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Red or Violet Wall Paper Makes You Nervous, Blue Suggests Mystery, and Green and
Yellow Are the Most
By F. LAURENT GODINEZ,
Consulting Specialist In Lighting..
AIIE you color blind? Nearly ono out of every
twelve men 1b, but color blindness Is rare among
women. 4
Very often color Ignorance 1b mistaken for color blind
ness. Imaglno a savage having normal eyesight. All
the wondorful color effects In nature's vast color schemo
would look to him as they do to you, but ho would not
describe them because no ono had ovor oducated him to
associate words with colors.
Symbolism and education go hand In hand. The baby
learns to notice things and after a whllo to classify
them with their symbols In the mind. Tho child be
gins to distinguish between objects which are small and
objects which are largo. Then objects begin to assume
form. Some aro square, uomo aro round. Tho applo is
red, tho orango yellow. Thoso words aro the symbols
Which man has evolved to suggest certain groups of ob-
eral application, the principal reason being that not all
persons aro susceptible to hypnotic Influence.
Starting with red, lot us see how' the mind is affected
by it, and why It sub-consciously Influences tho mind to
excitement
When wo see red, the mind unconsciously associates
with It all tho memories of red which have reposed in
the remote depths of tho brain cofis for years. Every
one can recall a Are, tho roaring flames casting a lurid
glow against tho sky. Excitement Is everywhere, tho
clang of bells, the noise of crushing timbers, the cries
of women and children. Every one has read of trage
dies and how following the blow of the stiletto or tho
pistol shot red (blood flowed. All stories of war and
pillage, of danger and disaster are firmly linked In the
mind with red. Hence tho bright red wall paper uncon
WHY CERTAIN COLORS AFFECT US AS THEY DO. sciously Influences the mind of the Individual through
1 RED. This Is the Color We Sec When a Conflagration Lights Up the Sky, When Guns tho long chnln of mental impressions.
Spout Flamo On trie Battlefield and When Human Blood Is Shed. 2 YELLOW. This Is The delicate woman who has memories of some true.
the Color of the Fireside's Glow, of Candle Light and of the Setting Sun's Radiance. It ody whcro bl0od was shed or whflrn lr S
Suggests Rest, Warmth and Personal Comfort. 3 GREEN. This is Also a Restful Color ,o;t Z ?! IJl SZ .t?0??,0
Becnuse It Is the One Oftcnest Seen in Nnture's Most Beautiful Aspects. It Suggests the OBor6or In the leaping red flames, will be more liable
i-eace ana vastness uno rinds in uooi, Shady Lawns, in Dense Forests ond in. High, lu uuwu,u uyuiuncai in a room papered Jn bright red.
conversely the woman who has never known a great
This has all been determined by ex- : . . Vk lu,s Kma wm una in,s Bamo rod mllUy stlmu-
Wooded Hills,
Jects and associated ideas.
The healthy mind early learns to- thrlvo upon light;
tho dlseasod mind covets darkness. Light has come to
he a symbol of whlto and goodness, and darkness of
black and ovil. Hence, in the allegorical drama of long
ago tho good spirits wore always typified by white at
tiro tho ovil ones by black.
Tho sovon primary colors red, orange, yellow, green,
blue, indigo and violet Influence tho mind sub-consciously
In various ways. Red promotes anger, hate,
excitement and insanity. Yellow suggests happiness.
Green bring hints of peaco and contentment.
haustlve research of n practical na
ture. Tho laboratory expedient of pn
scntlng various colored lights before
subjects, nnd then asking them to de
scribe their sensations Is about as im
practical an absurd ty as could be con
ceived. Likewise the placing of a sub
ject under hypnosis and then expos
ing him to the influence of various
colored lights is of too constricted a
nature to yield results of wide gen-
USCLE MEMORY More USEFUL Than MIND
MAN and a woman wont Into a Darn.
Thcro was a lot of grain on tho floor.
The -woman took a peck moasuro and
poured two measures full of tho grain Into a
lack which tho man held open. Then she
fclosed the sack and started to tlo It up.
"Two pecks are not a bushel. You know we
tiocd a bushel," said tho man.
"Well. I was not used to moasurlng grain.
Jofore I married you a -war a;schppl -teacher,"
exnlalned tho woman.
This Is a humorous or a sad Dtory1, Just accord- -dng
to the way you view It. Its moral 1b that one
practical experience in doing somothlng Is worth
more than almost any amount of - theoretical
knowledge about how It snould bo done.
