The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-14
THOUGHT WAVES CRAZE GIRL.
Mental Science to Build up Her Voice,
is Sent to SanitaIium RaVing
Pltiably.
New York Americana

Raying wildly that she was under
the powerful spell of thought waves
emanating from the minds of her
mother and her brothers, Miss Helen
Carpenter was taken from her home,
No. 451 West End avenue, yesterday
afternoon by her brother, Hallett Car
penter, to a sanitarium where she will
be carefully attended in order to save
her mind from total wreck
She was crazed partly by intense
study of mental science and partly by
the mental influence exerted over her
by her music teacher, Mrs. Laura e.
| Morrill, said Mrs Carpenter yester-
| day to an American" reporter Last
night she raved and wildly declared
that we thought she was insane and
| that in reality we were mentally de-
ranged.
Melancholy Over Fathers Death.
eff / could only see Mrs. Morrill,,
| or get into touch with her mentally
she would cry, it would be all right "
The wild cries and screams of the
girl alarmed the tenants of the apart
ment house during the night, and yes
terday morning the girl suffered
another and still more terrible out
break The family then summoned
DIR. ely, who lives in the house, Po-
liceman Allen also was called in to aid
in controlling the young woman and
to prevent her doing herself injury.
Later it was decided to take her to a
sanitarium, where she could be prop
erly attended, and under the care of
her brother, who is head master in a
noted school in West End avenue, she
was transferred to While Plains.
Helen never had been a strong
girl" said Mrs. Carpenter to the re.
porter Three years ago her father
died. and she became melancholy over
his death. Finally, she determined to
study music. She has a sweet voice,
though it is very weak. She thought
that studying music would cheer her
up.
Through my cousin, Mrs. Balliatt,
became acquainted with Mrs. Laura
Il. Morrill,, a teacher of music and
voice culture. Mrs. Morrill, has her
apartments in the Chelsea, in West
Twenty-third street, and has a number
of prominent families among her pa
irons.
Began Studying Mental Science.
"She took Helen as a pupil. and told
her that while her voice was weak.
that by studying with her she would
ultimately acquire one of the best and
strongest voices among concert sing
ers. This was three years ago, and
my daughter has been a constant stu
dent during all that time. But the
fact is that Helen's voice still is weak,
and she cannot sing at all worth
speaking of.
shortly after my daughter began
studying music with Mrs. Morrill,. her
tutor induced her to take up the study
of mental science. She told my daugh-
ter that by mental suggestion. by
prayer and by putting her mind on
her. she would be able to helm Helen
her M ut nn a. Il 81
told her that she could build up my
daughters voice in a far better man
ner than the regular way
Girls Pitiable Appeals.
II was not opposed TO mental
science, and, in order to enter into
her thought, | studied the books, too.
But gradually / could see my daugh-
ters mind becoming cIouded FIRE.
quently she would cry to me to shake
her. to wake her up. that she was
falling into a stupor, and that she
would lose her mind if 1 did not DO
something for her.
81 feel sure that there was more
than mental science i'm this. more than
religion. / believe that it was the
dominating influence of a stronger
mind. 1t was much like hypnotism. /
think it would be called hypnotic
suggestion, for Helen did not seem to
be acting of her own volition.
"She used to argue with me about
science and about thought waves. She
begged me not to think that she was
queer or crazy. for if / did that IT
would influence her and cause her
| to become so in reality.
Several months ago she had an
outbreak of violence. but she quieted
again, and the result was that / care
fully watched her to keep her away
from Mrs. Morrill,. l felt that it was
right not to let her come under Mrs.