Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-12-21
AMERICAS CHIEF SPORT
Neither Baseball Nor Poker, But
Gum Chewing in First Place.
would stir widest lima ginati0a "a
Trail Plain spruce Hunk TO Mod
ern Many -FIo,vcred ChicIe
Choices.

Yes the most popular chew to-day?
It's not tobacco; Just gum. old flash
toned chunks from the spruce trees up in
, the Maine woods. chunks of paraffinc
or chicic. or slabs Of the latter all wrap
ped around in tnsc and striking adver-
Using, and strongly favored for bad
breaths and non-p,ohibition drinks!
How our an ostors got along without
modern gum nobody knows unless they
utilized the spruce trees then cxtant; but
1t is likely enough that the Pilgrims and
Iuritans acquired the habit on the stern
ana rock bound hills y, New England
some three centuries spo
In hose days the flavorng feature was
not even n pipe dream. II anybody drank
strong drinks II was only the fash
/ ion of tho dav. and ovcn the minister
might no approa Chico with propriety and
! without the need Of any odorferous chcle
to deceive tho nostrils Of the worthy par
son. for il was more than ;i,s,lv that tho
said prea'h her also had aiken his toddv
that morn. Nor were the courtly, pow
dcred ana bevisgcd DANES uf that age
al all fastidous over the flavors with
which their knish.iv lovers pressed their
suit
The funny thing about curn -cbcu inr is
that 1t is go persuasive a custom here thu,
nobody ever stops TO think II the fact
that II is distinctivelv American. Ca
nadians have the habit sornew hat. but not
! the English. nor any of the people in Flu
ropean countries
But here in Americ, ,vbc,bor vo, ,r,v-
el east or west, north or south. the yam
kee. the south erner, the darby. the COW
boys and girls, and the Pacific coast resi-
dents all have the habit
It n when one crosses tho Atlantic tina.
gun, beCDrDc~, copen;c,,,,. IT,. -. ia
sence. except as American travellers car
~ n with them and diligently use il
much to the distraction and curiosity of
the European.
Now and 'hon some Of the comments OF
those people abroad give the American
little more distinct idea OF their mental
status with ressnect 10 gum
Said an Englishman. n wear or two am
during a voyage across the Atlantic. in
tho course Of CONGREGATION with others Of
his cyr,ntrymsD-
The people over there in C,n,d, and
the States have a queer custom op chou
ing something They uso i. for . 1onr
time and never swallow tho STUFF and
sometimes they stick II nm around tba
shelf and by and by take il down and
go on chewing il as-ain
"T tried il ore dav hut !, h,d o,oo-
flavor and il was tireso,pe koon;,., nna,
laws GOING ard ,brov, -, ,i,,,....,
Thing ove,,o,r, dor,oho,,.,,',.
Eurors and tho Orjor, ca, ,oo .
learp tho ,J.,,,,, ,..: W
rhawinr, " BUM
Spruce rum has s.., -, hoo. A.. :, :
still snJahle h,t ,ho,, g., ,o;,L -.
nIv nor Tho d.r,,,d d., =, ,
for t,s, uoderr ,,r,f,c,u,oa 49,, ,..u,
" f.vnrpa ,,,,ns ''' ''N
Tho adxer, n, ,ho .,,,,1., o,.,.,. It
form, of . re,,s;,, ,,,,,, - ....,' ~ Wv
marked , r.u ~. H.
hold tho f;e,d xith rroa.;,,,. ..N
peti,or. rnr cow. t,,,,Is 49,. w.
lie taste ;S ,icL,.,, hr - ,.'e 'u'
MANY flavor, cd -. anu
G,,p, cb.u;nr
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