The Washington times., 1922-09-10

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this plaintiff or his home and to absolutely
refrain from speaking to or associating
with the said Catherine Capler.
(Signed) JOHN CAPLER.
December Ia, 1921
ARLO EMORY,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The amazing attitude of the husband,
Capler, is as unusual as the remedy he
takes for his wrongs. For although, ac-
cording to his testimony, his wife for sew
eral years now has been going away from
him for periods lasting for few days to
three and five months, still whenever she
has returned she has found the home open
to her and the welcome at the hearth
stone the same as before Swaide ever
carried her off. Capler explains that why
he always receives his wife so gladly is
because he still loves her and she loves
him.
"She loves me, she doesn't love this
nah Swaide," says the husband. "My
wife is merely his unwilling, innocent
victim. She can't leave him when he gets
her off no matter how much she wants to.
He holds her in the palm of his hand.
She is so much clay to him. And he
what does he do? He gloats over his con-
quest. But she-the poor woman, she is
powerless."
So concludes Husband Cspler. In the
meantime this strange case has aroused
much discussion, both in legal circles and
in scientific, out in Michigan. Scientists
have pointed out, as the result of Capler's
claim, that undoubtedly even as he MAIN
tains, there are certain types Of eyes
which for persons susceptible to their in
fluence can WELD and have welded in
credible power over the individuals af-
fected by them And science goes on to
explain why this is so.
All of US have, as the psychologists
have pointed out, two. selves-the con-
scious self and the subconscious. Many of
us, most, in fact, do not know exactly
what kind of man or woman we are SUBJ
consciously. Now, and then we may be
aware of furtive wish that we were freed
of our trammels and at liberty to 60 off on
wild, buccaneering expeditions and
do just what we desire with the per-
son we prefer But few of us have
ever put our wild wishes into words
or even into thoughts. We have
let them lie low because we had
Baptist grandfather or were "raised
Il respectable"
4 Still those longings, those desires,
those, perhaps, erotic and certainly
erratic parts Of ourselves lie there
" influencing us even though de-
MED. One way they influence US, as
the scientists have pointed out, is
through our attitude and our expression
to the world and our fellows. They shine
out in our eyes-our latent longings, our
latent, subjugated trends. That is why,
doubtless, the alluring eye of man or
woman now and then may persuade the
person susceptible TO it to do what cold
words enunciated may only half persuade.
An analogy to this influence of the
hypnotic eye upon persons attuned to it is
the influence of jewels upon other per-
sons.
For certain persons gems seem to
exert force for good or i'll. From all
this it really would seem that all the evil
and all the good is not confined in bald
words and acts BADLY portrayed. But
that jewels and, of course, very much
more so, eyes speaking out the hidden
nCsses of the subconscious do influence
persons for better or worse. And that
this is the explanation of the case of John
Swaide, love thief and love hypnotist, who
looked upon Catherine Capler his wish in
his hypnotic eyes till he worked some such
spell upon her.
That from the depths Of his depied self,
never explained in words, unknown, per.
haps, to himself save dimly, there shone
out attractions, piquancies Of the spirit,
will O. the wisp Of desire, pulling, ensnar,
ing, urging the woman to go TIL she got
up and opened the door of her husbands s
home and departed from there to follo l.
the stranger, Swside, wherever he mil, ="
lead her