The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-07
Victims Are Still Looking For a
Cure That Cures.
ARE YOU READY TO SNEEzE ?
The Annual Convention Of the United
statee Hey Fever Association viii
Be Held This Year at Bethlehem,
NJ. H., on Aug. %.
Oh, this is a wfeeze

BrlnBeth Gown on tDelr kneea
A-begging for some good reiieverl
Again the hay fever seoson Is at
hand. Every year when the month of
August approaches haberiashers get
out their spare stock of handkerchief,
all movable papers on the victims
desks are spiked down, and hotel keep
ers up in Bethlehem, N H., and varI-
Gus other exempt localities hire ex-
ira help and bring out their nonbreak-
able tableware.
The troubles of the hay fever VIC
tins begin just as soon as the summer
zephyrs begin waiting the toxic pollen
Of ragwood and eoldenrod. The fren-
Zied search for "roee cold- remedies
has brought fortune TO hundreds Of
patent medicine manufacturers, but
little relief 10 the sufferers. From
early In August until mid September
the land echoes with blasts, wheeeee,
snorts and kerchoos, which do not
cease until the open season ends. The
clans gather at the resorts" adver-
tised to be climattcally or otherwise be-
nign for the victims. But 1t usually
is the case OF grin Of you can) and
bear it
Association Formed.
Some thirty eight years ago little
group of rose coklers" got together
in the pariors of the hotel in Bethle-
hem perhaps the most widely known
of the exempt" spots} and organized
the United States Hay Fever associa-
ton. Their purpose in organizing
was purely facetious. They simply
wanted to poke fun at one another,
compare amusing experiences and see
who could relate the taliest hay fever
yarns. Original verse was composed
and read for the delectation of the
sneezing audience. One Of these effu-
sions, whose author Is forgotten, read:
Ker-choo! My nds-ah-ah-ker-chool
I've writ a little verse for you.
Just walt bit
This sneezing ut
Wul--ker-excuse rne-choo!
I've tried for long TO get relief:
I've hailed all quacks with fond beliet.
But none could ease
My nasal breeze
Or-dash this cohAhes-choo!
1t IS TO suffer and forget
The many remedies I've met
Excuse me, please
I've got TO snee3e-
A-whee! A-wumpf- -choo!
The members soon saw that they
might use the organization as an effec-
tive means Of conducting an investign-
ton into the cause of hay fever and to
experiment. In the hope OF discovering
q remedy. AS soon as the society an
nounced its serious purpose there was
a tremendous influx of members. Many
clergymen who had been in the habit
Of punctnating their sermons with ma
sal explosions promptly sent In their
names. Among the clerical recruits
were Henry Ward Beecher and DR..
Partridge, who for many years served
In an official capacity.
Convention Yearly.
Every year a convention vas held
at Bethlehem. and reports were read
of the progress made and suggestions
presented by members. Hundreds of
reputed remedies were investigated
and found to be totally worthless as
~NSeJ tS'SA NbASns L. at Oilo
time received letters and literature
from a concern that pended the same
HAY fever remedy" as a medicine to
relieve sore feet So called exempt"
localities We're investigated, and an
official list was compiled, Indicating
those where relief might actually be
found. At present the association rec
ommends some siXty+seven resorts.
Most Of these are IN northern New
England, particularly in the White
mountain district in New Hampshire.
Others are scattered ali over the coun-
try, and some are in Canada. In these
] places there is no universal exemption,
although there is partial exemption In
many cases which are not entirely re
lieved.
The convention this year Will be
held in Bethlehem Aug. 2S.