Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-14
INFLUENCE OF COLOR
BY ARCHIBALD sPoEFARp.

tCopyright, 1922, by American Press Asso.
ciauonl
Doctor, l have problem for you 10
solve. am aware that you study the
science OF your profession rather than
practice that profession: that your IN.
VcStigatlonS have pcUtalucd to the diff
tcrcnt conditions wherein mind domi.
mates matter and other Kindred Qucs
iions. I have heard chat YOU have
even analysed love between the sexes
and arc prepared TO place men and
women in positions whore they will
love and other positions wherein they
viii hate one another Am l rightly
Partly. We are all affected 10y our
environment. Bad weather, for in.
stance makes us quarrclsome.
But we cannot control the weather.
ana the problem l have for YOU Is 90
produce love. IA you know. | am i'm.
mensely wealthy My wealth must all
SO In time TO Isabel. my only child.
She Is now trying TO decide between
two men. One OF them | wish her to
marry; TO the other have serious OBJ
icctions. She will not bc influenced
10y me. Can you instruct me how to
influence her by naturoi causes"
u can suggest method for you TO
try" the doctor replied. "if you can
bring about the necessary conditions.
Arrange, II possible. that your daugh-
ter, when the man you prefer is with
her, shall receive him I'm rooms deco.
rated with soft colors tremendously
blended. Let SOME OF the apartments
hn f.tttt w nr A rtn u1 Qn
when she is with the man you oppose
the rooms shall be all hung in rcd"
do you really think
II have observed" the doctor con-
tinued, interrupting. that people with
green surroundings are likely 20 he
| amiablc. whereas when shut up to-
gethcr I'm red they are prcdisposed to
quarrel"
Mr.. Percival Smythe resolved To try
the experiment. lie sent decorators
to his country house with orders to
decorate certain suits I'm red, others
I'm predominant green. His daughter
had determined TO invite both the men
she was to choose from 10 spend the
winter holidays at this country house.
They were Dwight Williams whom
| ilfI IHlntI lhNOItu anu INuSScll i'NintN'
whom she slightly preferred.
Mr.. Smythe intended TO be at the
house continuously and see that the
| doctors instructions were carried out.
! Nevertheless he was detained i'm the
city for n few days, and Mr.. Barnes
arrived before both him and his rival.
| The result was that the young lady
| passed several days with her favorite
I'm whatever rooms she liked. He nat
urally selected the green rooms
When her father arrived she told
him that it was useless for Williams
| TO put in an appearance since she had
about decided to accept the other man.
Mr.. Smythe begged her to wait week,
wrote Mr.. Williams to delay his com
ing and put decorators In the green
rooms, Ostensibly to make changes.
This forced his daughter TO pass the
time spent with Mr.. Barnes in the red
| rooms.
After three days she told her father
he might send for his favorite. She
! had discovered certain ;lisagreeable
traits in Mr. Barnes that she had not
looked for MIR. Smythc telcgrlphcI
his friend to come az once. changed
! the decorators from the green o. the
red room and invited Mr. Barnes tJ go
a-hunlns with h.u
| Mr. Williams was thus left free to
press his suit with the lady. using She
green room. Mr. Smythc kept NJ:
| Barnes with him for a wcck. and
| when they returned hc was informed
by his daughter that she had been sun.
pri5cd 20 find SIR Williams fur more
/ omiabie than Mr. Barnes.
Meanwhile tfr Smythe had deter.
mined to unite his fortune with that Of
another mulUmi.iionalrc. lie shut up
the green rooms. thus forcing his
| daughter ana her two lovers into those
hung with red. within few hours
| triangular quarrel occurred. 1t was
natural that the rivals should be at
swords points. but In this case the an
tagonism extended TO the lady After
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