The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-20
LIVING pIcrvses IN The Eye
colorsd limoges that Appear on Lyins
Down Afrsr an Exciting Day.


Down Afrsr an Exciting Day.
There are many who will not read
lily understand what is meant by pie.
lures Ia the eye. unless IL be the mag
ation. or minds eye" OF Hamlet.
for the power OF seeing them Is not
conferred on all alike. Even those
who have seen them from time to
time. and probably given them little
heed. may not feel altogether sure
about the matter without word OF
explana ton.
Lying IN bed, after a firing or ex-
citing day. with your eyes closed. and
about TO fall asleep. have you never
seen. apparently In the eyebaii, spots
and streaks OF coiored Hight. changing
their forms and shifting their placesf
Have you never watched them pass
ing into complicated patterns. like
those OF the Kaleidoscope. or into pref
~ landscapes quite unknown 10 you.
OF into strange faces. now and again
very beautiful or angelic. but often ms
ugly and hideous as goblins from the
Internal regions. or, haply. into scenes
OF action reminding you OF the
drama. but such as you never saw In
real life or upon any stagef These
pictures are more alive than the ''liv-
ing pictures" of the music halls
They have the hnes OF life or art. and
rival the quick change artist In their
Protean transformations. The ami
niatograph that can initiate their
ccaseless evolution. without a hitch or
tremor. win be a novelty and make
The fortune OF its inventor.
What are tbey7 IL ia one OF the
mysteries OF that marvellous, nay.
miraculous. organ. the brain. We
must distinguish them from other
mysteries OF the ''borsi-rlaDd" which
lies between the adjoining states OF
wIdeawake and sound asleep.
They are not the images OF reverie
or day dream. Whether We recall
the past In our waking hours. or in
vent new incidents like 4 novelist. VIC
can govern them 10 some extent. and |
are quite aware OF their fanciful or
mental character. They are no; an
hsllucination. IN the proper sense or
the term. We feel they are sub /
jccuse. or within IN. we suppose
them In the eye itself. Whereas We
believe an Authorization is objective.
OF without us. An appari,ion or spec
ter that we take for reality IN al
Authorization. The ghost OF Hamiei's
father. witnessed by several persons.
and the spook OF his distnn; brother.
secn by Lord Broushsni. were prob
ably Authorizations OF ''tciepathic"
order. The picture OF Mlllais. where
a man starts up and sees a luminous
lady a; the foot OF his bed. 10 case
u baliucination. The dream Image
Or the undergraduate. who dreamed
thst he was chased by a green figure.
and a~aking. saw IL in his room. was
also an Authorization.
Pictures in the eye are more akin
10 what are called -sfter images A
gentleman IA doctor. II we are no;
sitter a fauguing day. was
,hccrcd by the sight OF bcefstenk
Tor his dinner. as be very well might.
,ut secnainEi, the steak made a deep q
on his mind or his diges-
son, for while he was browsing. with !
iis eyes closed. after eating IL. be saw
{ agsin as wildly as before. and on .
lropping ssiecp he saw Il third time .
n his dream. II was doubtless sub :
taufisi steak. not ghost and yes ~ .
auntcd him.
There Is. OF course. more than one !
heory OF these living pictures In the a
yc. or. ss they are called in science. }
images" One ia that v
hey are formed on the refina of the a
ye and confined 10 IL Another is "
nat they are purely mental and q
,rmcd in the cortcx. or bark. SO to o
peak. Of the ccrebrum. As often
Appens. the truth appears 10 lie In n
OF both views. Recent ,b-
,rvsstons OF NJ. Yves Deiage have
ut the question to experimental
roof. when we look AT bright
,dy. for example. the sun. and shut
IT eyes. we see a colored spot OF
sht. and II we move the eye up or
,wn. TO right or left the spot moves
ith e. The spot. in fact. is left by :
e image OF the sun upon the rctina.
ID therefore moves with Il. Now. ~ 1
e hypnogogic images are on the |
tina. they also will move with the
g. and Ais is what NJ. Dclage has
und. Nevertheless. the brain also h,
mes Into play in forming them. v
| N
Merely Suggestion. \
And now" said Mrs. Chatterton,