| Show of the tac Chol erss OAT every serious crisis has haa its amusing side eide the cholera phase through which we alvo been passing has developed some ludicrous situations A woman got in a brooklyn street car one day last week and sat down next to a well dressed man ho he smelled so of car carbolic bolio ac acid id that she ehe hurriedly exchanged her place placa for one opposite between a man an and 1 I a woman noman one of them it could not oe determined which was redolent of chloride of lime the fumes of which are peculiarly sickening Eick ening to the woman in question out of the frying pan into fire she thought and before she made a third move she decided to select her neighbor U with care 1 A small boy sat in in a corner he was safe cafe she eho concluded and braving the tha surprise of the paa passengers who could not understand her restlessness she once more changed her place A wave of camphor assailed her nostrils as she aha seated herself beside the child but ti this was endurable and she kept still pretty soon a woman opposite leaned over to afi he 0 boy clarence she ehe said have you got jour bag on beem he replied and fumbling at his s jacket proa produced a small flannel bag tied lied by a cord about his neck it was vas filled with the camphor that was scenting the neighborhood and the mother other satisfied told him to replace it she evidently felt that her sous sons safety was ass ared and did not realize that the strong abug aang thus absorbed by the pouts of the skin weakens the system to 4 degree that renders it the moie more liable to infection camphor chloride of lime and carbolic acid in one car full of passengers may bo ba taken as a pungent comment on the prevalence of the cholera scare her point of view in now new yori times |
