Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-27
COLOR OF SIN PINK.
DIR. Elmer Gatrs's Experiments Upset
Tradition.
philadelphia Press


among the most Interesting or the
sc,nnt,Tc men who have made Philadel-
mia their home is Dr.. Elmer OateS,
vho "a to lecture before the Educational
Club at the Normal School. Doctor
Gates was formerly connected win the
Bureau of EthnolQgy Of the Smithsonian
institution, Washington, ana upon tne
failure of Congress 10 appropriate sulh-
cieut nancy 10 maintain his laboratories
he came to Philadelphia. ana mas peeh
nursuing his original Investigations III
his private laboratory here. his re-
searches have been Of such novel char-
acter and their results have been SO
startling that in q few years Doctor
Gates has sprung to the front ranks
Of original inves igatOrs. being ranked
hv the officials OF the Smithsonian lnsu-
tuition as among the greatest SCIENTISTS
- tho ago During the fall and winter
nc will give a series OF lectures at Tue
penr svlvauia Museum and School or In
dustrlal Art. where Philadelphians VIII
have an opportunity TO hear oil MS WORKS
from his own lips o
Not the least startling of DR.. Gates
conclusions IS that one reached through
experirnent to demonstrate that scarlet
Is not the distinctive color OF sin, ana
that the Bible expression, though your
sins be as scarlet" is simply rhetofi-
cal exagReration.
TIE COLOR OF SIN.
DR. Gates has found in his study OF the
brotn that each definite emotion pro-
duces chemical products in the secretons
and eGcretions which are characteristic
| of those emotions. Tho evil emotions
produce. for example, poisonous pro-
duct. while happy emotions produce NE
| promoting compounds. In otner WoIus'
| every emotional experience creates DFaih
structure, the Tefunctioning OF wh!ch re
| produces its characteristic COCA anu pau
| chemical products. The persplrdtioil, ioi
! example, he found 10 contain diheFeht
yolatiye organic compounds unuer the
| innunnca of different emotions. These
products may DE detected by chemical
| ANALYSIS in the perspiration OF an indi-
vidual. Or. Gates has discovered more
| than forty OF the bad and as many o.
the good.
DIR. Gates's theory that bad or I'M
! pleasant emotions produce their own Pc
| ei,liar pojson. which has an effect upon
| the individual physically. IL not WIN
| out its familiar illustrations. IL Is
| well known that great relef generates
| an Injurious chemical product so IN
,.nsa in character as TO sicken the in
| FAINT VINO draws it's nourishments from
! ne mother. y more obvious and IA
! roiliar Illustration Is that when one -
| depressed one cannot work. Bad IDEAS
| and memories. DR.. Gates holds, kIll en-
| ergy. They affect the physcai pelhS
| Immediately. On the other manu. happy
| feelings create energy and make one
| feel like exerting himself.
| OF the chemical products wnlch ~
| Gates has found that OF CUNT IS 'ne
worst II small quantity OF the per-
| piration Of 4 person suffering i'oni 'oH
scious guilt be placed In glass tupe anu
| exposed 10 contact with selehic aIiu -
| will turn pink. No other poison, similarly
generated. exhibits the same phenomenon
| Accordingly. Pink is apparently the CHA
! racteristic color OK sin, not scarlet
INGENIOUS EXPERIMENTS.
DR.. Gates's Investigations have Deeh
princinally in the direction OF physiology
| cal nsycholoey. He is not vlVisectioiIst'
| and I'm order 10 avoid the cruel ana DaI
| barous practices which the VlVlaect'oh1s'
! Is obliged TO employ. he auopted nv
| method of research. He placed ai'i'ii"i9
| under varying conditions and under spe-
| cIal training. ard IN that way developer
| certain brain areas. which were examine
| after the animal suffered paihiess ueaIn
| He found that animals depriVeu VI hsI'
| from birth b. having been kept III q dark
1
| Of hrain-cells in the seeing areas Va VIZ
| occlnital cortex; animals leading usual
/ mode OF life have quite a NUMBER Ot
| characteristic cells in those areas "hii1
! animals that have received sPeS''''
| mind-art training in the seeing OF coioi
! have several times the number OF ce'is
! FOUND in the usual uneducated ANNA"
| and. moreover, the cells are much more
| hiehIv complex in anatomical ana che1ni-
| ,si structure, and more complex III 'ne,f
| intsrconuectlons with other ceLs. All
| mails that were caused TO associate coiors
! with Sounds we're found to nave greater
1 development Of the fibre tract cohncct'hs
| TIE seeing areas with the nearing areas
| and so on. He found, by making caIeiui
| .stimnte that dog specifically traiheu
for bYain-buiidng In the seeing areas o.
| the brain had at u low estimate iV'Vo,VV
more cell and fibre structures III sluaie
inch area OF the cortex than any usual
dog. He found that he could puiid euch
structures In any part OF the prain anu
| Give an animal Tor child more ora'ns'
| and. consequently. more nina.
ART OF MAKING BRAINS.
| IA TIE result Of these and other ex-
| per,mcnts. DIR. Gates believes that II
| "a possible 10 make more ana hette-
trains In individuals. This can be cone,
| lie says. by n proper system OF educa-
| ton. Our educational systems, he says,
| are such as 20 overdeyelop some part OF
a civen brain function and to omit many
functions. and otherwise produce o non