The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

ATluuI DlLtDhOlt, 10 ytdib oiuI q
musician and composer, known as one
of the best piano players In the state.
was hypnotized by Gilpin. the hypno-
tist, at $3.50 Wednesday morning
while seated at a piano in the show
window OF the Bennett Piano COM
pany's store on Norfolk avenue, and
was commanded by the hypnotist to
play continuously for twelve hours
without food or drink and without IA
tigue.
Up till o'clock Slzemore had played
every popular song known by num-
Der of musicians who visited him and
had not exchanged the expression OF
his face. At 1920 tonight DR.. Gilpin
will lead Sizemore from the BENEFITS
store to the Auditorium, where the
young man will be seated at a piano
and made to play until $50, when DR..
Gilpin will awaken him.
over 200 people were in the Bennett
store when DR.. Gilpin put Sizemore to
sleep. After the young mans eyes
had closed and sleep had overtaken
him, such as was required by the hyp-
notst, the doctors orders were heard
by the crowd in the room:
you will play continuously for
| twelve hours; you will play all the
music you have ever known and all
the music you have yourself com.
posed; you will not need food nor
| drink and you will not be fatigued."
Immediately Sizemore's hands ran
| the crowd was treated to some of the
| best music they have ever heard.
| With his eyes closed, and his right
| foot continually pounding time, Size
| more surprised hundreds of Norfolk
| citizens, who declared his feat cannot
be accomplished by any man unless
| under hypnotic influence.
| At noon II. S. Thorpe, manager OF
the Bennett Piano company, declared
he was mystified. The man has
played every piece of music have
ever heard. and | thought had heard
them all. 1t keeps me wondering what
he will play next. | did not know
there was so much music in the
world"
Sizemore called on Mr.. Thorpe Tues
day afternoon and informed him he
was scheduled to go to sleep and play
Wednesday and requested to be al
lowed to "try out" few pianos. At
ter being given nearly every piano In
the house on trial he decided upon
one with light touch.
Several critics called at the store
Wednesday afternoon and viewed him
at his work for over an hour. Ira
Mantzke, the young man who slept
Tor nifty hours, was acting as attend
ant for Sizemore and he courteously
held up SiZemore's left hand The
right hand continued to work on the
{ keys, and when released with a gen.
tie drop the left hand started opera.
tions Immediately on the proper key.
| One feature of the sleeping musi.
clans feat is that not one second is
lost in changing from one tune to an.
other. From the fast and ragged rag.
| time he changes almost without no
lce into pretty waltz of some of the
"chills-and-fever' music and again is
back into something on the meditation
order No matter what he is playing
he seems to put his every effort into
, his work and seems treless. His
, hands do not perspire and not once
has the position he took at the begin
, ming been changed, and his chair has
not moved an inch. DR. Gilpin says
Sizemore's pulse and temperature will
be as normal when awakened as they
were as he sat down to his work.
"Sizemore can be awakened if any
one should shake him real hard
have not put him in a sleep beyond
' that but it can be done" said DR.. Gil
} pin. mo, cannot make anyone play
who can not play while in a norma
. condition. | could improve on him
, Some amateurs claim they can make
= anyone play, but that is not fact 4
+ real hypnotist does not claim that. 4
: hypnotist has no more power than an
/ other man and does not claim it,"
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