New-York tribune., 1919-12-27
TIFFANY, & Co.
FIFTH AVENUE &37MSTREET
PEARLS JEWELRY SILNERWARE

plained, to the superior facilities of
Manhattan for carrying on such exami-
nations.
DR.. Norris said that the Society for
the Prevention of Blindness had prom
ised to provide his Office with an in
vestigator whose duty will be to locate
and bring to Justice unscrupulous deal
ers IN liquors and other merchandise
who, he AYERS, are largely respons Bile
for wood alcohol being sold as bever-
age, in colored and mixed forms
Government regulation of the wood
alcohol sales was suggested by the
examiner. eff the government would
require the use of certain distasteful
chemicals in the production of methyl
alcohol, the results would be quite
different" he said. GAS it is now, it
has neither Objectionable taste nor
smell, and as consequence when it
IS colored and bottled to pass for
liquor, the consumer is the victim of
a dangerous deception.
1.-TWO ounces of ordinary wool alcohol
taken at once" said DR.. Norris, "are
enough frequently to cause certain
death. Much less is required for
blindness or fatal results when taken
on an empty stomach.
Makes Good Metal Polish
Homemade whisky, such as is being
distilled in many New York apart
ments, has been found to make an ex-
cellent metal polish. 1t might be used
to remove yarnish from furniture but
for the fact that it would probably eat
up the furniture as we'll
The man who has the temeritv to
drink his own make of whisky how
ever, is advised to telephone his ia
vorite undertaken before placing the
o,tr hot L.
perts have discovered that it has be-
come the cup that kills, stuns and rem
ders unconscious in the amateur hands
of the home distiller
This much has been learned bv Ole
Salthe, director of the citys Bureau
of Food and Drugs of the city Health
Department. He has found that super
headaches and suicidal and homicidal
manias follow in the wake of the
kltchen-made whisky. Three weeks
ago Mr.: Salthe, armed with all the
widely known formulas advertised to
convert certain ingredients into high
grade whisky, set about making him
self homemade whisky. But since Mr.
Salthe is chemist of long standing
he announced in advance that he did
not intend to drink any of it. All he
sought was 70 learn Just how deadly
the product Of these formulas was.
Several miniature watts still are filled
with the bubbling liquids that eventu-
ally will be analyzed as the finished
product. The experiment has not been
completed because it is necessary to
permit the drinl. to age for a brief
period before its full force can be
tested.
MIR. Salthe's assistants have made nu-
merous tests, but have not placed the
uninviting drink to their lips. They
have discovered that fusel oil abounds
in homecooked whisky, that it holds
kick that does not exhllarate, and that
it would cause the average man of mild
disposition to do battle with wildcat
and probably come out victorious.
The chemists agree that fusel oil is
to De found in practically all whisky,
but that it loses its power to harm
the drinker after brief period The
chief trouble with these whiskies, they
said. was that they were made for in
stant consumption, and that the man
who innocently prepared his own drink
in this way and consumed it at once
would learn the menace of the product
too late.
The complete findings of the expert
menters may not be ready for another
week, since that period probably will
be necessary to complete the analysis
OF each product.