Show julias experiment in psychology 1 11 1 I 1 I 1 1 l ll 11 the weekly short story by DOROTHY DOUGLAS DOUGIA TULIA ULIA met him at one of those J J downtown restaurants where ight and color and dancing an and jazz are the predominant notes there were also many pretty girls to gladden the masculine eye 1 I wonder what pleasure you get coming orrill 11 to these places julia questioned him and gazed frankly into his gloom filled eyes you dont seem to be hilariously intia asted in your surroundings t donald mills milt looked back at the intelligent rather than pretty face of the firl girt whom he bad had met a halt hour before and smiled a more or of less pathetic smile 11 1 I dont know I 1 come how howler hower er nearly every evening that Is then im not up at the Il argraves flat they dont don t mind ray my dropping in abere therea 1 seem to go in to spite of mi m self I 1 detest laying staying home bome the matter with home asked julia with her bright edgag ing smile hat Is in your in LD herfor that donad donald actually lau lauguta Clied chaitlen salad for the moment and soon I 1 suck se it will be a cup of black coffee after to lan hing with him she pur sued hr br sublet your home in I 1 mean what whitt colmorr 1 1 I 1 t tell you sou green anti red I 1 fancy hot liing startling ex capt that the walla walls are a vicious shade of drab green with brown trees all oi cr bleir how flow perfectly awful I 1 julia julla sensitive to color in to a marled marked degree shuddered sh ita lits no wonder you cant stay homec slie she looked looted eagerly at him and wondered won Jered it ehe she dare suggest hat that rhe try her bond hand at b brighten tighten ing ng up his lome she bad had done a fair number of houses and was gradually working op up a nice business of her own 11 1 I wonder it you would let me decorate your rooms for yoa jutt ns as an experiment in psychology she the finally asked 1 I do this of work but if you aill let me do your hone home I 1 will do d the v ork at my own A home fhe she added with one of tho the sweetest sm am les I 1 should be a place which lures a roans mans coal soul to it it if you could make me think ot of dashing dishing home daring during business bours just tor for the joy and peace peate ot of bring being there well donald offered the nicest kind of 0 emile smile to her then cuy expense you are put to will be more than repaid I 1 fly at present from my room rooms as if a hornets homets nest were w re there when julia had her first glimpse of bis his rooms the drew back with rie feeling that a ina madman droan bad had chosen the things rhin them however ebe she took lier her courage in hand and went to work to bring cheer an ani beauty where the most profound ugliness held war away first olag julia old did waa was to send the a arted collection ot of furniture cak pak mahogany birch at all I 1 to workrooms to have then made a it rich sh ado of blue enamel and upholstered where necessary la ani velvet to match men wen love velvet he be mused she had the walls stripped of the hideous paper and a lustrous glai blazel copper put on instead all the woodwork was done to match the chairs she hung softest of gold curtains at fit the window and emt sont his fearful carpet to the dyer dyers to be made a it good shade of 0 blue she scattered a few wonderful colne about and pot put la in two to lamp IMP thade shades of old gold but cant I 1 come over once just jut to see how bow you are getting on he had asked her in the 9 when she had turned him out sot not one peep until it Is ill all done julia insisted donalds bedroom the made all aft buff and alep warm tr crimson imson all men love red ahe she told lr hit self and was really pleased wwi cwi the two rooms when finished when donald raw saw bis big rooms for the first frat time be drew a long breath brewi of quiet admiration for the first time in several drab year ears don donald a id bad had a desire to icare leave the tho office and find sink mak down into that wonderful old chair under tho the lamp and read road it wils wu only the beginning of donald i a more cheery outlook alf U even eyen bapa to have a few friends in and to level in the closer friendships that the home em emed t to 0 ra oyid 1 the old crowd w med to meet la in donald s 5 rooms D now 0 f rat rather her than the restaurants A magnet drey them but th aly y hardly real really IgNI ahr t it was the colora atmosphere amo sphere oo 00 0 home julia on the other hand had be come a wee bit shy her ifer bu business sines too bad had increased and absorbed most of her time 11 was donald who bad lai become frankly questioning he wacl i her ath com complete plate adoration in his big eyes on one rare octa occasion sion wilen she ameel his ills party part are yon you doing many bachelors booma a 11 now w r he be questioned ber her and alin ob she e nod ded with ci r he aslund and do they all talia 1 in love with youl you I 1 0 hone of then them do I 1 she he said with a mile 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