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Show u THE COMMON TOWEL Without doubt tho frequent uso of tho household towel by all members of the family is one of the worst means of spreading disease in the home, besldo the filthy practico of tho common use of the towel. " To thoso who are ctlreful In this regard, it seems difficult to understand under-stand how others can be so careless and actually slovenly in using the sumo towel that Is used by all the members of tho family. There Is 83 much need for legislation agulnst the common towel as there is against tho use of the public drinking cup. While public Institutions and public buildings build-ings have nearly all put out the filthy towel and replaced It with paper ones, yet in thousands of homes this practice prac-tice of using filthy towels overhand oAernpaln will cont'nuo. There, nro many diseases of tho skin, eyo anil sca:p that aro .transmitted to others In tho uso of tle towel, as well as tho common comb.'When an epidemic epidem-ic of dlsoaso goes through the family it is often accounted for In Just such careless practices, In a well ordered home, every Individual In-dividual lms his own comb and his own towels. This can easily bo .handled .han-dled If tho housowlfo sees that each child kuous its own peculiar towel. Different stylo materials should i be purchased. For instance, tho blue nnd whlto toweling can bo used by ono, pure whlto by another, roil and whlto by still another, and so on. If tho pnro whlto toweling bo preferred, then n colored thread looped lu tho end of tho towel, or nn Initial In tho corner may bo used to ldiintify tho child's own property. Not only should tho dntiger of tho common towel bo heeded, but actual cleanliness should prompt tho child to demand his own towel. Thero Is nothing so helpful In this towel subject, as to purchase tho paper toweling. After these are onco used they will not be discarded for the dirty linen towels so commonly common-ly used. A roll of tho paper towels should bo hung in overy wash room a9 well as iii tho kitchen. They not only save tho heavy washing of toweling tow-eling but nro cheap. A 35 cent roll will do an ordinary family a month. This may sound large to tho housekeeper house-keeper who buys tho towels, but to tho city woman who must send her laundry out, it will cost "her or.ly a Ilttlo moro than in the laun'doring of linen ones. For hygienic reasons tho common towel should bo discarded, in all the homes. Farmers Guide. |