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Show THERE ARE GERMS CH CIGAR CLIPPERS, ty' A DEALER THINKS "It may sound strange coming from me but, do you know, although I am an Inveterate smoker, I never use one of those cigar cllppera?" remarked a Main atreet tobacconist last night. He pointed - at one of the spring arrangements on his counter where a man presses the ends . of his cigar to clip It. "I'm not squeamish, nor -overly careful, care-ful, but a physician gave me that tip," continued the dealer. "Nine men out of ten place a cigar to their lips before clipping it. Thla glvea a chance for any microbes or germa which may possibly possi-bly b lurking In the lips or saliva to attach themselves to the cigar. Then when " the cigar .Is pressed upon the clipper the Impurity may be transferred there. There may he nothing in this theory, but it's worth thinking about. Still I have to have these clippers here. Customers would kick if I didn't. Every man haa to take his own chances, that'a all." |