The sun., 1908-07-29
,ag hay FEVER CULT IS BUSY
,,h 1T NEEDS rs A SHIP 40
an THE SNEEZELESS OCEAN.

sAIL THE SNEEZELESS OCEAN.
~. Wabble Unfortunately Has Acquired
the Habit, So Another One sided Side.
/ ,sheeler Must Be Buiit--Untn Then 1t
Must BE Bethlehem, N. H., or Similar.
rbs United States Hay Fever Associa-
Mn really bit Its summer stride yesterday.
An IN one day the associations latest year
hook, .The Other Side and Places came
,ohand and the thirty fifth annual meeting
s,s convened at 8 O'Clock at Bethlehem,
sH.: and the association sent out trans
h,ion by one Of the most prominent NOM
ssrs Of the Hay Fever Association-Straw-
AR Batt of New York, a graduate Of the
rriversity Of Jena-of a letter from Presi-
tsnt otto Schulz Of the German Hay Fever
Issociation, known officially as the Heu-
aeber- Bund Won Helgoland, and the letter
/. chock full Of intimate social notes from
the brother and sister organization in'
Germany, and how to seek out places that
have no hay fever Of their own and 30 intro
dpce It where 1t Is now lacking; And ex-
c,rsions and picnics are being arranged; |;
and altogether the United States Hay
Fever Association looks forward to one Of
lis most pleasant summers.
Unlike the all year round open seasons
An loved by kindred organizations such
A the American Academy Of Associated
Asthmatics, the Corns and Bunions Bund,
the Delirium Tremens Alumni Of North
America, the International Catarrh Club
and the ever so jolly Pleiades Club, the
United States Hay Fever Association has
only short time In each year In which it
NAV enjoy it's social fling. Therefore the
sssocation's members make the most OF
the brief season that is theirs to get to-
rether and compare their symptoms
According to the associations pamphlet
that reached THE SUN yesterday the only
requirement for membership in the Hay
Fever Association Is to take up the disease
and acquire it. Even novitiates. or persons
who have been able to progress only as
far as the early stage known as new mown
hay fever, may participate in all the advan-
taees open to a member who has maintained
hay fever for, say, thirty years.
IL YOU wish to join the association, first
Of course you must catch your hay fever
and then send your name and the club dues
to William n. Patterson, IS Cedar street
ionce the centre OF the hay industry OF the
city,, who is the secretary and treasurer
Of the Hay Fever Association. For merely
one dollar and hay fever one may enjoy
the assooiation's many privileges for a
S sscs% Of tsar xy 81 he
one keeps up ones hay fever consistently.
But should member go In for tonsilitis
or housemaid's knuckle. or anything other
than hay fever, he is expelled from the
Hay Fever Association ipso facto.
There are, however, transfer courtesies
in force among all organizations OF this
kind, with the exception OF the exclusive
and much more expensive-club known
as the Broadway Cirrhosis Coterie. Even
The Cirrhosis club will take In members
Of other organizations that have become
personally interested in the clubs lad;
but the Cirrhosis never expels a mem
Der, In other words, admission to the
Cirrhosis Coterie means only life MEM
The delights Of membership in the Hay
Fever Association are very many, but one
advantage that especially : Impressed
literature at hand il the great wealth Of
reading matter concerning hay fever that
the association sends to its members.
pamphlets that perhaps are entitled .T IHox a.e,s
to Know The WA H Hay FeyeTH s Hsv e Teye,ss ,.'s
NAV be- had for tho aslxing. These books
may be taken along when member goes
On n vacation, and 90 he may learn all about
what hay fever is and constantly keep 1t
In mind.
tells a Great deal about recent investigators
In hay fever diet and bathing. Once, II
seems. folks that got hold OF q good case Of
hay fever always avoided eating hay.
Now in the list OF things that should not
be eaten neither the American nor German
authorities mention hay as being INJURIOUS.
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persons with hay fever should not worry
about bathing any more than non MEM
bers do. President Schulz Of the German
Hay Fever Organization also calls atten.
ton to new serum which Is obtained
from the blood Of horses.' Serum taken
from tigers or the condor Of the Andes
smuch less desirable, as both these creatures
are carnivorous.
But the horse lives largely upon hay and
uses straw only to build its nest. Native,
draught horses Of Italy it has been found
horses horses and cattle Of New Engi and. oddly
enough, grow fat on pies of various sorts
and boiled dinners, but the kingfsher
likes swampy land where bluefish may be
found. 1t is certain that the serum to be
obtained from any Of these or even from
horses whose staple food is horsechestnuts
or the harder horseradish Of the uplands.
would be looked upon askance by the true
disciple Of the hay fever cult.
Two pages OF the Hay Fever Associat tons
year book, The Other Side and Places,
are filled with the names Of towns and
localities where the only hay fever to be
obtained is that which may be brought
along by association members. In Dix
vile Notch, n. H.. one is unable to find even
hay fever. Another good place to go that
the year book mentions eaong Its list OF
places is the ocean-any convenient ocean.
The advantages Of any one OF the oceans as
q place FOR summer iaunts will be brought
up at the convention Of the hay fever sharps
that began to gather at Bethlehem yesterday
afternoon. One OF the most prominent
snsezers in the organization will. 80 1t was
hinted yesterday about town, outline to
the convention his plan to build large
excursion boat on the lines Of the 3. 8.
Wabbls. with a paddle wheel on only one
side, which when towed far out on some
good sized ocean will get up steam and sail
around and around and around.
:. President Samuel A. Harlow OF Grafton.
Mass, chief executive OF the United States
Hay Fever Association. at first favored
the idea OF ohartering the s. 8. Wabble
from the New York newspaper interests
that now own her. 1t is alleged. and gave
up the notion only when he learned from
Secretary Patterson Of New York-wh6 is
n closer touch with maritime affairs-that
Capt Henie Hassenpfeaser OF. the old Ger
man tramp steamer planted ivy early this
spring all along the deck caves OF his boat.
This ivy now has olambered all over the
t@o Il If.l.l al II G..z.