Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-02
HUES OF THOUGHT.
THE MOST WONDERFUL OF ALL
DISCOVERIES.

A Masician's Bottle Which Reflects Brain Ac.
tion-The Wizard Of Chevy Chase" An
nounces a Most Wonderful Discovery
Every Thought Has Its Distinct Expression
In Color-Prof Gates, the Discoverer. a
Well Known Scientist, With WeIIEquipped
Workshops Near New York City. |
The latest, and if all said about it is
true, the most wonderful addition to
scientific knowledge in 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 corre-
spending color in the chromatic scale
and his invention of an apparatus
which reproduces in living and vary
ing colors the changing thoughts con-
ceived within the mind.
Impractical in its operation and GER
tain in its results the use of the ap-
paratus will undoubtedly have the
greatest influence upon the treatment
of mental diseases and prove of great
value to criminologists as we'll.
Prof. Gates is we'll known in the
scientific world as the possessor of the
finest laboratory and workshops south
of New York, from which have ema.
mated from time to time the announce
ment OF some very remarkable and
radical discoveries with regard to
brain cell composition and action.
Some of the criticisms directed at
Prof. Gates because of his announce.
ment of discoveries which we're not far
enough advanced to appear plausible
or practical were very severe. and has
been kept profound secret until now.
Prof. Gates has been working upon
his recent discovery for several years
and only lately perfected the apparatus
which is to make the theory capable
of demonstration. And it has also
been learned from the same source
that the apparatus, which is simple in
the extreme, so far as its mechanical
attributes are concerned, has been
test ed time and again of late and has
invariably given successful results.
The apparatus consists of tall
glass jar. half filled with q colorless
solution and to which are attached
two glass tubes, which pass through
an opening in its top. One Of the
tubes has an apparatus which fits over
the mouth and the other runs to
glass receptacle containing purified
air.
When the apparatus is fitted over
the mouth OF q person and the breath
passes through the liquid and thence
to the glass receptacle, the varying
thoughts within his mind are reflect
ed in che changing colors of the
liquid in the jar, this action being due
in brief to the effect of the variable
chemical properties OF the breath upon
the solution. So far the experiments
have merely determined what colors
reflect certain moods, such as happi-
ness or melancholia, but as the work
progresses and considerable more data
is compiled it is expected that the
knowledge of the "brain colors" will
grow correspondingly.
1t is realized that il a certain color
expresses the presence of certain
mood, the varying shades of that
color, as seen in the liquid, must be a
reproduction OF varying intensities or
different phases of the same mood.
For instance, it is hoped that when
complete knowledge and control oil
the working OF the "Wonder Bottle"
have been obtained it will be possible
to differentiate the suicide shade'
from the general color which is known
to indicate melancholia. The test,
applied in the case Of person suffer-
ing from acute melancholia and with
suicidal tendencies. would reveal the
stage OF the diseased mind. which now
can only be determined very indef-
nitely in most cases, and would result
in making possible an accurate course
of treatment and in precautions to
prevent q contamination of the idea
dominant in the affected brain.
The value of the discovery in crimi-
nal cases can be easily seen. 1t is
contended that sincerity is as much
brain mood rs those which are more
commonly included in that category.
Hence, when further experiments have
determined more in regard to the
shading and blending OF the different
colors reproduced by the apparatus
q knowledge of the truth color will
make unnecessary the application of
the "thirty-third degree" system
through which suspects are now put,
80 q test with the "wonder bottle"
will determine at once whether the
accused is telling the truth or not.
As has been stated, the investiga-
tions so far have sufficed to show only
the general mood corresponding to
each of the primary colors, and have
not progressed sufficiently to reveal
just how far, and with what degrees OF
accuracy, the system of thought de-
termination can be carried.
But great number OF apparently
successful private tests of the appara-
tus seem to show that the fundamen-