The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02
FsYcROLOGY on RAY FEvER.
OTatOry. TheOries, VIE md RepaFtee at the
Annual Canyenti0n Of Victims.

BETnLRHHN. N. H., Sept. AT BethIe-
hem In tho White Mountalns-that mecca
for hay fever suiierers-said one pedestrian
TO another:
Is 1t q mere meaningless coincidence
that hay fever Ia at its height during the
silly season."
speak softly, 4" said the other: you may
offend the very air. Bethlehemi . atmos-
phero, As you know. IL the stancbest
friend Of the hay fever victim. II 10 very
evident he continued, that you have
never heard the sublimatod wisdom which
sufuses the sessions Of the United States
Hay Fever Association. So, then, lot . HE
to the meeting
We arrived In time to attune ourselves
to the l~ugubrious tenor OF the initial ad-
dress. The speaker at some length dwelt
upon the p~arti-colored feelings which
enmesh the hay foyer subject during q
typical paroxysm Of sneezing. This open
Ing note Of oratory found an echo In the
minds OF these present, for summarily
wise glances we're exchanged and sage
u~tteranoes exudcd.
1t did not take long to whet the speaking
appetite, for even coy members recited
impressive speeches which, according to
the loud whispers Of a naughty neighbor,
were mere religious repetiions Of previous
years. Nevertheless, these deliverances
were faultleesly ornate. They were like
wise Of utilitsrian vslue, since they pictured
the tenacity Of Old symptoms as well as
the futiity Of essaying any agency other
than Bethlehem climate.
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sition was advanced.
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Der. in nowise point to structural pscuIiari-
ties. The oausitive aRent.' said this learned
theorizer. ais 70 be found In .oma ma rkad
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V"nuencies IoWaru nerVousness.
never nervous IN all my days, and !
have had the hay fever for TWENTY-FIVE
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orlacs' tncy never know what atls them.
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the predisposinR cause Of hav fevar. thu
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looker.
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70 the verbal least. The assembly was
subjected to a shocking spectacle, an I'M
common bout Of sneezipR. as inoomnra-
hanaihlo a. n was a. rast Tor hl....d pa,Ll~
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nem generaHy voucneaies immunity TO the
hay fever contingent.
What means this rude sneezinR! de-
mand an explanation, sir" shouted an
Axcikod mNmbAr.