Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

Did you notice how Mr.. Jeffrles has
aged recently? He no longer seems
the same man."
mo wonder, after all the trouble
he's had. OF curse you know what q
disappointment his son turned QUIT"
"a scamp, l understand. Married a
chorus girl and all that sort of thing"
mot exactly, but almost as bad.
The girl was a waitress or something
like that in a 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 still talking with Judge Brewster.
She was leaning on tile arm Of a tall,
handsome man with a dark Van Dyke
beard.
"Who are you discussing with such
INTEREST,"" she demanded, as she cane
up with her escort.
"We we're 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 c~ourteously:
1.-THE fame of Judge Brewster has
spread to every state in the union"
A faint smile spread over the facs
of the famous lawyer as he extended
his hand:
1--WE 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 a lot in that
We have still much to learn In that
direction"
II 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.
Eyes," 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 tc
look upon psychology seriously. UI
to comparatively recently the laymaI
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 oul
practical everyday life, but Of late w
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 II
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 Call
fornia alone l have as many as twep
ty rooms hung with electric wires anC
equipped with all the necessary In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ~kymograph
ta~chistoscopes and ergographs = in
struments which enable us to meat
ure and record the human brain q
accurately as the Bertillon system"
Really, you astonish mel" ez
claimed the Judge. This is most in
teresting. Think of laboratories sole
ly devoted to delving into mysterie
of the human brain! 1t is wonderful!
He was silent for a moment, the
he said:
at Is quite plain, l think, tina
psychology a prove most useful
medicine. 1t is, l take it, the yer
, foundation of mental healing, but wha
else would it do for humanity? Flo
instance, can it help me, the lawyer?
, DR.. Bernstein smiled.
you gentlemen of the law have q
= ways scoffed at the very suggestio
Of bringing psychology to your ait
: but just think, sir, how enormously
. might aid you in cross-examining
: witness. You can tell with almoF
scientific accuracy if the witness
telling lies or the truth, and the sam
would be clear to the judge and tn
; Jury. Just think how your power
would be increased if by your skill !
b psychological observation you coul
convince the jury that your ellen
who was about to be convicted on CT
3 cumstantial evidence alone, was reall
a innocent OF the crime of which he wa
charged. Why, sir, the road whiC
psychology opens up to the lawye
is well-nigh boundlesS. Don't you ui
I the Bertillon system to measure II
body? Don't you rely on thumb prin'
) to identify the hand? How do yc
D know that we psychologists are n
able to-day to test the Individual d
, ferences of menu"
/ (To BE CoNTINUED.)