The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-17

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ANFRHY do Americans chew guml Did Span
Nv ! lard ever ride beneath the blue Andalusinn
w skies with his jaws bclaDorIns defenceoss
parailinI Does the Mexican in that
land of chclc whence ne delight to
bestow in his checks the qud Of elastic resin?
True chicc it cXudes from the tree Is occasion
ally subjected 10 the moar batteries by of the
province OF luoaan the land Of Daz, but taken nll
In all II is rather tastclcss IN It's aboriginal condition
md its masucatIou is far from being national habit
But shift the picture and the Yankee comes to the
fore with rapid fire maxllIury equipment moving TO
the rhythm or the sofcnIDg spruce.
This gum chewing age
Once a pasimc OF childhood the practice has
creased so TINT persons Of all ages may be seen
wearyIng their head hinges with the motion while
their cheeks bulge and forebeads contract
with the vigorous exercise
Somemcs-ln Boston, Philadelphia New York.
Cor ustnnco-thc whole family may be sitting
In row in a street car or in a subway train moving
their faces In unison with the rattle of the wheels
and looking hougbtfuly the frie2c OF advertising
as though seeking know of kinds OF gum
yield his victorious eglcns.
What is the psychology Of gum chewing? Whence
It's hold American people? Why does 1t keep
many tbraIl? This a subject that requires ruml
nation let it then be known that its mystery
and its psychology have been approached from the
scientific point Of view. The custom may be
sdered as a symptom OF American unrest-as nerve
strain and shock absorber. muscular dyertisSe-
something like the double shuttle or buck and
wing dancing indeed, 1t may be frankly regarded
Il relic of barbarism, for such II Is considered to
be 10y Or Carleton Simon, a well known physician
The explanation which be offered con-
corning gum chewing Is superficial that it may be
passed without giving 1t second thought 1t is.
''Nlce persons do chew gum Who are nice per
sons and what Is nice. anyway?
Gum chewing iS not sanctioned by the highest social
circles IN any formal way yet are there not posters
representing young In evening gowns sitting
In fashionable restaurants receiving large consign
mcnt, Of sugar coated gum from dcferenta waiters7
Aud it is told that long quit: a brilliant gum
party was held In Cincinnati.
Are NOT thousands of Americans from Maine the
home OF the delightful spruce. to California showing
IL muscle bound effect their jaws and is not the
practice extending north and south over this broad
land? Hence 1t be dismissed by any calm
statement but considered from every point of
view Let II not be said either that Americans chew
gum because they like the flavor of 1t. for after min
oG work the SUD- becomes neutral bnse
without
one thing lc eerratn, the rubbcrke quid s an aid
10 reflection 4 woman and her young son sat IN an
indianapolis street car, chewing gum he with bis
muddy shoes on The gown OF the schoolgirl next TO
him
Ma said the boy. can take a quarter out OF my
oank and buy cOndyT'
silence aud the slow lateral movement of the ma
crnal jaws over the gum.
Ma" continued the s+on will that be all TightT
More silence and more m0xillary action
"Wcllf" asked the boy Impateuty.
Yes Harry" the reply after the profound
elimination had That will be all
aghI and I'll lend you the money OF my purse"
Why, Everybody Chews.
Those who disposed To dismiss the subject with
the remark why, nobody chews gum" have only tc
look about them when they ride abroad. DID
tSou you went In some public conveyance, be
come conscious OF peculiar lack attuDing