The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-09
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PROF. HELLPAcH THE SCIENTIST.
so important as moisture and dryness.
These cause real 0hysical changes. be,

so important as moisture and dryness.
These cause real physical changes. be-
cause n dry districts the blood Is
poorer in water:' hence there is in
creased activity, a tendency to sleep.
lessness and to an increased circulation
OF the blood. A maritime climate at
fects men from inland more than a
continental climate affects an islander.
High attitudes tend to make plain.
jewellers fearful; whereas low alti-
tudes merely make mountaineers
homesick. Women acclimatize bet
ter than men and dark aces better
thar blond. For the very blond races
there Is no real administration; 1t IL
impossible for them to live in tropi-
cal climates for long periods. without
a break, except at the cost Of mental
decay.
Seasonal changes, says Hellpach,
are as important as climatic changes.
Men sleep best under the greatest air
pressure and greatest atmospheric
electricity. Work is worse at the
point where tho heat curve reaches its
highest point. 1t is a mistake to re-
gard winter as a time Of decay and
death. Attentiveness and memory are
strongest from October to January
and lowest in summer; the muscles
are strongest in late autumn and
early winter; and the highest suicide
and insanity rate is reached every
where in May and June, despite fa.
vorable weather conditions, and the
dimtnution Of the hardships Of power
tN and Unemployment. Hellpach. how
ever, shows that there are recurring
periods within the human body and
mind which modify seasonal changes.
The lives of Goethe and other great
me indicate that every seven years
the individuals desire for the love
and affection Of the opposite sex rises
and then declines until another even
years has passed.
Going deeper into the effects of
landscape on the character, actions
and temperament of men the profes.
sor says the greatest sensibility of
landscape is felt on the verge Of man.
hood; after thirty 1t often vanishes en-
tirely. Landscapes work on the ner-
and by their outlines and forms. A
red and yellow sunset has a marked
disquieting influence. The wonderful
red sunsets which followed the Kra-
katoa eruption in 1883 had a violent
ly exciting effect on the brains of
mankind. Certain forms Of disease
foster a craze for red. This is so with
epileptlcs and hysteria sufferers.
Medical reports show hat men with
III IoiloAlS0 ny tuUcIGulOSlS SOIIlS~
times have a craze for wearing bright
red neither garments, although this
would have the effect of calling pub.
lie attention to their infrmity. Blue
skies and green fields operate sooth-
ingly: but black. gra and white in
nature dcpress and produce semi
paralytic effects. The simmer on
water at first works %agreeably but
tends later to exhaust.
Landscapes in which horizontal
planes predominate have an 'indiffer-
ent" effect. The ~i"discovery Of the
fat" in modern painting is due to the
fact that level plains thanks to their
landscape indifference harmonic
we'll with the different moods of those
who see them" Great upright lines
and high masses operate in the direc-
tion Of paralysis on the mind. That
is the reason almost all uneducated
people regard Gothic architecture as
awesome and impressive. The COM
plexities of a mountainous landscape
have at first an irritating effect upon
unaccustomed4 people who gaze on
them for long. On the. other hand,
movement in 'asAandscape tranquillizes
and fixes the attention. That explains
why children who cannot concentrate
their attention on q fixed object will
stand for half an. hour watching the
falling of snow.