A PING-PONG TRICK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 37, 11 February 1903, Page 4

A PING-PONG TRICK.

S»re is a nsTff'exejrcwe.ipr ping r pong pkyert Mr Richard Sarje, in a book on *">Hypnotisai »nd the Doitors,!;. makes; -BuX-th*«u)ne can hypuotise a pi%pong. ball, so as to make it come towards sua against a current of wind set in motion by | • fan, by " willing "it to come. He de- i ekres that he has never met anyone who could not succeed in the experiment. Some people can do it the first time they try, others only after considerable practice. It seems to depend partly cm confidence, and partly upon finding the right attitude fit mind. You bajrifi by taking a simple palm-leaf fan, and" By rapidly moving it create a current of air which drives the

ping-pong ball from you across the table. ( Having thus tested the force of the current of the wind set in motion by the fan, you bring the ball back to its old place, and, taking the fan in hand you pause for a moment, mentally determining that the ball shall come towards you when you fan it Then fan the ball and imagine, ae you do so, that you see it rolling towards you. Fan gently, at first, gradually increasing the strength of your fanning, and you will find that your mind gains -such control over the ball as to force it to roll towards you and fall at your feet on the floor, although you are producing as strong a current of wind as you can in the opposite direction. What is more, Mr Harte maintains that until you can concentrate your thoughts and will that the ball shall go away from you it will always come to you, even when you have ceased actively .to wish it to do so. —" Review of Reviews."