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Show Elated Because Suggestion Brought Results By Robert Crookston Occasionally we see some results of our Cache American suggestions in a constructive way. ;;The Jatest evidence is the new water-jets on the- drinking fountains. foun-tains. The old jets, or blubbers let the water flow straight up which is unsanitary in that the genms from a person's mouth can and do float upon the crest of the bubble until un-til another person drinks them into their system. There are still too many of this old type and as a precaution, a person should brush the bubble off with the hand before taking a drink. ' Of course, some people will discredit dis-credit this facts, same as they did when it was learned that mosquitos, sheep ticks, and the common housefly are all dangerous danger-ous and carry and distribute sickness sick-ness and death. You notice that tick bite. The bite of these small j insects should be disinfected with' something strong as soon as discovered. dis-covered. Men working with sheep usually carry a small bottle of sheep-dip in a shirt pocket and treat a tick bite as soon as the thing is done. But, getting back to the drinking drink-ing fountains. The advantage of! ithe new jets throw the water out' jat an angle of about 45 degrees 1 so that any germs are earned in-1 to the sewer. j 'Where the water from a foun- j tain is conected into a sewer with-1 out flowing through a properly! vented trap the sewer air may contaminate the fountain and the I drinkers too. j To safeguard against any such' unsanitary work no one except a' plumber who has a state certifi-j cate of competency should be allowed al-lowed to meddle with things they know nothing about. |