PHRENOLOGY.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 898, 22 May 1903, Page 3

PHRENOLOGY.

WHO IT PAYS TO HAVE THEIR HEADS EXAMINED.

(By J. Manning Wigg.)

Amid the rush, whirl, excitement, and high pressure of this our age, when the mental appetite is keen, and yot opportunities for continuous study aro scanty to tho ordinary mortal, the public demand is for condensed articles, There are two classes of peoplo whom

it pays to have a correct phrenological examination. There are also two classes of individuals whom it does not materially benefit to spend even a small sum of money on the reading of their heads. At first sight it might be thought that a phrenological examination would be a oood investment to anyone, this may be true from an ethical point of view, and is not so from a financial standpoint. Tho commercial man considers a project a paying concern in proportion as it yields a good percentage on the capital invested, and I contend that the capital invested in a correct reading of their mental power and character will yield a better percentage than any other investment. Many individuals who are endowed with plenty of brain and physical power to enable'them to achieve success, are mere slaves to other persons, are totally unacquainted with the latent power they possess, and which, if rightly used, would place thorn in a position of independence, i I frequently meet with such persons who aro laboring for a very small salary, scarcely sufficient to keep body and soul together, and not enough to support a wU'e and family with the barest necessities of life. Such men have not found their vocation, and arc not aware of the natural Qualifications they possess for attaining a bettor position. For exampleborne years a lT o I examined a gentleman publicly at‘the close of one of my lectures, and he afterwards told the audience that I had examined his head eight years previously, when ho was working in a warehouse for 2As a week. I had told him to seek a position ttS a commercial traveller. A vaeaucy occurring some months later he 'plied for the post, and was dispatched v his firm on a trial journey ; his success was so marked that ho retained the position—which was an exceptionally good

Many such cases have come under my observation where men have profited by the advice I have given them, for instance, I may mention the case of a railway porter on the Great Western Railway who is now independent, ana has, in consequence of the advice 1 gave him, the contrnl of a large London warehouse. These cases serve to illustrate the advantages of a phrenological investment, Many persons have their heads examined, but are no nearer success, simply i „ Miev do not act on the advice Sen Therefore, for a phrenological investment to be a paying one, there must in the first instance, the requis te qualities to guarantee success Secondly these qualities must be exercised. Of the two classes whom it does no pay their heads examined, I note first the individual whoso brain pan is too small, or whose brain is of too poor a quality. As I have said, the second class who do not profit by au examination are those who never attempt to follow the advice of the phrenologist, but continue in an unsuitable occupation, whereas if they cultivated their natural gifts, would achieve aucoesß.