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Show "Liquid Stmshine." It would seem that there is no end to what may be expected of the wonderful substance known ns rrdlum. The more Its mysterious powers are hidden hid-den from us the greater hos been the stimulation of extravagant expectation. As a means of curing cancer It has suddenly sud-denly Jumped to a first place In therapeutics. therapeu-tics. Its cousin, the X-rav, Is suffering the discipline of disparagement and the newcomer Is given a front seat. As might lx expected. Its claims havo been very much exaggerated. Tho only harm that can como to tho thousands of victims who may view It as an nssurcd cureall for their diseases Is that thev mnv In tho end become heartsick from deferred de-ferred hope. Hence it Is safe nt tho start not to promlso loo mtirh, The claim ihnt Its light may be used Internally as an adjunct to ordinary medl- rnlinn lu liMim It'nl Iii fl.r.n,.,- . "' .1... Ing in probabilities. To perineato lungs, liver, heart, stomach and kldnevs with "liquid sunshine." each medicine carrying Its own light, la certainly an Innovation. The next thing to prove Is whether or not these organs will take kindly to such Invasion. So far there Is no evidence that nature has needed internal Illumination, else she would not have kept her laboratories labora-tories working for centuries behind closed doors. She might perhaps resent tho Intrusion, In-trusion, especially If Illuminated quinine and other glowing medicines should be a trifle too assertive of their newlv discovered discov-ered privileges Still, this Is n thing to be determined by experience, and while waiting wait-ing for results we can complnccntlv contemplate con-template the real poetry of tho situation The very name "liquid sunshine" carries with it nil sorts of Imaginative possibilities. possibili-ties. New York Herald. J |