A Chapter on Gum-Chewing.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 217, 27 August 1887, Page 8

A Chapter on Gum- Chewing.

Said a young man: "I ©n a North Side car to-day when a p^suliar aceidenb occurred. A bevy of girls -from sixteen to twenty year." of age bocrdsd the car ab Chestnut Place — evidently school girls. They were all richly attired, evidently daughteis of wealthy par-^a-te, all laughing and chattering - and 1 anijAshamed to say all chewing gum. Suddenly one choked and gasped, rolling her > eyes, and was frantically slapped on th.« back by her companion 5 !. 1, in comiu-an with the rest of the passenger?., supposed the poor creature was suffeiing f.^m a n't of some kind. Suddenly she couched violently and dislodged the di-ftfcalty. She had. gotten her gum lodged .r$ her tin oat, and came near choking to death. Why will girls and women persbt in indulging in such a filthy habit in public? If they must chew, why not <s»Hiline the operation, to the prhacy of thev->own domains? Is there a more disgustinc; isight than to see a woman chewing gum. m the street or in any public place ? I save seen old women who might be grandiaojthorfc wagging their almost toothless jaws an a piece of blackjack or tafly-tolu, ov, some other equally obnoxious brand. Ii awr j'ouiig men would only boycott the gu;n -chewed, it would be a good thing. It is not quite as bad a3 chewing tobacco, but veiy neaily so." — " Chicago Journal."