Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1914 — COLOR AN IMPORTANT POINT [ARTICLE]

COLOR AN IMPORTANT POINT

■ Ite- Influence on Humanity Not Sufficiently Recognized, Is the Opln- ' ion of a Traveler. “I once met a man who wouldn’t eat tomatoes because they were red.” said a New Yorker who has traveled much. "The incident amused me at the thne, but later set- me to think-'* ing. I am somewhat of a crank on oolor myself. I believe that color, like blood, gets In thef brain. You know that the aroma of tea or coffee is more appealing than the mere taste of either of these beverages,. If the aroma grips you, why is not the color, the amber, of these drinks appealing? Did a glass of beer or a mug of ale ever look like a sunset in autumn to you? They have to me—or like an autumn leaf? "If people would find their color

and stick to It, they would be more happy. Women are more trained in the color scheme of life than men—that’s why they worry less. Their color instinct is more developed. "Certain colors make me seasick, and they make other men seasick, but they don’t know it. I have studied the thing out, and am .pretty sure that 1 know what I am talking about 1 have cut out certain colors from life Just as I have cut out bread from my diet. “They say that.a word or a gesture will make a play. I have known color to unmake a play. Excellent plays have gone to the storehouse because of a bad color scheme in the settings. Were I to build a' theater J would see to it that I had the right color in the decorations if 1 bad to consult the entire public a* to its color taste—would consider color above acoustics, even."