Now what actually is tho difference between
knowing how many 'pecks are in a bushel and
measuring tho exact number of pocks of com
in a bushel bag? Surely a school teacher
eho'uld know how many pocks there are. In
fact sho docs know. Yet when she Is put up to
the actual Job of measuring out that much corn
an uritntored farm hand la' forced to ohQw; her
how to do It,
To know a formula or a. theory about meaa
fOs,. without a. thought ot'nny concroto appli
cation of Jhat rule, differs from tho "doing" or
the application of that formula to concrete facts,
Just as dreaming of drinking ft glass of water
differs from actually drinking ono.
You may know how to make a Are In a fur
saco from having heard a lecturer talk about It,
or having read In a book that told about It, but
when you try to mako tho Are something la
lacking.
Dergson, tho newest of tho great philoBophors,
Is not tho first one to cast suspicion upon logic,
thought and language. Ho has simply called
definlto attention to tho fact that when teach
ing and language fall to agree, with practical
oxporlonco you would better follow tho latter.
Now, Professor John T, Watson, chief o tho
experimental laboratory of psychology at Johns
Hopkins, ha discovered tho Wl reason why
"knowing" differs from "dolngJ Tho distinction
rests upon the observation that ''doing" a thing
makes several unclassified sensory organs re
member an not, which "knowing" the. thing falls
to bring into play.
Thus, when a toachor or arofoosor "know
by heart" that four pecks mdpco a bushel hp;
knows It -which moans rembmbortf"it by tho,
eonses of vision and Si oaring and vocalization..
Ho can ropout It, wrlto It, and seo it la. his mind's'
eye. But "when it comos to 'dolng" tho meas
uring that's nnothor story. ,
'Professor Watson has found thnt the perform
ance of any industry or the uso of skill in any
art or trade is moroly the bohavlor of tho mus
cles. Your "mind" is really an agglomeration
of muscle sonse, vision, audition, smelling, touch
ing and tasting. Of all those' sensations, tho
memory sticks, according to Professor Watson,
most strongly to the muscles.
Your eyes recollect somo things, your hear
ing recalls others, your vocal chords stir tho
remembrance of others. So doyour other sen
sations. All bring you souvenirs of the past;
but all 'bring them In different degrees of per
fection. To the muscular sensation, however, belongs
tho palm for having the strongest of all mem
ories. Whatever touchos any muscular or fleshy
part of the "body clings most tenaciously to you.
Tho muscular part' of your experience Is the
ygluolost" that you ever 'have. This muscular
memory is tho "doing." Whenever you "do
something" It Is moroly tho bringing into, action
of your muscular memory. - ,
From all of this It Is clear that tho young lady
who taught in school that four pecks make a
bushel, yet who did not carry out her knowledgo
with her muscles. is not so much to blame after
nil. Momory to too completo must Include tho
muscular sensation, whoso power of remembrance
Js hotter than all of the other sensations.
latlng, especially if she is of an lnartistio naturn.
Why is yellow suggestive of happiness? For centuries
the pleasant warmth of tho open Are has taught the
mind to associate the physical sense of comfort with tho
yellow of the flame. The setting sun with Its golden
radiance also suggests repose, its yellow rays conveying
to tho mind the fact that the day's work is at an ond.
For ages, after nightfall, tho candle, oil lamp and gas
burner, gave a mellow yellow light that was most grate
ful to the eyes.
Nature never Intended that there should be perpetual
day, yet some engineers aro striving to introduce light
ing in our homes which approximates as closely as pos-
Restful of All
6lblevtho harsh effect of full daylight instead of tho
mellow radiance of the afternoon sun.
Green Is the color which nature has supplied to rest
the eye. In nature's color eohemo thero Is never fin
offensive color contrast. Dark green walls glvo con
tentment, because they simulate perspective tho rooms
seem larger, and. at night, with a soft centre light, tho '
walls recede. An added charm Is given to a living room
so treated. Dark green on walls conveys mentally somo
of the contentment ono feels on a shady lawn, or In a
forest, or. among heavily wooded hills.
Blue is mysterious. Why? Look at tho sky at night.
Look at the Infinite blue space where sea and ky meet,
always suggesting to the mind tho vast, wonderful
problems of the universe.
Violet Is a color which la not definitely enough asso
ciated with nature's scheme to bo accurately explained.
