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three million colors and tints are their
offspring.
"rints, of course. merely hava more
or less white mixed in. Mixed color
is dirty. Not one house painter in
eight hundred can mix colors. Pure
color IS 'grayed' or Drowned o"
hacked. The shade produced depends
on time and the effect Of one color
soaked nto another. No dyer car
guarantee absolutely what color will
finally emerge. color dep nis on what
company We keep, Colors must he
very f%astidious, they cannot risk evil
associates, lest their blood he dehased
".All artists use the same paint, they
are marvellous only in the mixture ot
the Colors and the proportions used
When asked about our own every
day problems in creating and decor
ating our homes, Mr.. Dawson said;
Decoration is applied psychology.
If your house does not express You
1t Is a setting without a stone. Your
taste may he guided, but If y-ur abode
mercy expresses the conventional
schemes or predictions of a hired
decorator Il is "A Smith house or a
Jackson room, but not the cmanat.on
of your soul,
The history Of household furniture
is intimate and fascinating, II usually
is founded on physical facts and GUS
toms. For instance, the chair Of a
certain period had high rungs, because
in that age, even in kings houses,
there was no sanitation. and garbage,
water, dirty little animals and rats
might render tho floor unh, for mi
lady's dresses. So she kept her feet
well up from the stonc floor,
in most forms Of art expression,
however eccentric they may appear,
! there is n reason. But when We get
away from home furnishings, from
tapestries OF delicate hue, and spindle
! legged or carved mahogany, or gilt
furniture, and come TO the realm If
human beings, there enters IN "A spirit
OF mysticism, of uncertainty, Of
eternity. That is why We speak Of
! SOU portraiture. which sounds vague
and irrational 10 the dull r~ealists, but
/ arc founded Of cterna! verltics,
If II is scientifically proved that
different colors actually affect a per
, sons cmper and mood, il stands TO
reascn tina; We should study not only
! color effects in general hut in their
relation TO individual men and women,
Why torture a sensitive young gi-|
by giving her a blue bedroom If It rem
der her nervous, depressed and melan-
choly? She may not realize what II Is
that is affecting her spirits and nerves
hut that should be the concern of th'
color specialist.
"In deciding on your w coloi
schemes avoid affectati"n and the fol
lowing of soue didactic teacher, Il,
yourself. Fact individual is a facet OF
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DO not imagine that all this 10
vague theory. I have made color a life
time study and deduced facts which
sound like didactic statements from
literally thousands Of instances. That
Is me only way scientists determine
anything; they study innumerable
cases. and when they md the same
conditions prevailing under the same
circumstances every time they deduce
a law which operates unfailingly.
II remember 4 big piece OF work I
did In q house. . part Of which con-
sisted Of a yellow and also Of q blue
room. Two powerful captains Of
finance frequented the club. One pas-
sionately loved the yellow room. He
used to say naively. I can sit in tho
yellow room all day Undoubtedly.
this was due to the fact that he was
a self-made man who had worked hard
and v had had any warmth or
color in his life. This golden glow
meant 10 him relaxation-the Joys Of
boyhood.
The other man inevitably drifted to
the blue room. showing a prediction
for blacks and blues; for recesses and
shadows. He is a lawyer who protects
millions OF doiiars-ah man,
VINO ioves sp'aer weos, sne SPINNING -
Oh schef'es' Hs.,. N
cess IN a room uei'sh's MN. He
MOI stay away from ina o.ue W -.
THIS Is because he n.y.. e~p.o
gives way 10 n=r,.aoni.y o, PASSION snor
MOI haVins .ne ou'ie, mo pe". ny e"'
sies crave .he stimulus % ~
"hed u uhivvIsa.'
anse expresses nea' 20. uS So
questioneo why .ne ~.
