Show lUDEUX MK8MEKISM i r DU MAUHICn AND M09CHKIB8 DKLILV INTKHK8THO I 11ny 0ner Seer ltlee IlnrhI TIele lUrlr Mmlral hay In feelte 111 Irlnirntrr Mini < loi Into s Irellee want 1f KIIX MuehelM if the sepal I wrlta a j for the Century 5 paper nlllled In noliMnl with Iltl tt ilsiirler Hi collie J tlolis ot Artist Lift 111 lit the Flftle TuU J Is I accompanied hI l 7 Mvontccn klltelMl i and several Inters and poems by tin aurter Sir Moechele writes is tot low Mewmerlsm us the fishlon ot to day call It hpynotlsm formed so relent re-lent a topic of conversation sail lerutatlon btlvtcen 111 Mistier and I Ihlt It take n very prominent place In may recollections In 1arlii I had hill pportunltlM of nltendltiK tome most ntrrratlng inrs In ronsmiiione of whirl I noon prowded to Hivetlg ho mnnierlc phenomena on niy own account Now 1 have not touched the Oul1 for sonic thirl years I swore off realise It was taking too mud out of mo but I look leek with pleasure on my early experiments successes 1 may IIIItor I was fortunate enough to come across several exceptional subjects sub-jects Itii Maurler nan particularly mann At his studio I found Vlrglnlt MPreaudonand iud a nay of pulling Mizzling qunllon concerning her tuc i IIlth and my mesmeric Influence Vlr IIlnle wi n femme do menage of the true Parisian type a devoted elderly feature who performed the duties of charwoman and housekeeper I was not yet eighteen when t first went to Paris 1 to study under my rous III the eminent painter Henri leh mann At his stuillo I found Ylrglnlr nstallod as the proldlng genius of the islabllshnicnt using In turn broom or tllb needle grill or frylnc pan as oc islon might require The wide rang ot her powers I further extended by i making a truly remnrktblo mesmeric ibject of her My 1 debut In farts was that of the somewhat bewildered for Igner speaking but very Indifferent rcnch and she had from the first done what she could to mnko mo feel at bono In tho strange city treating mo with truly motherly earn and devotion 1I0w I otnplclcly sho took possession of mo la I shown by a passage In a letter she wrote when I was III In Lolpslc where I had Rune to > lslt my parents After expressing her anxiety and regret at not being there to nurse me she em ihatlcnlly rays Jc rends midamo votro mero responsible de uitro ante It needed but Ditto In lend 1 heron her-on from a stale of docile and genial de pcndcnco lo ono ot unconscious Lies merle subjection and so n few paste shaping her course I willed her across taw boundary tine that separates III from the unknown line which hank to science Is I dally being extended ended Mme Mcrsaudon was herself her-self an Incorrigible disbeliever In the phenomena of mesmerism but ns u sub jest her faculties were such ns to sure irlio and convert many a scoffer At the franco to which Invited my friends and a few scientific outsider 1 always courted the fullest Invcstlga lion taking It as tho first dUly ot the mosmcrlier to show cause why ho should not be put down as a charlatan Bo wo had tats and eounler tests ovl lenco and countcr evidence there were doctors to feel the pulse and 10 I scrutinize tho rigidity of the muscle experts lo propound scientific Ifs I and huts and wiseacre generAlly to put rpokcs In Ibo wheel of progress as Is I their playful way wherever they find that wheel In motion It was doubly satisfactory then that the good faith of subject and mesmerist could bo conclusUoly proved Ono of these arcane led to a rather amusing Incident One night I wa awakened from first slumber by R sharp ring at my bell and when atto some parleying I opened the door I found myself confronted by two pe sons Ono I recognlicd as an In 1 qulrcr who had ben brought to my room some time before Tho other was n lad I had not seen before Tho In I qulrer I ascertained having careful I watched by modus openndl on Iho no caslon of his visit had next tried ex pirlments of his own In this Instance ho had succeeded mcamerltlng a lad but had found It Impossible to recall him to his normal condition So so curing him by a leather strap faste od round his waist ha let him through the streets of Iarls to my roams There wo both tried our powers upon him tbo result being very unsatisfactory The youth feeling himself freed from one operator and not nubjectcd by Ibe other refused allegiance to either nest bolng of a pugnacious temperament squared up and began striking out at both of us U was not without contl erablo difficulty that I remesmerlz him completely and then having pro vlously prepaiod his mind to nccount for his presence In my rooms 1 succeeded suc-ceeded In awakening him and all end ell happily The Inquirer was duly grateful tho youth went homo strn less and none the worse for the adventure ture and I proceeded to do some eery sound ileeplne on my own account |