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Show Prevailing Opinions Comment ol the American Prats fold stall, "Oh, this is so sudden!" 1 Washington Post Tough on Lien This year s crop of newlyweds didn't have to worry about It And In all probability It will not even be perfected In time te menace love's young dream in 1(38, But after that lads and lassies msy find their style considerably cramped because the lie detect or'U get them if they don't watch out At least that ia a logical interpretation inter-pretation to put on a recent announcement an-nouncement by Dr. Phillip Thomas of Pittsburgh. "Every thought that flashea through the human mind, or even the slightest mental or physical movement" states Dr. Thomas, "haa a meaning of its own." What la new in connection with this bit of research ia the possibility possi-bility that mental reactions may be scientifically interpreted, even la the lovelorn field. The outcome out-come of such an experiment with heart throbs in a machine age should Interest even H. G. Wells la his forecasts for the future. And If. aa Dr. Thomas believes. It will be possible to capture and interpret thoughts through electrical elec-trical Impulses, the fortune hunter hunt-er will have a hard time phrasing phras-ing his plea. But men are not the only ones who will suffer by it Think what will happen te the contraption when an unsuspecting unsus-pecting young lady utters the age- ' The Law of Success The biographer, Emll Ludwlg, illustrated the law of success by recalling; the headlines of a Paris newspaper aa Napoleon, escaped from Elba, marched toward the capital of Franca. These read: "The monster haa escaped from his place of exile." The Corsican werewolf haa landed at Cannes." "The tiger appeared at Gap; troops were sent against him ; the wretched adventurer ended his career in the mountains." "The fiend haa actually, thanks te treachery, been able to get aa , far as Grenoble." The tyrant haa reached Lyons, where horror paralysed all attempt at-tempt at resistance." The usurper haa dared to advance ad-vance within 190 miles of the capital." cap-ital." "Bonaparte moves northward with rapid strides, but he will never reach Paris." Tomorrow Napoleon will be at our gates." "His imperial and royal majesty maj-esty arrived yesterday at the Tui-leriea, Tui-leriea, amid the acclamation of his Joyful and faithful subjects." Asked for a statement Napoleon Napo-leon said: "As far as Grenoble I was aa adventurer: at Grenoble I waa a prince." Saa Francisco News. |