Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-07-17
THE LICORICE CRAZE.
Gum-Chewing Women Abandon
ing the Craze.
What Are the Women Coming to "A Drug
gist Who Claims That They Are Pos-
sessed by New De:usTon-
Glycyrrhiza Giabra.
tohicago IIerald.l

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Women must keep their jaws in mo.
tion," said a State street druggist to 9
! young man Who dropped in to purchase O
compound of saltpeter ald resin for the
purpose of putting a wire edge on hi
cheek. "Six months ago it was almost
| impossible to fl id female without quit
4 of chewing gum in her mouth, whether
| out shopping or reading sensational novels
J in her bcudoir. We soil tons of it durin g
1 the run, and tho trade was not cornereC
/ by druggists by very large majority
Shrewd grocers witt an eye to business
! dabbled in the trade. and the amount sold
In this city alone would have madsr gun
road from here to Joliet" and the mixer
of cough hed.ciaesand dyspepsia pill.
/eyed the young man as If he doubted hi,
4 capacity for swallowing a statement o.
that size.
'Has the demand. fallen off?" queriet
the young uian. =
"Oh, yes, gum has lost Its prestige
was the reply. ''You see, It isn't the Ma
ture of woman to stick to any one thing
very long, unless it is a seal skin sacque
then the longer the better.''' The m .di-
cine man emphasiZ ID the word s'longer, ,
| Herald reporters corner to ascertain If b,
made any note of the joke.
/ Without exhi biting any signs of agita
'ticn the newspap pef-man asked what tn,
sfckle females wersooNs chewingp
''GiycyyTii>a gla-b-r-a," was the reply
"That must come from NJ scow," ven.
tured the reporter.
''No, no; thatiS'tffe Latin for lie Iric,
root. Years ago any school-boy who wa
found outside of the school room without
piece Of licorice between his jaws wa
considered to be Suffering from msnta
alteration. 1t was a. good substitute fol
tobacco and the boy who didn't possess tn,
moral courage to brave the wrath of tn,
male portion of his parentage by chewing
nicotine toned UP the complexion of hi
! spittle with the next.best thing, which wa
licorice root. He caewed this with the
same gustC and interest with which h,
smoked desiecated grape vine and raitnn
The girls are now taking their turn at it
You would be surprised to see the numbel
of purchasers have every day for thu
stuff. Some of the best ladies of Chicag,
society purchase it. of mo, not y th,
nickePs worth, bat in IS lots
Just think of it, they carry it on
of here in bundles much as th
servant-girls carry kindting out of ,
woodward. A IS package of licorice will
last a. good, healthy chewer 'ab6us tw,
weekSS.-t have about, twenty five Gus
toners who get their pack ages a
often as this. IL they don't com
themselves they send their servant
and the trade has become so reg
ular that l keep packages on hand. Tines
packages are put up in 50 and - sizes
none less. The manner of chewing th
root by the ladies differs from that OF th
boys years ago. They don't fl tn 4
mouths with tho wood and chew it MAJ
fashion, but placing one end of the sic
between their teeth masticats it, Will
they feed it TO themselves as East as tn
! glycyrrhizin is extracted from it. To Sc
society belle lying lanSuidly on a sof
perusing a novel with French title, Will
she holds the stick to her lips, gives one tn
impression that he is gazing on a New
England factory girl in propiti Dus circum
s;ances, who has been reared to the habi
of snuff dipping"
"Of course the licorice-eater must al
ways havo cuspidor in her vicinity whel
she is attending to business" said the re
| porter.
There's where you have got n wron,
impression" was the reply. ut isn't ma
tural for woman to spit. They only d
it under peculiar circumstances. Whel
| you find woman who is frequently ex
pectOrating she is doing that which is dia
metrically contrary to the characters. tic
of her sex. That is one of the preroga
tives OF the masculine gender. 1t is one o
the few rights of man with which woma
does not msddie. Tue juice OF the licoric
root is very pleasing to the taste, and al
| though it gives a rather unpleasant hue [,
the teeth for the time being, # is really
good dentifrice and imparts gloss to th
teeth that is hard to obtain by any othe
means; besides. it is n demulccnt and add
greatly TO the health of tho gums The,
swallow the juice, and it is not q ba,
habit, as 1t is a good tonic for the stomach
and a dangerous enemy to dyspepsia
which, you know, is found mostly preva
lent in the upper grades of society, wher
sedentary habits are most common. 1t /
not probable that the chewers ar
aware of the benefit they derfy
from the habit, but simply chew the liccr
ice because it furnishes employ
ment for their jaws and drives ava,
ennui. This new craze will undoubt
edly hold its own for six OF seven months
when it will give way to some new freal
Of the female brain. Al, here come
customer now; I'll provo to you that
haven't been loading you with tafy."
With this the druggist stepped behin
the counter just as a carriage with liver
led coachman on the seat drew up in from
OF the door, and an elegan ly dresse,
lady alighting, came into the store Sh
addressed a few word in an undertone :
the proprietor, and stepping fnto a rea
apartment he soon reappeared with
large bundle of small round sticks, whica
he wrapped in heavy brown paper an
passed over to the footmau. The lad
dropped a crisp five-dollar note on th
counter, and, with happy smile on he
charming face, re-entered her carriage
and was VIII irled away.
Tomorrow VIII be my big day. sal
the drug man as he dropped the money int
the drawer. "Cone around and I'll Civ
you an idea OF the hold which the Iicoric