From a physiological, viewpoint the ultra violet rays
aro most Injurious to tho oye. These occur, strange to
relate, with muoh greater freedom in daylight than in
artificial light, although tho effect on the eye from tho
latter, particularly the tungsten lamp, is very bad.
There is a mysterious vital substance within tho eyo
termed the visual purple, and this is decomposed much,
more rapidly than nature can restore it under tho In
fluence of glaring white lights.
. yio.Let ,,a a color which inspires fear in norvoua
individuals.
Without light there is no color, but to tho eye, which
can perceive light, color Is a too formidable Influence to
be ignored. If you have never considered the matter you
will be surprised to find how much your health and hap
piness the color schemo of your surroundings as far as
you can suit your temperament, according to the ideas I
have outllnod here.
Why GNATS Travel in SWARMS
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VBUYONE has soen, along a country road
in tho Summer time, a Bwarm of gnats In
tho shape of a huge bail. Ono peculiar
thing about this Is that this shape Is often re
talned for hours at a tlmo, v?hllo the various
Individuals forming tho ball move swiftly back
ward and forward through the; mass. Another
is that tho ball can move as a ball, for example:
going swiftly down tho road in some horse's
wake.
Tho question Is why do thtf gnatB deslro to
fly In and out of this ball continually? What
fun do they see In It or what pleasure do they
derivo from it? They seldom touch a neighbor
gnat
The most probablo theory is that which as
sumes that tho universal problem of sex has
something to do with it. Tho individual gnat
may bo looking for its mate and it Is certain
that in a few minutes he or sho gets a gllmpso
of many individuals of the opposite sex. Now
suppose that the affinity is sensed may it not
be probable that, in going so fast, sho is lost
Bight of, and that tho ardent wooor returns
again nnd again looking lor hor and every now
and thon glimpsing hor but never attaining his
deslro save for some fortuitous circumstance?
Why Men Should Smoke MILD CIGARS
, ECENT interesting scientific ex
periments seem to Indicate that
we must smoke we ought to
confine ourselves to cigars which
contain a very small percentage of
nicotine. It has been quite thorough
ly established that the various other
things besides nicotine found in to
bacco smokersuch as carbon-monoxide,
hydrocyanlo acid, etc., have lit
tle or no effect.on the human system.
Dr. John, a German student, has
were very thorough and included
tests with a largo number of men of
widely different physical character
lstics, they do not seem to settle
definitely the question of whether to
bacco is always harmful. Other sci
entists point ,to habitual smokers
who have consumed extraordinary
quantities of the weed for long pe
riods without their arteries showing
any sign of injury.
Argument for and against tobacco
smokins? has hnsn
been studvlnr tho effect at Rmok!nr-nni1 whnU t.2 ' ;.
upon a person's blood pressure. Ho
lui' Urn the smoking of two "medl
uur cigars produces marked changes
in the arteries. These effects are'
seen In some cases before the cigar
is finished, and they rarely disappear -within
less than two hours after one
has finished smoking. Thore is a
marked rlso in the blood pressure
and the pulso bohavca In an abnor
mal way.
Eight or ten Russian cigarettes
were found to produce about the
same results as two cigars of medium
strength. When, however, the ex
periment was tried with cigars con
taining only a small percentage of
nicotine, Dr. John was unable to de
tect any effect on the flow of blood
through tho artorles.
Although Dr. John's experiment!!
and wholo libraries havo been writ
ten on both sides of the question.
Dr. Osier recognized the difficulty of
tho problem when he said that to
bacco, like alcohol, is a poison about
which It is at present well-nigh im
possible to obtain conclusive evi
dence. A man's arteries form such
a complex system and aro so con
tinually played upon by a wide va
riety of conflicting impulses that it
is hard to say whether damage to
them is due to alcohol, tobacco, over
eating, overwork, or some other '
cause. . j
YOU MIGHT TRY-
To Make Dust Fly.
A SMALL bellows, or better Btlll, a blower such as dentists use, la
excellent for removing dust from tho crevices of Jurniture. ' '
Keeping Silver Bright.
TYT HEN cleanlnsr sllvnr
..... mo muuu a more Dnillant noHtih nnrf lioln
use.
keep it clean longer,
New Shoes for Old.
Nature Is Making Us EFFICIENT by Taking What We Don't Need
THERE Is no doubt that tho human race
is fast losing its teeth, hair and nails,
and that Boonor or later many othor
parts of tho body which man has possessed
for ages will begin to disappear.
This fact, however, is no causo for alarm.