ISM altnousn h'ins y. u.,,on, and
aI"'ys 80 ~,,,o,:rt drinks,
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Smallest Details Worked Out Many Times in Plaster
No Thought Given to Time or Expense in the Step
by Step Advancement Toward Perfect Harmony

on the building last fall and the stone
steps built. II stood weeks before the
critics decided that Il would not do.
The steps were torn away, the whole
entrance discarded. Architects have
beer working since last Thanksgiving
on models of a porch to be placed
there. and the work in stone is just
about ready to he started. This addi-
ton now stands against the rest of
the church model, the work OF over
four hundred hours Of n mans time
and made OF five hundred infnites!mal
bits of cardboard full Of fine lines and
shadings and water coloring. the whole
of which can be lifted from top to bot
tom or side to side between the fore
finger and thumb NJ a woman's hand.
The time. the enthusiasm spent
upon every inch of the church cam
not be overestimated. Raymond PITT
cairn is giving his entire attention to
IL, as are others engaged in h un-
dertaking. No suggestion Is too
humble to he considered. The least
important workman may have the
| stamp OF his ability upon some cor
nice or tracery.
Every step, every alteration Is
photographed. and the photographs are
compared. II would be quite within
the existing policy To go back and re-
: build a thing that had been once dis
carded and destroyed, IL by doing so
the final effect might he improved.
] The west or main entrance with the
porch will pause on the edge Of a
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Model of the church as it will look from the south.

sheer drop Of 100 feet, and n park a
square mile or more in extent Will he
laid ont around the entire base of the
elevation and down TO the Pennypack.
Inside he rampant on the south sid
If the church flower beds and shrub
berry will be planted, and on the north
west wing cloisters not yet designed
will he erected and surrounded by
Towering shrubs and marble archcd
galleries or arhors leading to the park
entrances. the bishops residence and
cultivated woodland retreats.
The view from the main entrance OF
N" church down the long aisle Of pill
lars - tie altar in the East will be
an Impressive one. The pillars and
tho nave arcade with It's Clcrestory
W!l rise fifty fcct TO the vaulted roof.
The tow viii b. ninety feet higher.
Tho ChanCcl columns are of sandstone
tho color Of Old IVORY, but those flank
ing the aisle arc % v%ariecatcd sand
stone with much iron II il, so that
bronze tones appear. They and the
sandstone walls II hind them have the
cn,oT!nS Of a Japanese pint.
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out the whole scheme Of the stained
glass windows, in which Will hc com
pleted the story OF symbolism. Al
present sample combinations of colored
glass and "a transparent colored paper
composition are being tried II IN
the south castings of'thc first workshop
for effects OF sun and light rays. Years
II necessary will he given to the per-
lection of this detail Of cathedral win
dows and Il is hoped that they can
ho made IN Bryn Athyn.
In spite ~ the European aspect OF
the work. John Pitcairn is resolved
tfat the whole achievement shall he
American, th.us bearing out his asser-
ton that there are As good men in
America to-day as anywhere in the
world at any time, If n takes tn"
trouble 10 seek them out and give
them the right environment in which
10 produce the best in them. This j.
in contradiction 10 the published re-
ports that Mr.. Pitcairn went to Italy
for his labor. All are Americans, from
Cram & Ferguson Of Boston and
New York, the architects, 70 the last
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stone cutter of the force that, after
two years Of intelligent wedding
of the uplift. is truly representative Of
the spirit which actuated TIE build
ers' guilds ~ the Middle Ages.
In this first workshop are finished
models OF the whole church and Of
different parts Of IL, done in WOO and
in tiny pieces OF cardboard. All are
Examples Of exquisite workmanship.
hut to more car ~ point Il say
The church Will Ice Ike that" Changes
are being made constantly. The roof
and central tower have been raised
three timcs-i; is now 20 per cent.
a.rhcr than first planrci-tho whole
n fee br5adcned and lergrhon"d,
huttresscs raised. hrough: out and cx-
tended, wings added ana expanded
There will he moro ~chaE-scs. az tCad-
ing toward ultimate beauty f nc.
one completed model, a thing of sig
ma beauty and finish, is the plan along
which the building j. being carried on.
