Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 20, 1915, Page 17

By GARRETT P. SERVISS. ‘To hynotize a person or an animal, is simply to put the subject of the experi- ment to sleep. The word comes from the Greek hypnos, meaning sleep. One ma hypnotize oneself; this 18 “autohypno- tism.” In a general sense we hypnotize ourselves whenever we do anything which causes us to fall asleep, such as repeating a long series of monoton- ous verses. Ciray's “Elegy” memorized becomes an excel- lent hypnotizer. It is better and safer than most narctics, and it has long been my lullaby on sleepless nights. Singlng a baby to sleep 1s pure hypnotism. | Children are easily hypnotized, and so| is any animal that can be approached without too greatly alarming it. Barn- | yard fowls are peculiarly subject to hyp- | notic influence, The experiment of a| Jesuit priest, Father Athanasius Kircher, | in the middle of the seventeenth century has become famoys in the literature of | thig curious subject, and the story fre-| quently turns up In books on magic and| myastery, | Father Kircher's discovery was that if & rooster be placed on a table, with his legs tied, and a white chalk mark be drawn on the table, starting close to the fowl's beak, the bird will become mo- tiohless, and then it released from its bonds will remain in a kind of sleep from which it can with difficulty be aroused. Similar experiments may performed upon hens, ag well as upon various other birds The power of serpents to fascinate small birds, rendering them unable to fly away, undoubtedly rests upon hypno- tism. The victim is put to sleep by the monotonous motions of the serpent’s head and neck, rendered more effective by the glitter of its eyes, the flicker of its forked tongue, and the reflections of its colored scales. In the sclentific ex- periments in hypnotism of Charcot and his aids and successors a glittering ob- ject kept In mazy movement was one of the chief mechanical agents employed to put the patlents to sleep. In the insect world there are probably thousands of instances of hypnotism pro- duced by fright and terror, such aa could seldom be matched by any similar oc- curence among larger animals. Even human beings are sometimes paralysed by fear at the sight of a tiger, a llon, a bear or a panther. This paralysis re-| sembles, in its effect, a partial falling leep. nln l:ha little world under our feet the contrasts of physical magnitude among the creatures and the aspects of “frighs- fulness” are far greater than at the level on which we live, and we ¢an read- ily imagine the hypnotizing Influenct| that the sight of a spider, for instance, would produce upon some little soit- bodied insect, to whose eyes the elght- legged monster would appear relatively as huge as an elephant appears to a man. Here may be the explanation of the very common phenomenon of ‘felgn- ing death” which we see among Insects, as well as among the small animals. Quite likely there is no intentional feign- ing, but simply a hypnotic effect. Among animals which may be hypnot- 1zed by man is the deadly cobra of India. When selzed by the neck and grently pressed the serpent stiffens and remains in the motionless state for a considerable time. Fasten a frog on a board and then turn it swiftly over and it goes into & trance. Pinch the tail of a lizard or the foot of a frog and the animal becomes motionless for several minutes. In many of these cases fear is the hypnotizing agent. In experimenting upon human belngs fear is mever employed. The favored agent is monotony acting upon the ner- vous system. This may be produced by gentle stroking, by eye-strain, by visible | motion, or by sounds, Patlents may be “talked asleep.” In the case of the lower animals the second step in what is popularly spoken of as hypotism ls never taken. This sec- ond step is suggestion. To a human being in a state of hypnotic slumber sug- gestions may be conveyed, either by Poor Gran’dad :- be P ing to stay, voice or writing or gesture, which will be acted upon by the patient after awak- ening. These suggestions are recelved be- cause of the more or less complete re- laxation of the self-control of the sleeper. In the hands of a capable physiclan the most important effects may be brought about by suggestions made in this way. They become incorporated, so to speak, into the mind of the patient. They in- fluence his will and his actions as If they had originated within himself. It is as- serted by physicians cf the highest stand- ing that such troubles as intemperance, vicious habits, sleeplessness ‘and many nervous disorders can be successfully treated by hypnotic suggestion That hypnotic sleep does not essen- tially differ from natural sleep seems to be proved by such experiments as this | of Maury, a French savant. He had a friend remain at his*bedside and stimu. late certain of his senses while he was asleep. For instance, a bottle of eau de ! cologne was put under h's nose, and thereupon he dreamed that he was in a perfumery shop, the scene of the dream changing to a bazar in Cairo. Maury concluded that hypnotic suggestions are strictly comparable to dreams. In-Shoots Good roads invite auto speeding Individuality is often another name for asininity, The bachelor's fear of women always increases with age. The best compliment a widower can pay his wife is to marry again, Kind words never paid a bill, but they can often stand off the collector. Even the scientist will never be able to tell how long he is going to be dead Those who travel at a rapld pace are hurrylng the footsteps of Father Time. People who are ready with an excuse for every criminal are not prompted by sympathy, They simply want an argu- ment {vidual of cast-iron habits, beneh!