davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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last It came shortly before he sue
cumbed to a serious mental illness.
While his mind was blacked out, the
LilIputation world il had created also
disappeared Then. when he got back
on the beam, mentally, he had only a
short session with little people and
midget surroundings before his eyes saw
normally again.
Sometimes, neurologists point out
micropsia may be form Of hysteria. a
minds trick to turn some fear or anxiety
into bodily reaction.
Blindness caused by hysteria is we'll
known. A man who has just had some
severe emotional shock may suddenly
clap his hands to his eyes and say I'm
blind" He won't be able to see. per-
haps for weeks. months or years. Yet an
examination shows nothing wrong with
his eyes.
Similarly hysterical people sometimes
lose use Of arms or legs, or become un-
able 10 speak
This last happened to n young girl in
a London air raid recently. She was so
frightened by an explosion after which
she found her mouth fun OF brick dust,
that she couldn't say a word. For
whole week her shocked mind convinced
her that her voice was gone
But it wasn't hvsteria that made a
middlc-aged British farmer have
Jack-in- the beanstalk feeling Of amaze
mont when he got up one morning. His
turnips had grown TO be giants during
the night or 50 he thought Then while
he was wondering how to harvest the
things, what did they DO but start grow
ing smaller and smaller until he cX-
pccted them to disappear altogether.
An Investigation showed that while
the turnps were normal and not a bit
remarkable -- the man was suffering
from mental disease which gave him
double-barreiled seeing disorder. II made
his eyes sec large macropsia) part of
the time and then suddenly change 90
seeing small.
Brain tumors or certain types Of in
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August q, 1913
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had shot him TO death.
The courtroom gasped when Sir Edward
Marshall Hall for the defense, quietly stated
he would try TO prove justifiable homicide.
To this end, Divisional Detective-Inspector
Crosse, CID. was put on the stand. Crosse,
who had examined the PRINCESS on the murder
night, testified he had found scratches on her
neck; her eyes were bruised she had stated
the prince had beaten her
Her doctor produced evidence % show She
needed hospital care was on the verge Of
nervous breakdown, FANNY had refused 20
pay for his wife's doctoring, and forbidden her
to go to a hospital.
Speaking through an interpreter the prin-
cess, sobbing. declared FANNY had often
threatened TO kill her.
He liked TO lock her in her room. she
said, and once had imprisoned hor on hIs
yacht under a Nubian guard Ho co~sortcd
with mysterious men who loPked like gang
sters She thought he was being blaekmalled.
She herself, received anonymous letters ad-
vising her TO leave FANNY. Her fears caused
her to carry a pistol
Then, producing one Of these letters Sir
Edward called in Scotland Yard handwriting
experts 70 disclose that FANNY had written
these threats 10 ms wIfC himself
Digging deeper into the princes past. Sir
Edward turned up hidden Witnesses tCrt-
fed ne had been vain. drunken prodlsa
Hardly out Of his teens he had squandorci
thousands on wine women and song indulgod
in everything from orgies 20 opium HIS
philanthropies were front 10 hide his de-
baucheries.
Twelve good Britons and true voted tho
Widow Fahmys acquittal
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was the principal cause, perhaps. Both, 1t
appeared, frequently went out alone. Quar-
rels followed.
The secretary had seen Prince Fanny
strike his wife once, in Paris. Had she struck
him? The answer was yes"
He admitted ugly words had been eX-
changed, but it was clearly due to the prince
Intensity of feeling" The princess, Enany
declared had a violent vocabulary OF her
own More she had a pistol, which she
kept within reach at her bedside. And the
prince bought pistol Of his own.
For weeks this curious state of affairs had
persisted. Whereas ordinary couples retire
in sweet felicity. this royal pair slept lightly
and on the alert.
It is quite understandable how the impress
sion grew that poor Prince FANNY had mar
ried French adventures
The princesss packed bags seemed 10
indicate premeditsted flight, and the coroners
jury voted TO try her.
When she retained the eminent criminal
LAWYER. Sir Edward Marshall Hall, the fate
seemed assured. For Sir Edward, brilliantly
hut futilely had previously defended such
ynurderers as C. J. (Bride-in-the-Bath) Smith
and the notorious Major Armstrong, and had
come TO be known as champion OF lost
causes" ----
Sir Edwards office went into furry or
activity. but few suspected the incredible reve-
lations he would produce when the trial opened
September 9th at Old Bailey.
The prosecution showed that the princess
had been a dancer Had married and divorced
a race track sport Adventured TO Egypt.
commended she had ensnared the rich and IN
gcnuous young prince. Then urlng OF him'
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TheuSaw the World Like Alice Wonderland

