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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

of ugly little things called Antl-bodles'
which float about in your system
have none. When, in August, the
pollen from the ragweed and the gold
en-rod is blown from the weed into your
nose the Anti-bodes snatch at 1t and
break it up into lots of little pieces, or
toxic products, some of which poison
YOU and make you sneeze. In my nose,
where there are no Anti-bodies, the
pollen is not broken up into toxic
products and has no effect.
"Now here we go out III the fields and
gather the flowers and weeds whose
pollen causes hay fever. We collect the
pollen from them and make from it an
extract. which we inject into your
system through your arm. We make
fifteen injections, beginning with a very
weak extract and working up to
strong one. When the first few drops
of this pollen extract get into your
system one of the sentries of the Anti
bodies who is on the lookout for just
such things calls to the rest of the Anti
bodies and says Oh-h, Skin-nay! Come
on over. Run like everything! Here's
a nice bunch of pollen to break up.
And all of the little Anti-bodies come
rushing over and scramble for piece.
But there is so very little pollen in the
first injection that what is broken up
doesn't make you sneeze, and, besides,
it isn't broken up in your nose. Then,
every other day, little more is put in,
but so gradually and so quietly that the
Anti-bodies never get much OF a meal
out of it but are just kept busy. And
they are kept so busy with the pollen
that is being squirted into your arm that
when, along about the sixteenth of Au-
gust, the pollen from the ragweed comes
floating along and lights in your nose
there are no little Anti-bodies there to
meet it. They have all gone to lunch.
So the rag-weed pollen gets bit offend
ed, and after sticking round for while
and, seeing nobody, disappears. And you
can we'll imagine how disappointed the
little Anti-bodies are when they come
home and find that the ragweed pollen
has been here and gone off in huff"
With a great sigh slid down from
my chair and clasped the doctor by the
hand.
"This has meant a lot to me-" | said
huskily. II shall probably never be the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
REEKING OF MENTHOL, THE VIC
TIM ARISES TO MAKE A
FULL CONFESSION.

For twelve years, from the middle
of each August until the last OF each
September, I have been the most
amusing thing in my neighborhood.
People have come from miles around, so
# seemed to me, to watch me sneeze and
10 suggest remedies. At first was
sanquine and full of youthful enthusl-
asm. and tried everything that was adj
vised. I would go about reeklng OF
menthol. utilizing various inhalation de-
vices and cream tubes with the deX-
ferrous rapidity of the player OF traps
in an orchestra. Once | tried new
and EXPENSIVE powder which appar-
emily relied upon the utter demolition
of the nasal tissues for its. curative
effect. for l was practically blown
through the window of the room III
which I gave myself the first treatment.
One wear l avoided cantaloupes as
would the plague; the next year
gorged on cantaloupes and Stunned
fritters. One year / went to the noun
tains; the next l went to the seashore.
But on the fifteenth of every August,
menthol inhalers to the contrary,
sneezed. On the sixteenth l sneezed
twice, and cried when facing the sun.
And on the seventeenth my home lie
went to smash and l fell into a decline.
So know whereof l speak. dislike
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

to make this such a personal narrative,
but it is the only way that l can get the
confidence of the other hay-feverltes.
We have been so pamphleted and adj
vised by outsiders that, as class, we
have become quite difident and timid'
Personally, l leave the table when any
one starts to unveil cure for hay fever.
| can't trust myself with such people.
II was with an intolerant volley OF
curses, then, that greeted the sugges-
ton that take run up to the Lederle
Antitoxin Laboratories at Pearl River
to see what they were doing toward the
solution of the hay fever problem.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

