The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01


Mr.. Gilbride bought the safe from
Mr.. Southwick, who was landlord of
the hotel at Madison Lake.
Bethlehem, N. H.. August 30
Hay fever fans" from all over the
United States and Canada, the
most enthusiastic bunch of "suf-
ferers" ever gathered to discuss
any ailment, assembled here today
in the annual convention of the
United States Hay Fever associa-
ton. Addresses by prominent vic
Tins and doctors occupied the morn
ing session, and there were few
sneeZes to interrupt the program,
as most of the visitors have found
freedom from their pet disease In
this little Green Mountain town.
This afternoon and tomorrow will
be taken up by the telling, by sew
eral hundred victims, of their symp-
toms and their various attempts to
secure relief. Three experience
meetings are always the big feat
ure of the annual convention, as
there is nothing hay fever fan
likes to talk about more than symp-
TOMS The victims of the disease,
by reason of their association, have
come 20 consider themselves a sort
of aristocracy and far removed from
the common mob.
Tales of Former Victims.
The tales of former victims will
be welcomed with special warmth.
They will be expected to tell how
they eluded the clutches of the ter
rible plague; whether they drink
coffee for breakfast; whether they
used this or that remedy, or lost
their ailment in this or that resort
for hay feverists; together with
full details as to diet and habits
of life. Armed with this information,
perhaps half of the delegates will
go home secure in the confidence
that they have found cure, until
next August comes around, and then
-ker chew! The United States
Hay Fever association was organ
lied in 1873, and there has not
been an annual meeting since that
not announced AS far back as 1881
no less a parsonage than Henry
Ward Beecher found one of these
certain remedies, but hay fever
is so uncertain that no remedy af-
fects two victims alike. That is
what makes the search for a cure
such a sporty adventure. The hay
fever association is headed by the
Rev. Clayton e. Delamater of West
Bridgewater, Mass, as president.
while Percy F. Jerome of New York
is secretary and in charge of the
national headquarters maintained in
New York
Two Kinds of Hay Fever.
According to victims, there are
two kinds of hay fever. The most
common variety comes usually in
August and continues until frost.
Allied to it is the rose cold" which
seeks it's victims in June and breaks
out again in the fall, when the
goldenrod is in bloom and the rag
weed is getting more raggedy
Some heightened persons among the
red-nosed and watery-eyed refer to
their ailment as coryza, but they are
not in favor among the delegates
to the present convention. Doctors
disagree as to, the cause of hay
fever, and there is not a doc
among the dozens of delegates rep
resenting the medical profession
who has not some pet cure that is
entirely different from that of his
professional brethren. All that is
definitely known about the disease
apparently, is that on certain date
in the late summer the patient be
gins to go achee-achee--ach
achee, and keeps it up for few
weeks, then as suddenly stops.