New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-01-05
inf UENCE OF COLOR
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Doctor, have a problem for you to
solve. / am aware that you study the
science of your profession rather than
practice that profession; that your in
Vestigations have pertained to the diff
ferent conditions wherein mind domi-
mates matter and other kindred ques-
tions / have heard that you have
even analysed love between the sexes
and are prepared to place men and
women in positions where they will
love and other positions wherein they
will hate one another. Am right"
Partly. We are all affected by our
environment. Bad weather, for in
stance, makes us quarrelsome.
''But we cannot control the weather,
and the problem I have for you is to
produce love. AS you know, am i'm
mensely wealthy. My wealth must all
go 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 l have serious OBJ
jections. She will not be influenced
by me. Can you instruct me how to
influence her by natural causes?"
81 can suggest method for you to
try" the doctor replied, ''if you can
bring about the necessary conditions.
Arrange, if possible, that your daugh-
ter, when the man you prefer is with
her, shall receive him in rooms deco
rated with soft colors tremendously
blended. Let some Of the apartments
J be entirely of green. Arrange also that
when she is with the man you oppose
the rooms shall be all hung in red
do you really think
Il have Observed" the doctor con.
tinued, interrupting, that people with
green surroundings are likely to be
| amiable, whereas when shut up to-
gether in. red they are predisposed to
| quarrel"
! Mr. Percival Smythe resolved to try
| the experiment He sent decorators
to his country house with orders to
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 were 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 were carried out.
| Nevertheless he was detained in the
city for 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
in 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 disagreeable
looked for. Mr.. Smythe telegraphed
his friend to come at once, changed
the decorators from the green to the
red room and invited Mr. Barnes to go
a-hunting with him.
Mr. Williams was thus left free to
press his suit with the lady, using the
green room. Mr. Smythe kept Mr.
Barnes with him for a week, and
| when they returned he was informed
by his daughter that she had been sur
prised to find Mr.. Williams far more
amiable than Mr.. Barnes.
Meanwhile Mr.. Smythe had deter
mined to unite his fortune with that Of
another multimillionaire. He shut up
the green rooms, thus forcing his
| daughter and her two lovers into those
hung with red. Within a few hours a
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
being very abusive to both she went
to her father and told him to send them
! both away since she would have neither.
| Mr.. Smythe did not need to be so
discourteous since both his guests
| made excuses to leave before the ex-
| pected time. The new man. Mr.. Os-
valid Ream, came soon afterward. The
red rooms were now locked and bolted,
and the newcomer was turned into the
green suit with the young lady
The father watched anxiously for
| the result he desired. 1t did not come
The couple seemed to be fairly well
pleased with each other, but made no
visible Roadway toward betrothal.
| The period Of their intended stay in
the country was approaching an end.
| and Mr.. Smythe became impatient
He wrote to the author of the color
| plan giving a statement Of the results
of his treatment up to date and receiv-
ed the following reply:
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