On the day of our show we will have little dodgers scattered about the streets to remind the people that we are to exhibit. Out in front of the postoffice and in the hotel and drug stores arc pictures neatly pasted on display boards. They are photographs, showing different stages of our entertainment.

Now, there are usually from two to a dozen drug stores in these country towns, and the way Harris selects the best one is to notice the amount of trade and popularity. Besides this, he asks the manager of the opera house, who generally will give an unbiased opinion. I have known shows to fail because they didn't have their tickets on sale at a popular place.

The successful show is the one that gives a certain amount of complimentary tickets. It is not necessary to give a great quantity away but there are a certain few who must have them or they are greatly offended and will do all in their power to keep their friends away from the show.

First of all in my estimation we must remember the printers. If you neglect a printer he is filled with rage. Harris always attends to that when he bills the town or when we arrive to show.

Next to this fixing of the printers - they always should receive tickets and for the first night only, except the editors, who are good for the week if the show is billed for that length of time: and they must be liberally remembered - I deem that the theatre owners must come in for a share of the attention. Of course, they have their passes, good any time. But it is best to see that they and their families have good seats.

Then there are a few traveling men. the people who lend their show windows for your posters and the retinue of hill board owners, etc.. who will always have their application on file with the opera house manager!

In Belleville we have given twenty-five reserved seat passes and about fifteen more to other seats.

Aside from this, all that we get in the house will be our gain, and I am sure from indications that they will be many.

But up to the eleventh hour Harris always keeps his eye open for any meandering member of the theatrical profession, who must be admitted at any time and under any circumstances. If he can quote a little real good theatrical language and demonstrate that he has been "on the boards" he is good, and we let him in and seat him on the cushions if the theatre is built that way!

For the day, I am through. I will meet you in the morning and you will accompany me while I put the finishing touches to the preparations. Then evening will come and we will visit the opera house, while you, student, will pay marked attention to all I say and do in the course of my performance.

Yes. it is afternoon of the day of the entertainment. All night and all day great crowds - great for Belleville! - have been gathered around the sleeping form of my subject. Smart boys have tried to make him laugh and girls have grabbed each other, giggling and pushing, anxious to make it known that they are on earth!

I have taken a stroll in the morning out to the limit of the sidewalks. smoking and enjoying the fresh morning air.

Harry has located a stone that weighs in the neighborhood of two hundred pounds. This is to be used for the catalepsy. I do not care about a stone weighing too much, but the truth of the matter is, a heavy stone will break with practically no jar to the sleeping subject, while a smaller one would shake him severely.

I will take a walk over to the opera house and see that everything is in shape. As I enter I see that the chairs are all arranged nicely and that everything about the place bears an air of care and order. The drop curtain is raised and from the stage to the floor there is a slanting stairway, made of boards, and on which have been nailed cleates. This is so that the subjects can go to and from the stage without any trouble.

The stage is remarkably clean for an opera house, but I have noticed that they do things in good style in Belleville. In fact, it seems to me that I have always lived in this village. I have the same feeling everywhere. It is due, I suppose, to the fact that I have changed localities so often that I can accustom myself to any place or any conditions. The Professional Hypnotist will find this particularly true.

But I will pass on from the stage and the opera house to the opening of the evening's performance.