what might be called (and, in fact, are
going to be called right now the first
line trenches" of the Hay Fever Battle.
On the top of hill stood the Labora-
tories, and in all directions fields OF
golden-rod, ragweed, and other pollen
bearing plaques spread out their In
famous wares in brazen display. L
could scarcely contain myself. The
sight of a great wrong always affects
me deeply, and thought for moment
that | was going to break down under
the injustice Of it all.
Once inside the cool corridors OF the
Laboratory, however, / became myself
again. and was ready to listen to the
process by which the emancipation of
four million Americans is planned. 1t
could do no harm to listen, thought.
There was no need of personally antag-
onizing the officials.
"You see, it is this way" said one of
nv guides. "Under the usual expert
mental conditions of simultaneous, m
travenous, or inexperienced injection,
the absence of anaphylactic symptoms
may be due to the free, circulating
Anti-bodies which unite with the anti
gen and protect the cellular Anti
bodies"
81 see," I murmured.
'The anaphylactic nature of the reac-
ton" he continued, eff we accept it and
the pollen protein as that to which In
dividuals with the disease are sensl-
81 recognized the word pollen just
them" l interrupted. pollen has
something to do with hay fever, hasn't
it?"
The official saw that he had retarded
intelligence to deal with and began
again.
Now draw up your chair closer" ne
said. in the tone of one who is about to
tell a little child the story of the Three
Bears. land listen very, very closely,
and will tell you all about the bad Hay
Fever Germs and the Good Pollen Vac
cine Germs"
So I snuggled up to the table and sat
looking at him with my large round eyes
full of wonder, while he explained to me
in words which would be set in fourteen
point type just why l have hay fever
while he doesn't, and why shouldn't
have it any more.
"In you," he said, there is an army
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
AND RAGWEEl
UNITE IN A GRAND AL
LIED OFFENSIVE.

"Send some one who knows nothing
about it." | said. '1f you want funny
story about hay fever, send some one
whose brow isn't lined with burrows
from its blight" And turned away to
hide my emotion.
But a big newspaper is no respecter
of personal sorrows, and so | went with
Dr Moos in an automobile way back
in the country of Rockland County to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20

same man again. When do we start
the treatment Z"
"As soon as you have seen the Labora-
tories" he said, and led me away.
First we went to the pollen house,
where the weeds and flowers are
brought as soon as they are picked and
left on long tables. Nature is then
allowed to take its course, and slowly
the pollen drops from them on to the
clean sheets of paper on which they
have been spread.
THE VICTIM DISPLAYS EXTRAOR-
BINARY SELF-CONTROL IN
THE PRESENCE OF POLLEN.
It took no little courage on my part TO
90 through that pollen house, but we
war correspondents are an intrepid lot
and must face anything in order to get
the story. SO sauntered through with
a devil-may-care air and even went up
TO a little pile of pollen and said, with
a show of languid interest, "Oh, so this
is the pollen I've heard so much about !!
How interestingly And all the while |
itched to grind the stuff beneath my
heel and scream: There, curse you !!
For twelve long years you have logged
nv footsteps and driven me from pillar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-20
But, as a Poet Once Re-
marked, Be ShUandCease
Rebining. Behind the
Clouds of PoUen-DnSt a
Sun of Hope Is Shining.
In Rockland Connty,Near
at Hand, a Certain Lab
oratory viii Knock Your
Anti Bodies Cold Go
On and Read the Story.
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to post, but now-now I've got you
where want your
It would have done no good, how
ever, to give way to my passions
like that, and comforted myself
with the thought that this very
pollen was about to be made into vac
cine which would thwart its whole
purpose in life and make it miserable
failure as a ragweed pollen. Time
enough for me to gloat over it when
it was being squirted into my arm to
make me immune against its kin.
SOMETHING VERY SCIENTIFIC
ABOUT POLLEN VACCINE AND
COMPLEMENT FIXATION."
Then to the Laboratories, where the
pollen is taken and put through
process which was explained to me very
carefully and of which do not remem-
Der one single item. | have hazy
recollection about standardizing It's
strength by a process called compile
ment fixation," to the explanation OF
which paid close attention, nodding my
head every once in while and mutter-
ing "Of course" and Il see," looking
very serious the while.
do remember that was told that
formerly, in the early days of pollen vac
cine, it was necessary to test the patient
with a vaccine from all of the various
weeds in order to find out just which
weed was the guilty one in that partlcu-
lar case, but that now, in this new
product, they have combination OF all
the pollen-bearing weeds, so that the
use of this pollen vaccine is effective
against all pollens at once.
| also learned that in the treatment
of hay fever with this pollen vaccine
last year favorable results were OBJ
tanned in 80 per cent of the cases. l
could understand them when they
talked like that.
I gathered these elementary facts
from the conversation, and ! saw with
nv own eyes the essence of pollen to
which eight million red, watery eyes are
looking with as much of hope as can re-
main after countless disappointments.
There it was, a few drops of fluid in
each of fifteen little Theoretically sealed
bottles, representing fifteen injections
and perhaps also New Vision for some
poor Anaphylactic.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
SUES SALOON MAN
 FOR $4,0OO DAMAGES
Edward Doocy Brings Action Against Samuel Munch for Not Light
 ing Stairway.