It is, on tho contrary, a matter for congratu
lation, because experience shows that every
part of the body which nituro discards Is a
part which wo have outgrewn. The human
tody can never be brought to its highest ef
ficiency until its parts havo boen reduced to
minimum and it Is not under tho handicap
of having to carry around things like hair
nnd nails, which no longer servo" any useful
purpose. ' 4
Take tho toeth, for oxample. who wants
or really needs gorilla-like Jaws and teeth to
day? They were necessary in tho days when
our ancestors had to crack cocbanuta with
thorn, but our civilization is rapidly approach
ing a stage where they will no longer bo
needed.
The nails on our fingers and toos have
long since ceased to be claws. The toe nallst
in particular, have dwindled tosuch minor
importance that it is nothing uqusual for a
baby to be born with only tho- most rudl-
mentary nail on Its little toe. All this is due
to the fact that wo havo found a way of dis
pensing with tho use of claws.
Although most of us do not realize It, the
race's sense of smell Is weakening rapidly,
and thero is a marked loss of power In the
olfactory tract of the brain. This Is not at
all surprising when you stop to think how
small a part tho nose plays in man's life to
day. Smell is of little service to us In making
a living or onjoylng- one, and wo seldom If
over roicr to it
except In such
figurative ex-
prcsslons as a,
newspaper man's "noso for news," or ho
"smells a rat"
Our tails are almost gone, and we miss
them so little that many of us do not know
that we ever had them. All that remains of
them now Is four or five Joints, which are de
tached and movable at birth, and which do
not fuso into a single bono until wo aro
about twenty years old. These JolntB would,
however, even now make quite respoctable
looklng tails if they were allowed to come
through the skin.
; TVTHITE shoes that have grown gray and shabby can be made a pretty
urowa oy applying wltn a piece of flannel ten drops of saffron mixed
with three teaspoonfuls -of olive oil. The shoes should' be carefully
cleaned before applying the mixture. Two coats of this w.111 make them
look llko new.
Cleaning White Paint.
TNSTBAD of soap to wash white paint, uso a handful of whiting stirred
smooth in about a pint of water.
For Window Panes.
TfHE moisture which forms on window panes -In frosty weather can bo
Prevented by applying to both sides of tho glass a thin coating of
glycerine.
To Make Coal Last Longer.
DISSOLVE a small handful of washing soda in a pall of warm water
and sprinkle over the coal. v
To Keep Brass Shining.
AFTER cleaning brass rub a little vaseline over It. This will keen
It from tarnishing longer and make it easier to clean the next time.
AMBER GLASSES BEST for the Eyes
T-fHE eyes often suffer from sen- never bo resorted to
I ,, hrm fmm Innif nxnosura OdvlCO Of an OCUlUL
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A rl11lnn snnllirht reflected
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without the
from a vast expanse of snow, sand or
water. Smoked glasses are often
worn to protect tho eyes under these
conditions, but it has Just been dis
covered that these are liable to do
more harm than good. Indeed, many
pbyslctam. now say that smoked
glasses should never be worn except
in certain Inflammatory diseases of
tho eyes, where it is not convenient
to use bandages, and they should
Tho best protection from ihe glare
of strong sunlight Is furnished by
glasses of a peculiar shade of am
ber which looks almost green. This
color possesees the greatest power
of shutting out the actinia or heat
waves, which are what make bright
sunlight so disagreeable. The amber
glasses havo an added advantage In
permitting at the same time tho
greatest amount of Illumination of
the eyes. With a pair of them on,
the irritating light rays are entirely
shut out, but your perception remains
practically normal and tho various
colors look about the Bamo as they
do through the nakpd eye.
In certain occupations, such as
glassj blowing and work around blast
furnaces, tho eyes havo to bo pro
tected from Intense heat bb well as
strong light. Under such conditions
the best protection Is afforded by
glasses of a shade of blue. These
shut out a much greator amount of
Illumination than those of amber,
and.lt Is therefore too much of a
strain (or the eyes to attempt to read
cither by sunlight or artificial light
while wearing them,
STAND STRAIGHT to Avoid TELESCOPING
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Our Throats Need MORE TO DRINK
ONE reason why wo havo so much trqublo with our
throats in 'Winter, according to Laura M.
Stewart, instructor In home-economics at tho
University of Wisconsin, Is that wo dont glvo them
enough to drink.
