Show HARM DONE BY CONFETTI I 1 responsible for spread of eye D s eases say physicians new york thousands of victims of the mardi gras celebration at co ney island have been treated in varl ous hospitals and dispensaries for la flamed and sore eyes caused by the throwing 0 ca etti according to sev eral physicians who say also that the merrymakers by rubbing ticklers in one another s faces will probably cause an epidemic of skin diseases commissioner darlington of the 1 balth department said the depart anent had no records 0 any diseases caused by the throwing of confetti deputy police commissioner 0 keefe has ordered the nuisance stopped bald the commissioner the matter rests entirely in the hands of the po lice department I 1 will admit that the use of con betti and ticklers is very harmful and should be discontinued where thousands of persons are huddled together brutlag bout lag and jostling one an other diseases may be spread without confetti and hicl lers |