Through Lawyer Joseph G. Woods, Edward Doocy today brought suit for damages of S4,000 against Samuel Munch, a well known saloonkeeper. Constable Fred Wrinkle has been given the papers to serve and at tachment will be made for $5, 900. The writ is returnable before the superior court on the first Tuesday in June.
 Doocy claims that on September 15, 1915, he entered Munch's saloon and in attempting to go from the saloon to the toilet, which is located in the basement he fell the entire flight of stairs. AS a result of the fall his head, shoulders, neck and arms were injured and his left thumb was so badly dislocated that it had to be amputated at the second joint.
 Because Munch did not have the stairway or cellar lighted, Doocy claims he was grossly negligent and was responsible for the accident in asmuch as he did not prevent his patrons from using the toilet and darkened stairway. At the time of the accident Doocy says he was earn ing SIP per week, but his earning capacity has been lessened.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
City Items

The estate of Paul Wajtak has been appraised at $345.10. .t- r General Manager John zampe or the William Fox corporation was visitor in this city today.
 Leolin H. Keeney, as admlnlstrator of the estate of Emma F. Andrews has sold property on Camp street to Isaac F. Miles.
 The committee on supplies and printing will meet tonight at City hall.
 Tax collections thus far this month total $14,0O0 The total May collec- tions last year were $12,750.
 Carl L. Larson of this city will he graduated from Upsala college at Wentworth, N. J.. this June and will deliver the valedictorian address orr commencement day following.
 Joseph Zuk has applied for build ing permit to erect for Frank Kuk- lenski a six family house at A Smith street at a cost of 5000 and for John Pacinda a three family house on Ire mont street to cost $4,00O
 The Friendly club will hold an inn portant meeting this evening at K. [ near future will be discussed. All members are requested to attend
 MT. and Mrs. c. F. Smith, formerly of this city, have leased cottage at Myrtle Beach, Milford, and will be pleased to have any of their friends call. Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Hazel Barrett.
 Harmony lodge, A. F. and A. M., will hold a special meeting tomorrow night at which the second degree will be conferred on a class of candidates. First degree work will be exemplif1ed at the meeting next Monday evening.
 The Ladies' Auxiliary of the A. o. H. will hold it's regular meeting Fri day evening in Electric hall. The will be called at 7:30 o'clock, after which a masquerade party will take place.
 The new machinery for the Com mercial Shirt company, located at 2o6 Arch street over the Union Laundry is being installed today and the new firm will begin business about June l.
 Large assortment of up-to-date trimmed summer hats. M. Seibert.- advt.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
FOLLOW AS
 READING RECEDES
Slight Rally During Day Broken
 at Close Of Business

Wall St., 10:30 a. m.-Rea eading's further descent from its recent high record was the most interesting de- velopment of today's irregular open ing. The stock was offered in lots of LIDO to 5000 shares from 102 1-2 to 102 3-4, against yesterdays final quotation of 103 1-2.
 There were large transactions also in Mercantile Marine preferred and U. $. Steel at substantial gains, with further activity in the motors, chiefly Chandler and Studebaker, while Con- tinental Can was strongest of the semi-war issues. Declines in all in- stances were fractional, and Reading soon made more than complete re- covery.
 Close-Reading made it's low price of the session in the final hour, car rying other rails with it. Specialties also lost ground. The closing was ir- regular.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
BIG SUGAR CORPORATION.
Files Certificate in Connecticut-Has
 Capital of S1,3O0,OOO.

