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Show MOUTH NO PLACE FOR COINS. Dangerous Practice Too Frequently Indulged In by Women. "Women are addicted to many pernicious per-nicious habits," observed a physician, but I cannot coucelve of one that is more idiotic than the placing of coins in the mouth while the purse or money bag is being opened. Mont womnn do this, especially in the street cars, and are doubtless unmindful of the fact that they are thereby inviting dangerous danger-ous throat and lung troubles. I have often watched women holding coins between their lips, and have been very strongly tempted to utter an admonishing ad-monishing word. Only to-day I saw a beautiful girl give a conductor a dime. Sitting opposite to her was a dirty-looking man, whose hands looked as if they hadn't been washed for a week. He gave the conductor a nickel and the conductor handed it to tho 3'oung women in change for her dime. She placed It between her lips while she opened her money bag. Why does not some Ingenious woman introduce a small pocket or some device in tho feminine wardrobe that will take the place of the lips for holding coins? Certainly she would be a benefactor to her sex." |