The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27
WHAT BUSHES MEAN
Saddea Reckoning of the Cheeks
So0a to Be AnalyEed.
EAseasss.al Azthsrities of Chicago
80 Experiment en- Childrea-Pa-
pGl. SAs Flash Readily Seen
e mnwe keener MindA

Nnc4 uIk4e o44f oia.ue8 unIll ncr ears
are pink refrsia from ridfcsle or laugh
Ter, for q suddes suffusIon OF blood may
be ns<nFs's ~ a pointing out . genius.
SscA b tn theory which the educational
authorities q Chicago are about to in
vestixass. and before they are through
they intend 20 determine fully and
finally what correlation there may be be-
tween bushes and brains.
In the child-study laboratory at the
board Of education room Of Chicago the
attendants are preparing for the expert
nsnta Blushing has heretofore been
Chased a. q defect and thrown into the
same category - relaxed orbicularis
ocufi. -nnssr witches. -incoordina-
ton q eyes, and many other flaws
which the department has classified and
named. The blushers have often stood
at the head Of their classes. however.
and now they are to be called In to dis
play their weakness or strength. as the
case may be. to the laboratory officials
In the opinion of DIR. Charles C.
Krauskopf. assistant director. the child
who bushes does not always live to
waste Its fragrance on the desert air. for
many celebrated men and women In
childhood we're noted for their blushing.
Painters and sculptors and poets, the
officials say. have had their bushes
analysed as an exhibition of modesty,
while they really were simply a mani
festation OF talent and genius.
Its hard to say how blushing and
mentality are correlated" DR.. Krauskopf
said. AS the causes OF bushes are many.
The generally accepted theory is that
blushing Is caused by Involuntary nerv-
Gus action that sets the heart to work
faster. We have noticed that children
who blush when they are startled are,
In many cases. bundles Of nerves, They
are like race horses. so full-blooded that
they jump when touched with thread.
This nerve equipment makes them able
to grasp points readily and to see
through their lessons in a flash, while
their stolid companions who do not
DiuSn nave 10 poo along.
I'VE are going to follow the question
up and will try to get data that will show
whether blushing is an indication of
BRIGHTNESS or the contrary"
The experiments will be carried on in
both the schools and the laboratory.
Classes from the schools will visit the
board rooms on Saturdays to contribute
10 science by having their heads meas
nred. their lungs tested and the general
peculiarities OF memory, Imagination
emotion and temperament noted.
AS II is a well-known fact that a
blusher will not blush when she knows
she is expected to blush and conversely
the information will be obtained largely
from the teachers. who will be provided
with blank books in which TO note the
number Of times her charges turn rec
and the causes. whether modification
pleasure or surprise
The theory will be worked out by aid
Of the old classification of tempera-
ments into melancholic. choleric. san
gulne and phlegmatic The officials be-
lieve that those who are listed as chol-
eric and sanguine are born to blush
while the dispositions of the cehers rem
der blushing In some cases almost an
impossibility.
From the fact that blushing Is moro
general than amhidexterity the investi-
gators EXPECT ,ha' their conclusions on
the new theory will have greater array
| of facts for substantistion than even
their discovery that The ability to use
both hands indicated mental incapacity