The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-02
SNEEzE TEST
OPENS" ACHO0!"
IS PASSWORD


Bethlehem, n. H., Sept. 1.-The
great national sneeze- fest, the annual
convention of the United States Hay
Fever Association, was opened in the
Methodist church here today and will
he continued i'm session over tomorrow.
Hundreds OF red nosed. red eyed,
sneezing and smiling sufferers are i'm
attendance from many parts OF the
country. Armed with atomizers. eye
washes and eye cups. throat garPles
and handkerchiefs, they have come to-
gether In annual session To sympathize
with one another and to get lines on
new treatments which will enable them
To spend the months OF August and
September at home attending to BUSH
ness
Hay fever Is not pleasant disease
and it makes its victims suffer and de-
stroys their good temper. But it is by
far the best organized disease in the
country. So far as is known the jaun-
dice sufferers have never held a con-
vention, and no one has called meet
ing of those afflicted with ingrowing
toe nails.
Disband II Successful.
The United States Hay Fever AS
ISOLATION was organized more than for
ty years ago. In some respects the or
ganization is most unusual. For exam
pie if the association is successful its
success will exterminate the organiza-
tion totally. Up to date it reports
remarkable growth, which indicates
| that il has been unsuccessful Why do
people show such marked desire to
| Join an unsuccessful organization? An,
there's the sneeze, And anyhow can
an organization that shows so healthy
a growth be truly described as unsuc-
cessful?
The selection OF Bethlehem as the
place of annual gathering was really
made on merit for 1t has the largest
number of exempt reports of all the
| places where hay fever sufferers go for
relief. peculiarly of the disease is
| that one place may be exempt for
| some, partly exempt for others, and
not at all for others. According to the
L
statistics prepared by the association
New Hampshire leads all places as a
haven for the persistent sneezers.
| Preacher is "Main Sneeze."
| The convention was called to order
| today by the Main SneeZe," the Rev.
| Guy Roberts of New York. DIR. Roberts
does not suffer from the disease, but
the association elected him president
for the reason that hayfeverites who
try to talk at the conventions punctu-
ate their remarks by too many
"Achoos." The principal feature of the
| presidential address was n bitter at
tack on the handkerchief trust.
When the presidents address had
been delivered and the customary
greeting exchanged the convention be
gan it's deliberations as for many
years. with the singing of the associa-
tons anthem, beginning:
BLOW, bugle. blow, set the wild
echoes dying"
| Occupying a seat of honor near the
rostrum was the venerable Richard
Muckle Of Philadelphia, a former presl-
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his ninetieth year. Mr. Muckle has
sneezed successfully, he says, for sew
enty-six consecutive years, and hopes
to sneeze some more.
one of the features OF the yearly
convention liz the reading OF Oliver
| Wendell Holmes euro" for hay fc-
yer: six feet of clean gravel, six feet
down." Following this, it is customary
for the president to read off hundred
or more hay fever cures" AZ the
names are read there are sneezes ot
approval or complimentary "Achoos.
Secretary an efficient" Victim.
| y. Il. Jerome is the secretary of tho
association and one Of the leading spir-
it's at the convention Mr.. Jerome has
been q very efficient secretary and the
chances are that he can retain the JOB
as long as he goes on sneezing anu
wants It, Under his guidance the as
ISOLATION has been brought up To
condition OF effectiveness whore mem
bers can be informed OF n lot more
places where they can get hay feNer
now than was the case in the early
days of the association quarter oil
| century ago.
| Not alone do the members OF the as
ISOLATION get together and commisser-
ate with each other. hut they get OUT
n booklet each year whichis full OF IN
terest to those afflicted with the as
ease. A table OF places OF compare
tive immunity is published, as well as
a chapter of experiences full OF JOY
and gloom as found by hay fever SUI
ferers i'm the use OF medicines or stays
at resorts where hay fever is adVer-
tised as unknown. The association
also aims to expose flake" remedies
for hay fever and to promote any Ell
fective measures of relief that may pc
found by the members. So far 'ne
members do not seem bit discouraseu
over the fact that no real panacea mas
| been discovered by the ASSOCIATION
| d,ring a., axiatapca ~ forty years anu