El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30

was still talking with Judge Brewster
handsome man with dark Van Dyke
beard.
who are you discussing with such
INTEREST,"" she demanded, as she came
up with her escort
I'VE were talking of Capt Clinton
said the banker.
Judge said Alicia, turning to the
lawyer. ALLOW me to introduce DR.
Bernstein. Doctor, this is Judge
Brewster"
The stranger bowed low, as he re.
piled courteously:
1.-THE fame of Judge Brewster has
spread to every state in the union"
A faint smile spread over the face
of the famous lawyer as he extended
his hand:
i've often heard of you, too, doc.
tor. I've been reading with great in
terest your book, Experimental Psy-
chology' Do you know" he went
on earnestly. there's lot in that.
We have still much to learn in that
direction"
81 think" said Dr.. Bernstein, quiet
ly, that we're only on the threshold
of wonderful discoveries"
Pleased to find that her two distin-
guished guests we're congenial, Alicia
left them to themselves and joined
her other guests.
YES" said the lawyer musingly,
man has studied for centuries the
mechanism of the body, but he has
neglected entirely the mechanism Of
the mind
DR.. Bernstein smiled approvingly.
I'VE are just waking up" he replied
quickly. People are beginning to
look upon psychology seriously Up
to comparatively recently the layman
has regarded psychology as the do.
main of the philosopher and the
dreamer. 1t did not seem possible
that it could ever be applied to our
practical everyday life, but of late we
have made remarkable strides Al
"
science, you will probably be aston
ished to learn that there are to-day in
the United States so psychological
laboratories. That is to say, work
shops fully equipped with every de-
vice known for the probing of the hu-
man brain. In my laboratory in Cali
fornia alone / have as many as TWEEN
ty rooms hung with electric wires and
equipped with all the necessary in
struments- chronOscopes, kymograph,
tachistoscopes and ergographs = in
struments which enable us to meas
ure and record the human brain as
accurately as the Bertillon system"
Really, you astonish mel" ex-
claimed the Judge. This is most in
teresting Think of laboratories sole
ly devoted to delving into mysteries
of the human braini 1t is wonderful"
He was silent for a moment, then
he said:
TT is quite plain, think, that
psychology can prove most useful in
medicine. 1t is, l take it, the very
foundation of mental healing, but what
else would it do for humanity? For
instance, can it help me, the lawyer"
Dr.. Bernstein smiled.
You gentlemen of the law have al
ways scoffed at the very suggestion
of bringing psychology to your aid,
but just think, sir, how enormously 1t
might aid you in cross-examining
witness You can tell with almost
scientific, accuracy if the witness is
telling lies or the truth, and the same
would be clear to the Judge and the
jury. Just think how your powers
would be increased if by your skill in
psychological observation you could
convince the jury that your client,
who was about to be convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence alone, was really
innocent of the crime of which he was
charged. Why, sir, the road which
psychology opens up to the lawyer
is well-nigh boundless. Don't you use
the Bertillon system to measure the
body? Don't you rely on thumb prints
to identify the hand? How do you
know that We psychologists are not
able to-day to test the individual diff
ferences of men?"
In word" laughed the judge
you mean that any one trained TO
read my mind can tell just what's
passing in my brain?"
Precisely" replied the doctor with
a sfDilo Hfho nSvoholoOiSt CON tell with