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Show Robot Nose Puts Driver's Limit at Two Jiggers as vidnco In court. In reality, th. odor of the breath of one. who ha been Imbibing is due jnor. to the flavoring matter of the liquor than the email amount of alcohol." alco-hol." But the "chemical breath smeller can't be fooled. "No larger than the ordinary camera, the scientific breath meller ueed In the testa has as Its nose a sensitive chemical reagent," re-agent," he explained. "The fluid, normally a healthy pink color. Is unaffected by onion or garlic but pales at the slightest suggestion sugges-tion of alcohol on the driver's breath." The degree with which the fluid palea is the giveaway on how much drinking the breather has been up to. KANSAS CITY. Oct. 13 (-TV-How much whisky makes an unsafe un-safe driver? Two Jiggers. Dr. Rollo N. Harger, biochemistry biochemis-try professor at Indiana university, univer-sity, gave that estimate to the National Safety congress today, based on studies made with a "chemical breath smeller" with which he hopes to replace the policeman's nose as a test for intoxication. in-toxication. Three ounces of whisky or a little less than two Jiggersis enough to make the average motorist mo-torist a peril to traffic, Dr. Harger said. Discussing the "chemical breath .meller." Dr. Harger said it can detect the small amount of alcohol alco-hol present in a single glass of beer. 'The policeman's nose for boose," he said, "is frequently unfair, un-fair, though commonly accepted |