Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-06-21
GUM CHEWING
SAID TO BE FULLY As BAD As
CIGARETTE SROKING.
Beautiful Eyes Rsined-A Solemn Warn.
Ing 10 Yo1ng COmstock Ladies and

Beautiful Eyes Ralned Solemn Warn.
Ing 10 Yoang COmstock Ladies and
Gentlemen.
vtreisis INsv.) Entsrprtse.l
Very few people stop to consider
the actual extent to which the popu-
lar habit Of gum chewing prevails in
this Comstock community. Most all
of our young men indulge freely in
the habit, which certainly is not as
injurious and disgusting as chewing
tobacco, but on the contrary rather
amusing and entertaining to observe.
As for the young ladies, God bless
'em, they universally take naturally
to gum, and one who abstains is an
exception to the general rule, the
question at once suggesting itself that
her mind or jaw is out of fix. Meet
five young misses returning from
school or from church. or merely pas.
sing along the sidewalk, and at least
four out of the FIVE will have q quid
of gum in her mouth. See two OF
three of them riding in q buggy, and
each will be chewing animatedly,
and with open mouth, trying to talk
laugh and chew at the same time
and succeeding most vivaciously. II
is even said that they chew in theil
sleep, but authority on that point is
scarce or reticent.
The greatest observable objection
to this social habit, however, is the
use of the jaws too vigorously with
the lips wide apart. Masticatior
should be done quietly, with tn.
mouth closed. so the process may moi
be particularly noticed. A man will
stiff hat necessarily has to chew
|, very gently under the restraint of the
rigidity of the hat, binding across hi
temples, while one with soft fel
hat can GO it with perfect loosensss
But now comes a heavy, scientific
diagnosis OF the matter, published
r opinion officially expressed, which i
recommended to the careful consider
alton OF all good gum chewers. 1t i
from the Philadelphia Record, ant
reads as follows:
"It the girls only knew that thei
eyes are being ruined by chewing
gum they would shrink from it a
they would from viper" said Ches,
nut street optician. III have thre
girls who were addicted to the habit
but broke them from it after gres
y deal of persuasion and some triflin
It punishment. The oldest girl has ev
J. dences of the habit, though, aud WI
,. carry them to her grave"
- SHOW are the eyes affected?"
q "Well, the muscles Of the jaw col
t. meet with the spine, and from II
q spine there are little fbrous tissue
in running in all directions. A numb
of those extend to the eyes, and a
called the optic nerves. Now, if ye
Oh will watch person eating, you W
Id notice a palpitation OF the tempt
10 when the lower jaw moves up al
down in the process of masticatio
b. This is caused by the working of Il
" optic nerves, which keep the inn
re part of the eyes in motion aud exc
n. else the nerves as much as is need
ne to keep them in healthy conditic
-. When these nerves are overwork
"a they become shrunken and enfeeble
AZ and than the process of deterio
'ss ton in the eyesight begins.
course the shrinking of the ner'
draws the eye back into the sock
&c and as it is connected by slent
:. threads of tissue to the pupil Of
" eye this also becomes weak and lo
'ef its color; it becomes an unnatur
as looking gray, and the vision is
Do. much impaired bv it that eyeglas
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