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The sun., 1916-12-17
Defines the Psychology Of Varying
Tones on the Physical, Mental and
Spiritual Attitude of Humane Beings

The recupcrative and stimulant col0rs
have more In common. But the re-
Operatives are fuller bodied than the
%c:imulants. One might express II by
saying the Temperatures are more
well. say a cocktail.
There are only colors In each
division Of my scale. Naturally, that
In only a basis on which to work, for
the number Of possible color tones IL
Incredible. All Of them are produced
by combinations Of blue, yellow and
red. but these combinations arc al
most numberless.
I'm my scale. for example. there are
only four blues. But n might pro-
duce forty or four hundred without ex-
hausting the possibilities. Any one
who has tried TO match. say blue serge.
will admit this. What is more, the
same dye used In different textures
produces entirely different effects. Try
10 match satin, velvet and crepe. It
Is almost impossible.
"Thhs b~ewildering variety Of color
tones therefore must he studied scien-
tiically II they arc to he properly
classified. I know--mind you! say
I know-that It would nc u practical
advantage to every one Of us to do
that very thing.
I'm not interested only In the
aesthetic side % color. It's the prac-
teal value Of color science that I want
to bring home to people. Could any
thing be Of more practical interest to
us than our health. our houses and our
clothes? Well. color has q profound
influence on u health and in our
clothes and houses.
THE general public has no Idea Of
the extent to which physicians are ex-
%perimenting in the therapeutic value of
color. Some Of the leading men in
this country and abroad are working
seriously on the subject. But when I
ask them to let the public know what
they are doing they say:
"'Oh. no! not yet! II admitted
II now I'd be regarded a q faker.'
well. I know from personal ex-
perience that they are right. But the
time is coming when the pioneers in
color therapy will be just as much
honored as the pioneers in any other
branch Of science. In the meantime
some of them are doing very inter-
,stinG work. DR.. Starr White In CAL
i~fornia. for example. In diagnosing and
treating disease by means Of color
screens.
"when I first wen I o his labora-
tory he was using gelatine screens
They were not very satisfactory and
suggested silk ones. For ono thing.
colors are particularly good In silk.
I had some experimental screens sent
him from the silk mills at Paterson.
and he was so delighted with them
that he discarded the gelatine alto
gether.
And here's an example OF the way
people are becoming interested in color
science: The silk manufacturers over
at Paterson. learning about these
screens. asked me to talk before the
national silk convention last month.
The sun., 1916-12-17
Real Homes for Little Orphans, a
New Chance for Human Derelicts

We have extended the work OF medi-
cal examination OF the dodgers and
a secured dental students to look
after their dental needs. We have
assigned three social Investigators to
the institution in an effort to restore
as many men and women as possible
Il "A position of elf-dependency. Po-
litical manipulation and control at the
lodging house has been eliminated.
Three years ago the various nom
institutional activities Of the depart
ment were performed by several bu-
OF Dependent Adults. Dependent
Children and Domestic Relations,
which frequently duplicated and
harassed the work OF each other.
Under this plan AN investigator from
n Of these bureaus would find him
self climbing the same stairways with
investigators from other bureaus OF
the same department. asking the same
questions OF the same people. but for
different purposes.
These bureaus have been r~eorganized
and consolidated into a Bureau Of So
cial Investigations under a director
appointed from a civil service list.
Under the previous plan separate bu-
reaus dealt with separate factors OF
dependency which might appear in
any one family. Under the present
plan the department deals with all
factors Of dependency at one time. In
other words. the department now
treats not with the individual but with
the home.
Important among the results OF the
last three years has been the adoption
Of plans and tho appropriation Of funds
for the erection OF a central elevator
storchouse on Blackwell's Island,
which will effect an annual saving Of
more than 500. 900 to the department.
The present method Of transportation
tn and from the institutions on Black
wells Island is by means OF ferry
boats. Under the new plan the method
OF transportation will he by means OF
n number OF large freight elevators
connecting the Greensboro Bridge II
the new storehouse. which will he nine
stories high. making the roof or IN
course level with the bridge roadway.
In addition to the economy effected
other advantages bound to accrue
from the storehousc will he more
humane transportation OF patients and
more convenient transportation OF WISH
tors I o the institutions on Blackwell's
Island, absolute control over the isl
land entrance and egress. adequate
and direct ambulance service, adequate
fire protection and better control OF
supplies.
In addition to these constructive
changes we have during the past three
years made progress In doing away
with the low paid. incorporate, inef-
fcicnt hospital helpers in u institu-
tions and in substituting "A higher
grade OF employees, VIZ have put into
operation a new hospital for the sick
poor OF G%reenpolnt. We have changed
the administration Of Coney Island
Hospital, Cumberland Street Hospita
and the Hunter Island Convalescenl
Home. placing reliable administrator
In charge.
; We have closed down the dilapidatct
; old MOrguc AZ the foot of Twenty sixtl
street and have put into operation u,
The sun., 1916-12-17