Hartford, May 25-The Alto Cedro Sugar Co.,. of Greenwich has filed certificate of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state. The capital stock is S1,30O,000 divided into 13,000 shares. each of the par value of s100. The company will , conn mence business on a capital of $1,- 2S9, 200 and it's purpose is to acquire "a certain sugar estate segregated, or to be segregated, from an estate now or heretofore owned by the Hato Del Medico Sugar Co.," a corpora
 ton existing under the laws of Dela- ware. The estate is located in Cuba. The incorporators are A. $. Duany of Santiago, Cuba: Howard J. Pullum, Joseph w. Murphy, and Miguel D. Ferrer of New York. The state re- ceived a corporation fee of $650.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
DISPUTE WITH A. A. U.
 MAx BE RECTIFIED
Technical Barrier Caused By Over sight May Be Removed By
 Young Mems Society.

An oversight on part of. the com mittee of the Young Mems society of St. Josephs church nearly upset the arrangements for holding field day planned for Mem orial Day at the Der lin Trotting park, when the A. A. U. was overlooked in securing necessary sanction for the affair, with the result that many of the star athletes in the union were barred from competing in the event
 However the mistake was observed today, and immediately Rev. J. Leo sullivan began arrangemen where by the necessary steps would be talk en which may lift the ban, and place the meet within the jurisdiction of he Amateur Athletic union It was expected that by this evening the necessary papers would arrive in Hartford where they would be filled out and signed by the union commits , sioner.
 In response to his request that the Holy Cross track team send it's rep resentatiVe to this city Memorial Day, Father Sullivan received a reply to- day, with regrets that owing to a dual meet with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the team would be unable 70 appear.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
MEMORIAL DAY ORDERS.
A. G. Hammond Camp, No. 5, Plans
 for Observance.

Commander B. C. Mercy of A. G.. Hammond Camp, No. ,, United Spanish War Veterans, has issued his orders for the observance of Memorial Day. All veterans whether members or not, are requested to meet at Jr. o. U A. M. hall in Hun gerford Court Memoria Day morn ing at o'clock, prepared to decorate graves of deceased comrades. Lunch will be served later by the mem bers of the Ladies Auxiliary, U. s. w. V.
 At 1 o'clock the veterans will turn out and parade With the G. A. R.. The members of A. G. Hammon Camp are also invited by the Ladies' Auxiliary, Sons of Veterans, to at tend exercises to be held Friday night in G. A. R. hall in honor of the veterans of the Civil war.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
SUPERIOR COURT CASES.
New Britain to Be Represented at
 June Term of Court.

Clerk E. J. Danberg has prepared the following partial list of local cases going to the superior court for trial:
 William Sheehan, appeal from $15 fine for breach of the peace.
 Stanley Mierczorska, bound over. burglary.
 Eugene LaFlamme, bound over. theft.
 Peter Karolona. alias Jimmie Bru- si, enticing minor female +;
 Mary Naples, bound over enticing minor female. ~.l Truman House, appeal, breach of the peace. t ,
 Frank Dutton, bound over, breach of the peace.
 Patrick S. McMahon, appeal, s15O fine.
 santi Coco, bound over, adultery.
 Samuel Garofl, bound over, adu1- tery.
 Edward Manousek, bound over, manslaughter.
 Simon Apkarian, appeal keeping gambling house.
 Georstana Ernesto, appeal, inde- cent assault. ..l Louis Edelson, appeal, assault
 H. R. Kalish, appeal, motor vehicle law.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
AMERICAN FLYER IN DANGER.
Propeller Damaged As He Engages
 in Fight With Germans.

Paris, May 25-1 D. m.-Accounts of the recent aviation exploits of Ser a member of the Franco-American flying corps, shows that on Monday, May 22 he was engaged with several and narrowly escaped being put out of action by damage to his propeller before he brought down German machine near Malancourt.
 The aeroplane forced to earth was one of the fastest of the German ma chimes. Hall accounted for it in a few shots.
 The entire Franco-American f1otilla is now in operation along an active part of the coast.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
JOHN J. FARMER HONORED.
Is President of the Remington Arms
 Mutual Benefit Association.

