Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-01

"It win be just too horrid for any
use. said dainty Dora Dimples, shak-
ins her small head, trimming over
with curls. and stamping a tiny foot.
~What wiue" asked the rest Of the
girls. who had. as usual formed a
group during the noon recess OF a west
side high school
"Why. haven't you heard? They're
talking about vaccinadng us ON our
noses. For one, 1 don't propose TO put
up with it,
"Nor l." said a tall brunette inTol-
UNFAIRLY Uplifting the member under
dfseasslo But tell us all about it,
Do-re. When do they begin, and why
have the. come to such silly decis-
ione"
.f Dora had been fiji comic opera
She would have needed no better cue
for a soprano solo. and, indeed, bar
ri0e the costumes. ir was as much Ike
q certain scene I'm "OHve-te' as any
thinz could be. Tic would. perhaps,
prove too tc .1us 90 relate the story
as Dora did. while the interested young
women formed q half circle about her.
The cause of their anxiety is, briefly
speaking. t0 be found In a new system
of incubation against smallpox Wnlch
is now under consideration by Health
Commissioner Kerr
This is TO vGcciuatc patients on the
nose after the style of the ja0anese.
The department has met with many OBJ
s.a...s iu it's attempt 90 vacclnaJe
children at the public schools and
STRANGERS in the city gathered In at the
police stations. Much of this OppOsl-
tiar came from the fact that the lm-
print of Che vaccine point on the ten
dor flesh or tho arm proved more OF less
r-sruI Now it is a well known fact
rrrt the nose is composed of no such
tender subsistence It is nearly pure
cartiege. which. as everyone knows,
is only bone before it grows hard.
Hence 10 is fair 90 presume that a vac
Cirati0n ON the organ of smell would
cause little or no inconvenience.
The system has long been in use in
Japan which yields the palm to few
countries for medical science There
ir has been found to- work admirably
and there is mo- reason, Chicago ply
sicia1s say why it should not do as
well iu this country as In the land OF
flowers.
.saea a-ran has been talked off, adj
rrIt..I Health Commissioner Kerr. yester-
C.. .fterro51. as he sat i'm his office In
ta. city h.I looking earnestly at 59.49l2ol
hacui which Dee said were contained i'm %
drop of sour milk at the end of % mighty
microscope -Of course. there are cases
where the system might Dee inconvenient
but these exceptions but Prove the rule.
ard-eNcuse me o. moment
Tho doctor carefully distracted three
of the microbes from the drop of milk
and placed them i'm % large test tube
where they would have more room.
CASH. was saying DE continued zone
cam can to mind noses which would feel
tho operation more keenly than others.
For instance. we frequently are called
rpon To- vaccinatc hob0s who have drifted
into town and have been garnered by
Chief Radeuoch's far-tamed reauers.
These men are sometimes accompanied
b, noses which. may say. TO put it into
simple language, are aonormaiiy appre-
cfat-i bv the eudosmosis of c0rpuscular
accreu0us. such noses are large. red and
urfnvtirg. and furnish but poor field
for TN, humble art of the practitioner
-Hut would YOU not encounter deter
mined opposition on the part of the wo-
r.re- asked am assistant who had just
succeeded iu c0rraIing d number of the
bacteria i'm d. corner of the drop of milk.
and was now preparing TO effect their cap
cure.
.On. YOU can't please the women, any
how. replied the doctor when we vac
cinlted them on the arm they said it spoil
cI them for balls and operas. and some OF
them wanted TO- Doe vaccinated ON the Leg
Even then they kicked
Isaac Rivers. a representative colored
man. was found at his winter residence on
Armour avenue and asked to- speak for
his race in regard TO the proposed new
method.
.Its am right I'm the winter and spring,
reckon" said he. taking plug of tooac-
CO from his mouth and laying it aside
Tor future reference. "but it won't do no.
how for summer and fall
Some curiosity being expressed as 20 The
reason for this discrimination, Mr.. Rivers
replied:
"HoV's q colored man gwinc ter eat
vratermuion with them there vaccina-
e& Awoman takes