Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1915 — CAP and BELLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAP and BELLS

DEPTH OF MAUD’S AFFECTION Hypnotism Drew Forth Secrets lyhich Frightened Edgar—She Wanted Diamonds and Oysters. "Now, Maud,” said Edgar, with a complacent smile, “I am ready to try that little experiment. I am sure I can bring yon under the hypnotic influence if you will agree not to resist. Just put your mind in a passive condition. Try to think of nothing at all. Fix your eye on that light now and don’t forget to keep you mind a blank. In the meantime I will count 60 seconds by my watch." The girl followed directions literally. In 20 seconds her eyelids blinked; In 40 they closed. “Ah, I knew I would succeed!” exclaimed Edgar, highly elated. “Now, Maud, I command* you to tell me the secrets of your heart. Whom do you love? Tell me, I command you!” A momentary expression of resistance crossed the girl’s face; then she spoke in a monotone: “I love Edgar Popham, and —” “Yes, yes!” cried Edgar, trembling with delight. “Go on. Tell me all the secrets of your heart.” “I lovo Edgar Popham,” continued the girl in the same tone, “and I would love him more if he were not so stingy. I want to go to a theater twice a weqjt, and he takes me only once in three months. I want diamond rings, and he gives me rings with cheap stones in them. When I go out with him and get hungry he never thinks of oysters. When t—” "Enough,” cried the young man. “Awake! I command you!” And he fled without waiting to see the result of his command. —New York Evening Journal.