Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
BOARDERS
TAKEN I'LL AFTER
ST. PATRICK FEAST
Theory That Green Colored Cher
RIGS and Ice Cream Caused
Trouble.
DOCTOR SAYS MENU

Officials uf the Young Woman n'R shriE-
tran Assnclatirn and guests who attended
the annual st. Patrick q dinner nn Mon
day evening. and who, while taken
severely i'll following the dinner. have now
recovered. arc p,lzsling their brains to
learn what caused tho ptonaine poisoning
that attacked practically every ono who
pariook Of the entire menu.
There were about - guests at the
dinner. and some of them were more
violently Ill than others, Whether it
was the combination nf the menu. or
partly dccomposed food, that got into
tho menu. is question on which there
is q diversity Of opinion.
Green cherries in the temperance punch
served. and green coloring IN the Paddy
ice cream are the things that Mrs. War
rcn. of the Y " G. A. home, IS inclined
to believe caused the poisoning. \ ph-y
scan who was visited hy some of the
Young women, however, inclncs TO the
belief that il was the combination of the
sweet punch with tho oysters
The chief items on the menu consisted
Of tho fruit punch and the green cherries.
chicken salad, oyster pattics and green
colorcd Ice cream, with the side dishes and
relshes accompanying such menu
DINNER TASTED GOOD.
Everything tasted good That WAS a
common remark of the guests and they
all enjoyed the dinner immensely II
was not until a few hours afterwards that
the first symptoms of illness began to
appear.
some of the young women complained
Of feeling funny" in the region of the
stomach before they retired, but did not
for moment think it due to the dinner.
Later on, the pain and distress increased
and II appeared as though dozen OF the
young women boarders at the home were
taken I'll at the one time, from the hurry
made for the bathroom. One young wom-
an who was not as quick as the rest, tainted
IN the hallway on the way to the bathroom.
But the vomiting was a blessed thing
after all, rs the guests at the dinner
realized later 1t relieved their stomachs
of the food that should not have been
eaten and prevented the poison from
attacking their systems Relieved OF
the tainted food, or whatever 1t was that
caused the illness the young women be
gan To feel better, and by Yesterday
morning although feeling a triHe ''rocky,
were able to go TO their employment
PHYSICIANS DIAGNOSIS.
Some of the young women went to a
physician and explained to him how
they had been attacked. They related
the menu. and the man of medicine
vcnturcd the opinion that it might have
been the result of the combination of the
punch with the green cherries and the
oysters. His theory was that sweets
OF the character Of the punch, should
never have been eaten in conjunction
with the oysters.
Mrs Warren of the Y W G A. home
has different opinion. This however
is only problematical She fancies that
it was the green coloring in the cherries
and ice cream She said today, that all
Of the food had been obtained from
reputable dealers in this city and she also
could not imagine that it might be due
to tainted poultry.
But its all q matter Of history now.
Yesterday the girls were feeling mighty
uncomfortable and 'frazzled, but today
they are laughing ut what occurred to
them So far rs is known, none of them
suffered seriously, fortunately, due to
the vomiting