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In Complete Accord .With Secretary
Fisher—Would Lease Portion
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Washington, D. C. — President
Taft’s next message to congress will
deal with the conservation of natural
resources. It is expected that it will
6YNOP8IS.
be sent in next week, and a recent
cabinet meeting was devoted largely
H o w a rd J e ffrie s, b a n k e r's son . un d er
the ev il Influence o f R o b e r t U n d e rw o o d ,
to a consideration of the recommend­
a fe llo w -s tu d e n t a t Y a le, leads a life o f
ations to be made. It developed that
J laslpatlon. m a rrie s the d a u g h te r o f a
g a m b le r w h o died In p rison , an d la d is­
there is complete accord between Pres­
ow n ed b y his fa th e r. H e tries to get w o rk
and fa lls. A fo r m e r c o lle g e ch u m m ak es
ident Taft and Secretary of the Inter­
a b u sin ess p ro p o s itio n to H o w a rd w h ich
requires $ 2 , 0(10 ca s h , an d H o w a rd Is b roke.
ior Fisher as to the methods that
R o b e rt U n d erw ood , w h o had been re ­
pulsed by H o w a r d ’ s w ife , A nnie, In his
ought to be adopted and the legisla­
c o lle g e d a y s, Hnd ha d o n c e been e n g a g e d
ro
A licia ,
H o w a r d ’ s ste p m o th e r,
lias
tion that is essential to the safeguard­
a p a rtm e n ts at th e A stru rla . an d Is a p ­
ing of present interests and the in­
p a re n tly
In p ro s p e ro u s
circ u m sta n ce s .
H o w a rd re ca lls a $250 loan to U n d e rw o o d ,
terests o f future generations.
that rem a in s un paid, and d e cid e s to a sk
With the general subject o f con­
him f o r th e $2.000 h e needs. U n d e rw o o d ,
ta k in g a d v a n ta g e o f his In tim a cy w ith
servation goes the administration of
Mrs. J e ffrie s. Sr., b e co m e s a aort o f s o cia l
affairs in Alaska.
Indeed, it is with
h ig h w a y m a n . D is c o v e r in g his tru e c h a r ­
a
cte r she den ies him th e hou se.
respect to Alaska that the most press­
ing demand for conservation legisla­
CHAPTER IV.
tion is involved. It has been decided
to recommend substantially as follows:
The richly decorated
reception
The construction by the Federal gov­
rooms, brilliantly Illuminated with
ernment o f a central trunk line rail­
soft Incandescent lights artistically
road from tidewater to Tanana and
arranged behind banks of flowers,
Yukon, Alaska.
were filled with people. In the air
The passage of a liberal but care­
was the familiar buzz always present
CLARENCE S. DARROW
fully safeguarded leasing law, devel­
In a room where each person Is trying
opment o f mineral resources and es­ Who was chief counsel for the McNamara Brothers during their trial for dyna­ to speak at the same time. On all
pecially o f coal lands.
miting the Los Angeles Times, and who is now under indictment for ,
sides one beard fragments of Inept
The
reservation of a sufficient
bribery in connection with the trial.
conversation.
amount o f coal lands in Alaska to pro­
"So good of you to come! How well
vide for the future needs o f the navy
you're looking, my dear."
I
States
after
the
outbreak
of
hostil-
and the mining of coal by the govern­
“ My husband? Oh, he’s at the club,
I ities. With the rest of the army a
ment for this purpose.
playing poker, as usual.
He hates
l
mobile
force
is
to
be
organized
and
More liberal appropriations for the
music."
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among
about
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great
construction of roads and trails in
"I've such a terrible cold!"
£ V fJ’ A l t l l l I strategical points in the United
Alaska.
"Trouble with servants? 1 should
States, instead of scattered in 49.
The adoption of a form o f territorial
say so. I bounced my cook this morn­
government in Alaska better adapted
ing."
FLYERS WIN BIG MONEY.
to its remote situation and peculiar
“ Aren't these affairs awfully tire­
conditions.
some?"
