The Effects Of Color

A correspondent of a scientific paper siiys he had occasion for several years to examine rooms occupied by women for mauafaetnring purposes, and had observed that while t:!e ivtorliers in onc room wou'd bo vëry eheerful and healthy, the OOOnpanta of a similar room who were einployod on the same kind of work wcre all inclined to melancholy, and complained of pain in the forehead and eyos, Hnd were often ill and unable to work. The only differeuee whieh ivé coald discover in tho rooms was that the ono occupied by the healthy workers was wbolly white washed, and that occupiod by the melancholy workers was colared witli yellow ochré. As soon as tho difference struck him he b;ul the yellow ochru washud oif, a.d the walls whiteneti At once an iinjwoveiuent took jjlaco in the health and spirits of the occupiers. Ho pursued his observations and experiiBents, ntmily in larg;o raanufacturi8, bitt also in sinail apartmonts anjgnrrets ; and he invariably found that the occupants of inoh qnarters, when these wero colorod yellow or buff, were loss healthy than their neighbors in whiteued rooms, and that when the yellow bue disupjie:ii(;d, the low spirits and ill health went with ït.