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Show MANY HAVE" MYSOPHOBIA New Mental Disease Is Epidemic Everywhere Among Cleanly People, Say Eastern Physicians. Alas for the persons who fondly Imagine Im-agine thut they are free from mentnl and bodily Ills Their supposed Impregnability Impreg-nability In this direction has been attacked at-tacked by the medical profession nnd u biand new dlseise has been Infll tc I upon a lung-sulferlng public The common com-mon or gulden variety species of Mils latest ailment Is designated as ' fussl ness ' Tor the less deinoi ratio cltlzi n the physicians have Invented a ps.udo-(Ireek ps.udo-(Ireek term "Mysophobln ' The uu-hippy uu-hippy morlnl suffering froni this nw -jnsplilng disease Is known as a ' myso-I myso-I hobe ' According to a number of physicians, Philadelphia has a large army of myso-phobes, myso-phobes, and the complaint Is said to Iij Increasing to an alarming extent. A stioll along Chestnut street on any hilghl autumn afternoon will convince the avcroce observei that mysophobla bin. clutched thousands within Its mysterious mys-terious grasp A prominent physician votichMfos the opinion that the new disease Is of a mntnl natiirci and Is simply nn cxuxgeiutlon of thut deslie to obtain absolute cleanliness flic average av-erage Immigrant, according to a well-known well-known uuthorlly Is absolutely flee from the burilli of bla terrifying complaint com-plaint Ihe symptoms of mysophobla are plainly evident to even the mo" dull-witted dull-witted mortal Tho young wuman who adjusts Ihc necktie of her admirer and fumbles with his watch charm has my-sonhohla my-sonhohla In Its most ndvanecd a,aln The moss-ioveied query of the fair sx "Is my hat on straight' Is a positive Indication that the germ of the dlseaso Is llrmly implanted In Its victim Tnere are numeinuH other symptoms of mysophobln, myso-phobln, and foi the benefit of those who may have the disease In Its incipient stage, the following tips' nro given The delightful young perion who gallantly gal-lantly flecks an Imaginary piece of llurf from youi coat sleeve can he ngarded us a hopeless cast The scrupulously clean servant girl who dusts the newspapers eviry bullhorn bull-horn Is a willing victim Otheis me The girl who Insists upon having her note. paper scented with sterilized perfume. per-fume. The mntiou who cleans tho Piano keys with alcohol The young man who utes a serin-pi serin-pi oof sw, illiund In his hat. 'I he tldeily woman who sews UP the parlor furniture In camphoi paper Tho yuuii2 married person who covers cov-ers up the grass to protect It fiom rain Tho youthful benedict who varnishes the kitchen rniiko The wise Individual who lefuses to drink milk The bonrdlHE-hniise mistress who fills the- house and lodgeia with an as-sortment as-sortment of Insect ponder und thou-sinds thou-sinds of othei eccentric lersons Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Inqulier ' |