The sun., 1908-08-02
PHRENOLOGY PUT TO USE.
Value Of the Study Of Bumps 70 Merchants
Ministers and Others.


Value Of the Study Of Bumps 70 Merchants
Ministers and Others.
In room containing only plain table.
half dozen kitchen chairs and y lot OF
charts. diagrams and plaster casts Of the
heads OF famous and notorious men the
professor Of 'phrenology received the re-
porter and unfolded the breadth and depth
Of the reporters ignorance and the Ger
tainty and eesineas Of relief therefrom.
First he corrected the impression, which
he said was generally entertained, that he
was a bunpologist.
Most people, he said. 'think that an
organ Of the head II largely developed
bulges out like bunker on a golf course.
and that II head isn't denticulated II
contains nothing Of interest.
we study character not by the hills
and valleys visible 10 the eye or evident
to the touch but by measuring from the
openings Of the ears and learning the length
Of the brain fibres which extend In every
direction frop the medulla oblongata.
aWhen you know the <ell defined prin-
oiples Of phrenology you are able to locate
one mental organ after another and to
understand their functions. II those chairs
yondsr were filled with men I had never
seen before ! could tell you which was
analytical. which had logical power, which
was oriminally inclined.
sPhTenology, In other words, leads one
from oaverns Of thought as dark and mys-
terious 40 Erebus to the glaring light Of
complete understanding. Without excessive
cerebral effort, with just very small
amount Of effort intelligently directed by
the rules OF our science, all stupefaoient
problems arc made plain with neoromantic
suddenness. Ths mental blindness which
olinss TO most people like oerements is .
crime which ought to DO punished.
.Iet mo tell you about the practical value
Of knowing heads. Young men who
haven't been able to decide upon their
careers. girls who are contemplating mat
Eimony. lawyers who want to learn how
to size up clients. judges and juror: clergy
men who want to measure the members Of
their flock more accurately. politicians
who may lose q vote IL they don't hit q
newcomer In tho ward Just right. teachers
who earnestly desire to know their pupils
and to help them into the right paths in
life. and men and women who Gee what q
big bu siness we phrenologists are doing
and want to get into the game themselves
all Of these and many others are trying to
learn more about their own and other
peoples emotions. ambitions. propensities
and talents.
"A merchant who wss recently the VIC
tim Of q svindler has taiken up the study
he had been able TO read character he
wouldn't have been trapped by thst fake
promoter.
Another msp knows all about figures
and has made his fortune by shaving about
foTr mills q the exPenss Of handling each
But be never paid much attention to the
study OF men and has been very unfortu-
nate in his relations with his employees.
AT last he 70 awakened to the fact that
he's got 70 learn how 20 read character.
him Ia on tho simpie mysteries Of which
We phrenologfsts are nnaskers. He's getting
along well for man Of his years. s,4.i
VI IHwysp are 10 thg majority of studmts
Of phrenoiogy now. think. They have
SoSy SoSSse s. " oss oos. 0isso nso man sSy
oflce and outlines his grievance. The
lawyer finds that Il viii mean for the client
q long legal battle. The man says: Let 'er
g.; e.; I'm IN n It to :tay; 5 M III fight to the % last
they'll never drive me out And II the
lawyer knows his phrenology he can ait right
there In his chair, study the boastful clients
head and determine positively whether or
not he's telling the truth.
valuable absolutely. AZ / said before,
obnubilation Of the mind Is cleared up by II.
eolosion Of hidden inteIlects Ii effected by
II, stupefaoisnt problems arc
did you cay somsthing about preachers
. while aRof' anked the visitor
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tion and turning to q chart Of the head
Of Henry Ward Beechsr. though he didn't
refer to It In his explanation. said:
There is Q retired minister in Boston.
educated in phrenology here. who is getting
rioh; He s dos s general sr;a, phrsnScloESsl rem %
readings. but the most interesting part Of
his establishment is bureau where other
may get aid.
sLots Of ministers who feel that they are
not a. successful al they should be seek
sSnps CI Sesn ,nissr Sas
better able TO advise them than the average.
Many pastors get into wrong lines Of min
isterial work. take up duties for which
they are not fitted temperamentally These
errors q good phrenologist can avoid.
There are some ministers. for example,
who are specially well adapted to perform
the important social duties devolving upon
the clergy In certain parishes but are tied
down to administrative work connected
with missions and the like. Some who are
endowed with faculties that would make
them excellent managers and organizers
but have little literary ability or imagina-
don are doomed to deliver profound and
polished sermons.
sThe Boston man is Strengthening out
many of these misplaoements and prevent
ing others. And many ministers, seeing
how ano other's ability 10 read their mind has
helped them. decide TO take up the study Of
he pastor to Judge his congregations men
Ial status and demands and TO give IL the
sort Of sermons it win like, but 1t enables |
him TO know which Of the trustees should be |
laolkled for raise Of salary or q special va
cation allowance.
you IKE 10 be master OF iti Now l can I
dive you a course Of thirty lessons that viii