Arizona republican., 1910-11-04
HYPNOTIC SHOW AT
 MAJESTIC 4 SCREAM

Manager Echlin is to be congratu- lated on the high-class bill produced
 at the Majestic last night. If packed
 house of enthusiastic people is any criterion, then he should be given the
 credit of knowing what will entertain
 the fun-loving public. The show was
 opened by De La Geneste, the hyp-
 notiSt, who after several awe inspir- ing tests of the power of mental
 telepathy on Miss Daisy Taylor of the
 Majestic beauty chorus who had been
 sleeping in a hypnotic death trance
 in the Salem Ackel store window all
 day, he awakened her from her long
 induced sleep in a manner never be-
 fore seen in this city. De La Geneste
 claims it is his original way of awak-
 ening a hypnotic sleeper, and we
 agree with him when he claims it is
 "a more gentle and proper way than
 to bring them out in convulsions,
 where it requires several strong men
 to hold them, as many hypnotic dem
 orstrators do Miss Taylor seemed
 to suffer no inconvenience from her
 long induced trance, as her sweet
 smiling face and graceful kick were
 very much in evidence in the beauty
 chorus during the balance of the
 evening. When interviewed, Miss
 Taylor stated that she never felt bet
 ter in her life and would like to take
 a longer sleep under hypnosis. Imme-
 diately following the awakening De La Geneste gave an invitation for any and all who would like to try
 the power of mental suggestion to come upon the stage. A good sized committee responded several of whom were very prominent young men about town. Then the fun began The antics performed by these young men while under the influence of hypnotism was enough to cause stone image to burst his sides laugh ing. Several of the tests performed would be physically impossible for the young men to have performed under any other conditions, and many ridiculous tests that no one in their normal condition could have been hired to do were enacted. It was a continuous roar of laughter from start to finish, and we pronounce De La Geneste a wizard in this particu- lar line of entertainment.
 It must not be thought for a min ute that the hypnotic show was the whole show, as MT. Willis West cer- tainly hit the mark when he picked the play Carmen for his banner at traction. Many of his admirers thought him at his best as Tim | Schmidt" in My Friend from Homo lulu but for unadulterated comedy, | the kind that makes your sides ache, | you should not fail to see him as | "Hynie Smaltz," in Carmen Miss | Urban. that winsome young lady who | has long since won the hearts of the | patrons of the Majestic, played the | part of Carmen in a way that brought | forth much deserved applause As Carlotta, Miss Anna Bauman was nev- er seen to better advantage. MT. Bev- erly.l in the role of San Jose, played | his part to perfection, as did MT Charles Byrne, in the part of Mir. Dooley, The musical numbers were good, and it seemed the whole company worked in unison to produce the best bill by far that we nave ever had the pleasure to witness There is no reason why MT. Echlin ;annot continue to pack his house, if t is possible to keep up this high standard of entertainment. He an- lounces that in conjunction with his 'egular bill tomorrow night De La ieneste will give an entire change n the hypnotic act, in which he will produce that most scientific hypnotic est, the thrusting of ordinary nfne- nch hat pins through the different 'arts of the body of a young man; nd as special proof of his sheer ty he invites several physicians upon he stage to witness the performance f surgery under the influence of mental suggestion without pain or loodshed.
 On account of the change in the ime many were disappointed in se- uring seats last evening. From now n the box office will open at 7:15: urtain up at p. m., Santa Fe time.