sanity NAV cause either micropsia or
macropsa.
But one Of the strangest cases ever
reported was treated recently by New
York neuro psychiatrist.
\ Young man came 10 the doctor COM
plaining that he saw things in gigantic
proportions with his right eye, but ms
left eve dwarfcd everything 1t
looked at
In this topsy-turvy world Of his he
found certain advantages. For instance,
when he didn't like his wife he turned
her into midget with his reducing eye.
II now and thon he found her a hit Of
okav ne magnfied her with the other
This man couldn't very well work at
the Job he hated because il was one that
took teamwork in seeing.
His unequal vision seemed TO have
carried over from "A fantastic dream IN
which he saw big objects with one eye
and little ones with the other. Ever
since that experience he had been going
from one eye specialist TO another. 50
much attention from medicos because
his case was unique made him top
drawer stuff with his friends and family.
suited. nc confessed his hates, and
boasted Of how ne had bafled doctors.
Tests showed there was nothing wrong
with his eyes as was to be suspected
Clever use Of lenses and tricks Of the
neurologist's trade so confused him that
ne forgot which eye saw little and
which saw big.
This fellow no doubt, started as
victim Of hysteria. His mind, too had
to pass the buck for his business and
martial unhappiness 90 his eyes.
But somewhere along the lince tho
doctor conNUdcs ne stopped seeing lop-
sided Then it was such great fun that
he tried 20 fool not his eyes. but his
public He turned into a plain malin-
gerer This doctor believes most. cases
of micropsia or macropsia reported to-
day are pure cases OF trying 90 put one
over - maybe on draft board
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gone about fifteen yards when he heard
what sounded like three sharp thunder-cracks.
He looked back and saw the princess in the
doorway of 42, with hands clutched to her
forehead, at her feet a smoking pistol
C17impled just inside the threshold, his
rightshirt splashed with blood lay Prince
FANNY.
Police Sergeant Hall hailed in from the
street found the prince dying on the carpet
the princess kneeling over him in a posture Of
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Marguerite Laurent, this charming French
woman, widowed at an early age, was, during
a visit TO Cairo pursued and won by young
Prince Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey.
They were united in a civil marriage fol-
lowed by a Moslem ceremony in 1922 All
Cairo society and Prince FANNY were at fair
Marguerte's feet a honeymoon in a daha-
beah on the Nile gay yachting parties, camel
rides beyond the mystic Pyramids, then Monte
Carlo, Paris London.
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was what the boys
own mind must have
said he needed.
He was a yoHngster
who suffered from a
severe inferiority COM
plex. Everyone made
him feel little and in
significant. Consciously
he may have lacked the
get-up- and-get TO prove
he was as good as the
next fellow.
But when his sub
conscious mind got a
finger in the pie, and
took over the controls
of his eyes. everything
ne saw was so under
sized that the boy him.
self seemed superior
gantic. Wonderful
what tricks some peo-
pies minds can pull
for the human ego.
There was Just one
minor flaw though, in
the now sctup The
boys clothes looked so
little he was afraid [
put them on
Going through the
the world with such
strange visual halluci-
nations no doubt would
become "cWIouscr and
curioueer as Alice said
when she started 10
open out like a tcle-
scope That Was before
the giant caterpillar
...4 .-..t..if..... t... ......
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Ncar-Old BOY 10 i've, dt-
Cording 20 medical eX-
pcrts az the McnninGer
Clinic. in Topeka. Kan
SITS I}Ht seeing small
brought confusion IN
stead OF comfort 10 a
farmer clscw h e re
whose precious garden
tuImips nearly dlsap-
pcarcd altogether when
his eyes started acting
Up.
Both Of these peo-
PIC suffered from a
rare seeing disorder
called microrsla. which
makes everything look
little. But the amaz
ing thing rs neither OF
them really had any
thing wrong with his
eyes. H-sropHa SUI
fcIcrs never do
The BOY whose case
was reported al a re-
cent meeting Of the
American pTchoana-
vrc Association sud-
denly saw everything
around him shurk TO
Llllfp1tlau proportions.
PINT sized doctors
and nurses move q
about fhc room uf the
hospital where La Was
81 patient Everyone
N. I..N. af .r,.. a
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able Savoy Hotel, pushed his
baggage truck from the lift
into the fourth-floor corridor.
He paused, startled, as the
door Of Suite No. 42 burst
open and a man in a long
white nightgown rushed into
the hall.
This somewhat ghostly
figure was pursued by a
lady in evening dress, her
brunette hair falling in dis
array.
Night porter Beattie was
further startled to recognize
in this couple the Prince and
Princess FANNY
Both showed evidence of
fsticuffs.
After failing in a diplo-
matte attempt 10 get them
back into their suite, Beattie
went on down the corridor
with the luggage. He had
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But, alas, for the Cinderella story's con-
clusion-the prince expired in Charing Cross
Hospital from bullets in his head, and his
bride of seven months was held for murder.
The inquest at Westminster brought out
some interesting-and startling testimony.
Said Enany, a suave, cosmopolitan Egyp-
tian who identified himself as Prince Fahmys
private secretary disclosed that his employ
er's title was purely honorary, bestowed on
him for his philanthropies, Inheritor of a vast
fortune estimated at some $40,000,000 which
blossomed from Nile cotton, young FANNY
had an income Of over S500000 a year.
The prince Enany testified bestowed every
luxury upon his beautiful bride, who, Incl
dentally, was some 10 years his senior Never
theless, they had not been happy. Jealousy
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down to fit the dimnutive new world he saw.
In fact that would have spoiled everything.
Seeing small wasn't what the doctor
ordered" for this patient but, according TO
Of bo
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gave her the dope about controlling her size
by nhblng a bit Of magic mushroom.
The boys unusual seeing experience didn't
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A TRICKY pair Of eyes that saw things,
"a not as they are but in miniature, tenn
y porarly made the world a more COM
comfortable place for a certain seventeen
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
BY THEODORE ROSCOE

