January, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
53 
Vavin —You have heard of Nancy—in France— 
the town? 
Halcomb —Yes. 
Vavin —And Dr. Charcot? 
Halcomb —Yes. 
Vavin —He was my friend. We made together 
many experiments of the effect of color 
upon many persons under hypnotic influ¬ 
ence. Invariably under yellow, or amber, 
the subject laughs; under green he is con¬ 
tent; under red he is stimulated; if it is 
brown he is in fear; if violet he weeps; 
under blue he is—what you call it— distrait? 
Dora —Perplexed ? 
Vavin —Perplexed! 
Halcomb —Don’t you think, Monsieur, so much 
attention to the light is a bit theatrical? 
Vavin —Theatrical ? 
Halcomb— Not true to life. 
Vavin —Life? Do you know, Monsieur, that 
sixty per cent, of the causes of falling in 
love are in the moonlight—in life?—Do you 
know the harvest moon? 
Halcomb —You mean the full moon that comes 
at harvest time? 
Vavin (nodding)—Do you know its peculiarity? 
Generally the full moon rises nearly an 
hour later each night. 
Halcomb —Well? 
Vavin —The harvest moon at the full comes up 
three nights almost at the same time. Did 
you ever think of that?—and why is it, do 
you suppose? 
Halcomb —Why ? 
Vavin —That harvesters, men and women, shall 
fall in love with each other! Oh, it is a 
droll God, Monsieur, that plays that trick 
for one hour on His children. Think of it, 
Monsieur, a harvest moon for one hour! 
Is that of the theatre? No; it is a droll 
God. Now, I cannot show you; I have no 
arrangement to get the blue light, which is 
mystery, and the green light, which is con¬ 
tent, and which together make a moon¬ 
light—when two people come together, mys¬ 
tified and happy, and say “Ah, this is Fate— 
we were for each other since the beginning.’’ 
Do not laugh, gentle reader, for it is 
tragedy—not comedy. Here in our midst, 
at our very door, yes, even within our 
home is a marvelous omnipotent agent, 
willing to aid us, yet fettered by man’s 
stupidity and the shackles of a sordid, mis¬ 
directed commercialism. Let us see how 
it lies within the power of each and every 
one of us to release this greatest of public 
servants—artificial light—and obtain as 
recompense—our own reward. 
(To be continued) 
Water Supply in Town and 
Country 
(Continued from page 19) 
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