He has to go to the field and the rest are promoted.

So the game goes on for about five minutes, each batter doing his best. It is an interesting game and there is very little shouting done by the players. The audience and the others on the stage are the people who cheer them on They are the "fans" and they do their work well. By the time the players have been awakened in their respective positions, they are ready to take their seats, flushed and panting over their late exercise. When it is remembered that three of them took no part in the cakewalk and have not had a rest since, you will not wonder at their fatigue.

A good lively horse race will not be a bad thing and after that I will again trouble the doctors to try a "fever" experiment.

Three will be enough for the horse race, and so I get three who have had a rest. They are brought up in front so that they will be in good view of the audience. After I place them in a sleep I explain the coming act to the audience:

"In this act. ladies and gentlemen," I say, "You will see the three most famous jockies of the world. They are going to give you a realistic horse race and the one who comes in under the wire the first will receive a prize of ten thousand dollars".

Turning to the sleepers, I outline the work they are to go through as follows: "You will now be jockies. When I snap my fingers you will be on your horses. This is the American Derby and you must put up the best showing possible. There are over one hundred entries in this race and this is the last heat. You are the three who have come in under the wire first. You must whip your horses with all your strength and win first, second and third money. All ready!"

I snap my finders and as they awake, they climb over their chairs in different manners. One has turned his chair around so that he can get on it to the best advantage. Another has jumped up and is seated on the top of his chair and the third one has his chair turned about, but is leaning far over one side urging his trusty steed on to victory.

"Git ap, git ap there!" cries one.

"Steady boy, get ap, get ap, go, go!" And the other jockey is following closely.

The third one says nothing, but he comes down heroically with his imaginary whip and looks back of him with his eyes bulging from their sockets.

So they urge on their horses and the shouts of the audience mingle with their own.

"Whoa!" I cry. "There you are under the wire. Each one of you came in first. Well done!"

And I snap my fingers in front of the eyes of the riders, and they come back to consciousness with a start, looking at their late horses, amazement written on their faces.

"I will now ask the physicians to come upon the stage again, if they will kindly oblige me, as I want to demonstrate to them the wonderful power of suggestion as it can be applied to the curing of disease. I will also ask if there is any one in the audience suffering from stammering or any habit of which he would like to rid himself. If there is I will do what I can toward curing him. This I will gladly do. Are there any present ? All right, doctors, I am ready".

Those who would like to be cured are often reticent when it comes to coming up. There are many towns I show in, in which it is impossible to get any of these people up on the stage, although they may have traveled miles for that express purpose. However, I will see if I can get any one in this town - Belleville.

From the point of advertising, I find this very profitable. And for the help that I can give some one I have a feeling of satisfaction. Thus I am cheering myself and - advertising, which, I will admit, is likely the real motive of affecting the cures.

The doctors come up on the stage, and so does an old gentleman, limping and bearing his weight on a crutch. Now, old people are not the easiest to cure, but when one will come up on a crowded stage to be cured, there is certainly proof enough in the act of the man's faith.

I offer the doctors seats and greet the old gentleman with a handshake. This reassures him. "Well, sir?" I say, and await his reply.

"I came up to see if you can cure me of my rheumatism." he explains.

I ask him how long he has had it and if the joints are swelled any. He tells me that he has suffered to some extent for the past twenty years, and that he is not troubled with swelling joints. Where that is the case, hypnotism often affects a cure, but where the rheumatism is inflammatory the case is somewhat different.

"I will do the best I can." I assure him.

In my advertising I promise to sure any one possible and state the list of ills that can be reached through the influence of hypnotism.

I bring a chair forward and the old gentleman takes a seat, every movement being accompanied with pain. When he is in the chair I step forward and offer a few words of explanation to the audience:

"I cannot guarantee to cure this gentleman, but it is possible that I will relieve him. Where rheumatism has had an active hold for twenty years, there is considerable difficulty in bringing about a cure. However. I will do all in my power".

"If you will just close your eyes, I will see what I can do for you." I say. I do not like to get up before an audience and make any wildcat promises that I may not be able to live up to, but I tell them that I will do all in my power. Inexperienced hypnotists might tell the old gentleman that there would be no doubt as to curing him. They would boast before the audience and then - perhaps fail! They would smooth over matters by telling the audience that it was all a matter of suggestion. But, student, apply the suggestions that you are going to use to your own betterment. If you must suggest see that you are included in the fold on the safe side. Never brag before an audience. If you have to tell them something unlikely, do so in a modest manner. Then if defeat meets you, it is passed by with little comment by the audience. But if you make wild claims and fail to fulfill them, you are doomed to meeting the disgust of your hearers.