The Elusive Lead Pencils

WhHt becomee cd the tead pencils, is as insolvahli' a problefD is wliat becomee of pta. No one ever really uaes up lea il pencMe - do one di-inks tJu'iii. so 1 t-peak. 1o tlic vcry drogB, nnlem M te one ol those admirable leople wiio keep journals and cash EUCCOUntB, and wlio usually carry a sort of penholder arrangement in wh: h ilu'.v inserí a lialf length cM and go on and on luriog and sharp■niiiff it until it is in gone. Vory few ikmi]i1(. ever gel péncete ivorn down m far a a half lengt h. They disappear hcii.ru tliat utage is rcailicd. wii.it becomiea of tliem all ? Huxtdreda of tbouande of tbem annually are lont tu young cfaHdren and oever seen .il;.]íii. i,ui wiiat do ihc cblMrea do with ilicin ? Do tln eai tlic-ni np ? Poeetbly, Kvcrylxnl.v bas sccii (eed pcniils tho upper end of wblcb had heen chewed intkj a lnusii. Imt r'liildren do not posBCse wixli ostrioli stomaolis as would cnaWe theni to consume all the