Ono
Death
and
One
Bad
Accident
To­
Of the pros and cons o f the leusing
'I was so glad to come. I always
tal o f Los Angeles Meet.
system with respect to Alaska the
enjoy your musleales.”
country has been fully informed here­
Los Angeles — The Third interna­
'Dr. Bernstein coming? How per­
tofore. The commission government
fectly delightful. I'll ask him for bis
plan is one that aroused much opposi­ Concentration Is Keynote o f New tional aviation meet at Dominguez autograph.”
field was brought to a close Sunday
tion in certain congressional circles,
Plan— Greater Economy and
'What's psychology?"
after nine consecutive days of flying.
but after a full consideration it is the
‘Something to do with religion, 1
Availability Gained.
conviction o f the administration that
Approximately $30,000 will be dis­ think."
their plan offers the best solution of
tributed in prizes to the flyers. The
“Haven’t we been having dreadful
the problem.
greatest winners are Lincoln Beachey weather?"
Washington, D. C.— Secretary of and Phil O. Parmalee.
Weldon B.
“ I saw you at the opera."
CURRENT'8 COURSE NEW.
War Stimson, acting upon an exhaus­ Cooke, o f Oakland, won endurance
“ Doesn’t she look sweet?"
tive report from the general staff, has honors for the meet, with Farnum T.
“ Oh, I think It’s Just lovely."
decided
that
no
less
that
16,
and
prob­
Japan Stream Now Setting Closer to
Fish, the Los Angeles boy aviator,
People now arrived In quick succes­
ably 18, existing army posts should be second.
Alaska Coast.
sion and, forming little groups, the
abandoned nt once, in order to put an
Iteachey and Parmalee supplied the room soon presented an animated
Cordova, Alaska — A phenomenal end to the “ extravagance and ineffi­
change in the course o f the Japan ciency resulting from improper distri­ thrills, the former volplaning from a scene. The women In their smart
height estimated at 5,000 feet and gowns and the men In their black
current, which is now setting closer bution o f the mobile army.”
later darting through the air with his coats made a pleasing picture.
to the Alaska coast, was reported by
The posts condemned are Apache, hand outstretched far from the con­
'My dear Mrs. Jeffries, how do you
Captain J. C. Hunter, of the steam­ Arizona: Boise Barracks,
Iduho; trolling wheel.
do this evening?” exclaimed a rich,
ship Northwestern, and Captain P. A. Brady, Michigan; Clark, Texas; Geo.
Blanche Stuart Scott, the only wo­ deep voice.
Ohert, o f the steamship Edith. Cap­ Wright, Washington; Jay, New York;
The hostess turned to greet an el­
tain Hunter said the Northwestern was Lincoln, North Dakota; Logan, H. man avintor at the meet, made a
set 66 miles eastward ahead of the log Boots, Arkansas; McIntosh, Texas; flight in street costume as part of a derly and distinguished-looking man
running from Cape Flattery to Capo McKenzie, Wyoming; Madison Bar­ moving picture ¡drama and later en­ who had Just entered. Directly he
St. Elias, and the Edith was 2d miles racks, New York; Meade, South Da­ gaged in “ ocean rolling” and “ kan­ came In voices were hushed, and on
every side one heard the whisper:
off her course running from Cape Om- kota,; Niagara, New York; Ontario, garoo hopping.”
The record broken at the meet was
‘There’s Judge Brewster, the fa­
maney to St. Elias.
New York; Wayne, Michigan; Whip­ for fancy flying—that for cutting
mous lawyer.”
No satisfactory explanation hus ple
Barracks,
Arizona;
William throe figure eights in succession.
There was a general craning of
been given of the change of current. Henry Harrison, Montana, and Yel­
Parmalee made the performance in necks to catch a glimpse of the emi­
One theory is that the recent volcanic lowstone, Wyoming.
1:05 1-2.
nent Jurist whose brilliant address to
disturbance ¡in the Alaska peninsula
Of Fort Apache, it is said a possi­
Perhaps the most noteworthy event the Jury In a recent cause celebre
may have thrown up some new island bility o f Indian trouble near this post
in the North Pacific which has swung still exists, and that Fort Jay might of the meet was the night flying, in had saved an Innocent man from the
which the practicability of the aero­ electric chair.
the current from its old course.
be retained as headquarters of the plane in warfare was demonstrated to
Richard Brewster was a fine ex­
eastern military prision.
the satisfaction o f the United States ample of the old school statesman-
Fire Chief Loses Life.
