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Show 1! YOUR HEALTH j BY OR R. H B I j HOP. II IM K( Mil I S Did you ever think of your handkerchief hand-kerchief us a disease-carrier? you ever stop to realize that every time vou have had it washed you have given It one more chance to Infect '"in- else with germs that you may have put there, especially if vou had a cold? Kevv handkerchiefs sent to laundries return without a number of microbes In the tiny meshes of the linen. Some may he yours A lot may be from others' handkerchiefs that were wash-, ed in the same tuh. Dr. Carl Hevvson Investigated and counted tho number of bacteria in hundreds of freshly laundered hand-' kerchiefs- These were compared with a similar examination of ordinarily soiled handkerchiefs. finally a third research was made upon the handkerchiefs used for colds, coughs and sore throats. The bacteriologist found that even the cleanest had many microbes. Most of these were of the harmless, non-disease non-disease forming kind Of the third group almost all varieties va-rieties of vicious bacteria from tuberculosis tuber-culosis to dlptherla were (found In ubumlam o. 'JI But what is to replace the handkerchief? handker-chief? Some- doctors say the handkerchief as ordinarily used Is unnecessary. For use in colds and other ailments,' it Is recommended that one take up the use of little tampons of sterilized ab-fcoi ab-fcoi bent cotton. These mav be used and then burned |