~ EFORE referring Ia any or the
~ detailed work Of this depart
ment ! may illustrate the gen.
eral character OF its responsibilities and
how II discharged them during 1916 10y
pointing out that throughout the year
II took good care OF its extensive
sources Of water supply. that 1t sup
piled an adequate moun Of remark
ably wholesome water for the domestic
m business uses Of nearly 1000 600
people as well as for the protection
of their property against fire, tina, II
operated without a fault the high
pressure fire service, that il collected
approximately sl3,ooo,ooo Of water
revenue, that IL saw to it that the
streets, parks and public buildings of
the city were properly lighted uhe for
mcr better than ever before that it so
conducted its inspections of electrical
appliances installed IN theatres,
ing picture establishments and other
places where the pubiic gather IN large
numbers that there occurred no fires
OF importance and no lives were lost
that electrical conditions are generally
better than those In any other city OF
the United States. and that as a result
Of its gas tests the quality of gas fur
nished throughout the city has matcri-
ally improved.
Al "a time when the burdens resting
The sun., 1916-12-17
Work for Efficiency Accomplished
by the Commissioner of Accounts

Public Charities was approved Icy n
Board of Estimate and the ucf >-r
appropriation covering IA six months
trial was provided in the 1917 hIdsc
This office was cmpl ycd hv t'
Mayor as the instrument Of tn" -
government for ascertaininc tn" 'at''
and finding u practical remedy tu i''.
tect the poor againrt cNt"rti"uD
| prices for coal. Following tH' N'
| rounccment by the MAYOR to u~c sire
cleaning carts t. supply coal IN NuA
quantities at reasonabl" prices ~ :
congested districts 81 the city p.
office kept close watch Of Goa, ur
to the poor and found that thu NJ yo'
announcement had driven tho pr!''
down from SOS and s25 a tom 20 Sl3
ton when sold 10y the bucket pal "
other small measure.
In order To bring about further p
ductions arrangements were mao
with twenty-five Of the larger DIAL
in the city whose names and l~o,atnr'
of yards were given the W.d"-' ij''
! Lefty and who agreed to supply ,o
and have dorc SO in small mctril'-
t'lllSlnltTS dl II lbll Idl' ~ - IT, r
about is cents to 20 cents i'r 1f'
pounds, 81 cents to 10 cents per '"'
pounds. % cents to IS cents per t'ls''
measure of seventy pounds, or l@''H''
to II cents per half buShcl ~ ''Nrt''
five pounds.
The office made an analytical sti.}
of corporate stock transactions Of .r1.'
the years l9O6-l9li. 1t Is an 20 .d'''
Of the records of tho several Uiu"
tration periods as tn tn" u,' ~
borrowing power Vi the city
The reduction in a%uthor!ltt, '- 49,
der the present administration = o
of the outstanding features o' tH' r.
port. During the administrator .
Mayor Mcclellan. l?o6-lHoH l'u 'uNN 70
the authorizations averaged jog yea
S~l02.4l7,llt. From 1910 t. l'|, .
elusive, Mayor ,~iaNnnr's Wlmullr'r.
tion. the authorizations avcrlg.i q
s5l 1875 annually.
During the first " years ~ N
administration Of Mayor Nit I"
average authorizations per Yea
amounted Ia only sl33a7,a7a. N"o'h'
matter for congratulatIuu u '.' r.
duction In tho proportion Of uu'''"s
obligation Ia the principal Of 'h' '''.
Still another outstanding fact S Z"
evidence in the analHs cs of On, i1f
poses OF authorizations of IL" 'Nr'
of the pay as You 20 pu,I'y ON w
funded debt Of the city.
The sun., 1916-12-17
Tells of Alternating insomnia and Dipso
mania by Color Treatment-Creens
Reds and YelloWs Most Powerful

