The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07
THIS GIRL IS ODD
 TRANCE VICTIM Roams the World Over Every
 Night PUZZLE TO HER FRIENDS Miss McManley O. Indiana, Veritable "Globe Trotter" in Remarkable Sor1nambalstic Frances.
 Sings Old Songs.
PUZZLE TO HtR FRIENDS
From the Indianapolis Star.

l From the Indianapolis Star
 1 How would you like to journey in d night to New York, or Boston, or even across the Atlantic to London, or Paris, | or Berlin-to revel in the pleasure. or l sightseeing in these great cities, and then awake in the morning in your own 1 comfortable bed, without having been to | a bit of expense for the delightful trip? 1 Impossible! Not if you are a somnam- bulist, gifted with the magic powA of thus transferring yourself to any spot that strikes your psychic fancy.
 Of course, the somnambulfstic traveller suffers the misfortune of being unable to remember a single thing about his or her | nocturnal wanderings, fo rthe somnambu- | listic dream, unlike the ordinary dream, | leaves no impression on the mind to be | recalled in waking hours
 | woman who is one of the most remarka- woman who is one of the mostremarka- l ble somnambulists of the present day. In all the history of somnambulism the case | of Miss Louise R. McManley probably 1 has not been excelled for puZzling feat ures In the strange frances into which i she falls her sleep she has visited most Of the big cities of the world above which l she has heard or read, and she has walked, talked and written just as if | awake.
 Has Kept Her Relatives Guessing.
 Since she was a child Miss McManley, | who is now about 30 years old, has kept l relatives guessing as to what she would do next in her sleep. Noted medical men | have consulted over her case and pro nounced it one of the most remarkable | they have ever studied
 Miss McNanley is most apt to fall into trance following any unusual mental or emotional stress. She can be made l to carry on a conversation with another 1 person and perform various acts under l the suggestion of another, of which she ] is entirely oblivfous upon awakening. Her l only consciousness of the trance is reel ing of exhaustion the next morning, the i degree of exhaustion depending upon the l nature of the act supposed to have been 1 accomplished in her sleep. Thus, if she dreams of taking a long walk she feels as | fatigued in the morning as if she really had taken the walk. For all other phe- nomena of her frances she has had to de- pend upon the statements of her friends. Converses as Naturally as If Awake.
 Circumstances alter Miss McManley somnan bulistic tendencies. Once she sat l in a room while asleep and carried on 1 conversation without even giving per l sons unacquainted with her condition any reason to believe that she was not 1 fully possessed of her normal senses.
 Probably the most peculiar act of her | somnambulistic fife was the writing or a 1 about to die and pequeathed an imag- mary estate of considerable value to two score relatives and friends. slight i pinch on the arm inflicted by the relative | who attempted to arose her from the trance or spell, caused her to sit down, pick up a pen, and write out lengthy document in which she was careful not to overlook any of her friends. There are those of her acquaintances who believe i that Miss McManley had a premonition of her own death The next day after the paper was drawn, however, she denied i having anything to do with its making or ! having been responsible in any way Tor the contents of the document. despite the fact that 1t was in her own handwriting | and ths.t it had been witnessed by two persons, who at the time attached their | names and who saw the young woman sign her name in full She arose from bed, aroused other members of the fam fly. wrote the will and then retired. All l of tins transpired while she was from outward appearances awake ana rationai, with her eyes open, and sensible to feel ing, sound and hearing. Yet the period from the time she arose until she again retired was plotted from her memory.
 obeys Orders After Protest.
 "Write on the tablet that you are asleep" commanded a friend on one oc- casion, when Miss Manley was under a somnambulistic spell.
 "That would be too foolish for any thing" was the unexpected reply, but the next moment she picked up pencil and wrote the one word, Asleep" and the hour in Morse telegraphic characters.
 ''Now, sign your name" commanded the friend.
 "I won't do it." was the emphatic re- ply.
 'Yes. you will, or you will sit here all night was the ultimatum of the friend, and, without further words, Miss McMan- lev signed her name and again added I'll o'clock" Turning to the friend, Miss Me Manley commanded: "Quit your scratch ing me" The friend was rubbing her own hand, but Miss McManley actually believed that the friend was scratching her, and, grasping the friends hand, she nut forth her efforts to stop the move | ment of the member. Almost at the same time she explained to the friend how diff ficult it was to keep a white shirt waist | clean in a smoky city.
 You said that you would give me any thing that I wanted if I would go to l bed,' she next reminded her friend. "To | begin with I want a new sewing ma | chine. Will you have it here tonight?"
 "No. in the morning"
 Repeats Forgotten Nurseryy Rhyme.
 Picking up the house cat and examin- ing the animals toes, Miss McManley I bro1xe loose the next moment with:
 .sThis little pig went to market,
 This little pig stayed at home,
 | This little pig had roast beef,
 This little pig had none.
 This little pig went squeak, squeak,
 squeak '
 e On being asked to recte the nursery rhyme the next day Miss McManley truthfully said she had forgotten 1t years before. She did not know that she had recited the verse less than 12 hours before
 "Just a minute, just minute. The words loudly spoken In the stiffness of midnight by Miss McManley caused other members of the family to be suddenly aroused from their slumbers.
 Following a short pause she continued: sWait until I tie my shoestring. The street ear conductors of Boston are real accommodating Don't you know that when I was in Boston this afternoon washed my hair there in the river. Don't YOU know, ughl That water at Boston is just as soft, and I am going to send back there every time l want to wash my hair and get some of that water. While I was in Boston bought ten arti- cles Ten times five-that would be $250, high I just got back from Boston, and I am going to start again in the morn ing'
 Changes in Mind and Bodyy.
 Miss McManley undergoes many changes in mind and body under condi- tions that are practically the same. One moment the slightest touch by another