The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-18

in the demand for another. Moreover
the girls themselves went shopping
and, proud of their newfOund knowl,
edge, expressed themselves publicly
Look at that woman buying the
tam we analysed in the laboratory"
remarked one girl to another in per-
fectly audible tone in one of the best
grocery shops in town. I'll bet if she
knew that it was old apples and coal
tar dye she'd think before she'd buy
it." OF course this spoiled the sale
and the grocer ,waXed indignant. In
dignation also grew among druggists,
bakers, confectioners and milk deal
ers. The people of Westfield were be-
ginning to ask questions that the deal
ers could not answer, and, naturally
resentment against the normal school
grew Finally a number of merchants
refused to supply Professor Allyn with
goods. The professor overcame this
by sending the girls to make pur-
chases for analysis, but soon even the
girls found it difficult to purchase.
Threatening letters began to arrive at
the normal school. Drummers who
came to town and failed to sell goods
went back to the manufacturers de-
claring the school meddlesome busy
body. Then the manufacturers sent
special representatives to visit and
warn Mr.. Allyn that he must desist.
Ending the Craze for Lollypops.
Just at this time the lollypOp craze
struck Westield The bright-colored
balls proved irresistible even to digni-
fed normal students and lollypops
were devoured by thousands. Then
Mr.. Allyn brought lOllypops into the
laboratory. He chose the brightest
and most attractive, and the horror
stricken girls extracted enough poison
Gus dyes to make the school one of
total abstinence as far as lollypops
were concerned. Mr.. Allyn made his
results public, and IollypOp buying in
Westfield ceased, while the manufac-
turers sent more threatening letters
But the hostile feeling in the town
actually hampered the school work
Goods for experiment had to be OBJ
tanned surreptitiously, which was in
convenient. So a number of grocers
were invited to the school to inspect
the work. Eight grocers came. They
looked curiously at the banners of gor-
geous colors dyed with cOal-tar from
food products, and inspected with a
good deal of interest the food museum.
The museum occupies a corridor near
the laboratory. It consists of tail
glass cases in which the foods, pure
and impure are placed, On one side
appears, first a bottle of Heinz Catsup,
labeled Pure and directly opposite,
an equally attractive bottle of cat
sup" is labeled: 'Stewed pumpkin
colored with coal-tar and preserved
with benzoic acid" Then come
various brands of canned goods
peas, beans, etc. On the one side the
well-known pure brands Francis Leg
gett, White Rose, and the American
Dehydrated Company's products are
prominent. On the other are various
brands of French peas, beans and
spinach" labeled; "Colored with cop
per sulphate" Pure olive oil faces d
decoction of cottOn-seed oil, peanut oil
poppy seed, corn and sesame oils, also
labeled by the manufacturer pure
olive Pure coffee looks across at z
package labeled go per cent chicory,'
Pure tea cOnfronts tea that is faced
with graphite,
The grocers returned to their shop
interested but puzzled Then one en-
} terprising man tried an experiment
} He rearranged his stock, putting al
the approved foods to the front. Whe,
his customers appeared he recon
} mended the brands,
I've just been up at the norma
school, madam" he asserted ian,
these brands are there in the museum
labeled pure You can see for your
self In twenty-fOur hours he foun,
, his sales increased so that he wa
! confident that fighting the norma
school had been a mistake. The othe
grocers were quick to follow his ex
J ample Then one man went a stel
J further. He assured his customer
, that he would not sell any goods un
} less they first had been approved b.