"Oh, it's true. And I believe N.
time is coming when people will con.
sciously do this thing that seems 50
remarkable and which probably is no,
done consciously now. That probably
seems very advanced. impossibly adj.
vanced. "a the average person. Eu, I
believe It.
"And of course I expect the ,hcr.
apy Of color to bc marvellously deyel.
oped. We do not think II remarkable
that the solids OF nature should he
healing or poisonous, restorative or de.
structivc. Why shouldn't the more
ethereal emanations be found to have
the same properties? In fact. peoltc
do acknowledge 1t. for they admit the
healing properties Of the X-ray and a,
radium.
II have never practised color healing
profe ssionally, but I have made somc
interesting experiments. And I hay.
found that greens, reds and yellow,
have the most powerful Therapeutic
properties. have alleviated both ii.
somnia and dipsomania. and In "nc III.
stance was able To restore vlgnr ,u a
withercd arm and to rcncw tho actirp
Of a broken knee through tho $'icutihc
application of color principles.
What ! am doing now. however il
else | want to bring about the cS,.l,.
lishmcnt Of a Color college aud /, color
theatre. In the meantime I'm dung
various things along the lines ~ Iho
free Use OF color--desigUinc br,k cov.
ers. tiles. curtains. furniture.
II designed the furniture N ,h,
room. And when tho man who m',ic (;
told me I couldn't get it colorci e..
wanted II ! went To work myself l1I
evolved a stain which I can use q an.
tint on any wood. Look. II Is e. d..
ferent from paint as wood l. from
metal.
But the trouble Is that pcople hay,
hardly begun to realize that there Is.
science OF color. They admit the g..
istence Of color psychology. Bu, ol
understanding and use Of IT are posi-.
lively primitive compared with or
understanding and use OF sound IN
music and Of form in pictures. SOUP.
ture and architecture.
color enters into pictures and archi.
lecture. Of course. But there should
bc and there will be a whole scieno
and art Of color entirely divorced from
form: color harmonies as wonderful a.
musical harmonies; color symphonies
as intricately and skilfully comp"~cl
as musical symphonies and as s@atisf, .
Ing to the eye as music Is TO the car.
What We need now arc machin,
for projecting the colors. That. aEl
the study OF colors themselves. Eto.
" any ono understood the laws and tn
effects OF color well enough e. com.
pose such symphonies 20 II would
hardly do to present them to an aud.
ence of to-day. II would L. like Of .
ing a Beethoven symphony To- a ro'.
that hadn't gone beyond the music %
savages. But the time is coming whct
people will look back TO Dur crude
understanding OF color as We look la,i
to the tomtom age in music and 10 tn
first rude drawings OF the ave men"
The sun., 1916-12-17

