The times., 1898-08-09
KEELEY'S LATEST.
1t Is quite as Mysterious as His
Idle Motor.
(From the Chicago Reco-d.l }

tFrOm the GhicazO hecOsO-l
John w. Keeley. the Philadelphia in
ventor Of our new physical force. claims
TO have made a discovery in psychology
sympathetic science. he calls it-whi n.
II it fulfills expectations will abolish
divorces expel skeletons from our clos
cts. make dissolutions Of partnership IN
necessary, and leave 1t possible for every
body to be happy. though married
This marvellous boon. which was s.
closed to me by a friend as we peram-
bulated the board walk OF Atlantic city
with 5000 other representatives OF man
kind whom II may benefit. lies in Prof
Keeley's discovery that every human be-
ing has a tone or key cf his own. like
the key or tone of bell or piece OF
metal or china or crystal which can be
ascertained by vibrations and that owe
or hate friendship or anim0s.ty. disSat-
isfaction or distruSt. proceed from the
harmony or the discord produced by
combination OF tones He claims 10 have
made more than a thousand tests and
to have demonstrated the truth OF his
theory by Distinguishing in every case
| people who were devoted 10 each other
who were happy and harmonious ii
family. social and business relations
who. in other words. were drawn TO each
other by what we call affinity or animal
magnetism. because they possessed tones
which in combination produced harmo-
nious chords like those of musical
science.
At the same time he discovered with
equal accuracy subjects who are uncoR-
genial, who excite antipathy in each 9TH
| er. or quarrel when they are engaged in
| the same work. because they possess dis
cordant tones, which are the cause OF
| their disagreement more than volitiOn 1r
intention of their own.
The professors theory is that people
| should not be married or form alliances
/ in business or the professions or soci5i
/ intimaeies until they know the tones -.
| each others natures and can decide
| whether they are apt TO harmonize or
| not If the rule should be applied in the
| selection of partners. employees and serv-
/ ants a great deal of trouble and sorrow
| and lawsuits might be saved. The failure
1 of many enterprises would be prevented
| if those who are engaged in them should
/ compare their notes beforehand Busi-
ness corporations, bank directors rail-
| way companies. boards of charity. pO-
| litical committees. pleasure clubs and ju-
dicial courts as we'll as matrimOny
could be properly regulated and made
| harmonious by excluding all whose tones
| do not blend harmOniousIy with the
| rest.
| Prof. Kelley has invented apparatus
| Oy winch the KEY OF any person lIl1y DC
| ascertained. The subject stands upon an
| insulated platform holding the two poles
| of an electric battery in his hands When
| the current is turned on varied series
/ of vibrations passes over the wire When
| the particular vibration that touches his
| soul appears a tuning fork attached TO
the apparatus gives forth a musical note
| and the key is noted by an automatic
J register
! Prof Kelley thinks the Federal Gov
| ernment and the States and the county
/ and city authorities should buy these ma
| chimes and place them in convenient To-
| calities. where they may be utilized by
| the general public. When two men meet
| for business of any kind the first ques-
| ton should be. what is your tone?
| and when a young man meets a damsel
| pleasing to his eye he should inquire her
! key before he sits with her in a ham
| mock or allows the acquaintance TO reach
| the ice cream period Any feeble imagi-
| nation can conceive of an infinite variety
of means by which such machines could
be made useful.