I will give these two subjects a rest, then, and take three others who will go through something quite as funny and which will be real refreshing to the two who have lately starred".

I draw three chairs up in front and call three of the other boys. There is not much resistance on their parts and they are soon in the chairs ready to be placed in any state that I deem necessary for the welfare of the show.

In the average stage subject, the power of resistance is slightly subdued for the time being and he will submit to things on the stage that he never would countenance at any other time. Afterward, he may solemnly swear that he knew what he was doing all the time and that it was within his power to break away from the bonds that held him. Generally speaking, this latter statement is true. It is seldom that a subject does anything of this kind. There is that pleasantness to it that might characterize an opium smoke, although the effects are vastly different. I have known some of my best subjects in my earlier days as a hypnotist who solemnly swear that Prof. Leonidas, or any other person, never had them hypnotized. Left alone, their reason gradually tells them that they did not have these halucinations and they come to believe it. Just as one who has told a false-hood numberless times comes to believe it himself. On the part of the subject, he generally does not tell this as a falsehood, but he believes it slightly in the start and his reason does the rest. Which all goes to prove that the conscious and the subconscious are separated by a mighty gulf. In the case of the hypnotic subject on the stage, he does not care to resist and his resistance is very weak. This is caused partly by the power the suggestions have had on him and partly through the influence of being before an audience. It is much easier to be placed in a sleep than it is to resist and have the eyes of all in the hall turned upon you!

So it is that my three subjects come forward without any trouble and are soon fast asleep. I turn to the wings and get three straight pieces of wood: to the home-mind, I might present them as "broom-sticks," for such they are. They are part of my property and I carry them, together with several other little things that are of use in presenting the hypnotic show.

"I will count to seven, and when I have reached that number, you will awake and at your sides you will find fish poles. Before you is a large pool of water. At your sides, besides this log are cans of bait. I will expect you to bait your hooks and cast your lines into the water. Sleep now, deeply, and remember that when you awake, you will be fishermen".

As I say this, I slowly attach to each pole a long strip of knotted cotton cloth that hangs down about a yard; these are fish lines.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!"

They are awake: they look about them and rub their eyes. Finally they remember the suggestions and they each grasp a pole. Then comes the task of putting on the bait, all of which is very funny, and when the lines are cast into the imaginary pool, there is much merriment and applause. Indeed, they are a queer-looking set of fishermen. How grotesque they are. sitting there with those heavy poles and those impossible lines! But they fish quite contentedly.

"See," I say, nudging one of the boys. "you have a bite. Hurry up and pull your line out, or you won't get that fish!"

The fisherman jerks at his line and the cotton goes sailing over his head. He nearly overturns his chair in his eagerness to grab the imaginary fish. But he finally has it and has taken it off, rebaited his hook and is again fishing. From time to time I give similar suggestions to them all and keen them fishing for a period of about two minutes.

So far, I have taken up about forty-five minutes. I still have an hour-and a quarter to give them in entertainment, which will all be taken up with new and novel features.

As it is always much more pleasing to awaken the subjects when they are in some act that is extremely funny, I bring them consciousness -these three just as they are settling down for another ......"!

In the show the somnambulist a!ways takes and holds the leading role. He is the real subject, so far as the interest goes and he is the one upon whom the operator must depend. The ............. subject is alwavs essential in his place, anaesthesia is useful in its place, but the somnambulist takes up nine-tenths of the time, and the variety of the show must depend a great deal upon the variety of the "sleep walker's" acts that can be given. The others act more as "fillers" than anything else.

I will now take two subjects and give the audience the real "hypnotic jag," which interpreted, means that I will cause two boys to become very drunk on water.

Here is an opportunity to present somnambulism in a different phase, so I take two boys and bring them before the audience: or, properly, up to the footlights so that the full glare of the light will fall upon them. I motion to Albert, who brings me two glasses of water and draws out a small table. As Albert appears, he is greeted with applause from the audience, who by this time look upon any one who is connected with the hypnotic show as a hero. Which all goes to prove that the mind of man is fickle!

THE BARBER SHOP.

"Now, boys, I want you to drink this water. It is nothing but pure water, but it is going to make you very drunk. You will not be sick nor will you destroy or overturn anything, but you will be gloriously drunk. As soon as I snap my fingers you will be sober and you will be disgusted with liquor of any kind. Now drink the water. I will not hypnotize you, but you will be drunk very soon after you have swallowed the last of the water".

They pick up the glasses and drink slowly. As they do so, it is easy for me to see that they pass into somnambulism. The audience do not see this and they are again set to thinking. Here are two boys showing marked signs of intoxication. They were not hypnotized; they are getting drunk. How did it happen? That is just what I want them to think about. Not understanding hypnotism or suggestion, they fail to see how any one could be made drunk or to act drunk where there was no liquor or no hypnotism!