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FINDS NEW CAUSE !
. FOR m FEVER
English Plantain; or Rib
Grass, Said to Afflict
Many Sufferers.
Another name lias Keen added To the
ever-growing list of grasses and trees
which cause hay fever t<> afflict cer
tain persons and still others to suf
fer both from hay-fever and its more
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| serious accompaniment of asthma. It
'is “plantago lanceolata,” commonly
known as rib grass or English plain
tain. Itespile the fact ihat the mem
hers of the plantain family In the
United States fulfill all the require
ntenls of hay-fever plants, their rela-
I lion to this distressing disease had
| until recently received only passing
I attention from American investigators,
, The villainy of this innocent-looking
! specimen' is exposed in a recent pain
j phlet written by Dr. Harry S. Bern
ton. special expert of the United
' States Public Health Service, and
printed by the American Medical Asso
ciation. This booklet marks the first
entry into medical literature of the
I results of observations of the plan
tain as responsible for hay-fever in the
District of t'oiumbia. and when it is
considered that there is growing l>e
tween here and Alexandria enough of
this weed to sink a first-class battle
; ship the importance of these observa
THE' StrNTCSY STAR. WASHTNUTOX I). C, MAY 24, 1t)25-PART t. ■
tions is obvious. The book has al
ready been widely distributed by the
health department of New York Stale.
I.ike the Knglish sparrow, the plan
tain, as its name indicates, unfortu
nately was introduced from Kurope.
It is found more or less all over this
country, hut seems to stick closely to
thickly populated districts, according
to Dr. Kernton’s monograph. It pro
duces pollen usually from about May
10 to August l, but sometimes as late
as October 1. Its pollen grains are
small and easily carried by the wind,
and one or two plants, it is stated, will
furnish enough to infect half a hun
dred susceptible people.
A study of 11'! ha.v-fever patients
conducted under Dr. Bernton’s super
vision bus disclosed Hie fact that the
plantain was responsible for the symp
toms of five, while out of L’4 patients
subject to the vernal type of fever,
four, or 1K.6 per cent, were subject to
the plantain pollen. The good news
for such sufferers exists in the fact
that three of the cases so diagnosed
tried appropriate pte-seasonal treat
ments and (hat all three were decided
ly benefited, the percentage of relief
ranging from 8& to OS. The plant is
easily recognized bv its anthers, which
are supported on long, slender stalks,
whence the slightest jar will shake
millions of pollen grains.
Milan Builds Terminus.
f’orrr“COiuirnep of Ihe A-BOciated Press.
MILAN, Italy. May 3. Work on
the new central railroad station, which
was suspended during the war, has
been resumed and is expected to be
completed within a few months. The
structure will be one of the finest of
its kind in Europe, the architects
having studied the principal railway
in America, England, France
and Germany in order to incorporate
the best features of them all.
Women Who Want Beauty Warned
To Shun Tobacco and Cocktails
British Diet and Obesity Specialist Says Cigarette
Spoils Skin and Gives Undernourished
Look; Liquor Increases Flesh.
Correspondem-e of the Associated Press.
LONDON, May fi.—Tobacco used by
women has a tendency to destroy their
daintiness, according to Dr. Cecil
Webb-Johnson. one of England's best
known specialists on diet and obesity,
in his new book “Women and Beauty.”
Health and beauty go hand In hand,
declares the author, and a grave
warning is given to women smokers
.and drinkers, his theory being that
• it is difficult for the women of today,
and the men as well, to smoke or
1 drink within what ordinarily Is termed
t moderation.
“A man often will have his alloted
' daily ration of so many pipes, cigars I
, or cigarettes, but a woman is morel
> I unstable and less capable of self-con I
=; trol than a man,” the author con- I
] tends. As a rule, he believes, a
I woman smoker does not appear to
know what moderation means, any
more than a woman drinker.
Concerning the effect of excessive
cigarette ' smoking upon a woman’s
beauty the doctor says: “Observe a
girl who smokes excessively, and you
will notice that she also looks under
nourished, with staring eyes and a
yellowish skin. To make matters
worst the smoke-dried throat experi
ences a false thirst, and thus more ,
liquid than is necessary is consumed
and an alcohol habit set up. The
cocktail and the cigarette always go
together.”
Alcohol generally. Dr. Webb-. Joh
nson maintains, spoils bfautv in woman
because it makes superfluous fat.
. _ _
I Many lumber concerns of Finland
I have combined to ship their product '
I to this country.
THREE KiLLED, 5 HURT,
IN MINE GAS EXPLOSION
Cause of Blast in Pennsylvania
Shaft 1.100 Feet Under Earth
Surface Not Determined.
By the Associated Piens.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., May 23-
Three men were killed and five others
seriously injured yesterday by an ex
plosion of gas in the Woodward Col
liery of the Glen Alden Coal Com
pany. The blast occurred in the ton
red ash vein of No. 1 shaft at a point
1,150 feet from the surface and one
mile front the foot of the shaft.
The cause has not been determined.
Those killed were Joseph Majar, John
Turiska and Frank Dugan.
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