The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-03

Benin Bhrcagh IL the name of Dr.
Bells summer home at Baddeck, Nova
Scotia, and hence the name of the
journal. This journal Is issued IN
typewritinG. and there are only FIVE
copies ono of these copies goes to
the records of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. and the others are distributed
in different places. so that there may
he no danger of loss by fire or lood.
This digest has now been issued for
five years. and the work already COM
pr:ses thirteen volumes, each of which
IS as thick as the ordinary law book,
having pages as large as those of an
old family Bible. Each volume con-
tains 500 pages. and roughly estimated
about 100000 words In the whole
thirteen volumes there are more than
100000 words, and these represent
the condensation OF the workings OF
Or. Bells mind for the past five years
only. In addition are the manuscript
notes of more than twenty years pre-
cedinG, constituting altogether a mass
OF material the contemplation OF
which makes the mind of the ordinary
man buzz like an electric fan.
wish could show you these books
The thirteen volumes comprise the
working OF DR.. Bells mind after he
had passed the Or Osler period Take
for Instance, volume II, giving the
last three months OF 1909 The index
10 the volume covers twenty pages,
and the subjects include, among other
things. experiments on aerial naviga-
ton ideas as TO the scientific breed =
ing of sheep, and as TO the utilization
OF waste heat. suG gcstions for n new
metric system for the United States.
experiments on preserving foods in
parai'in. notes on eUgcnics and the de-
tailed biological history of cat
As looked over this book, / asked
or Eel as to whether his mind work :
ed as we'll now as in the past. lie
replied
u have never felt stronger intel.
lectuaiiy My mind has a greater
power OF concentration than 1t ever
mad ii seems to be quicker. and 1t
does not tire along the lines in which
am Interested. sometimes work
| Tor eighteen hours ut a stretch"
| Later IN the conversation. l asked
! br. Bell rs TO his habits of work He
follows the same program he has al
ways used. His afternoons and
evenings arc devoted TO social and
/ business engagements. and 81 is ONLY
( some hours after dinner that he be-
/ gins his intellectual work His hes,
work is done at night, and he tells me
+ that his mind is at it's brightest from
I midnight on He Is then free from
Interruptions and can give his soul &c
/ abstract thought and scientific !nven-
ton Until very recently he has not
/ gone to bed until O'Clock In the
morning, and his prescn; time of re.
firing is a little after 5. lie sleep.
from until 10 or II, and nnds that
this j. all that he needs He sleep.
out ~ doors. lie has an open-ail
porch back OF his library. and he use.
this as his bedroom. He hae no troubl,
/ in sleeping, Notwithstanding the porcf
is right over n playground where ,
little Mont"ssori school OF boys ant
girls arc making the usual noises O.
children ranging in age from four Il
eight years He says that the nois,
affects him much the same as that o
sleeping car one gets used To il
nd the mind takes no note OF IT,
This program FOR six days OF tn,
week goes on regularly. except whcr
Or. Bell becomes especially interested
IN some subject Al such times h,
may not go 10 bed at all, but vii
continue his work until he has com
pletcd that stage Of his thought o.
Investigation. He may work far o,
into the day going for hours withou
sleep. and then sleeping for man,
hours at stretch 10 make It m
have said TOR six days OF tn,
week He has one day in every sever
which Ia entirely devoted to his owr