In other words we shut ourselves up in rooms w'uore
there la not enough moisture to lubricate the delicate,
mucous membrane lining of our throats properly. We
all know what lack of moisture will do to furniture
crack and spread It at the Joints. Professor Stewart
says that the effect of exce&slve dryness on our throats
Is very similar, and that as a result they aro less able
to resist the germs which are constantly finding their
way Jnto them.
Miss Stewart suggests various ways of Increasing tho
amount of moisture in our homes.
in country home where neither hot water nor steam
heat is used, the housewife may have tho air sufficiently
moist by keeping a small basin of water on thq back of
the stove. In houses boated by furnaco or tho hot-air
system, she recommends the use of a wooden bench
open at each end and which may be fastened over tho
register. Under the bench and above tho hot-air
register, may bo attached a series of narrow metal
vessels held together by metal bars. These vessels,
filled with water, allow evaporation enough to counter
act the dryness of the air in the room.
A device to be used with hot water or steamhoatlng
systems consist of a long, "narrow vessel made to fit
between the wall and radiator. This dish or container,
which can be made by any tinner, is provided with
hooks to clamp over the rod between the colls whore
it will be held securely In place. Whon filled with
water, the slow evaporation will increase tho relative
moisture of tho air and tho heated air currents will
distribute It
TAttDING straight like thinking straight is neces
sary for perfect health.
Tho majority of people have an idea that the
soldier Is trained to walk straight head up, Bhoulders
back In order to look attractive and to have a distinc
tive carriage of his body.
Soldiers aro drilled and trained to walk as they do
In order to keop tho human machinery in proper work
ing condition and not for appearances. It they could
do better -work that is bo kept in better health by any
othor attitude, it would bo taught them.
Tho military man Is trained to walk so as to give
every organ inside tho body plenty of room to do Its
work to keep vital vessels from bending or telescoping.
As tho body grows In height the blood vessels and
tho organs they supply grow to correspond with tho
height of the 'body.
For example; A youth grows up to be a man six
feet tall. If tho development has been natural every
blood vessel, nerve and intestinal organ has grown to
lit and work at this height of tho body. They are ad
justed to do their 'best work at this particular develop
ment of this individual whether ho or she bo short or
tall.
Now, It through carelessness or lack of understand
ing of this important matter, tho individual walks with
a slouch or stoops while standing, he Is bending or tele
scoping soYeral if not all the vessels which supply his
body and tissues with nourishment repair material,
blood or oxygen.
Tho same injurious conditions are brought about
when a growing girl bends ovor while, reading, writing
or at work. The latest fad in woman's walk the
slouch ils certain to compress internal organs, bring
about local inflammation or obstruction, and, of course,
In time injure the health.
The tremendous importance of certain secreting
Klands In the body Is now being recognized. These
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A The Wrong
Way to Stand.
In This Way All
the Vital Or
gang Are Ham
pcred by Being
Telescoped.
B The Rieht
Way to Stand,
Because It Gives
the Vital Or
gans Room to
Do Their Work.
glands secrete different elements, which aro discharged
Into- the blood and keep the chemistry of the body in
proper balance.
Some of these glands are In the neck, othws deep In
the 'body; but each and all aro absolutely necessary to
oil, feed and stimulate the human machine.
Theso glands are of soft, compressible tissue sur
rounded and supplied with blood vessels and little tubes
Take those of the neck, the thyroid glands. These con'.
trol, more than anything else in the body, the balance
betwen mental health, nervous equilibrium and physical
stamina. They must be free from pressure, inwardly
and outwardly, in order to have perfect function and
send their valuable Juices into thetblood.
If you go about with a drooping head, if you let your
neck muscles become so weak that you cannot hold up
your head, you aro In danger of III health slowly steal
Hog upon you.
Do you know why so many sedentary persons havo
indigestion, torpid liver, poor complexion? Because
they go about or sit around with the internal organs
telescoped or doubled upon each other. This causes in-,
terference with the ire flow of blood, presses upon
some opening In the liver or closes a duct
In fact, Just picture for yourself an Intricate machine
ot muscles, tissues, glands, vessels and their various
ducts, tiny channels and valves, all in their places, each
doing their allotted work without trouble and effort, con
fined In a framework built to hold them, and all this
wonderful mechanism gradually Interfered with by tho
bending or buckling of this tramo and its covering.
If you wore looking at such a machine made by man
you would seo at once the necessity ot keeping tho
frame upright and uninjured.
So must you keep the human frame it you would en
joy good health and long life.
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