There is another formidable list of army and navy officers.
lawyer of the Henry Clay type. He
Walla Walla, -Wash. — Assistant posts which, while not recommended
belonged to that small class of public
Fire Chief Robert J. W olf was killed, for immediate abandonment, are de­
HAYWOOD CONDEMNED.
men who are Independent of all
Lieutenant William Davis dangor- clared not to be situated with a view
coteries, whose only ambition Is to
oasly burned, and approximately o f securing economy o f administration
$200,000 worth o f property was de­ and supply or a full measure of mil­ Labor Denounces Defender o f Mc­ servo their country well, who know
Namaras As Traitor.
no other duty than that dictated by
stroyed by fire in the Jones building, itary
effectiveness.
Consequently
■ three-story structure at Second and their garrisons will not he increased,
Denver William D. Haywood, ex- their oath and conscience. A bril­
Alder streets in the heart o f the busi­ and ultimately they will be withdrawn secretary of the Western Federation liant and forceful orator, there was
ness district.
to such points o f concentration as con­ of Miners, who is in Lawrence, Mass., no office In the gift of the nation that
The fire was the worst Walla Walln gress may designate.
These points working in the cause of the striking might not have been hts for the ask­
has had for a quarter o f a century. are Ethan Allen. Vermont; Plattsburg textile workers, was denounced by the ing, but he had no taste for politics.
For six hours it raged uncontrolled, Barracks, New York; Robinson, Ne­ Denver trades and labor assembly as After serving with honor for some
years on the bench he retired Into
and at times it was thought certain braska; Missoula, Montana; Logan, an enemy o f organized labor.
parts o f the business district sur­ Colorado.; Douglas, Utah, and D. A.
The resolution attacking Haywood prlvato practice, and thereafter hls
rounding would be burned.
was adopted after evidence had been name became one to conjure with In
Russell, Wyoming.
The latter post is shown to have presented that Haywood had been the law courts. By sheer power of
Naval Uplift Rejected.
cost to date $4,926,486.
It is said quoted correctly in the newspapers re­ hls matchless oratory and unanswer­
New York— It has become known not to he situated with a view to max­ cently when lie made statements at­ able logic he won case after case for
hls clients and It Is a tribute to hls
that the Navy department, following imum economy or strategic effective­ tacking the American federation of name to record the plain fact that In
labor
because
o
f
its
withdrawal
of
ness.
a report by the board of inquiry, has
The principal object is to dispose of support from the McNamaras follow- all hls career he never championed a
decided against the proposition for the
the
present small army with distinct I ing their pleas o f guilty in the Los cause of which he need be ashamed.
government to take over the restau­
reference
to its mission in case of i Angeles dynamiting case. Haywood's Powerful financial Interests had at­
rant in the New York navy yard. The
This first involves adequate remarks were branded as incendiary tempted to secure his services by of­
restaurant was started for the benefit war.
fers of princely retainers, but with­
of employes at the yard by Miss Anne forces for foreign garrisons, which and unworthy o f a man connected out success. He fought the trusts bit­
witli
organized
labor.
cannot
be
reinforced
from
the
United
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Morgan, daughter of J. P. Morgan,
terly every time he found them op­
three years ago. Miss Morgan. Mrs.
pressing hls profession.
Wu
Threatens
Hostilities.
Thirty
Indictments
Expected.
Rosalie Rand, Mrs. Frances E. Bacon
Alicia advanced with extended hand.
Pekin The Pekin government is
Indianapolis The Federal grand
and other prominent women visited
"This Is Indeed kind. Judge," she ex­
the navy yard and looked over the res­ jury which has been investigating the trying to obtain an extension o f the claimed with a gracious smile.
“I
taurant.
dynamiting conspiracy will begin im­ armistice, but Wu Ting Fang, repub­ hardly dared hope that my poor musi-
mediately what is expected to be the lican minister of justice at Shanghai, cale would be so honored.”
French Steamer Seized.
The old lawyer smiled good-humor­
last week o f its work.
Within a has telegraphed, threatening to renew
Tunis—The small French passenger week, it is believed the jury will be hostilities unless abdication is ac­ edly as he replied gallantly:
“ I don't know much about music,
steamer Tavignano, which takes the ready to consider the indictments. complished. Three thousand more of
mails from Tunis to towns on the east Reports about the district attorney's Yuan Shi Kai's troops have arrived m'm; 1 came to see you.” Looking
coast o f Tunis, was arrested by Italian office are that at least 30 indictments in Pekin, bringing the total up to around he added: “ You've got a nice
torpedo boats and taken to Tri|>oli, have been drawn up. District Attor­ 7,000 men. Tiah Lang, former Tar­ place here."
