The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-16
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TX CHAT 49,
1850 a.
THE UNEASY CHAIR

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YOUR PERSONALITY MADE OVER
WHILE YOU WAIT.-science, according
to Ethelbert Croft, the leading character
in Vincent Harper's The Mortgage on tire
Brain, has reached a point where II can
make over mans 2. character as
readily and completely as 1T can
change the appearance Of chemical by
the application of reagent. You enter
a sanatorium today and three days or
week hence you come out somebody else,
with totally different intellect, passions
and morals. All has been achieved by
thoros study, of the problem of multiple
personality under the light Of materialistic
science. Personality according to Dr.
Croft. IS simply. matter Of the physical
condition Of the brain cells. Change
those and you change the character. 1t
Is as easy as for schoolboy to wipe
the writing from his slate and put other
writing there.
The theory was proved, says the book,
in the case Of Lady Torbeth, who natur
ally was a charming woman of high char
acter and aspirations, but under the con-
troll of second and third personalities was
g passionate creature, involving herself
In grave dangers. She was placed in the
hands Of a scientist at the apex Of the
scientific pyramid, and, presto!
The Mortgage on the Brain" is a novel.
not work Of science. If the author
really believes the theory Of his protago-
mist, ne Is welcome to do so. He has
made fairly interesting story, told only.
moderately WE'LL but not @convincingly and
not prettily. 1t is, on the whole, depres-
sing. One would far rather believe in
the uncomfortable soul'' than in a COM
poslte OF cells that some other composite
may come along and tinker and make
j1f hi 1,A1
nilly.
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f. THE: ART OF THE LoUvRE.-Mary
Knight Potter has added another volume
| to her books on art in The Art Of the
! Louvre, which contains "a brief history
Of the palace and its collection of paint
ings, as well as descriptions and criti-
cisms of many of the, principal pictures
and their artists" To those who have
| not seen the Louvre and have no i'm
mediate prospect Of doing so, the book
will be of interest and value; ditto, tc
those who have: Sseen the Louvre or. who
| expect to do so soon.r 1t contains digest
of comment and criticism by the most
famous art critics, and Is, therefore
| worthy OF a reading as a partial substitute
for the thing itself, as means Of pre-
4 paration for visit to the great gallery
been there. 1t is illustrated with half
tone reproductions f.of many of the
Louvre's treasures.
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| sr4E spAnfgA VIA Be- re-
] calledSthat the.bo Aae anh8hich Keats dice
adjoins the Spanish Stairs in Rome, 1
has been proposed to remove the foun
tain below them in the piazza to max,
more room for the tramway. Robert I'm
derwood Johnson in the May Rookma,
& Rome, symbol of all change oh change not here
lhou, ever avid Of beauty-who shall say
Ihou1 hast forsworn it in vain display
And blare Of discord, as tho eager ear
Listening for nightingale heard chanticleer?
On leave these sunny stairs, that float AM
| stray :, -. go
From fountain blithe and flowers, rich array
| 10 reckoning bells and chanting nuns anear.
EOf all the dead that, loved them, hear tina
Whose sorrow and last silence once they knew
II d. them
theme, n
The immortal joy ct beauty. Oh, rejoice
And stay thy hand that future ages. too.
By them may mount to heaven, like Jaco
Il in his dream.
JOSEPH CONRAD ON THE ART OIL
FICTlON.-An article which will be rea
, with interest by all admirers Of one c
the first Of living novelists is Joseph Con
RAIDS paper on The art Of Fiction" whic
appears in the current issue of Harper
Weekly. Mr.. Conrad's views on the al
), Of which he is an acknowledged maste
form a striking contrast to recent argu
ments IN favor Of the unimportance {
t style lin fiction. LITERATURE" says M
= Conrad, must strenuously aspire to tn
Elasticity Of sculpture, to the color
: painting, and to the magic suggestivenes
II OF mus1c-Which is the art of arts" 'I
IS only, ne says, thru answering devc
ton to- the perfect blending of form an
substance, and the never discouraged cal
for the shape and ring of sentences, thu
an approach can be made to Elasticity,
a color, and the light of magic suggestive
+ ness be brought to play for an eyanesce1
instant over the commonplace surface !,
the old, old words worn thin and deface
4 by ages Of careless usage
:, AS OTHERS SEE US, TWO TIMES
NOW that the democrats of Minneso,