The Washington times., 1922-02-25
GIRL Of 18HELD
UNDER SPELL
FEARS SU|T0R
Dual Personality IL Partly
Ascribed to Sunstroke and
Work In Factory.

The mysterious "d,lal personal
ity" of sightsen-year-od Clara
Beaaclaire, of Brockton, Moss,
which has puzzled psychic experts
throughout the country, Is dndlyzed
for readers of The Washington
Times BY a noted specialist IN men,
tai and nervous diseases.
DR.. II. p. Jefferson, Of Brook,
line, Mdss., went to Brocktoa and
made a study at first hand Of the
interesting case. w
Here is Or. Jetferson's scientific
explanation of the causes back OF
| the girl,s case and the method by
which a cure may be effected:
BY II. p. JEFFERSON, M. d.
On going to Brockton. I found
Miss Beauclaire to be a well-devei-
oped, well.nourished. and apparently
physically perfect type OF young
womanhood.
When I entered her home she was
lying on her bed doing. Her heart
action was calm and normal. There
was a natural bloom Of health on
her cheeks. Her pulse was regular
and her skin normally sensitive TO
touch.
I asked her II she did not wish
| to talk to me. Sitting up. she
smiled. and I saw she had q bright.
intelligent look. snappy black eyes,
( and evidently possessed OF q pleas
ing. even disposition.
Told Her Story.
With the aid of her mother she
told me her story. After hearing 1t
am positive that there are three
distinct causes which produced her
present condition.
The first Of these. in my opinion,
IL sunstroke. She may have suffered
II when q small child. probably not
two years old.
The second probably 10 auto-in.
toxication, induced at the age Of six.
teen by bad air and excessive heat
in the Brockton factory whore she
was employed.
The third is the effect on her
representative temperament Of the
persistent attentions OF her unwel-
come suitor, who followed her from
place to place.
I do not think that he has any
| .
In the badly ventilated factory
she first began to grow chronically
sleepy; natural result Of breathin z
carbonic acid gas during working
hours.
The sleeping condition persisted
after she left the factory and return.
ed home, because the poisonous
effect Of the gas upon the nervous
and mental system had become too
great to be lost Immediately.
Later she was taken to Laconia,
N. H., to recuperate, and there the
good. fresh air and outdoor life
enabled her to throw off these
poisonous effects. Her sleepiness
disappeared and did not return for
some time.
Suitor an Odd Factor.
Now comes the third and final
factor-the unwelcome sutton. He
loved her. It 10 said, and his love
appears to have been selfish in the
extreme. He insisted upon forcing
his attentions, unwanted though
they were, upon the young girl.
Acting upon her undoubtedly
representative nature, these atten.
tons made a deep and lasting i'm.
preston.
AS a girl with high moral stand.
ards, she repulsed his suggestions
with scorn. even going so far as
to slap HE face when her patience
had become exhausted.
In return he is said to have
slapped her on the cheek.
The shock Of this. coming as the
climax to a period Of nerve ten.
sion, had its telling effect at once
on her mental and nervous system.
He appears to have given her no
rest wherever she went to avoid
him. He followed and annoyed her.
All this merely served to distort
him In her mind into q fearful,
ogrelike being and gradually led to
her belief that he had placed her
under n mystic spell.
| Clara Beauclaire is. therefore,
suffering from a psychic or men.
tai and nervous disorder. Physic-
ally abe Is normal.
| A cure may only be effected by
proper educational influences which
will replace the bad Impressions
now actively operating In her mind.
MILlIONAIRES WIN FIGHT
| TO HALT ASTON RlIlI DINO