private homes under supervision.
During the first month of effort 100
children have been placed out and it Is
our aim to fnd good homes for 1000
o: these children before the end OF the
first year.
Three years ago the Children's Hos
pi,al and School at Randall's Island
was generally recognized as one of the
worst institutions OF its kind in the
country. There were eleven buildings
urcd for harboring inmates. which had
been built before 1860. There were no
electric lighting facilities on the island
and the plumbing was I'm an almost
hopeless condition.: feeble minded and
healthy children were accepted to-
gether, and healthy children were
placed side by side at table with chill
dren suffering from infectious diseases.
Seventy per cent. Of the feeble
minded patients admitted between July
]. 1918. and June 80. 1914. who were
treated In quarantine wards or who
'~--"e suffering two weeks or more in
..ie hospital wards were afflicted with
some infectious diseases contracted
subsequent to their admission, Grip
pier and helpless inmates were housed
on the top floor Of buildings subject IL
great hazard from fire. The children
were poorly nourishcd and badly
clothed. A general condition OF in.
human treatment of the patients pre-.
vailed and children were frequently
beaten by low grade male attendants
receiving salaries Of $40 n month.
Since this condition at Randall's
Island was found the former superin
tendcnt has been removed and a com
petent medical superintendent has
been secured through civil service ex.
animation. DR.. Walter T.. Fernald
Superintendent OF the State Institu.
ton for the Feeble Minded at Waver.
ley. Mass. recognized as the best pub,
lie institution OF its kind In the United
States. has been retained by the city a.
expert cOnsultant in the reorganiza,
ton and development OF Randall's
Island.
An appropriation of $500, 900 ha.
been secured from the Board OF Esti
mate and Apportionment for the con
struction Of new buildings. The Low
paid employees at the institution hav,
been eliminated and the brutal treat
ment OF inmates reduced to a mini
mum, The boys and the girls in tn,
institution have been separated. OPP
portniities for useful occupation, TO
recreation and play have been pro
vidcd.
Electric lights are now to bc seen oil
the island for the first time In its his
tory. Crippics have been taken dow
from the top floors. and for the frs
. time the children have been made L
|, realize that there IL an out Of doors.
= During the past three years VIC hav
! extended and developed the work n
actually rebuilding broken lives at tn
Municipal Lodging House, We hav
succeeded in eliminating an old statut
= which made II illegal for tho city I
q give to any me individual more tina
three successive nights OF lodging i
: any one month and have thus don
v away with an absurd. compulsory uni
T. fOrmity in dealing with homeless mer
i which frequently made II impossible
. for ms to regard and treat each cas-
individually.
The sun., 1916-12-17

at the license department for their
license certificates.
With the cooperation OF the Commits
sioner Of Licenses and the Police De-
partmcnt the acts OF misconduct OF
nine employees OF the department were
disclosed. AS "A result of this investiga-
ton the employees were dismissed
from the department. Some have been
indicted and the cases IL others are
now pending in the District Attorneys
office.
During the first half of the current
year a report was issued by this office
which set forth the conditions in the
so-called marriage chapel in the Mu-
nicipal Building. 1t was found that
certain individuals nave for a long
time piled a profitable trade in the re-
ceipt Of money from persons who were
married by Aldermen in the marriage
bureau. Following the publication OF
this report the individuals referred to
were promptly elected from the build
ing
Similar conditions were reported in
the Brooklyn Borough Hall. In this
bureau one unofficial messenger testi.
''Nh 'i"' ~ u w w "
form marriage ceremonies and foi
his services he had collected n
much as he could get from the bride
grooms. II was estimated that this
persons location in the Brooklyn mar
riage chapel was worth over $4,000
per nnum
The disclosures in Manhattan and
Brooklyn resulted in the passage of Il
hill during the last session OF the Leg,
stature comforting the right to per,
form marriage ceremonies upon III,
city Clerk or his deputies for "A speci,
fled fec, which must no paid into tn,
city treasury. II prohibited the per
Torrance OF marriage ceremonies by
Aldermen.
Dn the constructive side n test wa,
conducted 10y this Office tn ascertain
the practicability of compelling desert
ing parents TO contribute to the sup
port OF their children, who are costinl
the city more than $500. 900 annually
The test was highly successful. Man,
old offenders were ap%prehended an,
put under bonds to insure their chill
dren's support.
II was shown that a systematic ef
fort to prosecute deserters would prob
ably result In a direct saving to tn,
city OF s22.152 annually. The recon
m%endation In organize a bureau 70
| this purpose in the Department o
The sun., 1916-12-17
Catskill Water Next Year