He spoke In hls characteristic man­
where she is being held.
ney Miller said that the indictments, tar general at Nanking, who has been
if any are returned, will be secret, the opposed strongly to Premier Yuan, has ner—short, nervous, explosive sen­
Paris— Up to a late hour the gov­ names o f those indicted being withhold tied from Pekin and is supposed to tences, which had often terrified hls
opponents In courL
have gone to Tien Tsin.
ernment had not been advised officially until arrests are made.
"Lawyers are
such
flatterers."
of the seisure of the Tavignano. The
laughed Alicia as she nervously fanned
action of the Italians seems at first
Taft May Suspend Rate.
Big Fteel Orders Placed.
sight to be totally inexplicable, the
Washington. D. C. President Taft herself, and looked around to see If
New York—The principal features
steamer being seised not on the high o f interest in the steel trade last week mnv intervene to effect a suspension her guests were watching.
"Lawyers only flatter when they
s, but in Tunisian waters.
were the release of large orders for of the War department's order to in­
rails and bridges by railroads, an ad­ crease the rate on west bound freights want to," Interrupted Mr. Jeffries,
Old Crime Torments Him.
vance of |1 a ton in the price o f wire on the Panama railroad from $9 to who had Just Joined the group.
Alicia turned to greet a new arrival
Eureka, Cal.--Tormentod bv a kill­ products, a revival in marine work $10 on February 4.
Representative
ing committed, he says, 19 years ago and signs of greater activity in struc­ Know land has conferred with the and the lawyer continued chatting
in Kentucky, J. W. Cray, who came tural contracts.
The United States president on the matter and, though with hls hosL
"1 suppose you'll take a rest now.
here a week ago from Texas, surren­ government awnrded contracts for 2>,- knowl ind would not tell o f the result
dered to the Eureka police and asked 000 tons o f armor plate for the battle­ o f the e >nference, it is understood that after your splendid victory," said the
that the Kentucky authorities be noti­ ships Nevada and Oklahoma.
The President Taft said he would speak to I banker.
Judge Brewster shook hts head
fied. The police at first were skep­ American Hawaiian steamship com­ Secretary o f War Stimson with a view
tical of the story, but by chance a pany is about to place orders for five o f having the order suspended until dubiously.
“ No. sir, we lawyers never rest.
man was found here who had knowl­ more vessels.
I California shippers present arguments.
We can’t No sooner Is one case dls-
edge o f the case and identified (¡ray.
poaed of than another crops up to
Word was then sent to the Kentucky
Wabvth to Be Improved.
Loot From Bank $4,003.
officials.
New York — Simultaneously with claim our attention. The trouble with
Vancouver, B. C.— It is learned
that the two unmasked holdup men the statement that Frederick Delano, this country Is that ws have too
much law. If I were to be guilty of
Fruit to Ba Quarantined.
who robbed the Hillcrest branch o f the president and one o f the receivers of
Sacramento — State Horticultural Boyal Bank of Canada, last week, got ' the Wabash railroad, was in New an epigram 1 would say that the coun­
Commissioner Cook has declared a away with 64,000 instead o f only $1.- | York arranging for an issue of $5,- try has so much law that It Is prac­
quarantine against Mexico, prohibit­ 999. as given out at first by the bank j 000,000 receiver's certicfiates for im­ tically lawless.'’
“ So you're preparing another case,
ing the shipping of guavas and man­ officials. Had the holdup occurred a provement*. the " independent” com­
goes from that country and requiring day sooner a much larger amount mittee of the road's refunding and ex- eh?" said Mr. Jeffries, Interested.
the fumigation o f oranges shipped into would have t>een lost, as on that day teT-ion bondholders announced that "What Is It—a secret r
"Oh, n o!" answered the lawyer,
California either by rail or steamer. the branch had $16.000 on hand, but they had agreed to finance the im-
The order is aimed at the so-called t$e money was transferred to the ' provementa and would seek the im- “the newspapers will be full of It In
a day or two. We are going to bring
. mediate foreclosure o f the mortgage.
main bank at the close o f the day.
orange fly o f Mexico.
ADVISES GENERAL
Secretary Stimson Would Aban­
don Many Small Posts.
“ I Don’t Know Much About Music, M'lti."
suit against the city. It’s really a
test case that should Interest every
citizen; a protest against the high­
handed actions of the police.”