Perhaps the most notable change made
So far in this model Is in the west or
main entrance. This a completed
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tain strong. well built furniture. The
dainty. aristocratic French sovereign
expressed her period ny delicate Dres-
cen china figures. spindle legged fur
n!ture and all sorts of fragile, rococo
ana ornate furniture and tapestries.
IT you do not think that color has
a real physical effect on people you
should see some men almost go crazy
II subjected to violet
"A doctor experimental recently
viii an apparatus-l think they call
" a pulsometer-which showed the
pu'sc going up Or down, according as
the person was subjected TO one or
another color.
In Yale University tests were made
which showed hat men when sub
i-rted TO red displayed 30 per cen
more muscular efficiency than under
other ColOrS. The effect was Q
uled 10y instruments on their wrists
and j, was shown that when subjected
To purple the pulse would go away
down"
1t vas here that something was said
a. out soul pOrtraiturc,' | had never
seen the picture of q soul and eX-
pressed come sCeptirism. II seems
according to Mr.. Dawson, that rooms
in our home express our character,
our very soul. Henry VIII, the bluff
s~ensualist, simply could not have en-
dured 10 live in the palace Of LOUIS
XVI. one was virilc, the other ef-
Terminate, and their costumes and tap
cstr!es and furniture expressed their
individuality and also the taste OF
their age.
1t was then that the decorator as
tonished me by saying that he was
going 10 talk about .he effect Of color
"on nations, chickens and people"
Nations" he said, have color
ard national tastes change, We
could express America by one color
France by another, with real mean
ing. Chickens have been fed aniline
dyes and the egg that forms is in
concentric rings, each being Of the
color fed the hen At the time that
portion of the egg was forming
This Is a mere physical experiment
But it is people who are ~eternallS
fascinating, Always and forever WI
are asking, What is art? Tolstoy an
Iswered The tranSference Of emotion.
William Morris said Art is mans Joy
in his work Color Us rejection-ol
the bouncing away. Color is a Ian
Euage. 1t has an alphabet, spelling
ammar and paragraphs. The thre'
LEI, 3 in the color alphabet are red
yellow and blue. Every room mus
have some OF each OF these, whatevc
the proportion. Sometimes ] ca
them the parents. you know, q
:, course, that there are 5000, 900 colors,
Red marries. Yellow and they have on
child-Orange. All the rest OF tn
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" t- E--,
Wy m.ai'siohs VI wnich soI,. owen
ni'u n.. NOV "'.Ihe huI'ah peinss ose
!" &c oouhu oe ~
ard 4, 10 en,iroiy conur,ous "a Tnd
them building so up,o,,o N ,emnI. NJ
worshin Thor hello, 10 sounded mi.
mnr,Iv IN tho Ola Tes,orent ana Tho
revelations on its hiddcn s~ipniacanco
that the Swedish sc,entis, "a behaved
To have received directly from God
during the last wears of his LIE when.
while his body lay apparently uncon-
sCious in his bed. his soul travelled
to heaven and dwclt there, communing
with the angels.
IA tho daiI,. living ~ tho Nov
church ncon,o 10 foundod On r,,,o.
cleaned from rho u.ord ana 60, don.n
from ~Swedenborg's own observations
In heaven a high ethical and moral
sense prevails. Marriage is sacred:
divorce not forbidden, but unknown.
The wedding ceremony is particularly
impressive. with an exchange OF rings
and promises In which the word
obey" has no part. There Is CON
jugal" love taught in the faith. a
thing quite apart from the marriage
love or other religions. II Is a o
t"u' continues AFTER thls IRE ID oone
""u ~ '"e eoup'e III 'neir e'ernai
Large FAMILIES abound and there is
apparently no poverty. On the con-
trnry there seems to he much wealth.
