The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-21
PROF. GATES'S WORDERBOrTLE
1T REPRODUCES ~ COLORS ONES
MOODS AND THOlGHTS.
lie Has Discovered That Every Mood and
Thought of the Human Brain Has Q
Relatively Corresponding Color In the
tIroInatic Scale, and Thinks lie Has
an Apparatus That Demonstrates II.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O--The latest, and,
II all said about IL il true. the most wonderful,
addition TO scientific knowledge in q long
time Is the discovery Of Prof Elmer W
Gates, the Wizard Of Chevy Chase that
every mood and every thought OF the human
brain has relatively corresponding color
In the chromatic scale. and his invention
OF an apparatus which reproduces in living
and varying colors the changing thoughts
conceived within the mind II practical
in it, operation and certain in it's results
the use Of the apparatus will undoubtedly
have the greatest influence upon the treat
ment Of mental diseases and prove OF great
value to criminologists as we'll.
Prof. Gates is well-known in the scientific
world a. the possessor of the finest private
laboratory and Workshops south Of New
York, from which announ cements have
been made from time to time of sone very
remarkable discoveries with regard to brain
cell coinposition and action. Prof. Gates
has been working upon his latest discovery
Tor several years, and only recently per-
tected the apparatus which is TO make the
theory capable of de monstration. And il
has also been learned from the same source
that the apparatu- which l. simple in the
extreme. ~ far ar its mechanical attributes
again OF late and has invariably given
successful results.
The apparatus consists of q tall glass Jar
half fillei with colorless solution, and TO
which are attached two glass tubes which
pass through an opening in it's top. One of
the tubes has an apparatus which fits over
tho mouth and the other runs to a glass
receptacle containing purified air. When
the APPARATUS IL fitted over the mouth of a
perso and the breath passes through
the liquid and thence To the glass receptacle
the varying thoughts with his mind are
reflected IN the changing colors of the
hquid III the jar, this action being gu.
70 the eh,ct of the chemical properties Of
the breath upon the solution
30 Tar the experiments have merely de-
terinlned what coiors reflect tain moods
such as happiness or melaucholia, bu' a. he
work progresses II il expect ed that the
knowledge Of the brain colors' will grow
corrcspondingly IL is realized that il
certain color expresses he presence Of a
certain mood, the varying shades Of that
color, - seen in the liquid. must be repro
auctions of varying inieIsities or different
phases - the same mood
For instance, IL Is hoped that when COM
plet" knowledge and control Of the working
u the -~onder-tuttle have been obtained,
II will be possible 10 difercntate the sui
eide shade" from the general color which il
known to indicate melancholia. This test,
applied IN the case o' a person suffering from
acute melancholia and with suicidal tenden-
cles, would reveal the state of the diseased
mind, which now can only be determined
very indefinitely in most cases and would
result in making possible an accurate course
OF treatment and precautions 10 prevent
a contamination Of the idea dominant in the
affected brain.
The value Of the discovery in criminal
cases can be n easily seen. il il contended
that sincerity II az much a brain mood as
those which are more commonly included in
that category. Hence, when further eX-
Teriments ave determined more In regard
to the shaC ,g and blending OF the different
colors reproduced by the apparatus. a
know ledge of the truth color will make I'm
Necessary the application % the 33d degree"
system through which suspects are now
put, a. test with the wonder bottle" will
determine az once whether the accuse d
person Is telling the truth or not.
The preliminary work which led up 10
the discovery was directed To anot her end,
so that the actual discovery of the new
principle may be said 10 be the result OF
an accident. DR.. Gates has for years
been student Of the human brain, and
at the time he began 10 work toward a
definite end on the experiments which
he'd TO tho construction OF the wonderful
a. arat'is was engaged in working out a
system Of tests by means Of which the
approach of any disease to which the
human body II subject could be deter
mined long IN advance Of the manifesto
ton of It's symptoms. But The importance
OF the theory Of the relation between
thoughts and oolors and the perfect ion
Of the apparatus for It's Discriminate ion
moved him to devote his entire time TO
the latter subject.
1t Ii not possible TO gain any informa-
tion az 10 just what moods correspond to
certain colors, but enough has been learned
to know that the experiments corroborate
to some extent thu theories regarding the
relations Of certain colors 20 certain moods
DR.. Gates has said that he will continue
his experiments and secure more fun and
complete results before IN makes public
the details Of his discovery and the COM
position Of the fluid In The wonder bottle"