The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-15
The Garden a sanitariun1.

The Garden Sanitarium.
Among the new fancies In horti-
culture in France is one which is not
| only esthetic, but at the same time
| logical and scientific, and it is gain
ing many disciples. 1t is the curative
garden. Viaud- BRAND, q well known
writer on such subjects, has given its
| history in a most interesting paper,
| accompanied by number OF pho
| tographs.
He calls this essay "The Flowers
| Which Cure" It seems that several
English physicians have been practic-
ing one form of the theory. They
Ehnn that nervous persons and per-
Fsons slightly afflicted mentally derive
/ great benefit In summer from sitting
| from three to four hours day under
certain trees. The apple, the cherry,
the acacia, and the ash possess
| these curative properties. Others are
| made to pass the day from June I'M
til the vintage in pergolas under grape
| vines $50 -
Viaud-Briant, in referring to this
| treatment, gives quite a FLIP to the
| careless and inartistic landscape gar
| dener. He says that all gardens
| should be restful. They should in a
| certain sense be sanitariums; but they
| are nerve racking, because the first
rule of the painter is so frequently
| disregarded. This rule is one of COM
Elementary colors, as necessary for
painting as harmony and chord build
| ing are for musical composition.
Green is the complement of red,
orange of~blue, and violet or purple
Of yellow. You can bring yellow and
violet together, red and green, blue
| and orange, but yellow will create
| orange; and SO will red when COM
bined with violet or purple. Thus
gardens should be planted so that
there shall be no clash in hues and
tints. The gardener is the artist of
the soil, and from his palette of seed
lings he can paint a picture with ma
lures colors. Red, yellow, and or
ange are stimulating; blue and green
are calming, and violet is depressing.
Here you have the list of remedies.
People who are In a state Of high
nervous tension should be treated in
garden planted with larkspurs, blue
bells, wistaria vines, delphinum, and
lilacs, and there should be masses of
shrubbery. Others who are tired, ex-
hausted, depressed, should be brought
grounds filed with brilliant blossoms
| and laid out and furnished in a per-
lection Of artistic taste.-Town and
Country.
How Men and Women Face Death.
How do men and women face death
when the sentence is pronounced by
the doctor? A medical man tells US
his experience. Tell the man of high
err type and greater intelligence, he
says, that he is facing death, and he
begins to fight. demands consultation
talks about going to specialists, and
fights grimIy to the finish. Tell a wo-
man the same facts, and she lies back
to await her fate. All women are IA
talists. On the other hand, tell man
that he has one chance in a thousand
to recover if he will undergo an oper-
alton, and he will trust to his own
strength and endurance rather than
undergo the knife. The woman will
choose the thousandth chance, and
submit to the operation with astound-
ing ca1mness.-London Woman's Life.
Happy Memories in Montana.
Montana has its own ideas of
festivities and incidents to which 1t is
pleasant for memory to revert.
A Milwaukee man has lately re-
turned from Montana. While there a
sheriff whom he met was pleased to
take a fancy to him and endeavor to
entertain him. Among other things
to which the sheriff invited the visitor
was a hanging. The easterner ac-
cepted emore out of regard to the
sheriff's feelings than any wish to see
the execution.
One day last week the fastener
received a letter from his western
friends in which was inclosed a
photograph of the body hanging
from the gallows and the crowd
looking on. The note accompanying
the picture might call up pleasant
recollections of the visit to Mon
tana, which the sheriff had enjoyed
to the utmost and which he hoped
his young friend had found equally
Observation-Disclosures Free Press.
why Naval Uniforms Are Blue.
Naval uniforms all the world over
pretty well are navy blue. The
British fashion in this matter has
been the rule with maritime people
in general That blue was ever
selected for the kings naval service
was a fortuftous happening. When,
in 1747, the question of uniform was
being considered the color selected
had very like to have been French
gray laced with silver.
While the king was still not quite
decided he saw the Duchess of Bed
ford in a riding habit of blue faced
with white and enlivened with gold
lace. Il was a revelation. Here, the
king declared, was the uniform for
his sea-service officers; and no more
was heard of French gray. The navy
LOOK " DAuSg anu CfCAJ Lo
has taken to it since.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
Sunshine as Hair Bleach.
In the days of Queen Elizabeth
women of fashion suffered the most
violent headaches because they stood
in the sunshine day after day to
bleach their hair yellow, in imitation
of her majesty's chrome locks. There
is no particular fashion in hair color
today. All shades and tints are in
the market. The peroxide blonde is