The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-20
Gossip By
Rambler

dates back from the time OF the flood
-has been taken up by many of our
prominent scientist and professional
men In many instances their the
cries on the subject has been eX
ploded, but the general study OIL
and phsycology, is a part
Of the curriculum in our leading uni
versities. There is one man in Hot
Springs. a visitor who has made
life study Of character analysis and he
has the subject mastered in his opin
ion. This man is l.. n Mccormick
millionaire real estate dealer OF Chi
caeo and related to the McCormicks
inventors of the famous Mccormick
reapers
Mr. Mccormick is a busy man. but
the study of phsycology is hobby
with him, and he has taken time to
give this subject careful study He
has often made trips abroad to OBJ
tain text books the subjects of phren-
olosy and phsycology and has also
collected death masks OF men in va
rious walks of life. In his study
in Chicago. Mr Mccormick has hang
ing on his walls the death masks OF
Napoleon, scientists, professional men,
crooks and even murderers lie OBJ
tanned the casts, in order to familiar
ize himself with every character
known to the world Mr. Mccormick
has made a study Of his subject for
forty years and Is. considered the
leading authority of character analy-
sis. He loves the subject; not from
a remuneratiye standpoint, but from
the standpoint of a man of science.
One who wishes to re- establish this
great study, in its proper form. And
for this reason, he has been working
on a book for the past eight years
which ne expects viii be ready far
publication within a year
Mr.. Mccormick, is IA pleasant faced,
florid -compleXioned man and has
laughing mellow blue eys He has
made a success in the business world
and is one of the oig men of the
country He was seated in the lobby
of the Arlington hotel, when Rambler
approached him And Mr. McCor-
mick quickly extended his hand Of
welcome and although modest, was
willing to talk on any subject which
would he of general interest to the
public at large.
Character analysis is my hobby
and if YOU wish TO listen to the va
rious phases of this science, ! viii be
perfectly willing to talk" said Mr.
Mccormick
Then the Chicago man. who owns
several office buildings in Chicago.
which tower like monuments to his
credit, delved into his fayorite sub
ject
Ever since I was a boy, I realized
that ! could study character. ! have
made it my business to obtain all of
the scientific books I could on the
subject" continued the Chicagoan.
'Of course there have been many fax
irs, exploiting phsycology. but the two
men whose text booSs on the subject
Of character analysis have never been
surpassed are Gall and LaVater Gan
was a prominent European physician
and gave TO the world the study OF
phrenology TaVater famous min
lister was the great physiogomist.
These two men in my opinion only
studied half of the egg and therefore
their theories which took years to
develop. We're never mastered Had
either of them taken the head as O
whole and devoted their time to the
same study, then I believe the sub
ject of character analysis, would have
been conquered. Now this is what
am attempting to do after forty years
of study. intend to blend these two
into one and J am of the firm
belief that the question of character
which is a most interesting one
will-at last have been solved on sci
entific lines"
Mr. Mccormick related several in
cidents in his travels where he read
the character of men and women and
proved that he was correct in his an
alyisis This study is a part of his
life He enjoys it as much as an en-
.husiastic golfer loves the links In
his Chicago home among the DEATH
masks, are those of Burke and Hare
two notorious murderers who oper
ated in London many years ago.
These two men would seize a man in
White Chapel district, and smother
him to death and then sell the bodies
to medical colleges. The police fin
ally trapped the men. One turned
kings evidence. and was sentenced to
life Imprisonment and the other was
hanged
Mr. Mccormick has the larges til
brary on the subject Of character an
alysis in the world. He picked up
the books in his world travels Trus-
ees OF the Princeton University have
offered Mr. Mccormick the famous
collection OF death masks at that uni
7crsity to aid him in his book. but
Mr. Mccormick thankfully refused
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