PROTECT THE STREAM OF LIFE 



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Now it is because of these patches in the mouth, on the 

 tongue, and on the lips — each one a center of infection — 

 that people everywhere are not only anxious to avoid personal 

 contact with those who are thus diseased, but are also getting 

 rid of the public drinking cup which diseased persons may 

 have used, and in 

 its place we now 

 have the sanitary 

 drinking fountain. 

 Here nothing but 

 water touches the 

 lips. Whether a 

 person has scarlet 

 fever, tuberculosis, 

 smallpox, whoop- 

 ing cough, measles, 

 or mucous patches 

 on his lips, no one 

 can by any chance 

 pass on his disease 

 by means of a sani- 

 tary fountain. But 

 with the public 

 drinking cup, how 



different ! When you have the opportunity some day, watch 

 one of these in a crowded city. I myself have done this. 



First came a healthy, vigorous-looking carpenter. He 

 emptied the cup, seemed to enjoy it, wiped his mouth, and 

 went away. "Quite a healthy man," I said to myself as he 

 passed on. " Probably no danger from him." 



Next followed two giggling girls. Each took a sip and hur- 

 ried off, still giggling. " Silly," I thought, "but not diseased." 



Modern Sanitary Bubble Fountain 