THE night Of July 2, 1929, is ren1em-
bored in London as the date Of the
D city's worst Thunderstorm. At it's
height, sometime after midnight, John
7. Beattic night porter AT the fashion
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-30
CHAPTER EIGHT

WHEN lands arrived at the
plant the following morning, Jean
was already at her desk, looking
fresh and lovely in a frosty-blue
silk suit.
You've evidently recovered from
our little adventure last night" he
greeted her
II slept like a lamb" she an
swered. This morning l had al
most convinced myself we we're at
a western movie last night until
you walked in with your arm in
that sling. How's the wrist?"
Painful" admitted Steve, but
mending. Your other patients are
better this morning, too. When you
retire as a secretary III hire you
for my nurse.
You'll need one il you keep
jumping on strange cars" retorted
Jean. She gathered up the opened
mail and followed him into his Of
fee. Did the chief Of police arrive
all right"
HE did, also the mayor domo.
And the mayor domo's wife, who
was greatly disappointed you still
weren't there and determined that
we should 60 and get you. l
thought the chief was going to hu-
NOR her for a while, but finally the
mayor backed me. and admitted his
wife was Just curious to see you be-
cause she had heard you wore Paris
models"
Jean laughed as she pulled a
window blind to cut TIE glare OF
the morning sun from his desk.
WHO knows, I may make society
here yet. Did the trainmen know
anything more?"
Not enough" Steve started
through his mail. THE chief of po-
lice is coming around this morning
He will undoubtedly repeat the
whole scene point by point, so III
let you hear his more picturesque
account"
But the chief Of police could not
come in till afternoon. Steve ano
Jean worked steadily. deliberately
pushing the robbery back in theil
minds to concentrate on the rusf
of factory matters. Scores of ur'
gent details demanded Steve's con
sideration. There were many ad
iustments necessary before tn
hiring of the scores Of workers
could begin, and Steve was de
termined to make them in as shor
a time as possible so that the &C
tual work of rubber manufacture
could get under way.
Twice wires came from the com
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Yankees Seem
to Dominate

