Evening star., 1926-03-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

in the moisture. Truly. 1t sticketh
closer than brother!
X X X X
Our other big kick against chewing
gum might be best phrased as a SEN
tence.
What do you do with the darn stuff
when you are tired of chewingHit?
1t must be confessed, even by a.
| non.chewer, that the first few mo-
ments are enjoyable. The flavor,
whether 1t lasts or not, Is decidedly
| fiavorous at first.
The jaws are in motion.
Did you ever stop to think what
that means? Let the jaws be wag-
ging, whether talking or eating, a
| man is happy.
We seem to be made to work our
| jaws at all seasons. Most of us are
never happier than when we are
talking about ourselves, unless it be
when We are eating.
Chewing on stick of gum gives
one an impression of eating. There
is an old French proverb ITO sleep
$ to eat" 1t might be phrased, ITO
| chew Is to eat" with more truth.
| For awhile. therefore, chewing gum
goes along on all four wheels. After
| awhile, however, the chewer begins
| to realize that he can't let go.
Perhaps the professional chcwer
| has mastered this end of the problem,
| but we amateur chewers Of gum find
| 1t the most perplexing thing in the
| world.
How do you let go of your gum?
Faster and faster fly the jaws.
The gum ought to come out, but the
| longer it is chewed the firlner it
seems determined to stay right where
| 1t il.
Especially IL the chewer is working
on a mental problem, he finds Il al
most hopeless-his gum rolls around
! and around in his mouth, and his
| Jaws ceaselessly go up and down and
he would like to take the stuff out
| Of his mouth but there is an inner
| urge to keep on chewing, and every
| time he raises his hand TO his mouth
! to remove the gum he has mental
! picture of the sticky stuff on his
| fingers, and EVERY time he lowers his
| hand he flashes an order to his brain,
Nov you must stop chewing"
| II he pat the gum in his mouth at
9 am. he finds himself bra vely chew
| ing away at 10 o'clock BY half past
! 10 O'Clock he feels a great necessity
| lpI SttpIiiiS--DuL fIS SIUp. AL
| IL o'clock he feels almost determined
to call out the police.
| Wild fancies whirl through his
brain of sending in a call for the fire
| department. Certainly d truck com
panv. with ladders and axes, could by
| main force wedge open his cheWers
and take away this persistent chunk
of chicle.
| BE a man" the gum chewer
| finally tells himself, you have stood
| before Presidents. and talked with
| Secretaries of Commerce, and have
| not been afraid of police officers who
came to your door to inquire If you
| kept d dog.
Buck up, old man, and stop this
mad whirl. one opening of the
mouth, one insertion of Il determined
hand. and it will all be over. Time i.
| flying. old man, and If you don't get
the stuff out now. Lord knows wheT
you will-you may be chewing away
| this time next year, If you don't take
| yourself in hand"
| AS nervous as a fly on a slab OF
/ sticky paper, you feel the great
moment is at hand when you are tC
officiate at the removal of the annua
stick of gum. Looking around with G
guilty feeling. hoping that none OF
your friends will see. you suddenly
open your mouth and poke in your
| fingers.
| Out it comes-and now what OF
earth are you going to do with it?