Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26

the spot. The result is analogous
TO that of looking with both
eyes at your outstretched hand.
o see part way around the
near objects, and that makes them
stand out real and solid just as they do
i'll Your ordinary. everyday experiences
OF seeing things in your accustomed
surroundings. 1t gives to your eyes
perfect depth, perfect solidity, perfect
space.
Thus you see." my informant con-
tlnued, the two small prints Y
lncnes in size and about six inches in
front OF the eyes in the stereoscoDe
serve exactly as two windows through
which we look and beyond which we
see the object or place standing out as
large as the original object or place
would appear 10 the eyes Of II stand
ing where the camera stood. Remark
able as these statements may seem,
when thoughtfully considered. still
they are absolutely true. based on
scientific facts which may be found
explained in any reliable treatise on
olnocular vision
sat back and wondered. 1t seemed
hard to realize that. in the stereoscope,
could see in their natural size parts
Of countries, cities and towns all over
the earth.
But he went on. eve now come to
Il far more remarkable fact. Psycho-
loglsts are saying that if We look at
these life-size scene in the right way,
namely. if while looking we have
some means of knowing definitely
where on the earth's surface we are
standing. in just what direction and
over what territory we are looking,
and if we take time 10 think OF our sur
roundings there, then We can gain a
distinct sense or experience of location
in that place. or what they call genu-
inc experiences OF travel. Of course.
you would not be likely to believe this
at once, but reserve your Judgment for
4 few minutes.
ITO furnish the knowledge to make
this possible a new map system has
been devised and patented-an entirely
new system"
Then he proceeded to show me a
most ingenious map system of which
| had never before heard. Like many
another bright idea it is essentially SO
simple n wonders why it had not
been devised before. He showed me
several of the patent maps. All were
in the first place excellent. clear maps
OF the ordinary sort. but Il clever de-
vice of conspicuous red lines showed
just where 2 person was to stand. i'll
whatever vicinity it might be. in what
direction he was 10 face and just how
much territory in a town. a house in
terror or a stretch OF open country he
was to include in his outlook from that
particular point.
But what are educators saying about
this:' I asked. "Much." was tie re-
ply. Here is what a professor of
psychology in New York University.
Professor Tough. says:
1.-THE essential thing for US is not
illat we have the actual physical place
or object before rs, as q tourist does,
rather than a picture. but that we have
some at least OF the same facts Of con-
seriousness, ideas and emotions, in the
presence of the picture. that the tourist
gains in the presence OF the scene.
This is entirely possible in the stereo.
scope
But" he added. I'VE do not claim
that even these experiences can be got
ton 11n1aco tho Staroourp nbS oy.o uSnd
with certain helps and in Che right
spirit. Speaking in a general way
this means we must treat the place
seen in the stereoscope as We would
treat the place itself in actual %travel).
ITO supply this need books are being
prepared by people OF wide travel and
broad culture to accompany the stereo-
graphed scenes of Il city or country"
Then l was shown guide books by
such men as Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D.
D.. on Palestine; DR.. D. J. Ellison and
Professor James G. Egbert, Jr., of. Co.
lumbia University, or Italy; Professor
James e. Breasted, of Chicago Univer-
ton, the veteran traveller. on China;
George KEENAN,, the famous journalist
and lecturer, on Martinique. In these
books the authors or guides make
their comments on the different places
seen through the stereoscope in the
same natural order that they would
treat them during an actual Journey.
They point out the objects OF interest
in each place and give some OF the his
tory connected with it. Each strives
TO answer the very questions q new
comer would be likely to ask when on
the ground. There are many ingenious
and scientifically helpful methods
worked ont by these writers that 1
must leave unnoticed here.
You see" concluded my Informant,
this is no sloight OF hand scheme or
magical performance. This travel
system is worked out i'll accordance
with we'll established though not gem
orally known laws of the mind. If
the right methods are observed it is
now being recognized that genuine e1-
periences of travel may be gained in
cues bone"