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...group of seniors decided to drop off at an ale-house on their way back to their rooms. So they walked into a place on Wooster Street--any old bar would do--and were surprised to find themselves surrounded by the sombre atmosphere, the odor of British ale, the characteristic old prints, the quiet, order, and decency of an old English grilleroom...
...refrigerator, belonging to Raymond E. Kassar, Joseph L. Stendig, H. Frederick Krimindahi IL, and Lee J. Moldsworth, all first-year men was delivered early is the afternoon. Before long, Kasser and Moldsworth noticed as odor of sulphur dioxide...
After the Bath. First he used a doctor and four nurses as human guinea pigs. They were trained while taking chlorophyll to use an osmoscope (smell measurer) on each other 24 hours after they had taken baths. Sure enough, they found that underarm odor was cut in half, or even abolished, for as long as 18 hours after a dose of chlorophyll. The results were confirmed in experiments with a group of twelve college girls...
...Westcott found that onions present a tricky problem because particles get stuck in the teeth and release volatile oils for hours afterwards. When his college girls took onion juice, which left no particles, chlorophyll greatly reduced the breath odor and sometimes abolished it. The only effective treatment for onion eaters, Dr. Westcott concluded, was to clean the mouth thoroughly and then use a chlorophyll mouthwash or suck a chlorophyll tablet. He found that ordinary bad breath, whether from food, drink, tobacco or an upset stomach, was easily controlled by chlorophyll...
...summer, when the truffles bloom underground, the dog is highly skilled at finding such buried treasure. Then he is introduced to a real truffle, either fresh or canned. When the dog's interest has been transferred to the new odor, he leads the hunter to the trufflries. Dr. Rogers believes that the U.S. has enough oak forests rich in truffles to keep many dogs and hunters busy...