The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-27

THUS You see" my informant con
tEued. the two small prints 3X:
inches in size and about six inches il
front OF the eyes in the stereoscopt
serve exactly as two windows through
which we look and beyond which VT
see the object or place standing out as
large as the original object or place
would appear to the eyes of one stand
ing where the camera stood Remark.
| able as these statements NAV seem
when thoughtfully considered. still
they are absolutely true, based on
scientific facts which may be found
explained in any reliable treatise on
binocular vision"
l sat back and wondered. It seemed
hard to realize that. in the stereoscope.
l could see in their natural size parts
of countries, cities and towns all over
the earth
| But he went on, Eve now come to
far more remarkable fact Psyche
logists are saying that If we look at
these life-size scenes 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 to 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
| few minutes. When you are stand.
ing bodily in some previously unfamil-
| lar place you have always a more or
less vivid consciousness Of the dis
tances you have traversed to get there
from somewhere else; the feeling of re-
npval from other places forms sort
OF background for your realization Of
any particular place where you are at
the time. Now, to certain extent,
you feel you are there in merely get
ting your outlook through the stereo-
scope, but such a sight Of itself does
not localize you with sufficient exact /
ness to correspond satisfactorily with /!
the experience of bodily travel. You |
need to sense your location more WV
idly. To make this possible 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
l had never before heard Like many
another bright idea it is essentially so
simple one 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 a clever de-
vice OF conspicuous red lines showed
just where person was to stand. i'll
whatever vicinity it might be, in what
direction he was to face and just how
much territory in a town, a house in.
terror or stretch of open country he
was to include in his outlook from that
particular point.
but what are educators saying about
this:' l asked. Much" was the re-
ply. Here is what a professor Of
psychology in New York University,
Professor Tough, says:
1.-The essential thing for US is not
that we have the actual physical, place
or object before US, as tourist does,
rather than 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, 1--WE do not claim
hat even these experiences can be got
ZEN unless the stereographs are used
With certain helps and in the right
spirit. (Speaking in general way
his means we must treat the place
seen in the stereoscope as we would
reat the place itself in actual traveD.
ITO supply this need books are being
by people of wide travel and
'road culture to accompany the stereO.
,raphed scenes of a city or country"
Then l was shown guide books BY
UGH men as Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D.
J.. on Palestine; DR.. d. j. Ellison and
'rofessor James c. Egbert, Jr., of Co.
umbia University, on Italy; Professor
ames II. Breasted, of Chicago Univer.
ity, on Egypt; Professor James Rical.
on. the veteran traveller, on China; .
'eorge KEENAN,, the famous journalist
nd lecturer, on Martinique. In these
ooks the authors or guides make
heir comments on the different places
cen through the stereoscope in the
anne natural order that they would
reat them during an actual journey.
hey point out the objects of interest
each place and give some of the his
Dry connected with it. Each strives
answer the very questions new.
omer would be likely to ask when on +
lie ground. There are many ingenious