Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-15

rTow do you wear your hat? DO you jam it on
the back of your head, wear IT sedately straight
up down. tilt it ear? This de-
tail of daily demeanor has become worth watching,
along with number of other minor matters, because
of the of investigators they develop
ing in Europe likely read your past and your
character in it,
The new European experts have been conhning
application of their work largely criminal science
far, but their methods by any intolli-
gent man in his daily business They tell you aow
to read what the other fellow Is thinking and feeling
especially when he wants you believe thinking
and feeling something else When you put price
piece of land and the buyer almost Of
in surprise tell IL know what look for.
whether that surprise is real When you
the head of your department for raise, and he is
Mortified you want to know whether the horror Is
uine or assumed.
The methods are based on the fact that there
is part of usthe subconscious part-that largely
beyond our control. The more we are interested in
something else the the subconscious goes
sweet way. And for every emotion subcon scious
mind sets in motion little gesture some apparently
unimportant little twitoh face turn of the mead
change of the eye The real personality.
Smith, has nothing to say about those little gestures
He can't stop them. II you know what to look for
you can come pretty close to the truth about John
Smith
In Europe this science of gestures has been
applied to the court Experience proved
il is entirely beyond powers Of the average man TO
describe thing the he actually IL. Days
are spent in hearing testimony which is absolutely
untrustworthy. Lawyers able TO great deal
OF time by employing their knowledge Of typical
gestures. When a makes a resolution he suddenly
congresses his lips and makes slight backward
ton of the body When you resolve that you are going
to perform certain action you your lips and per-
haps push back chair. Then you begin to think
it out You not imagine yourself making an I'm
portant resolution vita mouth The lawyer
then, watching the prisoner detects sudden compress
sion of the lips and almost mperceptible backward
movement of the body the moves in his chair
The last piece of evidence brought forward by Wit
declared that the prisoner seen at certain
place at certain time The lawyer that
the accused has resolved to deny 1t.
thing is noticeable with the jury When
juryman in his chair with his lips closely
set it is conclusive proof that he has formed his opin
ion and that thereafter nothing change it. BY the
nature evidence preceding this attitude the GRIM
inal lawyer determine what that opinion il. II
condemnatory, the verdict will be guilty If favorable,
he will vote for acquittal
The always nfallibe barometsrs of the
and contracts under great mental stress A man may
exception of his eyes, the pupils of which will
be contracted and have Immature glitter. Sparkling
always indication inward hysteria, the
sparkle in reality being intensified secretion of
tears. .........
The quick closing of the eyes is indicative Of
pleasant The produces the knife of the
accused which found the the murder
The in the dock instantly wells his eyes ana