Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1919 — COLOR AS AID TO HEALTH [ARTICLE]

COLOR AS AID TO HEALTH

Famous English Specialist Expounds New Theory. Claims Color Schemes in Decorating Will Make People Healthier and Happier. London. —Kemp Prosser, the famous English color specialist, has been conducting some interesting experiments which he hopes the British government will adopt for decorating. houses during the reconstruction period. He maintains that the adoption of his color schemes will make the British both healthier and happier. interviewed in his two “health rooms," one with walla of sunlight yellow and the ceiling sky blue, with blue net curtains at the windows, Mr. Prosser declared that his purpose is to bring inside. “I am doing away with my pic-

tures,” he said. "Instead I am installing these bowls of fruit, as you see. on pedestals against the background of the sunlight walls.” Then the color specialist led the way to the other room, in which the dominating color was apple-blossom pink. “This is the normal color,” said Mr. Prosser, “because 1 have found that ninety-nine people out of a hundred are happiest in rooms of this shade.”