Arizona republican., 1898-07-23
ABOUT RAINBOW cHASERS.

The case of Eugene Sauley, polite ian of Indianapolis, is attracting at tention He is unable to see things as they really are. Sometimes every thing seems green, then again it is red or purple, but most frequently objects appear to him to be bright yellow, i friEged with pale blue whiskers.
 l The rainbow vision first came into public notice in 1888, when it was con- fined almost exclusively to democratic campaign managers. Its victims were known as rainbow chasers." After the election of General Harrison to the presidency, post-mortem was held and the pathology of the disease was definitely settled. It is more of a men, tai than a visual affliction, and it gen. erally yields readily to treatment The result of an election-especially an un- ! favorable result-has been known to act as a specific. Sometimes, though, it becomes chronic, in which form it is incurable. Instead of seeing yellow objects on blue backgrounds, nearly l everything is distorted in the eyes of these afflicted persons and as the dis ease progresses the sense of proportion gradually disappears.
 | One of the most unfortunate victims of the rainbow vision is the Hon. Gro yer Cleveland of Princeton. His case is of long standing, and is aggravated by total loss of his reasoning power
 which is one of the worst symptoms of the disease. His particular mania
 is Hawaii. MT. Cleveland's distorted vision only permits him to see the roy al palace in Honolulu. The sight of an
 American flag on the islands throws him into terrible convulsions and causes him to grind his teeth savage
 ly. War is another of his delusions.
 Nc one knows how war really looks to MT. Cleveland, but judging from his partial description of it the other day
 before a clinic of college students, it must be one of the most painful sights imaginable
 Another well known victim is Colo nel W. J. Bryan of Nebraska. His chief delusion once was the silver dol lar which, in his morbid vision, is six teen times as large as anything else in the world. He is partially recovering from this attack, however, and since he received his commission his favor | ite phantasy has been life size figure of himself clad in a generals uniform and crowned with a wreath of laurels four feet in diameter. The background of this pleasing vision is the White House. But this, too, is passing. The latest bulletins state that he is now able to recognize familiar household objects. He is not out of danger, though. He still exhibits great mental distress when the word 'simper- ialism" is mentioned
 | Another chronic sufferer is Senator B. R. Tillman of South Carolina While this statesman has not yet been able to clearly define his idea of a gold bearing interest bond, owing, probably, 1 to lack of educational advantages in AAH yooSA1, IL 10 SuUpOScO that it usually appears to him as hy- drs-headed. dark green, pink-eyed | monster, which feeds exclusively on farmers. It is believed that if the sen- ator should publicly describe his im- pressions of Wall street banker it I would keep most of the children of the country indoors after dark for the rest of the year. MT. Tillman's case is one of the most virulent on record. It will be seen that Mir Sauleys at- tack is by no means serious at present. If he can be restrained from making speeches or writing letters to the news papers and if little or no serious atten- tion is paid to his visual vagaries he ought to recover. It is mistaken kindness to take rainbow chaser seri- ously.
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