The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-02-01

mot exactly, but almost as bad
The girl was waitress or something
like that In a restaurant. She's verv
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 a 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 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 a 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-
guisned guests were congenial. Alicia
left them to themselves and Joined
her other guests.
yes" said the lawyer musinglv-
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 wa
have made remarkable strides. AL
though 1t is a comparatively new
science, you will probably be aston
ished to learn that there are to-day I'm
the United States 80 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
fornia alone | have as many as TWEEN
ty rooms hung with electric wires and
equipped with all the necessary in
Observation-Disclosures, kymograph.
lachistoscopes 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
-eresting. Think Of laboratories sole
y devoted to delving into mysteries
II the human brainl 1t is wonderful,"
He was silent for moment. then
lie said:
II Is quite plain, think, that
psychology can prove most useful in
medicine. 1t is, | take It, the very
oundation of mental healing. but what
Use would 1t do for humanity? For
Instance. can 1t help me, the lawyer?-
Or. Bernstein smiled.
You gentlemen OF the law have al
rays scoffed at the very suggestion
I bringing psychology to your aid.
ut Just think. sir. how enormously II
hight aid you in cross-examining a
'itness. You can tell with almost
clentific accuracy if the witness is
'iiing lies or the truth. and the same
ould be clear to the Judge and the
Try. Just think how your powers
ould be increased II by your skin in
sociological observation you could
'nVince the jury that your client
no was about to be convicted on cir
lmstantial evidence alone, was really
nocent OF the crime of which he was
larged. Why. sir. the road which
ychology opens up to the LAWYER
wel-nigh boundless. Don't Won use
e bertlllon system to measure the
'dy! Don't you rely on thumb prints
Identity the hand, How do you
low mat we Psychologists are ncx
lie today to test the individual diff
rences OF men?"
Cro BE CoNTINUED.) t