for self hypnosis,
it is as common as air, and these facts
he proposes to prove during his lee
lures. After the lecture tonight he
will put subject into hypnotic sleep
and place him in the window of Jones'
cyclery, rs K street, and keep him in
that sleep for forty-eight hours with
out injury to him. Though there have
been many hypnotist experiments ex-
hibiting here, Mr.. Lee claims that he
will more interest and instruct his au-
diences than any others, since he pro-
poses to present to the people simple,
understandable truths, and to strip
sfrom the so-called science all the i'm
aginative and mysterious Characters
tics claimed for it by the preaching of
most of his predecessors. BY the At
lanta Constitution, the Cincinnati
Enquirer" and other journals Mr..
Lee is commended for his exhibitions
land lectures warmly.
Shenandoah" was played at the
Clunie Opera-house last night for the
last time. The auditorium above and
below was packed to the doors. The
play was applauded and cheered as on
Friday night. At the conclusion of the
third act when the orchestra played
The Star-Spangled Banner" the entire
audience arose and remained standing
until the orchestra ceased playing and
was then seated with applause all over
the house. These demonstrations were
not for the play, but in honor of the
flag, the defense and triumph of which
was central thought of the drama
There are those who look upon such
demonstrations as merely emotional
and out of place at a mimic show. But
this is an incorrect and not to say an
ungenerous view of the matter The
American people have been neglectful
of that which is common in other ma
tons, namely. manifestation in assem-
bles of regard for the national hymn,
or the tribute to the flag, by rising, or
by standing uncovered when the ma
tional air is played. 1t is tribute that
is harmless to put it weakly 1t is
means of stimulating patriotic devotion
1t addresses itself to something more
than mere sentiment. It is indicative
of honest pride in ones country. To ex-
press by such tribute the thought that
stirs the emotions is not only proper
but should be more manifest and ought
to be encouraged. To those who dislike
England it may seem to be imitation,
for there whenever the national hymn
is played or sung the people rise to tner
feet, nc matter what the occasion. But
England is the older country and that
we should cultivate like practice is no
mere imitation but very graceful way
of manifesting in the open the regard
our public assemblages have for the
banner of our common country.