The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-02-08
WOMAN OF THREE PASTS
Society For Psychical Research
Amazed at Story of Miss x.
sHE HAS THREE PERSONALITIES.

x,u,ber Three, Gay and FIippRnt,
RidicuIes Number One as an EN-
tireIy DiAerent Person - The Re
suIts of HypnOtism-Story of the
1nL. BOTTLE - Crystal Reading En-
posed.
Nothing interested the serious minded
nprsons of The Society for Psychical Re
search the other evening so much as the
story Of a woman with three pasts. The
New York section Of the association
held meeting in the library of Column
ba university, where Professor H j
HvsIop read a paper entitled IAN Elk
detrimental Study of Visions, " written
by Dr.. Morton Prince.
1t seems that this young woman,
whom the doctor designated as *, ,"
was three persons in succession, and
each one of the KS had different dis
position and different memory. Her
real name was not mentioned She had
lived in San Antonio Tex, and went to
Boston, where her triple personality at
tracted the attention of Dr. Prince. She
was Miss X One, as her friends knew
her Hypnotized she became Miss X
Two, who knew nothing either of her
existence or Of that Of number One or
that Of number Three, and, again, Miss
X Three who had an uncanny way of
contemplating Miss X One and making
all manner Of fun OF her.
X One was serious. dignifed and high
minded x Two was extremely sad and
X Three was a jovial, fippant person,
who laughed heartily at poor number
One of whom she spoke as a very stu
pid and uninteresting person.
Dr. Prince induced the young wom-
an to contemplate a crystal globe, in
which she saw all sorts Of things, and
before preceding the doctor put few
nails into the coffin Of the theories of a
certain sect called Crystal Readers, -
who think they can foretell the future
by gazing steadfastly into a ball of
glass He said that a person can see
anything in the glass ball, provided he
concentrates his mind sufficiently on
that which he wishes to see.
Among the examples Of triple person
alty the doctor referred to q case where
Miss X One complained of losing some
money. He hypnotized her, and X Two
appeared
Money" she said in a cynical, con-
temptuous manner. ''Why, l never had
any"
So the doctor carried the hypnosis
further, and K Three, jovial cheerful
ana smiling looked into the glass globe.
one said it was very stupid of poor x
OAe Tor she saw her in the very act Of
putting the money under the cover of a
t@"le, deity piling a red and green
Dooh on top of it. 1t was found, too,
C4aJ the money was in the place where
A one had put it in her sleep.
MISS y was hypnotized one day, and
III me crystal globe she beheld herself
ARISE from her bed, open a window, lean
lar out from the sill, throw out an ink
o9ttIe and fall backward in a faint.
one felt very dizzy just to look at the
Ihen, by the aid of few hypnotic
passes that soubrettehke person, No 3,
T!pped upon the psychological stage
WIN kind Of ''here we are again" air.
Yes" she said, II remember all
'hat distinctly She was i'll with pneu-
monia once.
10y She she meant x One.
She imagined, continued the gay
Young person. ''that she was on the
S5aShore. She dug her toes into the car
PET and thought it was sand. She crawl
Gu out on the window ledge, which she
!!HiaSlned was the beach, and threw an
INK bottle far into the street, thinking
It was pebble. Then she woke up and
was so scared to find herself on the win
IoW ledge, near mansard roof, that
che craWled back and tainted.
II with these and other anecdotes DR.
tII1ce' through the reading of Professor
InSSlop, entertained the audience, which
9"iled far out from its chairs and listen
'o IN rapt attention.
Professor Hyslop could not give the
a1 and address of the KS for the rea-
ioH mat DIR. Prince had been detained
=" Boston. New York Herald.