The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-18
HYPNOTIsT's vALEDICToRY.
J. I. McLaughlins Farewell Address to
His Honolulu Glass.
CCommunicated)

(COmmunlCated.)
Thursday evening the class of Hypno-
fist Mclaughlin assembled at the risi-
dence of j. e. Davis on Beretania street.
The gathering was a social one and all
present spent a pleasant and instruc-
tive evening. 1t was a farewell to j. L.
Mclaughlin. The latter made a fare
well address in which he said among
other things:
81 regret to state that I am obliged
to leave you, but circumstances over
which l have no control compel me to
leave almost Immediately for China.
will not attempt to describe my feel
ings to you this evening-indeed 1 cam
not-wOrdS cannot express how 1 feel
when l think that perhaps you see me
here for the last time. However, amid
the pangs of regret L have the pleasur-
able assurance that when I depart from
Honolulu / leave my mantle to fall up
on a worthy successor, whose ability as
hypnotist is well known to you, l re-
fer to my friend and pupil j. e. Davis.
Davis
by last mail, I received from the
East in response to a request for the
very latest printed instruction matter
in hypnotism, certain printed matter
which l cannot here show you, for L
have destroyed it, so Disguised was I
with it. | was never more surprised
in my life than when I read that
1t was impossible to control a
PERSONS pulse unless such person was
hypnotised and in cataleptic condi-
ton and then only in small percen-
tage of cases. Have not demonstrated
to you over and over again, on a per-
son wideawake and in perfectly nor
NAL condition that the pulse, or in other
words the action of the heart, can be
controlled? You have all seen it done,
indeed have done it yourself. Then
again l am met by the statement that
it is impossible to hypnotise by tele-
phone except the subject has received
a prior post-hypnotic suggestion. You
have seen a man hypnotised over the
telephone by Mr.. Davis without any
such suggestion. The only conclusion
I can arrive at after reading this mis-
leading so-called instructive mater, is
that they are not as far advanced in
the science as I am, or if they know as
much or more than I do, they keep such
knowledge strictly to themselves"
Then followed some remarks on the
personality of a hypntist and the power
Of suggestion, after which Mr.. Nc
Laughlin concluded as follows:
1T have given you the benefit of my
eight years practical experience as a
hypnotist, and I trust that you will con-
tinue earnestly and make rapid pro-
gress i'm your study of hypnotism and
personal magnetism, which I consider
the greatest science of the present day"
A remarkable test was then made. IT
was agreed that Miss Queenie Davis
was to leave the room and enter an adj
joining room and from there attempt
to hypnotise a young man. This was
done. The intervening wall did not
seem to be any barrier to the success
of the experiment. The young lady had
left the room only a few minutes wher
the young man in question ceased talk
ing, became quiet and then after rock
ing in his chair for a moment started
violently and then dropped back all In
heap. Queenie then came in as COO
as cucumber and proceeded to demon
strate, although no one doubted the
| genuineness Of the phenomena, that the
| subject was i'm a deem hypOntic sleep
Upon being awakened the young man
expressed his surprise at having beer
| caught mapping.