Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-17

1t abSorbS the attention most, whereas the
line of hatred is more wavy. Other ex-
periments show quickening of the pulse
beat caused by love. but as to the tests
with the other instruments the results are
not yet sufficiently clear for interpretation.
Many more subjects will have to be meas
ured.''
Love Cured by Hypnotisn.
so you have the disease and the symp-
toms; how about the cure?'
II have that, too-at least science has
discovered 1t. 1t has been demonstrated
that hypnotism may be used as a cure for
love. and the demonstrators are no less
than the celebrated doctors. BeriIlon.
Krafft-Ebbing and Ladame of Europe Dr.
Emile Laurent, medical director of the
Paris prisons and hospitals, has also re-
port on the subject, and DR.. Carleton Simon
Of New York has been working along the
same lines.
"A man came to Dr. SImon's office and
said that his wife was still unhappy about
an old love affair. She Is a good WIFE, save
Tor that one thing said the visitor. She
has fits of depression, and always cries
when she hears his name or reads 1t in
the newspapers. You see, She had been en-
gagged to this fellow before she knew me-
All preparations had been made for the
wedding, and she sat in her bridal gown
waiting to hear the rattle of his carriage
wheels; but she never heard it, He didn't
come-never sent any word. She has never
seen him since
The doctor took the Iove-sick woman in
hand. She was pale nervous, sweet-faced
little creature. and thought she was COM
Ing to him merely to have her system
toned up The doctor wrote q prescrip-
ton and while talking to her commenced
to hypnotic her without her knowing it,
Presently she found her eyelids growing
heavy. She complained of being sleepy.
Then she slept. The doctor whispered the
name of her faithless sutton in her ear
She started and trembled. A tear stole
from under her closed lids. &.
Memory of Love Banished.
There was never a man who Tilted you,
said the physician softly. That Is only
fancy Of yours-the sick fancy of a sick
brain. The little woman's eyelids quvered;
she sighed, then smiled. What strange
fancy it was continued the hypnotist. You
must never let it enter your mind again.
Remember! Must not Must not! Say it,
The woman repeated. Must not! Must
not"
Foolish! FOOLISH the doctor continued.
He was young man wnom you knew.
That was all. You never thought of mar
rytng each other. That was only one of
your fancies-only a queer dream. If you
see him again you will treat him as an
ordinary acquaintance The woman nod
ded acquiescence. The shadow lifted from
her face and she looked as happy as a
child. She opened her eyes laughingly.
have not slept so well since-since-.' Since
what? asked the hypnotist I can't re-
member. Since Notwithstanding
Her husband dropped in few days
later. She has forgotten it entirely. l pray
God she'll never remember he said. And
a. last reports she never had even after
looking at the picture of the faithless suit
or. I venture to say that any case of love
could be similarly cured"
"And when your love cure becomes the
fad-like the rest cure-you fellows will
op farr, tod xyipn nr
coffee substitute" said the scribe.
But think what practical results could
be accomplished in just such cases as this,
where unsophisticated girls are love-
sick over worthless men. The majority OF
girls, if left to themselves, would marry
without foresight or reason
Are women any different from men In
this respect?"
Women Unreasonable Lovers.
'Lombroso. Forri and Mantegazza, the
well-known European psychologists, have
recently developed the theory that woman
Is constitutionally less developed than man.
and therefore acts more by instinct. DR.
j. Mark Baldwin, professor Of psychology
at Princeton, agrees In this view. but says
that while woman's love is undoubtedly
more instructive than mans 1t Is also more
ideal He finds that men calculate more
that is, are more reasonable in their loves.
This is shown both by the TACT that they
make more suitable marriages as respects
wealth, social standing. etc, and by the
fact that they oftener than women, are
faithless to the tie of matrimony. The in
stincts which move women in love affairs
are generally those which respond to moral
character and which call for sympathy,
pity and self-denial. With men, on the
other hand, social or personal sef-indulg-
ence are more apt to be influential. In Dr.
Baldwins estimation. He finds social re-
y,>tc h
stronger with men. Woman, says he. Is
more a law unto herself. more whimsical
tmpulsive, Independent - and unreason-
able" JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS