The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-09
LOOKING GLASS.

The Philadelphia Record says; Few
Philadelphians are perhaps aware that
the founder of the new School Of Vital
6cience aud Theonomy. the inventor OF
the All-tongue Alphabet and Cosmican,
Digitypy, and the courageous propounder
of Cosmicsn Pacification Is dwelling
quietly and modestly i'm their midst"
This puts one in mind OF Professor Joseph
Rhodes Buchanan's definition OF psy-
chometry, word which he coined
years AMI yeas ago, in 1924
to express the character OF new science
and art" from the Greek ry,cle, s,ul
and metron, u easure, it literally signify
ing soul-measuring. beins analogous TO
the words h.rm ometry, barometry and
similar terms which signify special mea'
su rements. But, said the learned old mao:
''In the case OF psychometry, however.
the measuring assumes new char scter.as
the object measured and the measuring
instrument on the same psychic element.
and it's measuring force is not limited 10
the psychic as IL was developed In the
first experiments, but has appeared by
successive Investigations TO manifest
wi or and wider area Of power. until 1t
became apparent that this psychic ca paci-
ty was really the measure of all things
IN the universe. Hence, psyche netry
souls and soul capacities, or the gu Ilities
by our own psychic capacities, but the
measurement aud judgment Of all things
conceivable by the human mind; and
pysohometry means practically measur-
ing by the soul, or grasDing and estimate
inx all things whica are within the
range OF human inteiligenc g.
Psychometry, therefore, is not merely
an fundamentally for measuring soul
powers, but comprehensive agency
like mathematics for the evolution OF
many dep artmeats OF science" Clear
as mudI Throw all the light on the pro-
fessor.
"Oh dear, only one more day of vaca-
tion." How macy children in this city
made this exclamation as they awoke this
morning. 1 wonder. Yet the majority of
them will be glad to get back into the
school room, and see their playmates
aud teachers ones more, for in most
OF them the desire to learn and
to understand IL more powerful than the
desire for play. Occasionally you will
find an exception but this is the general
rule. II the little folks only knew how
genuinely happy they are during their
school days, they would pray most earn
" IL
/ like genuine boy--one who can
get out aud hustle. who loves out-of-door
sports, who runs. swims, plays ball, or
indulges ia any Of the bo, ish sports, but
IL this was all ne cared for should be
disgusted with him. Down deep In his
heart Is a desire to "grow up and be a
man" and no matter how younx he may b.
he sets his ideas upon this one thing, and
aims at 1t with an earnestness betoken-
ing his American birth. Thanks to our
grand common school system education
lies within the reach Of all, and q child
that grows up In ignorance
is rarity. The prevalence OF
newspapers Is great educational
feature of American life. Show me
family without daily paper and will
show you q family not in touch with the
times, family contact with whom is
neither elevating nor worthy OF cultiva-
tion. Many q man and woman whose
education years ago was limited. today
move in good society, converses huently
and sensibly upon the great moral, poiiti-
cal or social questions OF the day, thanks
to the educational advantages derived
from the perusal Of daily papers. The
common schools and free press 90 to :
gether hand In hand. The one IL the
corollary Of che other.
{ !
An average waltz takes dancer over
about three quarters Of q mile, a square
dance makes him cover half mile. A
girl with we'll filed program travels
thus in one evening; Twelve waltzes,
nine miles; four other dances at half a
mile apiece, which is hardly fairly big
estimate, two miles more, the intermis-
sion stroll and the trips to the dressing
room to renovate her gown and complex
ion half q mile; grand total, eleven and
one half miles, A cynical old bachelor
says, 1T any young lady had to walk
that distance she would have to stop
every five minutes to rest, while she
w, uld think nothing of dau cling forty-Hv,
minutes without rest" There is where h.
fools himself. The American girl OF today
is almost as much of an enthusiast upon
out OF door exercise as is her brother.
Boating, swimming, riding, walking. BIZ
cycling she keeps step with her male COM
panions aud the result is we
are having come up around
us race OF healthy, strong andbeautifu
young women. Then again our cynical
''old bach" hasn't any idea Of what hei
talking about. It's dollars to doughnuts
that any young womsn of his acquaiut-
mental and physical wreck In mornings
shopping tour.
I ( /
Rev. DIR. ). w. Webb, pastor of St.
Psuls Methodist Episcopal church an
nounces series OF discour-es to be de-
livered from his pulpit on Sunday even
ings that will undoubtedly be filed with
the utmost interest DIR. Webb is one of tn,
best known and most eloquent pastors in
the state, keen observer OF life, aud his
topics are 50 well chosen
rs to leave no doubt Of their
giving lessons of practical value.
The first one will be deliver d tomorrow
evening on the subject, Every human
lie Revelation from God" This will
be followed by one on "Divine Revelation
ir'SIen of Genius" n third on "Men In
Humble LIVES" fourth I'm Worldly
Men," aud the last 'Tn the Lives Of the
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