The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-14
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BY PHONE
Successful Experimen
Last Night.
J. {. DAVIS THE OPERATOR
From the Judd Building He Puts to
Sleep a Youth in the New
England Bakery.

Here's the latest in Honolulu,
hypnotizing by teiepnone. Last night
young man IN the New england
Bakery was put into a hypnotic Steep
by hypnotist in the JUDD puIlding.
ine SUBJECT ana his controner were
separated by several plocKs, but rows of
houses apparently maze no difference
In the success of the feat.
}. r.. DAVIS plays a typewriter in the
office of the Attorney General He is
an amateur musician and a prominent
member OF the Triangle Clup which is
allied with the Young Mems Christian
Association. He is an ardent student
OF hypnotism. Under the tuteIage of ].
L. Mclaughlin, a professional SPELL
binder, Davis has been making rapid
strides In the art of putting people to
sleep and making them do funny things
nillwilly.
At O'Clock last evening a number of
persons gathered in the New England
Bakery to see the telephone expert
ment. youth of twenty-one years
who had been operated on by Davis
several times took the telephone re-
ceiver i'm his hand while Davis spoke
to him from an instrument in the Judd
Building. "A card over the telephone in
the bakery had written on IL the name
Of Thomas Williams.
AS seen and heard from the Judd
Building the following was the procc-
dure. Davis called to the subject-who
being well-known here does not want
mis- name mentioned-to take the card
in his hand.
What rs the name on the card?'' ne
asked.
Then he said. ITS growing dim. The
letters are blurred. You cant see them
well. Your eyes are closing. You are
getting sleepy. You want to sit down.
You are going fast. See, there you
are"
Those in the bakery saw the subject
take the card i'm his hand, heard hum
answer the questions and finally reel
and fall into the chair assisted by Nc
Laughlin, Davis guide in the creepy
science. Mclaughlin telephoned to
Davis that the youth was gone" and
then Davis fastened in a hack to the
bakery. There he ordered the subject
into the lanai where there vas more
room for experiment. The young man
tottered along with one hand on Davis
arm and seemed glad to sit down when
he reached the spot pointed out to him.
His eyes were closed but when COM
manded to open them he did so slowly
and stared vacantly ahead. A candle
held to his eyes did not cause him to
wink nor did a needle passed over the
eyeballs bring any signs of feeling. He
was like a man drugged. When told
to hold out his arms perfectly stiff he
obeyed and kept them there for four
minutes without evident fatigue. SO
when made to believe by Davis per-
suasive language that he was at hula
he laughed and clapped his hands and
seemed pleased. He ambled through a
being a graceful dancer
In his waking hours-and shuffled his
feet when told that he was listening to
ragtime music.
The most curious phenomena of the
experiment was in the startling differ
ence between the pulses of the subject.
Before he submitted to the test the
subjects pulse registered "a. After
fifteen minutes 1t was So. Under the
direction Of Davis and Mclaughlin the
left pulse went to 80 and at the same
moment the right was ia. Bringing
them lower the right was 112 when the
left was 81.
The subject did all sorts of funny
things at the suggestion of Davis. A
funeral of a soldier was described to
him. He was told that the unfortunate
man had died, was being put into the
coffin, was being taken to the cemetery,
and so on until finally word picture
was audibly drawn by Davis of the last
clods OF earth being cast over the
grave. The subject wept bitterly. He
sympathized deeply with the dead SOL
der; he SMILED. his chest heaved and
finally he trembled all over.
1t took two minutes to bring him to.
He looked sheepish when he regained
his senses but said that he felt strong
and WELL
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