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Show DANGER IN FOOLISH CUSTOM Those Who Bite Penholders In Public Uco Are Hereby Warned of Possible Infection. That tho penholder, such as most of us frequently uso In hotels, post of-ilces, of-ilces, banks nnd other public writing rooms may bo as deadly a carrier of dleenso germs as tho roller towel and public drinking cup, Is thu suspicion for which tho boards of health bp-llovo bp-llovo thoy havo found amplo ground's. Tho next tlmo you uso ono of theso public penholders you will notice if you cxaminu It carofully, that tho wooden handlo 1b coverod with littlo uonts. Theso dents aro tho Imprint of tho teeth of persons who havo ubcu tho pen beforo you; and as tho mouth Is tho favorlto port of entry for disease, dis-ease, each dent la usually full at microbes. mi-crobes. To cxposo yourself to sickness and death, therefore, all you nccu to do Is to blto on tho penholder. Every tlmo you do this, you tako Into your mouth tho gormo which scores of other persona havo left by similar bites. Health officials plan to sccuro legislation legis-lation aoollshtng tho public penholder. penhold-er. In tho mcantlmo they urgo thu public to try to break Hsolf of tho al most unlvorsal habit of holding a pen in ono's mouth whllo folding a icttor or blotting a check. |
