The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-26

Proceedings we're threatened, but In
derWood managed to hush the affair
by returning part Of the money
In another part Of the room a couple
were discussing Dir. Jeffries as he
, stood talking with Judge Brewster.
Did You notice how Mr.. Jeffries has
aged recently? He no longer seems
the same man"
NO wonder, after all the trouble
he's had. OF course you know what 4
disappointment his son turned out?"
"A scamp. I understand. Married q
chorus girl and all that sort Of thing. 4"
Not 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 JEFF
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 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
We 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 courteousIy:.
"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-
choiogy. Do you know he went
on earnestly. there's a lot in that
We have stin much to learn in that
direction"
Il think" said DR. Bernstein, quiet
iy. that we're only On the threshold
Of wonderful discoveries"
Pleased to find that her two dfstfn-
guished guests were congenial, Alicia
left them to themselves and Joined
her other guests.
Yes" said the lawyer musinxiy.
man has studied for centuries the
mechanism Of the body. but he has
neglected entirely the mechanism of
the mind"
DR.. Bernstein smiled approyingiy.
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quickly. People are beginning to
look upon psychology seriously. Up
to comparatively recently the Iayman
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
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
foTnia alone have as many as TWEEN
ty rooms hung with electric wires and
equipped with all the necessary in
Observation-Disclosures, kymograph,
and ergographs - in
struments which enable US TO meas
ure and record the human brain as
accurately as the Bertillon system"
Really you astonish me-" ex-
the judge. This is most In
terestfng. Think Of laboratories sole |
ly devoted to delying into mysteries
Of the human brain. It Is wonderful"
He was silent for 3 moment, then |
be said:
1T is quite plain. think. that !
psychology can prove most useful in |
medicine. 1t is. l take It, the very /
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 seoffed 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 IL the witness Is
.elling 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
observation you could /
the jury that your client.
who was about to be convicted on cir.
'umstantial evidence alone, was really
innocent of the crime of which he was
.harged. Why. sir. the road which
opens UP to the lawyer
5 well-nigh bounGless- Don't you use
he Bertillon system to measure the
'ody? Don't you rely on thumb prints
o identify the hand? How do you
now that We psychologists are not
BILE to-day to test the individual diff
erences of menF"
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