Ana a FAMILY or ten or twelve children
growing up In robust health with one
mother and faith r is not rare. Deaths
among women and babies are few. All
live a free. intelligent, unpampercd
,outdoor existence. Sleeping porches
abound. The unframed nurse girl is
never seen. Instead big and little
mothers are In evidence, and in every
household each child has a duty which
ITS him or her for efficiency later in
!!fc.
No member of the colony sends his
child out Of II 10 school. They have
their own school, an academy that Is
one with the college buildings on the
campus. and they support II. employ
exc. llcnt teachers and INSTRUCT their
,ifSpr.ug in many branches no, offered
II public Soho ls-a daily tuition in
The Bible. music and Hebrew. II IA
believed that a knowledge of Hebrew
u oss nisl to study Of the Scripturcs.
high order NJ education nroy,us
l nmonr oyorruhn,o
f,r ,bo ROO, 10 ,o, 80
+, ,,i..,o,od ,,t,a. 49,, * p.|,
> ,.rar.s,,. - ,
! ,.a, nrs '. ~ 'olLeso
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Why the Houses in
Which We Live Should
BE Designed to Har-
monize With the Tenn.
permanent
permanent

she diamond Of life. Why should a
hustlrng, rich society woman or a
practical. prosperous business woman
CARRIED IN a tailor made suit of the
twentieth century go in for period
i'm and dwell in an ornate Marie An
i"lne''c room" Nothing is more alb
surd and ir~conGruous.
II folks understood color and har-
mony there nd be no friction and
fewer divorces
Every work Of art Is, in one sense,
a liz. Painters cannot paint light.
They cannot reproduce Niagara on a
three GOT canvas. Truth is reached
through error, as It we~re-through the
great illusion, In entering a crowded,
busy downtown skyscraper office
building in the heart If New York the
visitor must be impressed with dis
lance, with dim, cathedrallike spaces.
The Bankers Club is, in floor space
ilOu,o0O square feet), the equivalent
f a TOO room hotel, A decorator not
only must select colors which will rot
throw the occupants Of a room into a
rage, but he must have a thought for
eye strain and ear strain must regard
the nose, the sense OF touch, the pal
ate, and eve the legs,
Americans are wearing out their
eyes because Of the intense light OF
the many Widowed Office buildings.
The top story Of a steel skyscraper has
NJ skyline or vista or partitions, so
that the decorator has some problem
to make il COsey and homelike.
People are just waking up TO the
fearful strain Of noise in a big city.
The vibrations from hundreds of voices
crossing and ~recrossing each other in
a room are as real and assail the
nerves rs disaGreeahly as little pop
guns shot off in every direction. l
try 10 countcract this in color and line
and hr.nG about repose and serenity.
: much for the eye and ear, The
nose must not be assailed by unpleSs-
any doors IN n club, ana the pa.ate
must he pleased with the aid of lovely
Tsthet!c surroundings. This former
takes in ventilation.
Eve the texture OF fabrics and
feathers have an effect on the temper
and the soul 50 that the body fitting
chairs must have certain materials in
upholstery L. insure peace"
| could not help wondering II the
busy bankers knew they were sitting
In chairs calculated 10 a nicely 10
suothe their souls,
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Cairnwood. home of John
Pitcairn.

Flanking the imposing unfinished
structure are two great wooden work
shops fer the men. In the first of these
every arch and moulding n column
that will appear on the finished church
is first modelled in plaster of paris and
clay. When approval is given the small
model. the work Of n nan through
hours and sometimes days OF loving
enthusiasm, 1t is again modelled fun
size in plaster of paris n set in
place In the church. There 1t remains
until Mr.. Pitcairn is entirely satisfied
with IL. The chancel column was
modelled six times, four times full
size and three Of those complete, and
IL is sixteen feet high. A model may
stand among the workmen for months
awaiting approval: and the carving
that will he done upon 1t Is traced in
black pencil.