The banker elevated hls eyebrows.
“Indeed.” he exclaimed.
“ What
have the police been doing now?”
The lawyer looked at hls client In
surprise.
“ Why, my dear sir, you must have
seen by the papers what’s been going
on In our city of late.
The papers
have been full of It. Police brutality,
Illegal arrests, assaults In station
houses, star-chamber methods that
would disgrace the middle ages. A
state of affairs exists to-day in the
city of New York which Is Inconceiv­
able. Here we are living In a civil­
ized country, every man’s liberty Is
guaranteed by the constitution, yet
citizens, as they walk our streets, are
In greater peril than the Inhabitants
of terror-stricken Russia. Take a po­
lice official of Capt. Clinton's type.
Hls only notion of the law 1 b brute
force and the night stick. A bully by
nature, a man of the coarsest Instincts
and enormous physical strength, he
loves to play the tyrant. In hls pre­
cinct he poses as a kind of czar and
fondly imagines he has the power to
administer the law Itself. By his
brow-beating tactics, Intolerable un­
der Anglo-Saxon government, he Is
turning our police force Into a gang
of ruffians who have the city terror-
stricken. In order to further hls polit­
ical ambitions he stops at nothing.
He lets the guilty escape when Influ­
ence he can't resist Is brought to
bear, but In order to keep up hts rec­
ord with the department he makes ar­
rests without the slightest Justifica­
tion. To secure convictions he manu­
factures, with the aid of his detec­
tives, all kinds of perjured evidence.
To paraphrase a well-known saying,
hls motto Is: ‘Convict—honestly, if
you can—but convict.' ”
"It is outrageous," said Mr. Jef­
fries. "No one can approve such
methods. Of course. In dealing with
the criminal population of a great
city, they cannot wear kid gloves, but
Capt. Clinton certainly goes too far.
What Is the specific complaint on
which the suit Is based?"
"Capt. Clinton,” replied the Judge,
“ made the mistake of persecuting a
young woman who happened to be the
daughter of a wealthy client of mine.
One of his detectives arrested her on
a charge of shoplifting.
The girl,
mind you. Is of excellent family and
Irreproachable character. My client
and hls lawyer tried to show Capt
Clinton that he had made a serious
blunder, but he brazened It out, claim­
ing on the stand that the girl was an
old offender. Of course, he was
forced at last to admit hls mistake
and the girl went free, but think of
the humiliation and mental anguish
she underwent! It was simply a
repetition of his old tactics. A convic­
tion. no matter at what cost.
"What do you hope to bring about
by this suit?”
“ Arouse public Indignation, and
If possible get Capt Clinton dismissed
from the force Hls record Is none too
savory. Charges of graft have been
made against him time and time
again, but so far nothing has been
proved. To-day ne is a man of wealth
on a comparatively small salary. Do
you suppose his money could have
come to him honestly?”
In another corner of the salon
stood Dr. Bernstein, the celebrated
psychologist, the center of an excited
crowd of enthusiastic admirer*.
Alicia approached a group of chat­
tering women. Each was more elab­
orately dressed than her neighbor,
and loaded down with rare gems.
They at once stopped talklug as their
hostess came up.
"It was so good of you to com e!”
said Alicia effusively to a fat woman
with impossible blonde hair and a
rouged face. "I want to Introduce Dr.
Bernstein to you."
“Oh. I shall be delighted." smiled
the blonde. Oushlngly she added:
"How perfectly exquisite you look to­
night, my dear."
“ Do you think so?" said Alicia,
pleased at the clumsy flattery.
"Your dress Is stunning and your
tiara simply gorgeous," raved another.
"Your musicales are always so de­
lightful," exclaimed a third.
At that moment Mr. Jeffries caught
his wife by the arm and drew her at­
tention to some newcomers. With a
laugh she left the group and hurried
toward the door. Directly she was
out of earshot, the three women be­
gan whispering:
“ Isn't she terribly overdressed?” ex­
claimed the blonde. "The cheek of
such a parvenue to wear that tiara.”
"Her face is all made up, too," said
another.
“ These affairs of hers are awfully
stupid, don't you think so?” piped the
third.
“ Yes, they bore everybody to death,”
said the blonde.
"She's ambitious
and likes to think she is a social lead­
er. I only come here because it
amuses me to see what a fool she
makes of herself. Fancy a woman
of her age marrying a man old enough
to be her father. By the by, 1 don't
see her beau here to-night.”
