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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XXII, 3 June 1899, Page 761

The fashion started some years back of putting women servants into livery is gaining considerable ground. Tn England, they mostly wear black dresses and open jacket’s, with white or coloured waistcoat, but in America some of the housekeepers have supplemented the black and white caps, collars and aprons with knots of coloured ribbon placed on the pockets of the apron and on the white cap; the colour denoting their position in the house. Those who open the door appear in some one tint; those who wait in the dining-room wear only white, while the house maids have pink. A noted hunting woman in the States robes her maids in scarlet, while an ecclesiastic has his servants arrayed in bright purple and white aprons and stole ends.

It is said now that colour can be used in the treatment of various diseases, as experiments are to be made at the Paris Exhibition next, year under prismatic rays to prove this. Microbes will have a bud time under the ‘colour treatment.’ ns it is said they come to an untimely end when exposed to red, violet, or yellow rays. It is very curious to hear that red lists a calming effect on the human being, as red is always held to be a danger signal, and is the sign of war and insurrection. So, if we study the effects of the colours according to this treatment, we shall be able to do a great deal to preserve the pence of our households and smooth down affairs generally. The fractious ones need only to be put in a red room and all will be well—at least we hope so.