, 1910-06-02

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He's conspicuous by his absence.
Do o know what | heard the Other
day? | was told that Underwood had
again been caught cheating at cards
and %summarily expelled from the club
kicked out. so to speak"
I'm not at all surprised. | always
sad my doubts about him. He in
luced a friend of mine to buy a pic
tIre, and got a tremendous price for
Il on the false representation that it
was a genuine Corot. My friend found
out afterward 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 a couple
were discussing Mr.. Jeffries as he
stood talking with Judge Brewster.
Did you notice how Mr.. Jeffries has
aged recently? He no longer seems
the same man"
mo 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"
Not exactly, but almost as bad.
The girl was a waitress or something
Ike that in a restaurant. She's very
common: her father died in prison
Tou can imagine the blow to old JEFF
tries. He turned the boy adrift and
eft him to shift for himself"
Alicia approached her husband, who
vas still talking with Judge Brewster.
She was leaning on the arm of a tall,
handsome man with a dark Van Dyke
beard.
Who are you discussing with such
!~nterest?" she demanded, as she came
'.p with her escort.
I'VE were talking of Capt. Clinton
AID 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-
pied c~ourteously:
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
hts hand:
I've often heard of you, too, doc
-sf. I've been reading with great in
terest your book, Experimental Psy-
.aolsgy.' Do you know" he went
Oh earnestly, there's a lot in that.
We have still much to learn in that
direction"
Il think said DR.. Bernstein, quiet
u, that we're only on the threshold
or wonderful discoveries"
Pleased to find that her two distin-
guished guests were cougenial, 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
tine 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 it could ever be applied to our
practical everyday life, but of late we
have made remarkable strides. AL
though it is a 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 nu-
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.
kymograph,
lachistGscopes and ergographs 49, in
struments which enable us to meas
ure and record the human BRAN 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 brain! 1t is wonderful
He was silent for a moment, then
he said:
1T is quite plain, think, that
psychology a prove most useful in
medicine. IL is, l take II, 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 It
might aid you in cross-examining a
witness. You ear 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. lust tnInk now 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