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Show I Gum Chewers Poor Thinkers. I (By J. M. Mitchell.) There are forms of indigestion said If ta yield readily to the gum chewing I habit, which promotes the flow of sa- I liva and helps the digestive fluids to j act. This surely is a comforting I thought, and if. the increase in the I ranks of gum chewers may be taken : as an indication, dyspeptics must be almost extinct, writes J.. M. Mitchell in the Chicago Tribune. Nervousness In some forms finds relief in the "cud"' that cheers, but as a general thing the relief of the subject is offset hy the increasing nervousness of the man across the aisle, so that each I , cure, makes at least one more victim I and progress St that rate is slow. 1 ( One thing is certain you cannot ichew gum and think at the sime time with any degree of success. YcTi may cliew gum and work mechanically, you . may read with gum in your mouth and perhaps not miss anything in the i author, but when it comes right down to good, hard mental effort you cannot can-not concentrate and achieve "the best results of which you are capable whi!e s your jaws ' work unceasingly. That I champing is just so much wasted en- I eigy and as such dissipates your force and keeps your thinking powers re- f duced to the lowest point. J Just put it down in your note book I as a fact that no man can think deej. i logical or well-balanced thoughts I whili his Jaws are working- overtime, f ; .7 . """-i- mm. ...a. .. msy t ' 1 1 |