™ “Somewhere I saw that crinolines were com- I've seen that more than once— but I laughed ha ha, and believed there would always be room enough for a chap to sit out a dance with the girl he adored, on the very same The stald, glum men may have railed at the narrow skirt that seems to have dled— but here before my eyes was a young one who was heart and soul for the dead, and arently I'ned up againgt the live wide one. they'd go back to 'em—the frocks that were somewhere near a girl's own size! the girl I've thought of most in my spare min- utes and maneuvered to see alone for a blessed He Was for Nar- row Skirts, Too. 1 liked it. “I wish into ft! [ flowed over! Last night | me. fow instants—wore a little affair that was a « dream—all white shimmer and fur that roun- Gelayed out at the bottom in a fetching stiffnesh. And the marvel of all marvels hap- prened—she shrugged her shoulders and looked up at me-—LOOKED UP AT ME—and sald she was tired and would like to rest this one! So 1 towed my little white and bl & cove behind a great clump of chrysanthemums where there was a broad, deep sheltered seat— oh plenty big enough! Lady! her little frock tilled it full and Like the whipped cream on top of a Charlotte-russe. 8o I leaned above her and fluttered her fan—and was for narrow skirts! .+ By Nell Brinkley Copyright, 1915, Intern'l News Service. By DOROTHY DIX A chorus girl who 1s sulng her fathe |In-law for allenating her youthful hu band's affection from her gives this sage matrimonial advice | “Never marry a |man until you know his parenta. They are the peo- ple who can make or break a mar- ringe." | This matrimonial aphorism goes dou ble, as our sporting | friends say. Un doubtedly the atti |tude of one's in laws has much ef [fect on one's do- | mestic welfare, and {to be popular with your wife's or hus- band's people Is a 'safe guarantee that the dove *of peace will roost upon your roof pole. But the main reason why you should never marry Into a family with which you are unacqualited is ause ninety nine times out of a hundred a man and woman make just exactly Yhe same sort of a husband or wife as their parents did No matter how different from thelr fore bears a youth and malden may seem when they are young, they are pretty sure to revert to their type as they grow | older. Heredity, environment, example, {teaching, are too much for them. They | unconselously turn back to ideals that were bred In their bones. For this reason It is part of prudence for every girl who is contemplating mar- rying & young man to get herself invite to wisit in his home, so that she may ob- serve his father and how his father treats his mother. If prospective mother-in-! s & tired, meek, brow-beaten sort of a woman who doean’t dare to call her soul her own; if her husband sneers at her opinjon; If he s always nagging about the housekeep- ing, and forever lambasting women's ex- travagance, let the girl take this as o warning sent her by her guardian angel, iand break the engagement, no matter how much she thinks she loves the youth nor how desirable a catch he is. #een & woman treated with any gener- osity or tenderness, and it slmply won't oocur to him that expect any consideration from her hus- band. On the other hand, if father-in-law fs still a lover to his wife, and if mother- in-law 1s one of those glad-faced women who can throw more real feeling into celebrating their silver wedding than they did thelr firat one; If father-in-law still bestows upon mother-in-law delicate | little attentions, and considers her ploas- jure in all things, then let the girl grab | their won by the hand and rush with him {to the altar, lest peradventure such a £00d thing might get away from her. The son of such a father will make a husband whose wife will arise and call him blessed every day of her life, be- cause he will follow In his iather's foot- steps. Belleve me, son, that even as Mabel fs, mother was at her age, and as mother i», |80 will Mabel be when she gets into the desolate fiftles. Mabel will get fat like | mother. Mabel's brainlessness will bs Just as appalling as mother's when she loses the youth and beauty that gxcuse all other faults in a woman. talk will get just as much upon your nerves as mother's when you get it in forty-year doses, instead of forty min- utes. Beo what kind of a wife a gir's mother makes before you sign up a life contract with her, young man. If mother is ex- travagant and works her husband to death to provide her with finery, daugh- ter will expect to keep your nose to the grindstone also. Bhe's been brought up {to belleve that all that a husband Is good for is to be a shopping ticket for his wife. It mother is a first-class nagge: consider well If you are of the breed of men that take kindly to hen-pecking. If mother is a slatternly houseseeper, re- flect that your fate will be to eat out of tin cans and delicatessen bags if you marry her daughter, because she will have been brought up to no standards of cleanliness or order or good cooking. But if mother is & real helpmate to her husband, !f she is thrifty and industrious and a good manager; If she 1s sweet tem- pered, and sane, and reasonable, and broad and sympathetic, why, pop the question before you leave the house. That kind of & woman raises kind of girls that make good wives. It's & safe rule to pick out your in- laws first in matrimony. k