Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-15
FAY FEVER CONQUEROR
TAKES CURES AFIELD
TO PROVE HIS CLAIMS
ARMY of Former Victims of
Sneezitis Visits Goldenrod
Patches and Doesn't
Turn a Hair
TWO "KER-CHooS" HEARD
By M'LISS


ht5av fever or Just rose?"
A peaked little woman, sitting far back
a. the corner, put the question in the
,v,nbathetic tones that grand army of
,he order Of the goldenrod and the rag
,weed has come to employ when bespeak-
,.o a fellow sufferer Then she pressed
..r handkerchief surreptitiously TO her
ale mink nose. wiped a recalcitrant tear
.wav. shifted timidly and awaited the
reply
An around us men, women and children
we're pressing their handkerchiefs sur
rsntitiously to their pale pink noses and
,,ouiring in sympathetic tones regarding
.aeb other's symptoms II was like the
Sbautauoua salute or the Masonic grip,
.his messing of the handkerchiefs. Not
rnowine what to answer, l simply pressed
Nv way of being diplomatic, and the
nsaked little woman smiled a beatific
smile. which at once gathered me into
the feverish fold.
II was an aggregation OF hay feverites
gathered at the clinic of DR.. John II.
pailev. 40 South 9th street, who pro-
fesses the ability TO cure in some cases
and 'arrest" in many the most virulent
forms of hay and rose fevers. To sub
stantiate his boasts Doctor Bailey COM
mandeered a 1otilla of auto17bbiles yes
terday afternoon and conveyed his erst-
while ARRESTED" and cured patients to
the goldenroded precincts of Elmwood
and Girard Point.
LIKE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Like happy school children the 80 pa
tients of Doctor Bailey clambered into
the automobiles, eager to put their ten
der nasal membranes to the test, but the
doctor was taking no chances. Although
he had been scouting around the country
IN the morning to discover the golden
rodngest" fields near Philadelphia, he
hit upon the idea of taking a real botan-
ist on the afternoon trip, and stop was
where John Dowdell, the superintendent,
was picked up to be diagnostician.
II was real goldenrod they got into at
Flmwood. There was no doubt about
that, but before Mr.. Dowdell had a
chance to render expert opinion a weaz-
ened little chap with a sad expression
who hadn't had much to say on the way
out beat him to it.
), 'Ker-choo"
It was goIdenrod all right.
The rest of the party, wallowing in the
weeds like cats in catnip, regardless oi
the fatal pollen, ceased their activities
and turned their disapproving glances or
the traitor.
"Ker-choo!"
With a countenance that resembled tht
taste of green persimmon, the miserable
little fellow sneezed a second time and
then beat furtive retreat to the nearest
automobile. there to await his more
courageous companions.
In the meantime, the somewhat swoller
and distorted countenances of the quon
dam hay and rose feverites were bathec
in blissfully happy expressions and such
verbal outbursts as these fell like swee
music on the doctors ears: ...
II been a sufferer for 16. and Goo
knows I'm happy woman on this day.
Just to think I amt sneezin, and
haven't been able to go near goldenrot
for AZ years"
81 only had it two. but them wal
enough"
But the most ecstatic of all was j
Earnshaw, who in addition to being ;
hay feverite is a resident of Roxborough
For 30 years" said Doctor Bailey
commenting on this patients recupera
ton. "he has been snoring, and after
few Of my treatments, his wife and fam
fly have come to testify to their graft
tude at the present tranquility of his noe
turnal slumbers."