New York. July 30-INS-The
New York Yankees, Detroit. Cleve-
land and Chicago are fighting bit.
ter battles for the honor OF second
place in the American League, but
from the standpoint OF leadership.
/ the Yankees are the dominant and
, consistent boss. The Indians, who
were tied for second place with
/ the Tigers and White SoX. learned
yesterday that they cannot ap-
proach the Yankees except with
their hat in hand, as the once
proud Clevelanders took an II to
| / beating from the al bosses in
game which featured three New
York home runs.
frankie Crosetti was the only
Yankee who failed in thoroughly
humbling the Indians. since he
was the only Yankee who did not
collect hit The rest behind the
two-hit pitching of Marius Russo,
piled up II safetios. including hom-
ers by Joe Gordon, Charley Keller
and Bud Metheny.
Switching over to the National
League race the world champ
ion ST. Louis Cardinals demon
strated their superiority over the
contending Philadelphia Phillies
with a 1S to 5 runaway, after beins
whipped, to !, in a protested
game.
Wet grounds caused the first
game to be called, and resulted in
a protest. by the PhillieS. who right
fully eXhorted against the failure
o, the Cardinals to provide ade
'quate cover for the playing field
during a shower.
In the nightcap. the Cardinals
accumulated Is hits, eight OF them
in the fourth inning when IA men
came to bat and nine runs were
smashed in, one OF the most Calam-
itous innings seen in baseball this
year
Chicago made it three in a row
over Washington last night when
they captured last nights game,
8 to 4. Lefties Edgar Smith of the
White Sox and Milton Haefner for
the Senators opposed each other
on the mound.
Johnny Wander Nicer famed II
Boston Braves last night, getting
Chef Ross four times on strikes,
and walked nine in 10 victory
for the Cincinnati Keds. The game
was played for war relief and net
ted about $4,000.
The day game between Detroit
and Boston and the night contest
of St Louis at Philadelphia were
both postponed.
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MINISTER BREAKS FAST

Saugatuck. Mich. July 80 UP
Weakened but otherwise unhurt by
his long fast, the Rev. DR.. Charles
Horswell. 50, Biblical student and
language authority, Thursday &C
cepted food for the first time in "A
days. Succumbing to the entreaties
OF his daughter. Mrs. Gardner +.
Johnson, Montclair. y. J.. the aged
clergyman slipped hack into charac.
ter and defied death with the same
fire and individualistic zeal that
once brought him to the brink OF a
trial for heresy.
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There's Always Manana

think Of II. I believe one did" he
admitted. Il was so busy lodging
bullets, it had slipped my mind"
You see, you cannot surpass the
feminine eye for detail!" The CHIEF
triumphantly whipped a small or
nate leather book from his pocket
and jotted this down.
"Of course" Steve said thought
fully, he might have temporarily
hurt his ankle in jumping from the
baggage car. Or one of my shots
may have got him in the leg"
mo, he was limping before you
shot, l think" Jean said.
Mr.. Lands says the car was an
old Buick" The chief of police was
regarding her now with hopeful
confidence. DO you agree with
him ?"
Jean laughed and shrugged. i've
never been able TO recognize a car
unless it was my own"
The chief studied his book and
sighed gently. You are living a.
the hotel in the village-in case I
would wish to question you fur
Their ?" Jean nodded, and rose. AS
she left, she could hear the chief
telling Steve of the painstaking and
elaborate search his department.
was making to apprehend the vi
cious criminals-of the government
cooperation they were getting.
She saw steve bringing out his
code wires from the company head
quarters. They would undoubtedly
hold lengthy conclave.
Her phone was ringing when sha
entered her own Office. She lifted
the receiver as she sat down at her
desk.
"Mr. Lands Office"
Mrs. Parkinson's itch voice came
through refreshingiy. II want to
ask a favor, darling. Please don't
say no."
Jean gave a small, surprised
laugh. That would be ungrateful
of me, after that wonderful after
noon at your rancho yesterday"
Nonsense, my dear" cried Mrs.
Parkinson. Yesterday was our
pleasure. And it's only because I'm
greedy that I'm wondering II you
could come out and keep me COM
pany for three days. I'll be lonely
because Curley is flying Mr.. Park
inson to Mexico City on a business
trip
"Oh! Grand" Jean realized her
voice betrayed her pleasure-and
her hesitation.
Nov, don't consider 1t please, if
, it would make trouble with your
boss" Mrs. Parkinson said hastily.
For one quick moment Jean saw
herself going home for three nights
to the spacious, cool rooms and ex-
| auisite food at the Rancho Caho-
lima instead OF the hot, tiny cubicle
at the hotel. I'm sure he won't
mind-for three nights" she cried
| impulsively.
Wonderful! Wen expect you for
dinner"
Jean replaced the receiver
thoughtfully. and a little anMously.
/ Had her craving for luxury be-
trayed her? Would Steve be an
] noyed by her decision to return to
, the rancho?
, ITO Be Continued)
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ASKS INJUNCTION