yacht into And my dream slipped *“The Business Woman No Bar to Mat rimony,” will be Dorothy Dix s next ar- Advioce to LovelorE_J There wasn’'t room for -NELL BRINKLEY, i BEATAION FAIRFAX How Adaptable Are You? | By BEATRICE FAIRFAX, Change is one of the characteristics of modern life. There is a gradual tendency for changes to come more and more rap- 1dly, so that they fairly tread upon one another's heels, and a large amount of our happiness depends on our ability to adapt ourselves to them. An indi- who s deter nined not to change If it can pose'bly be helped, will find the times hard indeed The world Is (ull of people who detur- mine to act “just as usual,” no matter what happens. They may reconcile them- selves to that, but the world regards them either as boresome nulsances or seifish prigs, and saubs them accordingly Oliver Wendell Holmes once sadd, “There are certaln thoughtlessnesses with regard to others that become habitual to mott of us. They are of no particular fin. portance, though they contribute to make life slightly harder. At times, however, these little, irritating babits become seri ous. A thoughtless, that is ordinarily tolerable becomes Intolerable at times.” The modern habit of dwelling in apart- ment houses is made endurable chiefly because many people are adaptable. ang tree from the thoughtless selfishness that @ lack of this quality brings. How many of us have boen wakened up from a restful early-to-bed night by neighbors who bad an inspiration to start | all who come playing fox trots at 11:3 p. m.! How many of us are made miserable by the heavy tramping of the tenant on the floor above who feels free to come in as noisily at 1 a. m. as at the hour after midday! But most- of us who suffer these annoyances, either with martyr-like un- happiness that is ev'dent to all observers or with bitter volubility that makes the renting agent's life a bore, never stop to think that we, too, fall to adapt our- selves. It you have been brought up in mansion with servants at your beck and call and are reduced to living in-a board- ing house your presence there is toler able io yourself and others only adapt yourself to the conditions of the boarding -house Adaptabllity secms to be a combina tlon of common sense and unselfishness And the lack of it reacts the one who fails to possess the quality and on in contact with him. The woman who goes to A bargain sale and insists on the prompt attentiou of the poor, tired clerk who is trylng on placate nineteen other excitable women | fails utterly to adapt herself to the basic principles of bargain sales. Buying on Tuesday, when linen shirtwaists are five dollars, secures just ons dollar and two A | you | [ervation that you are going to tmprove i — ] | Should Have Gome Directly Hume. Dear Miss Fuairfax: 1 have two lady friends; one is married and the other ingle. Both were going to the theater !one evening and met two men, whom | they knew well, 1?‘“' to the same thea- |ter. After the theater they went to a cabaret and then home. It is proper for a married woman to Eo to any amusement place without her usband ? M Bince your friends chanced to be going to the same theater whioh those men were going to attend, their accepting the men as escorts to thelr destination was not wrong., But they should have gone home afterward. No married woman should deliberately go to some place of entertainment with & mere acquaintance, or even & very good friend, unless she does so with her husband's full knowl- edge and consent. cents’ worth of comfort and prompt at- tention. Buying on Monday, when slenderer purses may require the same walsts for $3.95, requires adaptability to poy for the discomfort of the bargain | sale. ‘And that serves as an example of lite, Adjusting yourselt to your circum- stances is 80 necessary that almost any| tane person might be expected to make a | business of doing it. And most people | make business of trylng to adjust| circumstances to themselves. Well enough, If you are strong enough and clever enough and determined enough 0| peur Miss Fairfax: I am 2% and I bave do it. But if you are not, the very next been going agout with & young man for Best thing is to- adapt yourself to any SE IS0, LIS f5,"vears: Mo dose set of circumstances which must be tem- not keep all appointments with me and | porarily accepted, with the mental res- Xnow he goes to see his former finacee. Is he worth worrying over, or shail | e him up? ANNA W Your stituation is & sad one and one that unfortunately is not very unusaul You would probably be happler if you could get up your courage to have a plain talk with the young man. The uncertainty | of your situation is what makes you un happy. Once you knew you had to give him up 1 am sure you would find the courage to do so. Don't penait this siti. ¥OU|ution to drag along. You must either 20 |trust the man absolutely or come to an |understanding with him. a them later on It never pays to become ‘set ways." gooud are In your It never pays to fall to see the points of the new conditions that rising from day to day. Chan ought to be considered and welghed, and when it must be accepted It is always wise 1o adjust yourself to the ready- made coat you have to take until can afford to have one ‘“eut | He will make exactly the same kind of | & husband as his father. He has never | wife has & right to | Mabel's | up the | Finding a New World | *“The world fa so full of a number of " |things" that many of us neglect entirely [to discover ourselves! Of course there are plenty of self-centered individuale