The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12

them gradually of the deleterious gas. 1 Suggestions are first given to sfhohe 1 fewer cigarettes each day; seconaly, u | detest tobacco and drop the practice
 ''I<Ientomania. habitual falsehood, hope | less dishonesty mania for swindling ana
 gambling all yield to suggestional treat 1 ment.
 "Every mother in the land can make
 her children what she wishes them 10 pc, l provided she is woman Of hish moral 1 principle gentle and patient apprehen-
 sivo of the power of transliminal appeal l possessed of courage to apply 1t Wltn l intelligent persistence, and having ardent l faith in it's effectiveness"
 One does not have to seek scientist to l be cured by hypnotic suggestion. As to l how one may apply 1t to himself pr. l Quackenbos says:
 ''The transliminal self of an individual l is as amenable to suggestion by his own l objective mind as by the objective mind 1 of an outside person. Sell-treatment or this kind, or auto-suggestion, is open to l all who would ennoble their lives by cul- 1 tivating a closer relationship between the sunraljmina1 and the transliminal na- , ture.
 "The state of mental abstraction called .reverie' immediately preceding natural sleep, is most appropriate for self-sugges- tion As one is about yielding to slumper for the night. let him say to himseli, Tor instance that he will no longer De 1 slave of the imperative conception or the evil habit that is crippling his best eX- l pression-that he will develop talent along specffed lines-that he will draw spon- i taneously upon the resources treasured In his higher being for creative work In the normal sphere.
 Lapse into sleep with the transliminal thus invoked. to employ itself as lh- strueted Is all but equivalent to sugSes- lion given by another. The prerequisite
 of success is earnest, intelligent, persist
 ent application of the self-given sugges- tions.
 An alcoholic addict actuated by sim
 eere desire to break the shackles or the despotism and go forth with capacity TOT the higher joys of life. IS urged to tnlnN HIN
 persistently as he is falling asleep in lines like these:
 "'Whislly is unnecessary to my physical well being; it is creating structural 1 changes in vital organsi 1t is destroying ] my mentality and bunting my moral sen sibility. I do not need it, ana shail ] no longer use it either in mere braVado or to hide from my vision conditions that
 are insufferable l shall depend absolutely on the units of energy legitimately man i ufactured out of nutritious food, good air exercise and sleep I am done with alco- | hol once and forever The appetite Tor It is destroyed in my being, and l no longer admit capacity for temptation From ms hour it shall be impossible for me either to desire or to take a drink Tor any con ceivable reason. I do not want It. l
 do not need 1t. I shall not miss it. Dr. Ouackenbos relates number of in- stances of latent talent being brought to light by hypnotic suggestion. He says that a prominent woman theatrical star, owes her rise to fame to inspiration re- ceived while in hypnotic sleep.
 At the time of her visit to me sne was adjudged to possess but slender mediocrity of talent" says Dr. Quack- enbos 1.-TWO treatments evoked the real
 istic touch of Bernhardt- It was In her
 She was only inspired to express IL on
 the instant, and the people or New 1olh
 have for months given singular eVlaence
 of their wonder and delight" woman artist who has recently nainted A portrait from life of King Ed ward VII, and previously had portrayed
 many other royal personages, owes the
 inspiration to do the work that has maoe her famous to suggestion given to her during a few sessions of hypnotic sleep private ambassador representing President Mckinley on an important dlp- lomatic mission was enabled to utlllze tai- ents he had never before shown tnae ne
 possessed because of an idea or power implanted in his mind during one hour or hypnotic sleep.
 Other cases are cited to show that dy- ing uerson-one who has even passed be-
 vond the realms of consciousness III the throes of departing hfe-has been sum moned back to life, and in some instances to health by such words as were spoken
 to the apparently moriDunu n nnot Adele. where are you going? You cannot
 diel Come back; you have work 10 oo
 on earth, Come back at once.'
 of the girl Adele, Dr. Quackenbos says: ssIn answer to the summons the uptufheu 1 eyes resumed their natural angie anu l became riveted on mine Graoualls l the mental mist cleared away, the phys- 1 ical strength returned and today the 1 voung lady is perfectly well, filling an i i,nnortant position in the musical world. If YOU would become familiar witn | the phase of history of which the pro l fess,onal historians take no note LOOK over
 +ba advertising pages of a magazine of | a decade and a half ago. A periooical 1 for 1894 when compared with a similar 1 ,uhlicat tion of the present day revealeo
 some interesting changes in the nationa
 taste. The bicycle was here in all l,s
 glory. that ''sent steed' that woulu
 never pass away, IL was also oarsefs e l year and typewriters, cameras, corsels l duplicate whist boards, sewing machines 1 bathtl,hs "house-beautiful" hints, plants l nursery foods and table relishes snoes | collar buttons and various staple articie' | were advertised then just as hey are | now The faces of pretty girls peereo l from soap "ads' and the rear seats o
 tandems, or over typewriters and chatint | dishes. ,,, ,.,. ,,.
 The same pretty faces are still with us
 hut they look. now from automoplles ol | golf .sbunkers" Around them are Word | That were unknown to the national vocap 1 ,Ilarv in 1S94-Iimeousine, tonneau four | cycle engine, etc Now we have ''bridge, | the phonograph, breakfast cereals py th' | thousands. motor boats and the automatic
 piano-player, which takes the space onc' | given to parlor organs.
 The "wreckers' are at work on the oie l Fifth Avenue hotel, which, In us day
 was one of the most famous hoteis m th l country. More than half century or ms
 tory Is written in its registers Tor mos
 of the prominent men Of the nation nav
 stunned there. The hotel was the nome o
 the amen corner, a name given to th'
 niche where Platt used to sit and giy'
 orders to the republican leaders. It Wal
 so named because when Platt gave an or
 der everybody was supposed 10 say
 ..amen., Moreover the Fifth Avenue
 hotel had a bar without a cash reglster
 something very odd in these co1nnercia ere.
 days when the hotel was opened thes'
 aids to honesty were unknown, ana Whei
 the doors were closed they had neVel