The sun., 1913-11-09
MIRIAM MINER. I6s we,. s3d St.

opinions Of the puzzling symptoms. af-
ter the manner Of doctors in council as
sembled. and paying little attention to
the pulchritudinous young cub and his
green-blue brown study. Thus they
failed to see him reach slyly over.
take a soft little unprotesting hand in
his and stroke 1t sympathetically. in
the most absent way imaginable. Wei
that they failed, for this was manifestly
improper treatment for q hysterical
state.
Nor did the young cubs breach OF
decorum stop there. Far from it. He
reached down with his lips close to
that velvety white cheek, softly blew
away rebellious curl and whis-
pered something in the shell-like ear,
Remember. it happened in France.
You'll find ii in the Journal mentioned
If you have any doubts about 1t.
What did he ask her? All We know
Is that the patient. blushing now with
the doctor nodded brightly in the affirm
ative, her eyes shining like lights in
the armament. and the rascally young
cub firmly grasping her warm little
hand in his own.
A likely occurrence, you will say.
Ah, but you forget 1t was in France.
Have you so sedulously avoided French
literature that you cannot understand?
In cold. scientific language, analysis
subsequently demonstrated that the
hose had been dyed with aniline dye
(made from coal tar) and that every
time the little maid donned her gay
socks and tripped happily of to work
she absorbed enough Of the poisonous
| chemical to produce the symptoms OF
aniline poisoning. Thus a thoughtful
scrutiny and q delicately put query
| availed more than bombastic bag Of
professional claptrap after all, that is,
in q diagnostic way.
1t developed subsequently that the
young assistant had experienced sim
liar attack himself not long before the
events here described. Being low in
funds he had endeavored to convert
| his russet oXfords into presentahle
winter shoes by painting them with n
black dye purchased for the purpose.
The coating had scarcely dried when
| he was seized with faintness and be-
gan to turn blue around the lips and
| the finger nails. Fortunately he ha!
| suspected the dye and hastily removed
| the shoes from his feet before the alb
| sorption was complete. This expert
ence had prompted him to study the
dye market attentively. with the result
that he was right there with his data
and able to make his senior colleagues
in the council admit he was some
diagnostician.
| Foods, confections. havoring sub
stances and coloring materials are some
times adulterated with or wholly COM
posed of aniline products. Many OF
them are poisonous. but the symptoms
are commonly unrecognized as coal tar
poisoning or else mistakenly attributed
to natural illness. as was the case OF
the girl with the green stockings.
There is little doubt. however, that a
great many people, placing undue con
| fidence in the Poor Food and Dopes
Act' of our great and glorious country.
suffer serious disturbances of health
from chronic aniline poisoning acquired
in this manner.
At the beginning we stated that this
was not to he IL romance but a genuine
fact story with Il moral. Still We feel
sure the reader will want to know that
they got married, the two young people
did, thus blending blue and brown in
perfect and artistic union. ana they
lived happily ever afterward.