The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-29


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'"Talnt TO be wondered at that our
boys are infatuated and carried away
with the thing, when the authors of these
thousand-and-one circulars are telling
them that they can make hundred dol
lars day by use OF hypnotlsm. No won
der my son John wants to quit the farm
and go into the business But It's nine
tenths a lie and the other tenth isn't
worth much more in Colonel Sellers
Eye Water.
ION the other hand we can't blame these
teachers so much II they can find mil
Hon or so OF credulous idiots who are will
ing TO pay them over Ave or six dollars
apiece as a starter. and the Lord only
knows how much as a finish. for
learning to do what probably only one
out of hundred mas the capacity for
performing successfully IN making other
people. who are willing 20 be their sub
jects. appear like silly know-nothings.
After making n lot OF claims about
how great success any man can attain
under this wonderful discovery. they 30
on to say that 'Hypnotism unfolds the
secret law OF the miraculous cures OF all
ages. IL unveils the seeming miracles
performed by the so-called prophets and
seers OF old--the divine healers and won
der workers of the present day. 1T stops
the inroads OF the dread destroyer. death.
and strengthens and energies the human
body until all Its old-time elasticity re-
turns
Now this last claim won't last great
while without spilling, unless It's Kept
on ice. For when go down 10 the Gem
etery and read on the tombstones that
this one and that one lived 10 be ninety
nine years old, hundred years back,
without any hypnotism or Christian Sci
ence I'm their day 10 boost them along,
and then notice in our day there are
mighty few who reach the honorable
age of an octogenarian before they die,
there seems to be something out Of gear
with all of these modern isms that claim
to improve and prolong life The fact that
folks are not living any longer than our
grandfathers did, Is good evidence 10 me
that they are pretty much all humouss,
and the promoters OF them are simply
talking them for all they'll fetch In hard
coin the same as l do my potato crop.
Now I've summed the whole thing up
10 shis pofft: The stronger mind can
crush the weaker mind. If tho weaker
vessel stops to listen to the argument or
the stronger. But shall we stand by and
allow any such thing to happen any more
than we will allow great doubie-nsted
muscular man to crush a weaker manf
Not by any means. The law must step In
and protect the weaker man In both cases.
The humming bird has as much right 10
live on this earth as the hen-hawk has,
even II the hawk doesn't agree TO It
.vThen they go on to say in their circu-
lars that Every successful physician uses
hypnotic suggestion In the treatment or
his patients He may not be conscious
of its use. Certainly hts patient Is not
aware OF It, II is a well-known fact that
n physician in whom you have confidence,
whom you trust intuitively, is the best
physician to treat you. You help TO cure
yourself by your very confidence by auto
suggestion
'sWell. now" says Abner. 'in measure
that's true, and in a larger measure It's
not true. Why do we have confidence In
a. physician? Simply because we think
ne understands his business, the same as
we do a tailor when we order him 10 make
suit of clothes. Did You ever know or
a sick person having much confidence In
n doctor with a little narrow head, mar
row between the eys, with no special In
dication OF intelligence beaming out or
mis- face? You never did. When folks are
well they're not very particular, but when
they've got down sick In real earnest,
they send out for the doctor that's got
well developed enough to know whether
he'd better give you calomel or ipecac.
IJis dIploma is n secondary consideration.
What a sick man wants is a man who can
reason and think. Hypnotism mas Just
about as much to do with the case as
Socialism has and that's nothing. We
do help the physician by being careful
20 employ a nurse who will follow In
str,,ctions and give the medicine as d.
rected When a fever tossed patient Is
out OF HIS head for days at time, how
much auto-suggestion Is there In his case.
Just about as much as there is In the
man under the influence OF ether IN help
ing the doctor to cut of his leg.
Now" SAYS he. "all I've got 10 say
further r. this: II there's such n noun
tain OF good that can be accomplished by
this new method OF treating disease by
hypnotism. we don't want these profess
sors to keep on saying that ignorant boys
can make just good use OF the science
as full grown educated men.
And Furthermore. because OF the an
parent evil that can be developed by this
new system. I'm In favor OF having ~ re-
stricted by law TO a mighty few persons
IN community. and those persons held
under bonds as a guarantee that they'll
he honest with soci' ~ I'm making use OF
the powers that are claimed for the thing
that monopolizes other mems minds. I
shall never give up my mind to another
man OF my own free win. and N another
man can get possession OF " without my
consent. want him put In jail same as.
any other thief"
When he sot down Elder Morrison got
up and said. after addressing the chair.
"Mr. Chesley has certainly expressed my
views I'm the main. In what he said Such
sentiments well ventilated throughout
the land will guarantee society against
the evils OF the application Of the science
Of hypnotism. II all men were honest
and could be trusted under all conditions
and circumstances. then II is possible
some good might result from its use but
az a large percentage Of the people Of the
world are UNIT for any positions which
involve n large degree Of trust and conf
asnce. Il becomes a dangerous thing and