El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-02

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- ing the common drinking cup and
there is reason to believe that 10 more
Of them viii pass similar laws during
the ensuing year. Many cities in states
having no such laws have enacted ordi-
nances designed for the same purpose.
New York City has provided regula-
ton which abolishes the public drinking
cup from every public place-hoteI
school factory, public hail. railroad
station and ferry houses in the city.
SO widespread has the crusade against
the common drinking cup become, and
so successful has been the campaign
of education concerning its danger
that even hobOes have been known 10
beg straw from soda fountain IN
order to ObViate the necessity Of using
the common drinking cup at the public
drinking fountain.
Schools Lead in Campaign.
The schools Of the country are lead
ing the way in the abolition Of this
medium of disease propagation A
large number of them have provided in
dividual drinking cups but the ten
dency seems to be away from the 1ndI-
vidual drinking cup and toward the
sanitary drinking fountain This 1Opn-
tain consists Of a small stream OF water
bubbling out of a pipe and the mouth
Of the drinker need not come into con-
tact with any part of the fountain az
any time. Many cities are providing
such fountains along the streets, and
they prove very popular one OF the
first things the mlScheTouS small DOy
learned about these fountains was that
they afforded q good opportunity 70
squirt water on someone else To meet
this objection a firm manufacturing
sanitary fountains has brought out an
'anu-squtrting fountain me now on
water in this fountain is AUTOMATICALLY
regulated by @ pressure controlling ap-
paratus, so that it is impossible 10 play
any pranks with it. Some OF the 1Oun-
tains are made to flow continuously,
while others flow only when opened Dy
the drinker.
Cheap Drinking Fountains.
1t has been found that a very cheap
and effective sanitary drinking 1oun-
tain may be provided in an emergency
or where there are no funds for secur-
ing anything better. InlS consists OF
an inverted faucet 1T has been tried
In states where the common drinking
cup has been abolished by law and usu-
ally has given satisfaction
Some Of the railroads nave enllsled
In the fight against the common drink
ing cup, and are able to turn a InrlLIy
penny in doing so. They secure penny
I in-the-slOt cup dispensers ana put lnen
I in their trains and railroad statlons-
l One needs only to stand in the Penn
syIvania station in New York or the
union station at W Washington ana Walcn
[ the thrOng around the drinking places
[ to see how effective has been the cam
pafzn Of education against infection
I through drinking cups the majority
of those who take a drink OF water
/ drop a penny in the slot and get cup
/ In preference TO drinking out OF the
I oId-fashioned chained dipper.
Some Of the more progressive urlB
I stores and other shops Wnere SOFA wa
I ter is dispensed have adopted the lnQ--
7 vidual soda water cup This not Only
I has proved an aid to the maintenance
/ of proper sanitary conditions around
the soda fountain but IL also mas
! proved q succesStul trade geLleL- -l IS
not improbable that the day VIII come
/ when lunch rooms viii be found using
! sanitary paper dishes for their custom
/ ers Already the sanitary milk DoLLe
I has met with favor IN many IoeaIl ~. -
and except where diaries MAINTAIN the
I highest standard OF steriltZing milk Dol
/ ties before filling them these paper
/ bottles prove great ala IN the CAM
/ paign for pure milk
| The sanitary drinking cup IS COM
J paratfvely inexpensive article one OF
I the leading firms producing lne7e GUS
J adVertises them for sale IN puLA az -
per 1000. 1t viii be seen from THIS ll. .1L
/ 10 Of these cups may De DouSnt 1GL
/ three cents. This same firm packs SIX
/ cups in an envelope and sells 100 OF the
] envelopes for $Z-Z5- Ine enFeLolS ~
/ six cups retails at i've cents A-tL--7
! the retail dealer more than 100 peresAl
Prejudice Wen Founded.
] The prejudice against the common
/ drinking cup is well rounded one, a.
I is shown by the fact that one lnYestl-
gator found 10000 germs on single
/ drinking glass. 1t is probable that no
I common cup in any busy place can re-
main IN service more than one no
! without being heavily contaminated
with the germs Of dangerous diseases
/ The average common drinking cup IS
| sterilized so seldom that II IS next 20
I inevitable that at an times IL is Gov
[ cred with germs which require only a
run down system in the dr1nker 20 IN
l feet him with disease someone mas
/ advised that if 1t is necessary at All 10
/ drink out OF such a cup IL Is oeJler I LOT
/ the drinker to put both upS INTO llle
/ CUP and drink out Of 1t In that way
| AS the large majority OF disease germs
/ which enter the human system ger IN
] through the mouth, the common 4it NJ .
{ ing cup has been one OF the potent rae
/ tors in the spread Of contagious as
/ ease.
! one of the next crusades likely to be
made in this country is against tne
| common towel. This IS, perhaps quite
I as effective a spreader OF ccntaglon as
/ the common drinking cup, but one ina Z
I is perhaps not so easily to pc got Ilo
/ of. Some of the most loaInsou-e OF 4t-
/ man diseases have been spread IN TINS
Z waT and there is always danger OF IN
| lection from the use of soued towers.
/ The manufacturer Of sanitary wares is
] always on Lue spot Win 4-- 1------tN
] remedy for such conditions as the com
} mon towel One Of them is now adyer-
/ Using hygienic paper towels in bulk az
81 Is for 500. He declares that these
1 towels will dry the hands and race as
well as the ordinary cloth towering
| Another dealer has produced santa
/ nv packet which retails for 10 cents IL
] consists Of a sanitary wash clotn' q
( sanitary towel and sanitary COMP
! Cleanliness Of Miners
/ For years 1T has been asserted Dy
many mine operators that II was next
/ to impossible to get their men TO wash
/ carefully after their days work THESE
! mine owners provided a trough or run
! ming water and expected the men 70
I line up along that and remove the art
and CRIME. OF course those at the up
/ per end of the trough got clean water
/ but those below did not with the re-
i suit that the men went to their homes
/ without washing Under the influence
of the American Welfare association
{ several mining companies installed In
dividual wash basins, and since then
/ they have found no difficulty Whaleyer
/ in getting their men to wash up pc
| fore leaving the plant.
/ A few years ago commercial traF-
| eIers' organization passed a resolution