The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-10-19

DxinIrcrs - Soda Fonhtnins Are A.
Danker of Contracting Dead-
" Diseases.

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| fountains and saloons,
| Refreshing summer beverages may
carry with them the germs Of an all
ment which will impair health and ulti--
mately result fatally. Cooling
draughts may communicate to che lips
Of the drinker a poison not quite SO
insidious, but more deadly than al
cohol.
| 1t is the opinion of DR.. Amand Ra-
void and other expert bacterologists
that soda water fountains and saloons
are centers OF disease distribution.
Microbes are carried from the lips of
one person to the mouth of another by
means OF the glasses which are used
over and over again during the day
without being properly cleaned. Dur
ing "a hours hundreds of people will
drink from the same glass at any of
the popular places. These glasses are
simply dipped in tub or bucket of
water and then turned upside down to
dry. Consumptives and persons af-
ficted with other infectious ailments
drink from these glasses. All of them
are rinsed in the same receptacle. The
water seldom is changed. From the,
lips of the diseased person the germs
get into the water, where they thrive.
They are dipped up on the glasses
which are thrust beneath the surface
of the water for a second. Healthy
people pressing their lips to such
glasses risk catching one or more of
the ailments which have afflicted the
persons who drank at the fountain or
in the saloon during the day.
The germs which were communicat-
Cd to the water from the lips of the
diseased customer thrive wonderfully,
and the fact that the microbes repre-
senting other complaints edge into the
general reservoir does not disturb
either class. Consumptive microbes
and malarial germs fraternize and lay
for the unsuspecting victim who may
call for a health beverage and receive
from the hands of the clerk COM
plication of diseases.
DR.. Rayold is unable to cite any par
ticular case where disease has been
communicated from one person to an
other by means Of glasses repeatedly
rinsed in the same water, but on gen. |
eral principles he is morally certain
that more thnn one case of illness has
been contracted from the rim of |
glasses used at soda water fountains. |
To prevent the communication of dis
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same glasses he advises the strictest
precaution. Glasses should be washed
in hot running water, and then care
fully dried before another person is
permitted to press his lips to them.
Now that winter is approaching the
danger lurking in the glasses at soda
water fountains is nearly over for a
season, and the question arises what |
becomes of the soda water boy who
was so nice and polite to the women
and to the habitual summer beverage
drinkers, known to the trade as soda
water topers.
One young man who mikes mild
drinks was asked where the young
men of his profession hibernated.
20! That's easy" he said, as he tied
an egg phosphate in double bow knot
while it flew from q glass in his right
hand to the one in his left. 1--WE go
south. I nave got three oHers now
from points n Texas; also 2 good oHer
at home. There are winter drinks as
well as summer drinks ana we nave
good trade here during cold weather.
what becomes Oh sooa water topers
In the coid weather.
wen. tney iay Dy ior 2 season anu
wnen sprlng comes tney nave got an
appe.i.e wmcn ,as.s nnem III 'ne sum