wa'cr is the event NJ Ovorshadowing
importance in this department just
now. II viii result IN vast changes in
the method of distributing water
throughout many parts OF Greater
New York. For instance. all OF the
brooklyn. Queens n all but one OF
the Staten Island pumping stations,
supplying in all about lj3. OO0. 900 gal
Ions OF water daily, viii be shut down
and in place thereof Catskill water
will he SEN ny gravity 10 the districts
formerly served 10y the means Of wells
ana Long Island streams.
The Catskill supply will result in i'm
proving somewhat the Iressures
throughout the whole of Manhattan,
and in lower Manhattan the depart
ment contemplates 81 improving them
that water shall thereafter he sent To
the tenth stories of buildings. Now
il usually reaches only the fourth
stories un,ess sent highcr by privately
installed pumps, How important this
change will he is "A matter that speaks
for itself.
Never vas the purity Of the water
better than at the present time. The
large areas of the watersheds are con
tinunusly patrollcd to locate and abatc
possible sources of contamination.
The department IL responsible fr'
the lighting Of some 200 miles OF
! streets and of some $500 public build
ings. ana during the last eighteen
months il can fairly he said that 1t
has revolutionized street lighting In
Greater New York,
., al..a
changes on a large scale have, We be-
lievc. ever occurred anywhere else
during any short period. At the same
time enormous economies have been
effected, the public lighting bills OF
New York to-day being some $500. 00O
less per annum than they were three
years ago.
This is "A large and intricate subject
and | must content myself here with
indicating the 1--WE principal classes Of
changes made. These are ia) the elm
ination Of all arc lamps tsome 20,00i
in numbcr) with substitution therefor
Of the more beautiful and eficien,
nitrogen electric lamps and ,b) tho
elimination Of over $4,000 gas lamps
with substitution therefor of lighting
10y electricity.
The principal further changes IN
lighting IL he made during 1917 viii
occur within tho Borough Of brooklyn
where the department expects to effect
material improvements at still furt' 81
reduced costs. Another point worthy
OF mention is that during 1917 III,
street lamps IN Manhattan throughout
the winter months Will burn each nigh
about twenty minutes longer than Il
now the case.
The sun., 1916-12-17
BY JOHN A. KlNCSBURY.
Commissioner Of Charities.

SOUs W
THREE years ago $4,000 children,
destitute. orphaned. homeless.
were neglected by the city OF
New York. They knocked at the door
Of the city for help and were per-
~functorily turned over by the Depart
ment OF Public Charities to various
private institutions. The city sent
these boys and girls to the institutions.
paid for their care at $3.50 per week
and then virtually forgot about them.
Early in 1914 began an investiga-
ton of the care an rded these children
In the orphan asyiums. l found that
some Of the institutions were very
good. some distressingly bad. I found.
and later Commissioner Charles ii.
Strong. appointed by Gov. Whitman.
TO investigate the institutions, az
found. that In certain OF the institu-
tions these conditions were little less
then a public scandal and disgrace"
! found asylums in which girls were
ovorworked at hard labor. In which
children were inadequately and i'm
properly fed. in which Anticipated
methods OF punishment prevailed, in
which beds were alive with vermin
and in which the boys and girls had
neither n chance to play nor a chance
to learn.
To-day the city OF New York as
foster parent Is taking an interest in
its neglected children. II Is doing II
as a matter OF common sense and
economy as well az OF humanity. 1T
realizes that they are the citizens OF
the future: that they will either he
permanent inmates Of asylums. aims
houses, reformatories and jails or that
they will be permanent self-supporting
assets TO the State. regard II as the
part OF foresight and wisdom and not
the part OF sentimentality to look
after the physical, mental and moral
welfare OF these children.
We have organized in the Depart
mcnt OF Public Charities a bureau Of
institutional inspection whose purpose
Il IL TO the god institutions
to live up'to the highest ideals OF child
care and to require the bad institu'
tons to repair to the same high stand
ards. We are not attempting to de
stroy any institutions, but We are de
manding that in every case the In
stitutiOn shall exist for the benefit o,
the children rather than the childrei
for the beneft OF the institution.
More important still, We have or
ganized a children's home bureau
which commits the city OF New Yorl