Evening star., 1917-12-23

tai psychology at the university pdceo
excitedly up and down Craig's labora-
tory.
There have been complaints to the
County Medical Society" he went on
without stopping, land they have taken
the case up and arranged demonstra-
tion for this afternoon. rye been dele
gated to attend 1t and report"
L fancied from his tone and manner
that there was just a bit more than
professional excitement involved. We
did not know Gaines intimately. though,
of course, Kennedy knew of him and he
of Kennedy. Some years before, recoi-
lected, he had married Miss Edith Ash
more. whose family was quite prom
fnent socially, and the marriage at
tracted a great deal of attention at the
time, for she had been a student in one
Of his courses when he was only an as
sistant professor.
who is Karatoff, anyhow" asked
Kennedy. What is known about him.
.Dr. Galen Karatoff, a Russian. l be-
Neye," returned Gaines. He claims to
be able to treat disease by hypnotisn-
suggestion, he calls it, though 1t IS
really something more than that. As
nearly as l can make out, 1t must al
most amount to thought trans1eTsnce,
telepathy or some such thing. On, ne
has a large following; in fact, some
very well known people IN the smart
set are going to him. Why. ne ADDED,
facing up, "Edith-my wife-has be-
come interested in his hypnotic clinics:
as she calls them Gaines paused, and
II was evident that he hesitated over
asking something.
when is the demonstration" in
ry,{rod Kenue6y with uncOnCealed in
terest.
The professor looked at his watch.
I'm going over there now; In 1act,
Tn just bit late. Only, happened to
think Of you. and it occurred to me that
perhaps il you could add something to
my report it might carry weight. Would
you like to come with me? Really,
should think that it might interest
you"
So far Kennedy had said little be-
sides asking a question or two. knew
the symptoms. Gaines need not have
hesitated or urged him. 1t was Just the
thing that appealed to him.
How did Mrs. Gaines become inter-
ested in the thing?" queried Craig
moment later. outside, as we climbed
into the car with the professor.
troduced her to Karaton and the rest.
Carfta Belleville. the dancer. you
known
Kennedy glanced at me, and nodded
that had heard of her. 1t was only
few nights before that I had seen
Carita at one of the midnight revues.
doing dance which was described as
the hypnotic whirI'-a wild abandon
Of grace and motion. She had been
taken up" by society.
What is Miss Belleville's interest in
Karatoff?" pursued Craig. keenly.
Gaines shrugged his shoulders. ''No.
torfety. perhaps" he replied. 'Tt is a
peculiar group that Karaton has gath
vsNA a hnY h hsvvH fhAv, faI1
There was little time for further
questions, for our destination was not
far down the drive from the university.
and the car pulled up before one Of the
new. handsome and ornate studio
apartments" uptown.
We followed Gaines into the build
ing. and the hall boy directed us to a
suite on the first floor.
A moment later We were admitted by
Karaton himself, a tall, dark-haired
fellow, bearded, somewhat, saf1ow.
Every feature of his remarkable face.
however, was subordinate to q pair Of
wonderful. deep-set. piercing eyes. We
could see that he was, indeed, a fasci-
neting fellow, every inch a mystic.
His clinic carried out well the i'm
preston OF mysticism that one derived
from the strange personality who pre-
sided over IT, There were only two or
three rooms in the apartment, one be-
ing the large room down the end of
very short hall. which we entered.
One q quaint stand tea was brewing
sna. ihe whole assemblage had an at
mOsphere Of bohemian comraderie
which. with the professions OF Karat
on promised well that Kennedy was
not wasting time.
watched particularly the exchange
OF greetings between Prof. Gaines and
Edith Gaines. who was already there.
One could not help noticing that each
was watching the other.
Edith Gaines was a pretty little wom-
an. petite. light of hair. dainty-the
very type of woman who craved for
and thrfved on attention. Here at least
there seemed to be no lack of It. There
WaS only one other woman in the room
who attracted the men equally-Carita
Bslleville herself. Carita was indeed .
stunning woman: tall, slender. dark,
with wonderful pair Of magnetic eyes.
AZ I watched could see that both
women were quite friendly with DR..
Karaton-perhaps even rivals for his
attentions. saw Gaines watching
Casita attentively, never in the mean
time failing for long to lose sight of
Mrs. Gaines. Introductions were now
coming SO fast that neither Kennedy
the most cursory observation of the
people. Among the men, however. /
noticed two especially who proved
worth observation. One was Armand
Marchant. well known as broker.
Though successful, he was better known
as one of those who desert Wall street
promptly at the hour Of closing, to be
found late in the afternoon at the tea
dances uptown.
Another was Cyril ErroI, a man Of
leisure. we'll known also in the club
world. He had inherited an estate,
small. perhaps. but ample to allow him
10 maintain appearances. Erroi i'm
pressed you as being one to whom the
!. good things of the world appealed
nightly. a hedoipist. and withal very
much attracted TO and by the ladies'
1t was fortunate that the serving Of
tea enabled us to look about and get
our bearings In spite of the sup
straint OF the occasion. we were able to
learn much over the teacups. Errol
seemed to vibrate between the group
about Mrs. Gaines and that about Miss
BeHeville, welcome wherever he went,
for he was what men commonly call a
good mixer" Marchant. on the other
hand. was almost always to be found
not Tar from Edith Gaines. All of
which ! saw Gaines duly noting. not
Tor the report he had to make to the
MEDICAL Society. but for his own In
formation. In fact. It was difYicuit to
tell the precise degree of dIsapprovaI
with which he regarded Karatofr, Err
rci and Marchant. in turn. as he noted
the intimacy OF Mrs. Gaines with them
the converratfAn was at its height
whep karaton detached himself from
ono OF the groups and took q position
IN q corner Of the room. alone Not a
word was said by him. yet as IL by
magic the buzz of conversation ceased
50 that there can be no question
about what am able to do" he began.
Il wish each of you to write on a
piece OF paper what you would like to
nave me cause any one to do or say
under hynnotfSn ynu will MI fn,a