All patterns are intricate. Sweden
borgianism Is freighted with symbols
and mingled with the stately Gothic OF
the entire scheme OF architecture will
be elaborate designs. each to repre-
sent a symbol. which. In the Sweden
borgians' phrase. stands for some
Significance of the Word Il which their
faith is founded. In I1rts already
erected and presumably to remain As
they are will he found stones now
blank that are to be carved later when
the peculiar exposition of symbolism
needed for that corner Is decided upon
by the committee now at work on the
subject.
This committee, comprising the two
bishops of the church, W. F. Pendle-
ton and n. d. Pendleton; Winifred
Hyatt. artist: Prof. c.. Theophilus Odh-
ner and Raymond Pitcairn. will work
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- E clock has been turned back
; In architecture at least once in
/ iris twentieth century. In a
,,v o, machine made skyscrapers and
nu,.,ngs thrown up over night
,,sre is being reared an edince.
church, letsurely and painstakingly.
VIE a Greek temple or a cathedral Of
the Middle Ages, its minuteet detail
,rkea over exhaustively In plaster Of
,,ris and clay before being entrusted
:, It's flnal dress. its smallest stone
carved BY hand, not by ordinary labor
srs but by skilled artisans and sculp-
tors gathered from different parts OF
the country and welded into a unique
organization at Bryn Athyn. Pa.
Bryn Athyn is a Swedenborgian
ebony about fifteen miles from Phila-
telphia. swedenborgianism, or New
Church. as the sect DEGREES that Il
shall be called, as distinguished from
al Old Church. no matter the creed.
crew out OF the teachings OF Emanuel
swedepborg. scholar, traveller. scien-
lis, and religious writer. who was born
IN Stockholm. Sweden. on January 30,
1888, and died in London in 1872.
The growth OF the New Church since
n. first definite establishment in Lon.
don in 1889 has not been meteoric. bu,
Il has been undertaking. Its adherents
point out that Ave hundred years aftei
the birth OF Christ the entire civilized
world was by no means Christian and
that they. who claim the second COM
ing Of the Lord Jesus Christ in the
Church Of the New Jerusalem, as re
yealed in the writings Of his servan'
swedenborg, need feel NO discourage
nent anent its rate OF growth.
In 1854 In the city of Philadelphia
school OF New Church education wa
started in connection with the New
Church society there. II endured de
rsp!te vicissitudes and frequent changes
VI ItSiuCIltc uhNii soiiic III PAAoi "
1895. John Pitcairn. millionaire plat
glass manufacturer and philanthropis
from Pittsbupg. Pa: his wife and
/ Robert NJ. Glenn. then treasurer Of tn
school, set out to find a spot outsid'
Philadelphia that could be used as
site for the New Church Academy ant
en- artistic Swedenborgian settlement
They found an ideal spot at Alnwicl
Grove. afterward renamed Bryn Athy1
land overlooking the beautiful Hunt
.ngdon Valley district. about fifty per
sons settled in the summer Of 1879.
Residences we're started. among then
Ca!rnwood. the estate Of John Pit
ea!rn and long one Of the show place
around Philadelphia
To-day. twenty years later. the col
ony has grown into a suburb Of IN
usual charm and beauty. II has fou'
miles OF permanent highway. winding
walks and paths honeysuckle bordere,
md tree liped. bits Of parklike square
and orner thick with shrubbery an,
trees. water and electric lighting sys
TENS. Behind the honeysuckle Dor
ders are at least sixty homes belong
ing TO a population Of over 500. man,
o. them converts. This growth Ia
come entirely without aid Of com
merce OF progress" since manufac
turing and business OF any sort ar
tabooed: only the bond of a religio
draws men and women there.
Beauty Of architecture has been
rNouisite IN building. landscap0 gaY
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J. Dawson Uses
Piano to Show How
Colors Can Jangle on
the Soul of the Occu.
