New-York tribune., 1919-11-16

secure the nlnd leg of a rabbit &C
vually sees the ghost. He sees ths
kind Of ghost he was expecting tc
see.
Captain Kidd
This case is not half so strang,
as the case of New Jersey farme
noticed in the paper last week. II
you recall, negro woman dreameo
that S2,000,000 in gold had beer
buried on a farm by Captain Kidd
The owner of the. farm sold it 10 an
other man, who paid a part Of the
purchase price contingent on the
treasure being found. They turned
IN and tore up the entire farm with
out success. The court has rule0
the buyer is released from his bar
gain. Can you imagine anythin
more absurd? Yet those people =,
like the rest Of us. and voters.
LAS said, in scientific psycholo.
nothing Is abnormal. As matt.
of fact, strange actions are mar
often the result Of physiologica
conditions than psychic conditions.
A certain psychosis is the resu
of activity Of a certain toxin. Wi
for example, 90 we think nothing
the rawlings Of a typhoid patient b.
contine other raving persons in sar
forums? Given a certain microbe
excess IN q certain case and the bar
teriologist Of the future will tell I'll
psychologist what emotion he is
anticipate in that individual. Psy
biologists will then predict tn
course and influence Of that partic
ular emotion and its sociologica
bearings.
"Hysteria IS not to be used as .
terrible reproach. 1t is merely
common form of demonstration Of
toxic sensitization of protoplasm. J.
is characteristic of the hysteric to
deceive, TO produce startling results.
to mystify, and to remain concealed
all at the same time.
"Some Mysteries appear 20 simu
late purposely and they have such
craving for sympathy that elaborats
plans are sometimes laid by then
for the purpose of engaging sympa p
thy. Deception by the hysteric rep
resents a compensation. The kee
insight and remarkable scope G.
vision which these morbidly sens
tized people sometimes have would
lead US far astray were it not fo,
our knowledge of their uncanny de
sire to deceive hsing matter Of
classified fact"
But" it was objected 10 Dr.
Morris, you arc leaving the sister
Emile out of the case. All! this
year she has been witness TO her
sisters love affair. the presents, the
telephone calls. If DR. Hoffman,
did not really exist is it not reason
able to suppose that Miss Emile
would have discovered that fact
Would it be possible for Miss So
phle's belief in lover to be taken
up by the sister and acted out alsc?"
"lt would said DIR. Morris
Nothing is commoner. Unconscious
suggestion would do all that II
the two sisters were Of the same
type what one believed would be
so strongly suggested to the other
that both would believe, see and
hear the same things. I know of
many case- like that, and the per.
sons who SO benevs What otncs
know 10 be absurd are otherwise as
sensible as you and |.
Suggestion is much stronger
than people realize, and is uncon
sciously communicable. If Miss
Emile had rejoiced in her sisters
coming marriage she would have
received the suggestion all the mora
readily.
why is it il you call q Bedford
number on the Bryant telephone ex-
change the operator is likely to give
you q Bryant number? Because
she is unconsciously ready TO hear
Bryant
All Of which does not solve the
phantom lover" mystery Of the
Loderhose drama.