The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-11
INFLUENCE OF COLOR
!. ARCHIBALD spoFFARD.


Copyright. 1892 BY American Press Aa70'
ciation.l
.noctor. have a problem for you 70
solve am aware that you study tne
science Of your profession rather than
practice that profession; that your ln'
vestlgations have pertained 70 me an
ferent conditions wherein mind domi-
Yates matter and other kindred cues
tons / have heard that you nave
even Analysed love between the sexes
ana are prepared to place men anu
women ii positions where they "iia
love and other positions wherein they
viii hate one another Am ! right
partly. we are all affected w our
environment Bad weather Tor IN
stance. makes us quarrelsome.
nBut We cannot control the weather.
ana the problem have for you ~ 70
produce love. AS you know, ! am I'M
nenseIy wealthy. My wealth must az
70 il time 10 Isabel, my only child
She is now trying to decide between
two men. One Of them ! wish hef y
marry; to the other ] have serious OPP
jections. she will not be influenced
by me. Can you instruct me now %
influence her by natural causesF
Il can suggest a method for you 20
try" the doctor replied ''if you Gan
bring about the necessary conditions
Arrange. il possible, that your daugn-
ter. when the man you prefer Is win
her. shall receive him Ia rooms deco
rated with soft colors tremendously
blended. Let some Of the apartments
bc entirely OF green. Arrange also tnat
when She is with the man sou oppose
the rooms shall be all hung In red.
do you really thing
II have observed" the doctor CON
tinued interrupting. that people with
green surroundings are likely to pc
amlabie. whereas when shut UP to-
gether IN red they are predisposed 70
quarrel"
Mr. Percival Smythe resolved % Try
the experiment He sent decorators
to his country house with orders @
decorate certain suits IN red. others
in predominant green His daughter
had determined TO invite both the men
she was to choose from to spend the
winter holidays at this country house.
They we're Dwight Williams, whom
her father favored. and Russell Barnes,
whom she slightly preferred.
Mr. Smythe intended to be at the
house continuously and see that the
Doctors Instructions we're carried out.
Nevertheless he was detained IN the
city for a few dags. and Mr. Barnes
arrived before both him and his rival.
The result was that the young lady
passed several days with her favorite
Ii whatever rooms she liked. he nat
urally selected the green rooms
When her father arrived she told
him that 1t was useless for Williams
20 put in an appearance since she had
about decided to accept the other man.
Mr.. smytAe begged her to wait q week,
wrote Mr.. Williams TO delay his COM
ing and put decorators in the green
rooms. ostensibly TO make changes.
This forced bis daughter to pass the
dime spent with MIR Barnes in the red
rooms
After three days she told her father
he might send for his favorite. She
had discovered certain dlsagreeabie
traits iii Mr Barnes thar she had not
looked for. Mr.. Smythe telegraphed
his friend to come at once. changed
The decorators from the green 10 the
red room aud invited Mr. Barnes TO go
a-hunting with him.
Mr. Williams was thus left free 20
press bis suit with the lady. using the
green room Mr.. Smythe kept MIR
Barnes with him for a week. ana
when they returned be was informed
by his daughter that she had been sur.
prised 70 find Mr. Williams far more
amiable than Mr.. Barnes
Meanwhile Afr. smythe had DEFER.
mined to unite his fortune with that Of
another nnitimililonaire. lie shut up
fhe green rooms. thus forcing his
daughter aad her two lovers into Those