The sun., 1912-08-04
Fanciful Tale of Svengali's Occult Power
Over Trilby Receives Apparent Justi-
hcation in Latter Day Case - Under
the Spell of New York Professor
Girl Sings With Wonderful Power -
Normally Could Not Sing a Note

Patti. no Jenny Lind or Io;raalin. VI;
Tor all tina; u splendid. rich Conc":, Voice
that woIlu rI"an success on thes age.
Voices Ot well kuo"u soprano. tenor
barvtoae and bass singers wc.c reproduced
on the phonoS"iph. and TO each he youn 8
girl sang with pe-!"', cas" Her voice
was clear and s.-JH... nu-.,al and true
and inig.. .a>ily haze leon mistaken for
tha; of oho,. aingar. n. experiment
ended when ihe .fi AN. the "Eosary."
I, Is 'hr ,hSugy C' ;3uly. cf tho physician,
who heard her .inc h,. tn, Ciri imiiatcd
th" Voice coninc ,ro'h ,he horn Of the
phonogr&NlI and that the cxuerimen,
prove. beyond all doUh. that abnormal
conditions ot til, vu,a! apparGtu due ~
dlsturhaic" in o:her par,s u! III, BODY
can be cured by u ;c'rporIry relief l~ing
given tn di-, N-,iucc.. u il thought
tia; will" in VI" SAFE ot hypnosis The
girl w,~ breed irn,i all uh .sica disorder.
10 TAR IL tn cont p, y, u,r voi5c xis con
cnrncd.
\ foN Wee. ar,nr t',o ey,!ih,iion ~
Phildel1hi1 ~ t.i,- Gr.ham'7 po~er,.
Gustav l.. H"ci,cr. ri">ie'i ~ ,!.c New
York state Teachers Hl.,l, Assr,L ion.
meeting ~ a'i,i..i r1nvontiou and music
festival al Cp!unp,i Uui;crslt-. wa
WALKING ac'os- tn lih:Jry Plaza t. ut.
tend a c!)siny session in Earl Hall when
he stood s'i!i ~ ;''' snnt Of The entrance
steps o.. that hliiding trans,iAci Icy "a
food of music that poured forth from ths
open windows o. The sec nd floor
II was worn1n'- sopraa, vore. sweet.
true ana uIusv1lly powerful. The song
was the Rosary" He wondorei il hr
were listening To- the record u! soma grand
opera singer. Ne hurried into the build
Ing J:i NJ tn -'Dr. to find II crowd
gathered ahN'i' the doorway lctdiny into
a small aatcroom Tho singing came from
within
Forcing Ms way through tho crowd. he
saw one young man Operating q phono-
graph. Another man stood nc4- bv within
: the wondering circle and supported with
MS 3rm~ the limp forrl Ut q Young girl
OF surprising beauty and deliracy of
features h.r .-s- we're r,usci and she
trenb.ai r,2vulsivcl:.. Shs v,s the
singer. Singing ;ha -Npslry- with tre-
lnento1. force thIt orc:N"ac'nnej the
no,e. g; Mm,. Shr,nlrn- Ecnk n. h,r
voice Issued from IT." Jrn vi Tho machine.
inl- " A. tiIs S1pbl1 exhibit %ilir.l
Miss Grlhir gave of her powers. and he.
re1e"n for nilh.I; /; before Il convention
Of music tach.r- rs pr. Mile explained.
WIS ;o pat before th"m ,ha idcl of tea .h-
ing Singing ly suggestion. How far
could otnnr t"lchers u-a suggestion in
making singers olt q. pupils. Would
II ever he pos s'!be for this cir! 10 sing
without Il Svcngali?
lnes, ware questions waic'l Interested
the asse nbie 1 mus cians. and many of
them were of the opinion that IL Miss
Crah1m could bn made To sing by hyp-
no,ic sukyesti'1 she could also be made
- sing 10y ar'"-.rgge -tion; in other
wurd., normally
1T wo'Ild ser,n.- reulrk>d D-. Miller
tia. from this singular aad remark
able cl-e tl" hypnotic and suggestive
power al the p01ig'gue might bo given
uiten cu0ugS 20 u'i.p her realize by
autoH!htisn ju>, the necessary organic
union between the psychology aud the
Psychology of voice telrhng"
Ths-e are many features of tho greatest
Interest and of unusual nature in connec-
ton with Mis-, Graham's singing. some