Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-26
(To be Continued).
AMUSEME MTS.
ILLINOIS SEPTEMBER BOOKINGS.
BOOKINGS FOR OCTOBER.

Oct. 6.-Slow Poke company.
oct. 7-9-10-11-12.-Van Dyke Eaton
& company.
Oct. S.-The Lion and the Mouse.
Oct. 13.-Tempest and Sunshine.
Oct. 14.-Big Hearted Jim.
Oct. 15-Fiddler's Contest.
Oct. 16.-Coming Thro' the Rye.
Oct. 1S.-Bethany home entertain
ment.
Oct. 19.-The Grand Mogul.
Oct. 20.-The White Blackbird.
Oct. 21.-Kerry Cow.
Oct. 22.-Charles B. Hanford.
Oct. 23.-The Sweetest Girl in Dixie
Oct. 25.-The Girl Over There.
Oct. 27-Royal Slave.
Oct. 30.-Miss Alberta Gallatin.
Oct. 31.-The District Leader
Mr. Flint TaIks.-Mr. and Mrs. Flint
the noted laughmakers and hypnotists
arrived in Rock Island this morning
from Davenport where for four nights
they have played to crowded houses
at the Burtis opera house. The hyr
MUST " as OliS,dSCu III COitN OioItlOll u.
a reporter on the subject of hypnosis
There are many young men who
hesitate about going upon your stage
| because they are uncertain of the COR
sequences. What is the effect of hyn
nosis upon the ones who prove to b.
good subjects upon the stage?" asked
the reporter.
| hypnosis as practiced by Mrs. Flint
and myself has never proven othe,
wise than beneficial answered thg
hypnotist, Much credit should b.
given to the young men who present
themselves for trial as subjects in tn
various towns. We do not create. We
only intensity. Many of the results
which we obtain from the young mo-,
they could obtain for themselves witt
four or five years of study. Say {
young man can dance a little. II
knows the steps and has tried a litti,
dancing when no one else was aroun |
But he is too self conscious and lack
ing in practice to ever appear III pub
lie. He comes upon our stage an,
is hypnotiZed. He forgets his bash
fulness, forgets his self consciousness
and with every faculty atuned t;
rythm and the poetry of motion n
becomes a graceful dancer. The abil
lty was there, we brought it out.
Such an intensifying of the menta
faculties is beneficial. In the frs
place a subject must concentrate hi:
mind. Concentration is always a ben
etlcial mental exercise. The best men
tally of the young man is brough
out. His mental capacity is deepenet
and intensified. His mind retains tn:
benefit even after the subject is awak
ened. During the 80 years that hav!
been before the American public.
have hypnotized thousands of youu
men. and all have been more or les
benefited. l have many friends tc
day, who are happy and prosperoIu
men, whose success dated from tn
time that hypnosis discovered som
latent faculty, not dreamed of perhap
by its possessor.
Several well known orators in thi
lsection of the state first discovere
that they could sway a public audienc
years ago when they came upon IN
stage to test their susceptibility a
sensitives.''
What class of young men do yo
like best as subjects? Is it true tina
only the weak minded can be il
fluenced and that a strong mind car
not be hypnotized?" asked the re
tpOrter.
Mr.. Flint's genial face blazed. ''Tha
lis a foolish sentiment that I hav
been trying for so years to refute.
said the hypnotist. "The weak minda
cannot be hypnotized. In the frs
lplace a subject does a part of tn
lwork himself. We can influence n