in the world who are selfishly concerned with nothing but themselves, but even they have probably really never made the great discovery of thelr own power |and potentiality ! Whenever an fndividual becomes abso lutely sure of the fact that he is really an individual, that he is capable of astanding on his own feet and walking forward on them toward the things which he wants to wrest from life, then the conclusion of Stevenson's quotation is true, and he ought to be as happy as & king. 1 Cne ot the greatest’ tragedles of ex- |istence is that most of us Imagine that life would be very happy If some one else would make it so. Happiness does | not depend on whether some one 18 kind to you, or whether some one loves you; it depends entirely on whether you are strong enough to stand or fa) by your | own merits and whether you are de- | termined enough to put up a fight that shall enable you to stand rather than to tall. “None but yourself shail meet on the highway of fate” says a philosopher- poet. In assuring yourself of that, in be- | Heving that, ana in living up to it you |have taken the first step toward hap- | piness and success. | It is s0 easy to imagine that, given |& fair chance, you would succeed. “If {only,” says Jim, “T could get to the head |of the company. If he would just inter- est himself In my behalf and give me a decent chance I'd show what I'm made of. I'd work If I just got a little recog- nition and the encouragement of a fair salary." Jim, you will succesd only when you discover yourself! As soon as you know ~not to think, not imagine, but know-— that you are a man with the ability to succeed lying in yourselt and not in the outside world and the chance it gives vou, you will succeed. Your success doos not depend on having the president of the company praise you or glve you a ralse. It depends on your waking up some morning to the conaclousness that you are a man strong enough to make your fight and willing to exert yourself and ®0 on fighting until you have climbed past obstacles to the place where your ability absolutely {llumines everything that lles about you. Then you won't have to ask for recognition to enable you to succesd. Your success will bring you recognition Bays Kate, “Oh, I might be a fine woman if I had a fair chance. But I'm working like a slave for $16 a week, and I'm young and pretty and I might so easily be happy. And what makes every- thing else worse is that for two years T've just idolized Arthur, and, after pla; ing fast and loose with my affection, he's thrown me over., I was born into pov- erty and * haven't even had a square in love. What can you expect of 1 expect everything of you, Kate, when ever you wake up to the fact that you can get it—and get it for yourself! Suppose you were born into poveriy. W you have managed to work your- self up to the living wage of $15 a week. You have gone by all the pathetic Nuths creatures who have to exist on perhaps| only a third of the sum you are earning, You have had love, and that in iteeif is something Now try to discover yourself. You ars pretty, U are young, you are able (o) | compel love (even it in one instance you | failed to hoid iU); you have ability, and these potentialities and powers going to ask life to stop and special case of you, when, it | only you were convinced of it, you might make a special and admirable case of your own. Arthur's love waned; well, then, It | probably wasn't worth having. Eithér) Arthur was fickle or you failed to holt | the gift that was given you. Love will come again, and when it does you will be wiser to choose and stronger to hold. You are able to earn $15; well, then, you| are able to earn more. The point Is, you have to believe in yourself and your| abllity, Don't whine, don't ask things) of life~go and get them. They are yours for the taking. “None but yourself shall you meet 6 the highway of fate.” No one can maks| or mar you. That ia for you to do. Discovering yourself means Tecognis-| ing the fact that you are an Individukl strong enough to work and win and fp conquer fallure and defeat. Discoverin yourself means a serene acknowled ment of the fact that the days are go-| ing to be filled with varying experiences; there will be sunshine and gloom; thers| will be falling and rising again. Bvery one stumbles a bit when walks| ing the highway of life. To be able td| laugh when you stumble, and to go on| without hesitating means that you are not so intent on the roal you walk you have falled to discover that you are an individual walking that road. ? “I am a person,” says a little girl ¥ know. We are all “person: The point 18 to know it, to ask very little of other ‘persons” and everything of ourselves. In-Shoots Of all officials the vice president seems to get the feast for his money. ¥ Every defeated political candidate can explain all about the double cross, 14 A woman can often have tears in her eyes without having any In her soul. One comfort Is left the man who ber gins at the bottom. He can sink no lower—unless the bottom talls out, . ° Small minde appear to run in the samp sewer: o Eternal suspiclon glves one who har- bors it a bad advertisement, Some men are like thie popular son: Mighty tiresol after e few Interviewsa. A lot of tl canned music would sound more pleasing if allowed to fer- ment & little. ¥ “Wllh all are you | make a VICTROLA-IZE YOUR Heed this Christmas sug- gestion and plan now the Big Gift for your family. Nothing can bring greater or more lasting happiness for all. 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