MANNERS & MORALS
¶The nation's gum-chewers, reported Gum-Man Philip K. Wrigley, chomped enough sticks (19 billion) last year to reach around the equator 34½ times.
¶Washington department stores, helping along an increase in the sale of ladies' fans (50¢ to $50), distributed an instruction booklet on fan language"a language more eloquent than words, more revealing than a kiss." Excerpts: "Touch your lips with the fan to attract a kissing man." "I must see you alone (drop fan)." "You are too bold (unfurl fan quickly)."
¶Kansas Citians were outraged. In unsportsmanlike fashion, their motorcycle cops disguised themselves in colored shirts, baseball caps, or airmen's jackets,...
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