Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1892 — Poisoned by Thimbles. [ARTICLE]

Poisoned by Thimbles.

Say* a teacher of a sewing school: “Girls Whj sew for a living often suffer soreness in what is sometimes called the thimble finger, aDd serious inflammation and swelling is often the result. No sewing girl or woman should let herself be tempted by the low price of thimbles which are composed of lead or something equally injurious. Silver or plated thimbles are very much the best and safest, and when these are too expensive a good substitute can be found in a highly burnished steel thimble. For practical every-day use this latter kind is the most convenient, but pewter or lead should never be used, especially by people whose flesh is slow to heal after a scratch or cut. ”