The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26

you may be able 10 avoid it by seek
ing out some NEEDLESS place, or i
you know what plants are antago
lnistic to your eyes and nose, 20,
have simply to spend your summer
where those particular plants are un
known. The majority OF II. f.. VA
respond violently 10 numerous plants
Some OF them seek refuge on the nigh
seas, or on the top OF a mountain
peak, in the heart of a city, or IN
the depths Of few remaining virgin
forests.
/ A few resorts, notably those at
thigh attitudes and on the sea coast t,
| do seem TO be comparatively free
from wind-borne pollen. Up in New
England. the III. F. VS. have a re-
treat which they claim is completely
organized against the disease AT the
boarding houses of this village Tire
dining tables and parlors are bare OF
flowers. Not even artificial flowers
bloom here, for the power of sugges-
ton is strong, and, then too, artii1cial
flowers are great collectors of dust.
No dancing is allowed in the hotels,
lest dust start someone sneezing and
bring on an epidemic of kerchoos.
The swiftest growing weeds scarcely
get their leaves above ground in the
neighborhood before they are de-
stroyed-
A Sneezeless City.
In this specially treated atmosphere
the convention of the hay feverites
meets yearly. There is a good deal
of fun, for the delegates can see the
humor OF hay feyer-as exemplified
in their fellow delegates. The main
purpose of the convention is, how
ever, serious. Talks on remedies are
given and experiences are exchanged. !
Persons supposed to be cured testify !
or the benefit Of the rest, and others |
rise TO say that they =,
ried the same thing for years and it i
S a failure.
There are about eighty cures on /
he market ranging from the really .
beneficial to the dangerous. Some of I
he remedies with the best records !,
or cures" contain enough cocaine !,
IT morphine to make drug addicts Of !,
he persons taking them For this i
eason the hay fever brotherhood al 4
rays advises members to take moth {,
ng without first consulting a reliable
MUSICIAN. !,
The most important development !,
n treatment Of hay fever in recent |,
ears is the pollen toxin. About fit L
cen years ago German scientist
AIMED Dunbar inoculated horses with |,
he toxin from grass pollen and from Il
ne counter posions which developed
e obtained a serum, which he found {
} be beneficial in preventing hay h
aver and in arresting irritation in !
ersons already suffering from it. IS
Since then, Dunbar's experiments .
ave been carried further and toxins $
ave been produced from various n
Combinations of pollens. In some e
asses these toxins have cured the =
atient for the entire season. Then :
gain, no Improvement occurred, pos
bly, because the toxin was composed +
{ the wrong pollens for that par
cular case. .
Though the toxins have proved a r
aluable remedy, they have not driven ;
ut hay fever as it was prophesied. y
/ fact, the disease is said to be on
he increase. 1t is not contagious, 8
ut the nasal condition favorable to =
is sometimes inherited. The adj i,
,nce of hay fever is ascribed partly 4
the fact that so many city dwellers
We in the suburbs where weeds
'ow abundantly. c
Hay fever statistics are vague but ~
1pressive. Members of the hay f
yer association estimate that there a
e now at least 100000 hay fever :,
,fferers in this country, and that
lring the sneezing season, averag- =,
G forty-two days. they sneeze on an 9,
seventy-six times day each. :,
luipped with these undisputable 4
Inmates the statisticans proceed to =,
ow that these organized sneezers l.,
oduce 1892, 100000 sneezes every :,
ar. Luckily for the United States, :.
G sneezers have not organized TO y
e extent of agreeing to set off their :;
daily sneezes at regular :.
mes The reverberation of mil p,
n simultaneous kerchoos woulr - -
rely bring our sky-scrapers toppl1n; %
wn about our ears and deafen the ~
untry with their resounding echoes. :,
n a - - = a a A q u Lie