The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-30

form an impression Of the appearance
| and general character by the name.
without having seen the person, the i'm
preston is made by the sound OF the
| name, and that impression is guided,
though unconsciously. by Its colors. II
you hear a name that impresses you fav-
orably, you may be surethat its colors
wiilpresent to your fancy a pleasing
combination. Here is an illustration of
the influence Of sound and therein OF
! color: A man wanting to take into his
family q boy, wrote to the manager OF
an institution. asking if he had boy
about IA years old he could recommend
for the purpose. The reply was, We have
here three boys, any one of whom We
can recommend to you, their names and
ages are as follows: Peter A Santley,
IA years old; John r. Tanning, Is, and
Robert L. Gustin, II. He read the let
ter, pondered, and then said to himself:
I wish Robert was little older He
handed the letter to his wife without re-
mark. She read it aloud and looking up
said: Let's take Robert Why take
Robert?' said the husband. Don't you
think he is too young? The boy we take
should be IA, and ne is only r. The
wife replied: Some how or other, am
impressed that ne will just suit us II
was evident that age was all that caused
the least hesitation on the part OF the
man, but Robert was chosen without
either of them giving the other any rea-
son why they should take him in pre-
ference to either Of the others, who were
older and presumably better fitted for
the place. They were both Influenced by
the sound Of that name to such an ex-
tent that it determined their choice.
Now, that was an epoch, which without
volition on his part turned into differ
ent channel the whole life current Of
Robert L. Gustin. This shows one effect
of the sounds of name, but 1t does not
necessarily show that in the battle Of
life this boy would have an advantage
over the other two, for under similar cir
cumstances, but with different individ-
uals, one Of the others, by reason OF the
impressions made by the sounds of his
name, might have been taken. And so
goes on the evening process in nature.
where all is harmony.
In giving the colors Of the names OF
the fourteen candidates before our re-
cent election, I said that a certain color
appeared in the names Of such number
Of prominent successful politicians that
1t might he termed the statesman's color;
that It was In the names of seventeen
out Of the twenty-four presidents of the
United States, as well as in many others
of national repute, few of whom 1 men
toned. AS before stated. what color
indicated was no part of the original
idea; nor that particular color was es-
sential, or had any bearing on success
in any line, but the great number Of
names of successful politicians. in which
a particular color presented itself in one
shade or another, was so niticeable that
it was surprise to me, and so I said
that must be the stateman's color I
gave the colors of the candida tes' names
just as they appeared, but for obvious
reasons did not say which was apparent
iy the statesman's color. 1t was just
previous to the election, and that par
ticufar color appeared in the names Of
seven out of the eight were selected.
Now will give the colors Of the names
Of the seventeen presidents in which the
statesman's color appears, that COMPARE
sons may be made between their colors
and those Of our successful local candi-
dates. and by the same rules, and you
will notice that one particular color ap-
pears in every name OF the seventeen
presidents and also in every name of the
seven candidates elected. They are as
follows:
George Washington, old gold, deep
blue and ruby red.
Thomas Jefferson, ruby red, sage
green and light blue.
James Madison, sky blue, red and
yellow.
James Monroe, ruby red, light blue
and light green
John Q. Adams, dark dove, green and
peacock blue.
Andrew Jackson, sky blue, white and
red
Martin Van Buren,, cardinal red, indi-
go blue and green.
William II. Harrison, seal brown,
straw and deep blue.
James K. Polk. olive brown, light blue
ana light green.
James Buchanan, gold brown, red
and sky blue.
Abraham Lincoln, sky blue. dark red
and light orange.
Andrew Johnson, steel blue. light red
and green.
Ulysses S. Grant, light brown, ma
room and light blue.
Rutherford B. Hayes, light orange,
dove and blue.
James A Garfield. indigo blue, drab
and red.
Benjamin Harrison, lemon, sky blue
and dark brsnze green.
William Mckinley. pale blue, ruby
red and dark green.
I'm the names OF the other seven pres.-
dents the particular color does not ap-
pear.
81 also analysed the names OF nineteen
persons Of more or less note in connec-
ton with local politicians. and found the
statesmen's color in but six
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