The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07

or other means. She has been known to suddenly awake, ask those about her why they did not retire, or do this or that, and immediately lapse into continuation oe the spell.
 Unlike the majority of somnambuistists, she seldom shows tendency to walk all though on several occasions she has been known to fall asleep on the street, to walk with persons with whom she was ac- quainteG, and to converse with them without giving them the slightest sus- picion that she was in somnambulistic trance.
 Some times in walking frances her nerves and muscles gradually give way to relaxation and her feet refuse to move. Her mind however, continues active.
 Some Unusual Acts.
 Unusual acts enter into the life of the somnambulist at every turn. Attired only ir a night robe Miss McManlew once in- vaded a room occupied by young peo- pie attending q party and demanded that they "cease humping the piano." She has gone out upon a roof lightly attired and sung songs, the wording of which she had long forgotten She has recalled in cidents of her babyhood; has compiled verse; has cleverly initiated noted singers and has performed feats which, on awak- ening a few hours later, she could not re- call or duplicate, but which readily re- turned to her when next she was in the spell of sonnambusm.
 After many years members of the fam fly finally learned of a way in which Miss McManley could be brought out of those frances. It was by having the young wo- man concentrate her thoughts on a per son who stared into her eyes. Gradually the vsage of the person in front of her became imprinted upon her brain and suddenly she awoke, always with the questions: What are you doing?' CT Have I been asleep?' There came time, however, when she would absolutely refuse to look into the eyes of any per ,-an before her, seemingly realizing that srsons before her had some motive. she, in her condition, did not
 yher Recent Case.
 Anoth mt case of somnambulsm in Indiana was that of Mrs. Oliver Ul- safer of Treaty Wabash county. form erly Miss Maude Snow of Howard coun- ty Some time before her marriage she lay in a sleeping state for six weeks. The mysterious sleep baffled the explana- ton of physicians. Since her recovery she has never been able to explain it. She suffered no pain or distressing effects from it, save that she was left so weak that she could not walk for some time afterward. She lay continually as one in a trance peacefully sleeping and had to be awakened to partalSe of food This awakening was accomplished by shakings, poundings, pinchings, and dashes of wo- ter, and it varied from 20 minutes to two hours before she opened her eyes in con sciousness and partook of food It was often necessary to keep shaking her to prevent her lapsing into slumber again while eating. She had no consciousness of what happened around about her while asleep. The brief intervals she was awake she conversed an intelligently as any time in her life, but often with an unfinished sentence upon her lips she would complain of being so sleepy and fall back upon her pillow in profound slumber. While the explanation was not admitted by the family, those informed of the family matters believed that the girls peculiar condition was caused by worry over a lover's disagreement she had had with the young man who is now her husband.