Chewing Gum
Never chew gum in a public place. Never chew gum in the presence of those who do not indulge in this plebeian habit.
If you disregard this suggestion, at least keep away from others. Do not stand so close that the other person must hear you chew, or endure the odor.
Never make a noise (smacking, snapping) as you chew.
Never twirl the gum around in the mouth, folding it over the tip of the tongue as you chew.
Never pull the gum out in long strings.
Never park your gum any place that another is likely, or is obliged, to touch with his fingers.
Never park your gum in sight for others to view.
Never give chewing gum to anyone- even to a child- if you have chewed it.
Never take gum from another person's mouth.
Never throw gum where another may step on it and carry it home attached to his shoe.
In throwing gum away, wrap it in a piece of soft paper so it will not stick to the receptacle into which you throw it.
To chew gum in public classifies you as ordinary. If you do not believe this, observe the chewers in the street cars.
An excerpt from "Manners For Millions" by Sophie C. Hadida, 1936.
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