Show DANGER IN FOOLISH CUSTOM those who bite penholders Pen holders in public uia are hereby warned of infection that the penholder such aa most of us frequently use in hotels post of flees banka and other public writing rooms may be as deadly a earner of disease germs as the roller towel and public drinking cup Is the suspicion for which the boards of health believe they have found ample grounds the next time you use one of these public penholders pen holders you will notice it you examine it carefully that the wooden handle Is covered with little dents these dents are the imprint of the teeth of persons who have used the pea before you and as the mouth Is the favorite port of entry tor als ease each dent Is usually full of ml clobes to expose yourself to sickness and death therefore all you need to do Is to bite on the penholder every time you do this you take into your mouth the germs which scores of other persons have left by similar bites officials plan to secure leals abolishing the public er in the meantime they urge the public to try to break itself of the al most universal habit of holding a pen in ones mouth while folding letter or blotting a check |