The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-27

was genuine Coror. Ny TTlenc Iound
out afcerward that he had been duped.
Proceedings were threatened, but I'm
derwood managed TO hush the affair
By returning part Of the money"
In another part OF the room couple
were discussing Mr.. JeHries as he
stood talking with Judge Brewster.
did you notice how Mr.. Jefrries has
aged recently? He no longer seems
the same man
NO wonder. after all the trouble
he's had. OF course you know what a
disappointment his son turned out?"
"a scamp, understand. Married a
chorus girl and all that sort OF thing. e
Not exactly, but almost as bad.
The girl was waitress or something
Ike that in restaurant. She's very
common; her father died in prison.
You can imagine the blow to old JET.
fries. He turned the boy adrift and
left him to shift for himself"
Alicia approached her husband, who
was stiIl talking with Judge Brewster.
She was leaning on the arm Of tall,
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
and his detestable police methods. .
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 eourteously:
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 were 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.
we 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 1t could ever be applied to our
practical everyday life. but OF late we
have made remarkable strides. Al.
though It is comparatively new
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 hui
man brain. In my laboratory IN Cali.
rornis alone have as many as twen-
ty rooms hung with electric wires and
equipped with all the necessary In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 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
" devoted to delving into mysteries
OF the human brain! 1t is wonderful"
He was silent for a moment, then
he said:
1T 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 1t help me, the lawyer"
DR.. Bernstein smiled.
You gentlemen OF the law have al
ways scoted at the very suggestion
of bringing psychology to your aid,
but just think. sir. how enormously It
might aid you in cross-examining a
witness. You can tell with almost
scientific accuracy II the witness is
telling lies or the truth, and the same
would be clear to the Judge and the
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