Detroit. Mich. July so ms -
Mayor Edward J. Jcffries today
urged common council to institute
r one-man grand jury to investi-
gate the causes and deaths OF the
victims in the race riots on June
Il. simultaneously. he declared that
he believes federal grand jury
could accomplish nothing more than
the existing investigatiye commit
tees have uncovered.
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pany headquarters concerning the
robbery. AS Steve dictated replies,
Jean had all she could do to keep
from showing her curiosity. from
drifting Off into day dreaming and
surmising about the exciting az
fair.
At 4 o'clock, when she saw the
pompous, deliberately uniformed
little chief of police enter her office,
she could have kissed him. She took
him in to Steve's Office, where
Steve introduced him gravely.
Miss Marsden, Chief Manzanares. "
The chief clicked his heels and
bowed from his protruding waist.
1T ISIS the graaat pleasure" he
murmured. Calamity he rushed to
hold a chair for her. If ! may
have the honor Of asking you the
few questions he proposed.
"Of course" Jean said eagerly.
The sharp cleaning little eyes of
the official gazed into thoughtful
space as he sat down in another
chair near Steve's desk. He pulled
down the medal-weighted coat of
his uniform with neat proud
flourish and patted his heavy re-
volver holster.
"As l see the crime" he said
clearing his voice loudly and turn
ing to beam appreciatively toward
Steve, from your most concise re-
port, and the few remarks OF the
two trainmen, the despicable ban
dts derailed the train, and were
waiting to board 1t as soon as il
had been wrecked. They found the
second trainman in the baggage
car, ruthlessly set upon him, anC
then escaped with the mail bag be-
fore the engineer could recover
from his unconscious state, aftel
he had been hurled from the over
turned engine"
Steve returned his courteous nod
That is a very adequate descrip
ton of the scene" His bland gaz,
paused momentarily on Jeans face
She gave him a slight, amused nod
She was getting a vivid descrip
ton as he had promised.
Then you and Miss Marsden ap
preached in your cara station
wagon, was it not?" continued
Manzanares.
Steve nodded. His humor wa
now slightly tinged with impa
tience.
THE desperadoes had not antici
pated this event. They ran for thei
car. Although you turned the glar
of your spotlight upon them, tn
distance was too great for you t
be sure of later identifying them.
He turned to Jean. Gould YOU re
member them again, senorita?" h
asked politely.
1--WE been trying to think a.
day" Jean pondered. zone was tall
er than the other two, I'm sure
the first one who stopped when h
saw us. I believe they were a
dark haired"
"A fact" smiled the chief gent
lily, "of small significance in Mex
leo"
"Oh-and one OF them limpe
when he ran"
"Limped?" Both men regarde
her with renewed interest. Stew
frowned thoughtfully, Come t
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Bitter FiSht OH For Second Place
HOCKEY STAR FACES CHARGES

Detroit. Mich, July so lis
Jimmy Orlando. 9S.year-old Red
Wing hockey star today was to face
discrimination on five charges
of draft evasion. Orlando denied
that he was guilty OF perjury IN
sending an affidavit TO his draft
board saying he was an essential
va" worker when actually he vas
not. He told the court that h.
would be willing To enlist in the
army Immediately II permitted.
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FOUND GUILTY

Detroit, Mich. July $0-lNS-
CHARLES w. Collins, confessed killer
of his best friend, Thursday was
found guilty by jury OF two men
and ten women. Collins had told
the court. testifying in his own de-
tense. that he killed Clayton u.
Williamson. %, because he made
advances against his mother Two
jurors wept when Collins, recently
discharged from the Navy. denied
under cross-examination that he
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INJUNCTION SERVED

Lansing. Mich, July 80 Up
Thursday the injunction holding up
enforcement Of the new automobile
financial responsibility law was
served on Secretary OF state Her
man II. Dignau. The law will take
effect at midnight Friday. but en-.
forcement OF II will be delayed until
courts determine its constitutional
ity
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STRIKERS WARNED

A,uskegon, Mich, July 50
usday strikers at the Continen
tai Motor Corp were warned by
Edwin f. Witte. chairman of the
Regional War Labor Board in De
troit, that work must be resumed
before further.consideratiOn will be
given their case. Production was
halted al the plant when a strike
OF go maintenance workers closed
the plant and left $500 workers
idle
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-30
SYNOPSIS

Notified that her brother.
MELVIN MARSDEN Is missing in
action,
JEAN MARSDEN. who has risen TO the
top as a fashion model. quits her lob
TO become secretary to
STEVE Lands. director OF a new
rubber plant in Mexico. Jean has an
abrupt Introduction TO carefree. hand
some
CURLEY. employed by
MR.. AND MRS. PARKINSON. owners
OF the Rancho Gasoline
YESTERDAY: Jean gives hrst aid to
Steve and TO the trainmen injured In
the wreck.