The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-07-31
GERMS in
BROKEN CUPS.
Interesting Statement Given
Out by Prominent Author lily
Has Caused CONSERVATION among
Propriet0rS Of Res
taurants.

Look on; for lie craks in the coffee
mug.
mis- is ,hc admoni,ion that has been
sent GU, D me citizens who are in The
habit OF ea;irg n, II midday meal az
the lun.h coun.er md The daily, luncn
by he biggest. aut4Cri.y in the coun-
try on the germ qucst, oh-Chief Wiley
of The Bureau of ChlL.isj.y q he De-
partmcnt of Agricul. uer. lie mas is
sued ne advice tlat everybody SHOULD
AVOID he mug with ,he ,raeked 0o,-
tom and side because ne believes Nae
germs Turk in the'cTachs by the trou-
sands and are the hidden cause, of the
mysterious death of more persons an
nually than ii is possible 10 believe. A
copy of DR.. Wiley's statement was re-
ceived in Louisville yesterday and
caused considerable surprise.
Local physicians as a whole concur
with DR.. Wiley. In discussing the ad-
vice of DR.. Wiley yesterday several of
them began 10 count in their minds
how many dairy lunch rooms, lunch
couaters and chill 'joins" in Louisxhl
are entirely free fro m the pests" OF
the cracked mug. Some were inclined
TO think that there are anywhere from
ten 10 fifty such mugs in every luncn
room in ibis ely. Others were more
conservative ard set the average a
ten. But, allowing several thousand
germs Of typhoid, malaria and in,es,i-
nal diseases 10 each crack, all We're
satisfied 10 leave it at he lowest pos
sble average.
by the way" said one of he local
physicians last last night, cit never oC-
CURED 10 me in jus that light.
have been caring my room day lunch
al the dairy lunch rooms for The past
fifteen years and goodness knows how
many times ! have been forced 10 take
my coffee or milk from a mug ,hdt. Is
cracked clear across The side. ! have
had typhoid fever twice during that
time and if what DR.. Wiley says is
\
ease at least once from the cracks -
Other local physicians are inclined
to believe that the head of the Blu
reau of Chemistry is little broad in
hisproclamation. They do not deny
tfvt. it is possible Tor the germ 20
Turk in The cracked mug where the
liquid served is cool, but when j,
comes to coffee, boiling al 800 degrees
well, here there seems 10 be some
doubt"
NO. think the doctor is a trifle
off," said local prac iiioner yesier-
day as he slipped mis- midday coffee,
when he says that the cup in which
this coffee | am drinking is breed
ing place for germs. / know that no1
ing could live very long in such a
fluid as, this coffee. And since it
takes most men several minutes to
drink a tolerably hot cup of coffee |
feel certain that any germ would find
it a hard proposition to hang OH TO
life under the circumstances"
Whether all local physicians agree
with DR.. Wiley or not in every par
ticular the majority of them are will
ing toconcede to him rhat every mug
of milk that is poured into cracked
vessel is likely 10 bave few thousand
germs in the crevices, to be imbibed
and appropriated little later by some
thirsty lover OF the Tactical food. But
when 1t come 10 the germs living with
appartnq comfort in ,he cracks of
mug con. aiming coffee or tea boiling
at the 800 point, there is some little
skepticism.