The Washington times., 1921-12-18

tense light. the silence Of the room,
the gentle soothing Of nerves and
Miss Redick was under the spell.
In that state the specialist address
ed her. confidently.
HYPNOTIC EFFECTS.
He called Berenice and Berenice
responded quickly in the girls nor
NAL voice. full Of understandings.
Then he summoned from the inner
most recesses Of the patients mind
the spirit personality of Polly" and
there was no response. But with his
will urging insistentiy. he slowly,
deliberately dragged the cringinE
Polly" forward In tho mind Of the
entranced girl until Polly" re-
spondod n strongly - Berenico had
done.
DIR. Goddard. realizing that Bere-
nice was essentially the stronger,
pftted that personality against the
eif-invadef. He introduced Polly"
to Berenice, described her infinitely
then. calling on Polly" to aid, he
drove the evil influence back into
the furthermost cells Of the patients
brain and brought Berenice from the
hypnotic spell
Dr.. Goddard refuses to over-estd-
mate his success and even tries to
minimiss the importance of the e1-
traordinary case. He describes It n
. form Of hysteriA, due to excessive
mental strain on Miss Rsdick's part.
But It y With infinite tenderness
and patience. that no works to 70
habilitats the divided mind Of the
pretty patient. Before she came to
him from Cleveland. Polly would
often control Berenice's mind fifteen
times In . day tor irregular inter.
walls.
MAKING BRAIN NORMAL.
Now. under the specialists treat.
ment, Polly's invasions are fewer
and for briefer intervals. Tho tor
rent of babbling. childish talk. tho
uncontrolled gestures and sicken.
ing grimaoes arc far less frequent.
Polly" p dying . bitter, unnatur-
a death. ~ BELTS . bitter. unnat-
urA personality.
Miss Redick's brain cells. respond
ing 10 the treatment Of DR.. God
dard, are defending tho girl against
the evil invasion. and with greater
success ut every contact. Hitherto,
the girls mind seemed Diseased by
the childish alien influence and
Berenios became Polly" without
knowing It. But now there II noted
An interiuds Of strife and when
Polly" breaks through Berenices
mental defenses. It 10 with diff
Guilty: and when Berenice's mind re-
covers from tho temporary defeat
Polly" ia driven into oblivion.
This has been but temporary, yet
after each victory Berenice has been
mistress of her mind and body for q
longer period than that which fol-
lowed the previous attack.
In . few months, or perhaps only
weeks, Polly will have persisted.
DR.. Goddard forecasts. and than
Berenioe will be Berenice for ever.
moro. This u tho way the specialist
phrased Il:
PLAYED WITH TOYS.
ut viii be but q short time untfl
the personality of Polly will Be
dead and Berenice will have sole
possession Of the girls mind and
body permanently, and this 10 well.
for It must be remembered that
Berenice and not Polly" Ii the
rightful owner OF tho little patients
mind and body.
The girl was in q highly nervous
and hysterical condition. Our men-
tai tests soon convinced US that she
was possessed Of two distinct per-
sonalities. In q single day she
changed back and forth eleven times
from q four.year-old child to a nine-
teen-year-old girl-her normal self.
The four-year-old personality
saiA IT, nans w. Pelly.' We nAAs