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Household
THE PUBLIC DRINKING CUP.
It goes without the saying that a man
must drink water, and it is equally true
that a man can not always be choice in
the place he drinks. These facts have I
led to the public drinking-cup and offer
the only excuse for its existence.
The dangers from the public drinking
cup are almost as numerous as the cups. '
In a railroad station, for example, the
healthy but thirsty child drinks immediately
after the filthy tramp; the young
mother, with the baby in her arms, is
next after the consumptive; and the |
young boy follows the man in whose
throat lurk the germs of disease. Every
person who drinks from the cup
while suffering from a germ disease, is
liable to leave some of the germs upon
the cup. The next person who drinks
is equally as liable to catch the germs
upon his lips, and to contract the disease.
Sometime ago, a scientist became interested
to know just how many germs
could gather on a drinking cup. He took
for his experiment a glass which had
been used for nine days in a mihHr
school, and found, by the aid of a powerful
microscope, that there were not
less than 20,000 human cells or bits of
dead skin on the glass. Some of these
cells had as many as 150 germs clinging
to them, and few cells had less than
10 germs. In addition, the surface of
the glass was covered with thousands
of germs left in the smears of the saliva.
Many of these germs were dangerous
to health, and any of them could
be taken into the system by drinking
from the cup. As a matter of fact, that
single glass had on it, not less than 100,000
germs of many varieties.
The only safe policy is to leave the
public drinking cup alone. Rinsing its
edges with water improves but does not
remove the dangerous condition. Private
pocket cups and folding cups can
be procured at small cost, and they will
protect the user against the disease of
others. Where it is necessary to use a
public drinking-cup, it is possible to
greatly reduce the danger from it.
If the edge of the glass is placed,
slightly below the under lip of the drinker,
in such a manner as not touch the
lip. the mucous membrane will not come
in contact with the cup and will generally
escape the germs on the cup. This
trick is a simple one, and can be acquired
with a little nraotlre
Mrs. Waldo (of Boston): "I have a letter
from your Uncle James, Penelope,
who wants us to spend the summer on
his farm." Penelope (dubiously): "Is
there any society in the neighborhood?"
Mrs. Waldo: "I've heard him speak of
the Holsteins and Guernseys. I presume
they are pleasant people."?Christian
Register.'
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