Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-07-15
CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL.
C"ntaGion and Disease Often Distributed
by Birbor ShopI-sIow Comb. ind
Brushes Become IuCectcd-Tno
ESQ OF D!sinrcctlnts

luri; i'll al BARRIERS shops, Is almost uni.
VcrSally managed. is : fact beyond dis
putc, says the Boston Herald. Syco3is
has rightly been named "barbcr'5 i;ch,
bong, as Il is, ofton distributed by them.
Tho Lancet OF London recently told of
four cases, ''all OF which owed thcir
origin 70 manipulation OF Il single knight
OF the rG2or." But this is rot the cnly
danger or cCn'agiCn in these places. nor
i3lt thc !-r' aiCSt. The hal is = notorious
gcr:n-cat"hCr. and if q person il but q
short tire, even. i'll the sick room Of u
person suffering from an infectious dis
case, 5Uch a. scarlet fever or l,1ca3lcg. no
Is very certain 10 carry away with him
tho G>c:Aj and be, for time, q menace
To those whom he encounters. Tho hair
brushes and coElb3 in common use must
bo' good distributors Of disease. Per
hap3 f." diseases peculiar to clults
arc conveyed by them, but many diseases
Of children arc highly infectious, and it
is reasonable to suppose that IN.
s'aDcc3 arc not raro in which these
toilet articles arc tho EcGrG OF trans
mission. Tho need Of r"acticin~ disin-
fcCLiOa III Ill eases Of infectious diseases
Is now generally recognized, but in
best but impCrfC3tly Gonc. If . mans
child ~ i'll With scarlet foyer, and he iSa
c"E&ci"r;louJ person, be will never
enter Ia" sick room in tho Same cloth
ing which he wears outside to his bust
E"s5. Eut if he change; his clothes as
no ought, he is nota3 I'll likely 10 diGin-
fccS lis person, nor il there ono chance
ii - thousand of his thinking to diGin-
fCc0 his hair. II b. docs not, then, when
he .fo@3 10 his barber he Is pretty certain
to loAyc upon tho corlb and bruS! used
~ him Go!lo OF the ECrIl3 Cf tho GiScaGc
: 20 next who follows him in tho
l!arbcr'a chair may 10 also = father, and
ono whose children gro blessed with
good health.
Tho injected comb and brush arc used
uEoa him il tura, and in his hair arc
G"ToGitci Tho Glica3c GERM; Lett by the
person before him. These hc c.rrIc3 TO
At& home, and u week or two artcrward
tECTc OCCURS mysterious outbreak Of
FGa:lCt fever among his children. There
II danger, Gays IL medical UontCnDo"arv,
tt.@t lHrs:3 III all l%-ri:2r shops, Gro!A tho
Qo&rC"3 To the R~.;S G2l IL America. in
&. ltc % the boosted superiority Of its
"iol#ori@l palaces" as well as else
MncrC. Inc f:.Ct Chat tho barber shop
IL cosmopolitan also accounts fJr the
GToatcr frequency Of sycojl3 aad other
klhGrcG q! NtjC3 than il Grc3y Britain,
In Proportion 10 TIC population. Tho
miNG!0 ;:2h upper classes abroad do not
p&troni"o BARRIERS except for the scalp,
every Individual being familiar
W,;A tho rA"2r. so far u3 tho lc-
a. f,l
pcnua-H is CJNCHrIci: anl ii would DO
better i N:nGr,caIa chopped THIS course.
10 ll2.lAnity OF tho later from dis
C"&c,, - i1f rs - oJ5lia5, a.y be nj
tlhut@d more u good lux than rood
EH!Na "!arnt: FJr though it is custom
;:-y - many instances 70 provide pop
t":!At caps md brushes, the individuality
"t t1r13 IS no. rCl,giousiy respected,
h:syc IL r..TI iI>;GuncCJ; and cv9a then
thrJ arc nos put aW3y in g perfectly
Clc".'iT orr3npt!c condition. 1t il no.
t1ti1U% That cleanliness. so far as utc.,-
SIS az" concerned, is ~ GttriDuLo GaLIy
l.G..iA IL cT2I tho bCG5 Barber Ghoys;
%iM 30 patrons owe thcir fo:,uil3t3
ca2:p0 i?3iu Cont2yion largcly TO tho
&"2I+@"c"! l." - that hot wS.yr is en-
G:1Jvi - mako lAthG", &al ;:iun GD-
Iii"d - tA> skin - r.,Dr2gj the oosing
aid ig:-i;.."I c3aGition Jha1 results from
too Ct",2 &p.,IlC.tiJn of tho steel. Not
OILY GO Frs lily CiCGngcd, but thcv
GO @!ao Dh."22nld upon Glthy homes
wien tao I'd of G2ap studs taken fror,
tAH c"'1'.,oh stock oNp, anI tao only at
tHnt.on they receive 1t &uy tiiao 10 .
lAg'unctorJ "ipins', iirjG wish I. scrap OF
newspaper and then with t.io palm Of
Tie hand.
1t would DO worry easy indeed to abgo-
lHj'iJ rc"o"n from barber shops all
danger OF infection through thor toilet
ar'IU.cH. Caps and shaving brushes
after ih"T arc used should be washed
WA "oIc disin(eotGnt, and rasors
S4oHd "'"o DO dipped in tho samo
SOLUTION b&Iorc they arc wiped and nut
a"&J. Iii most shops tao shaving Guns
arc partially ii!lCd wlah hot water be-
fVTn they ;rc used That would MT