The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
COLOR IN URTHOUGHTS
Brain Secrets Read by Won
derful New Invention.
DISCOVERY OF A NOTED SCIENTIST

Apparatus Devised by Professor Ell
mer Gates Proves That Every
Thought of Human Minds Has IA
Corresponding Color In the Chro-
matte Scale-Its Value In Crime.
The latest and, if all that is said
about it is true, the most wonderful
addition to scientific knowledge in n
long time is the discovery by Profess
or Elmer Gates that every move and
every thought of the human brain has
a relatively corresponding color in the
chromatic scale and his invention Of
an apparatus which produces in living
and varying colors the changing
thoughts conceived within the mind
says a special dispatch from Washing
ton to the Chicago Tribune.
If practical in it's operation and GER
tain in its results, the use of the appa-
ratus will undoubtedly have the great
est influence upon the treatment OF
mental diseases and prove of great val
ue to criminologists as we'll
Professor Gates is we'll known in the
scientific world as the pOSsessOr or the
finest private laboratory and work
shops south Of New York. He has
been working on his discovery Tor
many years and only perfected the ap-
paratus which is to make the theory
capable of demonstration. The appa-
ratus, which is simple in the extreme
so far as its mechanical attributes are
concerned, has been tested time and
again of late and has invariably given
successful results.
The apparatus consists Of tall glass
jar half filled with a 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
appliance which fits over the mouth,
and the other runs to glass recepta-
Gle containing purified air. When the
apparatus is fitted over the mouth OF
person and the breath passes through
the liquid and thence to the glass re-
ceptacle, the varying thoughts within
the mind are reflected in the changing
colors of the liquid In the jar, this ac-
ton being due in brief to the effect OF
the variable chemical properties OF the
breath upon the solution.
r So far the experiments have merely
determined what colors reflect certain
moods, such as happiness or melan-
cholia, but as the work progresses and
considerable more data is compiled 1t
is expected that the knowledge of the
brain colors will grow correspondingly.
1t is realized that if certain color re-
fleets certain mood the varying shades
of that color as seen in the liquid must
be reproductions of varying intensities
or different phases of the same mood.
For instance, it is believed that when
complete knowledge and control of the
working of the wonder bottle" has
been obtained it will be possible to diff
ferentiate the suicide shade" from the
general color which is known to indi-
cate melancholia. This test applied in
the case of a person suffering from
acute melancholia and with suicidal
tendencies would reveal the state OF
the diseased mind, which now can only
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cases and would result in the making
possible an accurate course of treat
ment and in precautions to prevent
consummation of the idea dominant in
the affected brain.
The value of the discovery in crimi-
nal cases can be easily seen. 1t is con
tended that sincerity is as much
brain mood as those which are more
commonly included in that category;
hence, when further experiments have
determined more in regard to the shad'
ing and blending of the different colors
reproduced by the apparatus. knowl-
edge of the truth of the color Will
make unnecessary the application of the
'thirty-third degree" system through
which suspects are now put. as test
with the wonder bottle" will deter
mine at once whether the accused Is
telling the truth or not.