Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-01-21
INTERESTING
decisions
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j.
On. cuAkEesos TElls ~ some
ouEER IDEAS PEOPLE o. IN
BALANCED MINDS NAVE
they're BEWITCHED
Interesting Tan On ssssssaaoa ara the
nsnsxi fils n csn Cure. - se~ss
Sad Cases Cited.
tFrona the New york san.l

tFrom the Sew York sanl
Dr. John D. Qnakenbos tod the In
fsrtaInEnent club 1t the NaldoFf'As
tnEia Tuesday night how easy IL I'm Tor
perfectly sane peopae 10 Get tncane a.
times and how wheels in the bead may
fa removed by mental suggestion. The
doctor. who mixed physical research
with his medicines. paid for his eater
tainment by the club BY handing ont
. choice collection % thrills and
creepy stories. all al which were Gull
"a from his professional notebook.
Delnsions 81 the sane are a matter
Of nerves and Twentieth century siren.
uositv. said the doctor. II you play
bridge or poker too much, play the
races. speed nm automobile. dabbie I'm
wan street, work or play too much by
electric light. live In q fiat. eat aduiter.
ated food or breathe bad mir you are
liable 70 imagine that microbes are
playing tag On your coat sleeve: or. u
you happen 10 keep bees I'm your eel.
lar. you may be- afraid Of going into
that cellar for fear of eating n bee.
These are merely mild pranks Of the
occasional bug: but II you have q bad
case you may be scared 10 death Of
lemons or want 70 throw yourself into
the arms Of the first fair lady you
may chance 10 meet On Broadway.
Believe Themselves Bewisched.
Among my PATIENTS" said the doc
Cor. have been persons who dared moi
cross tho threshold Of their home,
and had not been out Of their houses
for months Who could not force them
selves on d car. or wash and dresl
themselves. or shake hands or sieel
under = bed quilt. Some have disease
that no one ever had before. Wheel
10 around I'm their ears. they sec bird
and the f~Tuttering Of wings. footstep
follow them. strange things craw
through the keyhoie. faces stand gu
on the wall. flies whisper secrets I
them. Many have a bassless fear q
insanity. and one lady sought a pos
ton In an asylum 70 as 10 be on ian
when the day OF alteration should a
rive. Lots OF people come to me an,
ing they are bewitched 49, exceedin,
iy common deiusion today.
"a well known authoress believe
she Ii under the hypnotic power OF
doctor who comes into her room al
pulsed as a cloud and flaps his astrt
wings underneath her bodice. TheI
was a lady who was on her way
Alaska to found a moral town whe,
drinking and gambling should be O
cluded. She met on a train a gamble
who fixed his piercing black eyes upc
her and placed her under a spe'
From that hour bad luck pursued h,
and she abandoned the scheme Of u
moral town"
DIR. Quackenbos told stories about
woman who could not sit in a theatl
for wanting to fire a pistol at the pc
son in front Of her; of a woman wi
saw a coarse word scrubbed on
fence and couldn't help saying It
herself: Of a man who developed
mania Of going to law and in one |
stance pursued an executor with pe
sistent malignity during five years
controversy. only to be defeated
court twenty times In succession. o.
subject complained OF a spirit tn
came to him and offered to give Il
Odd Fellow grip. Another deciar,
that God had dictated a letter TO hi
Others imagined that neighbors we