Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1890-03-13
NASTY CHEWING oUM

BAysIctsns 0o0tAro Thoe IL CA0oeo uuoo
Gus Bronchial ssd Other Troubles
In the thousand and ono shsps
sprinkled through the narrow streets
Of this city, where youngsters buy
lollipops. where boys invest their sav.
ings in base-balls and cigarettes at
penny apiece, and where the young
ladies of tenemcnts purchase the latest
yellow-bound literature, there is n
ways for sale = substance known -
black chewing gum. Whether it is
done up in spangled tinfoil, or re-
splendent in gaudy tissue paper, or
decorated with parti-colored ribbon, Il
10 still black chewing gum. 1t is gen.
orally made out of refuse gum arabic
stuff that can not be used in tho
apothecary shops, and is favored
variously with the cheapest of cheap
extracts, licorice, wintcrgreen, peppes.
mint, or, more usually, one Of those
poisonous tlavors that are compounded
from acids. The manufacturers cut .
huge slab of the gum into quadrangle
lar pieces about the size of domino.
In cold weather the bits are friable and
break easily; when it is warm, they
have the consistency of . piece Of India
rubber.
1t is surprising how much Of this
black chewing gum Is used. A little
girl gets hold Of penny somehow.
and she can not get to shop quick
enough to buy some of it She chcws
and chcws and chcws on it. her jaws
working as regularly an an,tyigorously a.
those Of Fourth Of J4y orator. II
she has bosom friend, Ahc may bite
of bit Of gum and set Me other girl
to chewing. II she wishes to show par
tjcular favor to her iive-ycar-old sweet
heart she gives him morseL The
young ladies' who devour the yellow
bound novels dcvour gum, too. They
,,,ace fragment of it between the
hindcrmost OF their pcarly teeth, and
while their souls go out to, Elvira in
her prison, or their hearts Autter in
sympathy with Edgar DO Montmorenci
in his attempt to carry of the heiress.
they don't forget to chew that gum.
Young beaus, the leaders in tenement.
house society, chew it, too: for the
men who make it advertise that it per.
fumes the breath and lends the mouth
the odor of new-mown field. also that
it aids digestion and clears the voice
and Is a harmless and beautiful sub.
stitutc for tobacco; that it is. in fact, Z
penny hit of amhrosal for the gods.
1t isn't. The physicians Of Amster
dam, N. Y, have just declared in sol.
! emn conclave that the practice oi
chewing this black gum is most harm
full and pernicious; they have traced
directiy to it innumerablo cases Of sore
mouth and sore throat that they have
treated of late. Their brethren of the
medical profession in New York agree
with them, and notpnly condemn black
chewing gum, but Ill chewing gum O
whatever color.
The ply sician who has charge Of the
throat dispensary In one of the largest
hospitals in New York, said yesterday
'.Day after day patients, nearly al
girls between eight and eighteen year
Of age, come in here and complain tha'
it hurts them when they swallow, o.
else that their mouths sting when they
drink any thing warm. On examining
their throats. l find the delicate mu
cous membrane marked here and ther'
with little infiamcd patches. In Mint
cases out of ten it Is caused bychewini
gum"
"Why is the gum hurtfule"
"The havoring is usually poisonous,
replied the doctor, land by its con
slant presence, in however small quan
tity, it sets up an inflammation. Blu
the habit is otherwise pcrnicious; tn
yntiring motion of q gum-chewer'
jaws prookes superiluous flow o
saliva-just as II there was always
pinch Of salt on the tongue-an'
wears out the saliva glands Gun
chewing rctards digestion. If won
an ills her stomach with water or sa
Iva she browns the gastric juices. ais
the internlinable attrition wears out th
teeth, ard foreign favor by degrse
: renders the breath more and more dia
agreeable; the practice is bad Ia evsE
vaE."-N. r. St0v.