The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-31
4 GREAT SCHEME.

What Is human energy. and what are its Limitations? How can 1t be measured or estimated7 There Is mem tai and physical energy. but who can tell the power of eitherf These and other questions of like nature have puzzled the wisest men of all the ages. but none has been able to find the answer, Now, however. we are told that what is called an energy ma chine" has been perfected at the Car nesie Nutrition Laboratory in Boston. and great things are promised and predicted for it.
 Not only Is this machine credited with registering human pulsebeats. respiration and temperature" says The Manchester Union. "but 1t is said to measure the amount of energy in- volved in the several bodily functions. whether the patient be awake Or asleep. Furthermore. if the claims made for 1t are reliable. the amount of energy furnished to the human sys- tenn by pound of beef steak. and egg omelet. or vegetable soup can be determined to an absolute figure by the use of this machine
 But this is not ali It .s predicted for the near future that. by means Of this machine or one very like it. the amount of human energy required to perform any kind Of work. the amount and quantity of food necessary to sus- tain the subjects strength during that performance. the possibilities of any person for mental and physical work. the limitation in figures of any indi- vidusl's heart. lung and kidney action. and . large number of other details which have hitherto been obtainabIe only in general terms. can be given accurately in figures"
 Here. now. b sonaething really worth while. is it not? A machine that will tell us just how much mental and physical energy we possess. how much is necessary for us to sxpend to accomplish any given task. and how much and what kind of food we must eat in order to store up the power or energy needed to accomplish any given mental or physical job: all that Is promised us. and Is what humanity stands badly in need of. When these machines gre perfected and their use becoiies general it will save us an incalculable amount of trouble.
 Many q man has died from mental strain and physical overwork whose life could have been prolonged if ho could have told just how much energy was needed to accomplish the work and what he must eat and drink to ac- cumulate and store up the needed power. Many a good housewife has gone to her grave through worrying over domestic affairs when. if she had possessed one of these machines. she could have taken her seat. eaten enough eggs or beef to produce the energy required and then gone ahead and finished her work with no danger of over-exertion.
 It is a great scheme and gives promise of great things, but while the machine is registering the energy of human beings. one is led to inquire or wonder if 1t can register and regu- late it's own. In other words, can a machine be made that will be infaI- lible? As man himself is not perfect, even so we cannot hope that he can invent or make 8 perfect machine. The doctors frequently tell their patients of the danger of over-exertion, and may tell them just how much they can hope to accomplish without danger to themselves. but the doctors are not infallible either. They make mistakes. and the energy machines may slip . cog and cause trouble. stlll. we re- peat that 1t is a great scheme, worthy of Boston.