HANDKERCHIEFS MUST GO.
THEY CAUSE INFECTION Dr. I''. Hobbins, a well-known Now Y(e'k physician. urges the abolition oi the paeket-luindkerchiof. beeaioe he lii inly believes it to bo a source of infection long after a person has recover; d from siK-h diseases as infantile paiv'vsis and even common colds. "Tiie day will come, he says, ''when the customary cotton rag is replaced bv tho (heap and clean Japanese paper napkin which is burned after it lias heal used. Infants and children are hchibss against tho rubbing of strange handkerchiefs over their perspiring and grimy faces. Tlie public roller-towel of the past was innocuous as compared to the fimilv peckot-handkorehii f. IMtvr i \perieiice will drive home thi' lesson licit ucgle-ted noses, months, and tinoats are largely if not exclusively i oonsiliie for the ultimate orir.pling of the unfortunate victims of disease and ignorance."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 243, 19 January 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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143HANDKERCHIEFS MUST GO. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 243, 19 January 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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