Of course, he must wear fair clothes, but the rural make-up is the catchy one and is a whole show in itself. He will object to the wearing of his stage clothes on the street if his attire and role is that of the country youth.

It is far better to have two trained subjects than only one. By "trained" I mean those who have been put into the various stages of hypnotism and upon whom you can rely, no matter how large the audience. The trained subject is a unique being and invariably thinks himself the entire show. He is very proud as a usual thing and expects every one to stop and look at him as he passes. This may prove an annoyance to the professor, but when it is considered that the subject is an all-important feature and that he must go through his daily performance as one would go through a sleep, he is a valuable addition to the hypnotic show.

These boys can be procured in various ways. If the town is a small country village or a prosperous country town of a few thousand, there are always enough boys doing nothing in particular that can be engaged for the season. But in a city it is often different. Where the operator is not known he will find that the subjects that are put in his path are those who may be termed "chronic" somnambulists and they value their services as would Mansfield or Miss Terry. To get the boys that you really want and can use without damaging your bank account, you will find it a wise plan to put an ad. in a daily paper, stating that you want one or two boys as hypnotic subjects; steady employment to the right boys. In answer to this you will have from twenty to thirty calls, and your youths will range in age from seven to thirty and in appearance from the newsboy to the broker. When you have received about the first ten, you will state what you want. About nine out of those ten will expect that you want some one to fake the act. Your assurance will do no good until you have worked on a few and found your man. Then, by the time you have run a hatpin into your sleeper, the others will decide that a vacation is really best after all.

When you have found your subject or subjects, as the case may be, you will state that you might take them on the road, but you will consider the matter. You will not have to consider long and your agreement has been made.

So far so good. You can do your own booking for the vaudeville act or you can have an advance man, just as you like. That is. you can employ one to book you for the season. This will not take him a great while, as most of your engagements will be for a week and in the larger cities you can remain at least a month - providing you do your work as directed herein.

I wish to impress on the mind of the student that originality is the greatest thing in an entertainment. There will be many little things that will come up, but always be equal to the occasion. You will find that your hits are mostly scored in this way.

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Now, in your city, twenty-minute vaudeville act, you will find that there is a great reluctance on the part of the audience to comply with your requests for subjects. You have two, that is true. Some people may come the second night and see your same subjects: that would be damaging evidence in a smaller town, but in a city it is of passing moment.

About three more boys should be scattered in the audience. Each of these will see the show for the little time that will be required to go upon the stage. In these you will likely find a good subject or two. Aside from this, you will in all probability catch two or three more.

Stage Hypnotism 2

That will give you good material and every entertainment is destined to be a success.

In order to present to yon, both in dialogue and picture, the vaudeville act. I may be pardoned while I assume the role of the professor and appear before my audience, entertaining them and mystifying them for twenty minutes.

The bill at the Alhambra proclaims to the theater-going public that Prof. Raphael Sardonelli, the renowned hypnotist, will appear in vaudeville in his mysterious and amusing feats of hypnotism. What magic there is in a name! If you are plain Brown or Smith, the public cares not for your prowess. You must have an old world name; something that savors of the pyramids, ancient, antique. When you walk, the very air must softly fan your cheeks. In your majestic glance - on the paper -the reader sees the expression of the commander. He buys a ticket. The better you pull, the more you will get per week.

Down in the audience I sec my subject, Harry. I picked him and Albert up in the east. I know that the other boys are there; they will come up. If they don't - but, then, boys will not fail when they feel that the weight of an act is resting on their young shoulders. An improvised stairway has been placed from the stage to the orchestra circle into one of the aisles so that the subjects may come up without annoyance.

I am looking through a hole in the scenery, for I am stationed back in the wings. The Vandervere Sisters have been telling the audience in song that "I don't know why I loved you" and other rag-time stories. They have finished their turn in the sand and have retired for the last time. The green lights mingle with the red and white now and the orchestra strikes up a selection from "The Wizard of the Nile." A chill has passed over the audience. At the proper time the street scene is pushed back and I walk leisurely into the center of a mystic glen. I am confident. There is nothing that I like better than this. As I step out the gallery applauds and whistles. The audience in the lower part of the house give me an encouraging welcome and the music grows more weird and fainter as I approach the footlights. I am in no hurry to talk and am as much at home as a man could be.

As I step forward a silence falls over the house, and, with a slight bow, I address my audience thus: