Word: mouthing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the officials of Newburyport, Mass., stopped a village roughneck named Andrew Joseph ("Bossy") Gillis from running a gasoline station in a restricted quarter of the town, he opened his mouth, campaigned for Mayor of Newburyport, got elected (TIME, Jan. 16). He "fired" the officials who had annoyed him and went ahead with his gasoline station. But neighbors pressed their suit and last week Mayor Gillis,was sentenced, by a county judge, to 330 days in jail and a fine of $1,140. "This man is an outlaw," said the judge, who some years ago had sentenced...
Cigarets. At cigaret-smoking dentists Dr. Isador Hirschfeld of Manhattan stared reprovingly. Cigaret smoking, he stated, has a deleterious effect on the tissues of the mouth, predisposing them to "trench mouth" (Vincent's Disease). He linked together the recent increase of this infectious disease with the increase of U. S. cigaret smoking (8,000,000,000 cigarets in 1910; 97,000,000,000 in 1927). Women cigaret smokers, according to him, are falling sick in more & more numbers. Kissing spreads the disease. But more usual than smoking or kissing as predisposing causes are fatigue, systemic disease, dental irregularities, insufficient...
...Unclean Mouth. "Any mouth that is not given intelligent care is unclean. An unclean mouth is one that retains decayed teeth, deposits on the teeth, diseased roots. Bacteria are starved by cleansing the mouth and the tissues are fed by stimulating the circulation which brushing gives."-Dr. Frederick Bricker of Hollywood, Calif. Results of unclean mouths: "Anemia, appendicitis, gastritis, nephritis, cystitis, myocarditis, iritis, encephalitis, gastric ulcers and a nasty disposition...
...Under the middle chandelier stands a stocky, pale gentleman in faultless evening attire. His bald head is a palish gray; his prominent eyeballs, framed in reddish half-closed lids, have a lustreless prismatic glint; a shapeless little poodle nose surmounts a self-indulgent mouth which prepares us for his ample waistline and the folds of flesh above his stiff collar. He stands alone because the cercle round him has formed at a respectful distance. Now ... [a sycophant] advances with a deep obeisance, shakes the great man's hand . . . and then withdraws backward, wriggling his rump with fawning rapture. . . . Vivat...
...between the People and their servants can be maintained directly, by colored-wireless-television or something. Then, at scheduled moments during the day or week, the Nominee can simply take off his invisible-silencing-suit or whatever device has been provided for his privacy, and, face-to-face and mouth-to-ear with the whole electorate, can simply say: "Good morning, everybody. I'm feeling fine today. I had a good sleep and prunes for breakfast, thank you. As you can see, the weather's lovely here. I think I'll go fishing this afternoon...