“ You mean that scamp, Robert Un­
derwood ?”
"Isn’t It perfectly scandalous, the
way he dances after her? I'm sur­
prised Mr. Jeffries allows him to come
to the house."
"Maybe there's been a row. Per­
haps that explains why he’s not here
to-night. It's the first time I’ve known
him absent from one of her musi­
cales."
“ He's conspicuous by his absence.
Do you know what I heard the other
day? I was told that Underwood had
again been caught cheating at cards
and summarily expelled from the club
—kicked out, so to speak.”
“ I'm not at all surprised. I always
had my doubts about him. He in­
duced a friend of mine to buy a pic­
ture, and got a tremendous price for
it on the false representation that it
was a genuine Corot. My friend found
out afterward that he had been duped.
Proceedings were threatened, but Un­
derwood managed to hush the affair
by returning part of the money."
In another part of the room a couple
were discussing Mr. 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 ail the trouble
he's had. Of course you know what a
disappointment bis son turned out?*'
“ A scamp, I understand. Married a
chorus girl and all that sort of thing."
"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 Jef­
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 a 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 hls 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
plied courteously;
“ The fame of Judge Brewster baa
spread to ever# state in the union.”
A faint smile spread over the face
of the famous lawyer as he extended
hls 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.”
"I think,” said Dr. Bernstein, quiet­
ly, “ that we’re only on the threshold
of wonderful discoveries.”
Pleased to find that her two distin­
guished guests were congenial. Alicia
left them to themselves and Joined
her other guests.
“ Yes," said the lawyer musingly,
“ man has studied for centuries the
mechanism of the body, but he has
neglected entirely the mechanism of
the mind.”
Dr. Bernstein smiled approvingly.
“ We 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. It 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
science, you will probably be aston­
ished to learn that there are to-day in
the United States 60 psychological
laboratories. That Is to say, work­
shops fully equipped with every de­
vice known for the probing of the hu­
man brain. In nty laboratory in Cali­
fornia aloDe I have as many as twen­
ty rooms hung with electric wires and
equipped with all the necessary in­
struments—chronoscopes, kymograph,
tachistoscopes and ergographs — in­
struments which enable us to meas­
ure and record the human brain as
accurately as the Bertillon system."
"Really, you astonish m e!" ex­
claimed the Judge. "This is most in­
teresting. Think of laboratories sole­
ly devoted to delving into mysteries
of the human brain! It Is wonderful!"
He was silent for a moment, then
he said:
"It Is quite plain, I think, that
psychology can prove most useful In
medicine. It Is, I take It, the very
foundation 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 scoffed at the very suggestion
of bringing psychology to your aid,
but JuBt think, sir, how enormously it
might aid you in cross-examining •
witness. You can tell with almost
scientific accuracy if the witness Is
telling 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
psychological observation you could
convince the Jury that your client,
who was about to be convicted on cir­
cumstantial evidence alone, was really
innocent of the crime of which he w as
charged. Why, sir, the road which
psychology opens up to the lawyer
is well-nigh boundless. Don't you use
the Rertilion system to measure the
body? Don’t you rely on thumb prints
to identify the hard? How do yon
know that we psychologists are not
able to-day to teat the individual dif.
ferences of men?"
(T O B E C O N T t N D B D .)
Really a Moonlight Sonata
Beethoven’s Beautiful Musle Com­ the door and knocked. Admitted to
posed Under the Rsys of the
the wondering host, he said: "I will
play (or yon." and played wonderful­
Queen of Night.
ly till the lamp burned out The*
The story run« that Beethoven's with the moonlight filling the room be
Moonlight sonata—always so called, began to Improvise— the mysterious
though he so rarely gave a descrip­ delicate breathings of the beginning
tive name to any of hls works—was of that wonderful sonata, then the
composed on an occasion when he had tricksy etf-llke second part and the
been playing to some stranger folk by glory of the close.
chance. Walking with a friend he
overheard In an humble house some
That Mighty Pen.
one playing with much feeling a bit
The superiority of man to nature Is
of one of his sonatas. He paused to
listen. In a moment the music ceased continually Illustrated. Nature needs
and a girl spoke longingly of her wish sn Immense quantity of quills to
to hear some really good concert. The make s goose with, but a mas can
voice was so sppeallng that the com- make a goose of himself with one.—
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