N9nt
pant
D. wINNrFRED n. COOLEY.

~ wINNrrRED H. COOLEY.
YUsT to prove that our a Is open.
but u eye IL not. Henry j..
Dawson can sit down to an
~ organ or piano and play a room
GU, Of tune" until his auditors fairly
shout for mercy at the discord: but
the same people would gaze serenely
upon frightful inharmonies Of color
without ~finch!pg. Mr.. Dawson Is a
psychological interior decorator and
his knowledge OF the effects OF color
on the soul is exhaustless.
The Bankers Club Of America, which
ne has Just completed In New YORK
city. at an expense OF $4,000 prob
ably Is his masterpiece. although the
Lawyers Club zones a close second.
Both o. these substantial creations are
Inhabited by plain. practical. memo
uonal city men who never could DE
accused Of an excess OF "tempera-
ment," II is safe TO say that not q
'anker or a lawyer among them knows
he color OF his own soul. Yet Mr..
lawson insists that soul tinting IL
aSsd or science. and that the vibra-
loss Of ether set in motion by color
actually affect our tempers and sensi-
|It!es Just as we love certain people
Sd have an aversion to others.
Just 10 sit amid the gorgeous COLDS
ud p!rks and peacock greens and
uaes Of the fabrics thrown across
Mairs and tables in the decorators
mces is Ike having all the ice cream
mo candy you want for once in your
We, Il Is inde~scribable.
You understand" says Mr.. Dawson
'ho' by the way, Is a middle aged
man Of the world" whom one never
would suspect OF psychical leanings
nat certain colors have a certain
seHh!te effect on masses OF people. Thf
sInan sou, has so many %prejudice'
uat lndi, duals are affected diner
uNy' according to past associations
va experiences with certalo colors
w. az a e'rain OF nusic or a was. O'
NfiNm" recalls to us In a fash Romt
a'ne emo N experienced many year,
ns'' and ylpposedly forgotten. so a
.'@In t".ur may he associated WIZ
me extremely disagreeable expert
..e ana therefore always bring Vi
~'em" d scomfort. For instance
'~eh "" ,utcr a lavender roo w
a'''hly may become pcnsive AM
~'s"ch",F pr perhaps. irritable, ant
,t,f 10 Wholly ignorant OF the fac
.s, ne 'u.or has brought ny dis
'stole memories.
Putnam patriot., 1915-01-15
MUST HOLD UP
 SHIPS, GREY SAYS
Great Britain Comedies Prln- ciples Urged by United States
DENIES ANY UNDUE ARRESTS
Promises Redress for Mistakes - Agrees cargoes of Neutrals Should Be interfered With Only When
 lrnperativey Necessary.

Washington.-Gre Britain,s pre- liminary reply to the note from the United States Government requesting an improvement in the treatment or American commerce by the British fleet was made public here and in Lon don by mutual agreement between tee State Department and the British For eign office.
 The British communication coneurs in the view of the United States that commerce between neutral nations should be interfered with only when imperatively necessary, and othclals of the Washington Government con strued it as coRceding that the prin. ciples expressed by the American note were just and upheld by the previous ly accepted usages of international law.
 She only formal comment made was contained in a brief statement issued by Secretary Bryan. who said:
 This answer being preliminary
 and not being intended as com
 plete reply, we will postpone com
 ment until the full answer it re- Celved.
 Briefly, the British note, although conceding the principles of the Ameri, can Governments contentious, points out difficulties in actual practice, re fers to alleged fraudulent practices by shippers and cites statistics showing an increase rather than decrease in certain neutral commerce, in support of Great Britains suspicious that Ger many and Austria have been indirect ly obtaining eontraband through neu tral countries
 The note promises, however that Great Britain will make redress. whenever the action of the British l fleet may unintentionally exceed" the 1 limits Of international law.