New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
TO MAKE NEW BRAIN CELLS.
Mrs Cheney Tells Emma Willard Associa-
ton How to Do It.

Immunity from five finger exercises and the cult
walton of new. brain cells galore were among the
s1itter,ng rewards that Mrs. John Vance Cheney
Of Chicago inventor Of psycho-physiological sys-
tenn Of education, danged before the eyes Of the
Emma willard Association yesterday at the Wal
dorf-Astoria. Mrs Cheney spoke by invitation or
Mrs John c. Havemeyer- Power in the individual
and the new education was the formal subject OF
her talk
Mrs. Cheney who is the wife of the poet. was
becom1nslv gowned in blue silk, corded in white.
with great deal Of white lace on the bodice, and
a white hat
I'm not telling you anything you didn't know
before she remarked in a deprecatory parenthesis.
and while most of the women present acknowl-
edged that they had known it all along, they pro-
tested that Mrs. Cheney had put it in such new
way as TO illumine their souls.
oh why have we ever depended on anybody"
asked Mrs. Cheney in rapt voice Nothing
nothing that is worth while ever comes TO us-we
must make il for ourselves To the just and the
unjust. TO the believer and the unbeliever. that
majestic voice from Calvary spoke the word. This
is the renaissance of what He said.
Let prune characters. then graft new
and better qualities in the place of the old wood
Worry. hurry, inpatience anger. suspicion. and,
Oh! 50 many things that you know as well as L
do let prune them away. so that the sweet new
sap mount IL their place
Why. Christians can't worry" she continued.
He doeth all things we'll Even the ordinary
mortal with religious pretentions can't worry.
for worry never Yet did anybody any good The
sap that goes worry let it go couragei
In concluding. Mrs. Cheney said: The
science of the country. its phanthropies and chari
ties in the heart of the individual The higher
education comes from planting seeds of hope love
and JOY. The higher education. I see il, begins
at home in the heart OF the Individual in q char
acter that be cultivated every minute
Here Mrs. Havemeyer asked the speaker to tell
about the experiments the Smithsonian Institu-
ton and she did. 1t that family of rabbits
which had never the light was divided and
while part remained in a dark the others
were placed where they had look at strong,
coIored light After sixty minutes exposure to the
bright light their brains examined and com
pared with those OF the rabbits that still
mained in darkness. 1t was found that new brain
cells had formed in the heads of the during
the sixty minutes they had been in the light.
Just think" said Mrs. Cheney. I'VE can make
new brain cells and any kind like A scientist
has discovered forty poisons in the human body re-
sulting from undesirable thoughts and emotions
There you have physical demonstration of what
I've been saying
Another hope which Mrs. Cheney held before
her hearers besides the cultivation of new brain
cells was piano playing without the drudgery of
five finger exercises. Among those who pres
Iauterbach Mrs Margaret Bottome, Mrs. Russell
Sa ge. Mrs. John McAlpn. Mrs. Charles A. Edwards.
and Mrs George Francis KeI.-. Miss Helen NJ.
Gould sent a note saying that she was confined to
the house by illness. Miss Louise Truax warbled
some bird solos TO the accompaniment Of the piano
that greatly appreciated Mrs. Cheney expects
TO give series of lectures at the Waldorf Astoria.
about March ~.