New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Freeport Woman Objects
to Hypnosis Expert
ments on Landlady.
HE EVEN REFUSES
TO DRAW CURTAINS
But lie Pulls Teeth by Sugges'
ton, Too, and Plans to
Enter Ministry.

Have you a little hoptoad in your
home
BETTER beware that egile beast'e un-
less you have hypnotic powers greater
than those possessed by Alexander >.
Brown. of Freeport. II wouldnt mat
Ter go much what Mr.. Brown did wheh
the hypnotic spasms seized him II ne
,yero not living next door TO and only
fifteen feet away from Mrs. brown
who has an unrestricted view INTO het
husbands dining room. When she sees
hi, landlady. Mrs Leila Greer, under
the hypnotic spell, hopping around 'he
fnmilv table in the best batrachian
fashion 1t Is just too much.
That is why when Mr.. Brown goes
calling this afternoon 20 ask his VIE
if She will forgive and forget she
won't be at home. The year OF sepa-
ration granted the couple by Justice
Frederick +. Crane came TO an end AT
midnight. -. A.. do,,
viii Mr.. Brown rise with the dawn
10 nut an end TO his lonely oachiorhooo
at the earliest possible moment
Mr.. Brown will not L.,
Mr.. Brown will DO things with que
decorum. Soon after dinner, arrayed
IN his best apparel and the neeStle MI
.is,er gavc him for Christmas, ne VIII
cross he nfteen-foot divide between
bis wife's home and his own. AZ the
coor he will assume his most h!phot'c
Vii Mrs Brown answer the knock
and the hypnotic imilo
Mrs Brown will not I'D
"Nv house is my castle" she sara
rrimly when found yesterday IN ,he
T,tio drypoods store adjoining her
house. where she has been trying 70
earn her own living for the last year.
ut may be her castle, but 1t IS ny
home. since she is my wife, sara MI
Brown. .ur cold
George Cloc, Mrs. Browns lawyer
man has no right M ms VIC &c,
unless she wants him therc. ~
brown tries to 90 in he's liable to get
The house really belongs 70 Mrs.
prown'a mother, who is a. present III
Florida. and so cannot invite MN IN
even If she were so disposed. ne ON!
o,ber occuuant is Miss Hazel Brown
her mothers sworn ely. o
The dove Of peace shuns that mouse
a. !, Aid the Ford ship. Not only VIII
Mrs Brown not make up, but
"Diyorce? Never" she cried yester-
dav. 81 wouldn't give him the sa's-
faction" ,.s-,, .,.;os
Mr. Brown. III she won set ~ ! ~,
intend 20 have this thing settled one
,o coo ne and talk II over some time
"Tne whole trouble Is that
Mira Brown has taken violent ais
t;Lo "a Mrs Greer When she went
~ taking all my silver and bedding
I.d 70 have some one 90 MAKE
home for me and my children. SO
,hought I WAS very fortunate TO ind
Mrs Greer. an old friend. VINO was
Lacking for house down mere for her
self an invalid mother and sister. VINO
a a dwarf. She mas lease OF the
house, and lets me stay ID as
boarder" IT,,
Mrs. Greer came in just then, blond,
brown eyed little woman. very cheeTiul
because she had just been TO the den,
list. Yes, because IS rght' ana
thereby hangs another tale.
rrovr may b. "a failure as
matrimonial hypnotist. but he shines IN
dental parl0r. When Mr.. Greer
rants 10 have tooth filed of he goes
along. makes few magic passes. ana
loi the dentist may do his wors. shr
never knows q thing about ~ IN
Wednesday Mr Brown and faul Fern
are going TO give an exhibition OF nyp
rotic dentistry with call the prominent
surgeons Of New York" "a their guests
Mr.. Brown was moved 10 show what
he really could do just Ofhand, As It
were. Two chairs were placed IN the
dining room bay window, in full view
of the hostile kitchen.
"Yes. they're looking" whispered
Mrs. Greer. 81 can see one OF them
kneelng in front Of the washtuos.
Mrs Greer and Miss Mary Ray, com
panion and nurse 20 the invalid mother
upstairs. sat themselves down in the
chairs. Mr.. Brown circled his hands
before their faces, one hand TO each
woman
"Now you're asleep. Now you can't
get up. Try as hard as you can, you
can't move a muscle. Now you're free.
Now YOU can get up" he murmured IN
"A sleepy. sing-song tone. They dld
just what he said.
Every Sunday night we have these
little parties" Mrs. Greer explained
happily when it was over. "Of course.
il must look funny. but the worst we
do is to go prancing around the room
like hoptoads."
81 have spirituslst powers myself.
Mr.. Brown interrupted. 81 intend TO
be minister soon. Mrs. Brown OBJ
jects TO that too, but | only do good
with my powers by advising people
about operations and what TO do with
their money. II is all philan:aropic.'
The dwarf came in just then -Prin-
cess Lulu of the Belle Sisters; she
used TO be on the road Now she
wears lace cap and trots around
carving eggnog to the invalid. Mrs.
Greer herself has had dramatic past.
She was Olive Travis, toe dancer,
and she was married TO J. Robert
Greer, known, she explained proudly,