It is to laugh

by Edna Geister

The Pain.

There may in this very large world still be one or even two people who have not heard of the way to hypnotize a person so that he will inevitably feel a pain (pane). The hypnotist makes several passes before the eyes of the subject, stares at him fixedly, presses his hands on the temple of the subject, leads him to a window, raps his hand very lightly on the glass, holds his fingers there, and then inquires solicitously, and yet triumphantly, “You feel a pane now, don’t you?”

The subject, who feels absolutely no discomfort or pain, says so freely, but he is corrected by the hypnotist who assures him that he certainly is feeling pane!