John J. Farmer, for many years chief of the Stanley Works fire de- partment, who went to Bridgeport a year ago to take charge of the fire de- partment of the Remington Arms and Ammunition company, was recently chosen president of the newly organ ized mutual benefit association formed by the employees of that company.
 The association has just published handsome year book which con tains a history of the organization and is illustrated with cuts of the officials. MT. Farmer was very active in the formation of the association which now has a membership of S,G0O.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
BIRD LOVERS OUTING.
Stanley Quarter Club Invited to Lake
 Compouncc Saturday.

Members of the Stanley Quarter Bird club and other interested are invited to take part in a gathering of bird club members from Hartford, New Haven, Norfolk, Meriden and New Britain at Lake Compounce on May 27. There will be a special car at the "Y' in Bristol to take guests to the lake and this will leave at clock.
 Among the speakers will be former president I. w. Ripley of the Hart ford Bird Study club, W. F. Smith of South Norwalk and game warden for southern Connecticut, Judge William J. Malone of Bristol and H. K. Job of West Haven.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
AHEARN MAY DIE AS
 RESULT OF ACCIDENT
New Britain Man Unconscious since Being Hurled from Automobile in
 Manchester Last Evening.

Richard Ahearn of 120 Commercial street is unconscious and in a very citical condition at St. Francis hos pital in Hartford as a result of being thrown from an automobile near Laurel park last night when the car in which he was riding collided head on with car driven by John Stem son Of East Hartford. Ahearn has been unconscious since the accident and his death is not unexpected He has a badly fractured skull.
 Ahearn was riding in a Ford run about with F, R. McClunie of Hart ford and a strange woman when the accident occurred, McC1unie and the woman were seated in the car and the New Britain man was sitting on the floor, his feet on the running board Tn attempting to pass another car, McClunie is said to have driven head-on into East Hartfird mans ma chine. Immediately after the acci- dent McClunie was placed under ar rest, charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor
 Ahearn is well known in this city. lie has been employed for a long time in the shipping room at the r. x F. Corbin factory and as a mem Der of the local lodge of Elks. He had a room at the home of Maurice McGarry on Commercial and took his meals at a Church street restaur- ant
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
Tide Turns Against French.

Paris, Mat.25, 12:so a. m.-The tide of battle at Verdun flowed against the French during the last twentv-four hours. The Germans, rallying from the smashing blows which took from them the greater part of Fort Douaumont, hurled their legions once more against the ruins which retain by courtesy the title of Fort and, by a lavish expenditure of life, succeeded in partially retrieving the ground they had lost on the right bank of the Mouse. They also gained B small advantage on the left side of the river.
 Military opinion is not greatly con- cerned here over the result of the days fighting. Such incidents are of action and reaction upon which the stubborn defense of Verdun is based. The aim of the defenders is to inf1ict the greatest possible loss upon the enemy at the least possible cost to themselves. French counter attacks are expected to restore the situation by tomorrow in favor of the republic.
 The occupation of the village of advantage as, ii a certain extent it commands French lateral communi- cations However the village is so we'll covered by the French artillery that the Germans will be unable to profit to any great extent by is pos session.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
LANGUAGE IS VIGOROUS.
Note to England Said to Equal That
 to Germany.

Washington, May 25-Vigorous language, equalling almost that em- ployed in the last communications to Germany on the submarine issue, is understood to characterize the notes delivered to the British and French embassies here yesterday pro- testing against interference with neu- tral mails on the high seas.
 Outlines of these communications have been cabled to London and Paris by the embassies, and the full text will be forwarded by mail. This is known to mean that replies will be framed only upon mature considera- ton.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
ROW OVER EMBARGoEs.

Washington, May 25-The ir state commerce commission was ed today by the Baltimore Char of Commerce to take full charg the freight embargoes declared railroads at Baltimore as a resul traffic congestion. The chamber leges discrimination in the me of handling wheat.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
MEXICAN ELECTIONS.
Carranza Orders Votes in Municipali-
 tics Next July.

El Paso, Tex, May 25-As the first step in the restoration of a constitu- tional government, the Carranza ad- ministration has prepared a decree calling for municipal elections nd the establishment of free municipali- ties, according to message from Mexico City received by Andres Gar cia, Mexican consul here today.
 After the municipal elections orders will be issued for state and congress sional elections and for the choosing of a president of the republic. The first election is ordered for July. !: