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Show SANITARY CUPS END PERIL Home-Made Cup by Which Pupils Can Drink Without Touching Germs. Chicago. -Children In a dosen schools have been taught now to construct con-struct a psper drinking cup which is In every wsy serviceable and which doea away with danger of contagion through use of a common drinking utensil. The cup Is constructed from a sheet of paper about eight Inches square. A unique method of folding provides a cup that may be collapsed or extended at will. The simple directions are as follows: fol-lows: Secure a sheet of paper about eight or ten Inches square. Fold It In the middle from corner A to corner B (Fig. 1 and 2). Next take the upper most free corners. J and K, and fold down on each aide to about one-third r7 1 1 Home-Made Paper Cup. nf th distance between top and bottom bot-tom (Fig. 31. Next take the free cor ner A and bring It almost to D, and old the paper at C E Flg. 41. Then lake up the free corner K and Insert It Into the exposed fo''! between A and C. Now take the free corner B aqd bring It to C on the other side of the paper, tucking the free corner J Inte he exposed fold. D B. on that sldt I Fig. i. Open the center, press In he bottom to give the structure rigidity, and fill with water. It can be used six or seven times at least, and some pupils have employed the same cup for a week. Any sort of tablet paper may be used, but It has been found that an ailed paper or a foolscap with glass lasts tbe longest. |