Jack's Friend

Jack's Friend Cause Button Museum
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Text on Button JACK'S FRIEND DENTIST CLEAN TEETH CHEWING EXERCISE RIGHT FOOD
Image Description

Illustration of red-haired boy wearing blue shirt and red tie surrounded by blue and red text and red stars on a white background.
Back Paper / Back Info

Western Badge & Trophy Co., Inc.
1109 W, 7th St.
Los Angeles
Back Style
Brass locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/4 inch
The Manufacturer
Western Badge & Button Co.
Additional Information There was a great deal of interest in chewing in the early 20th century. British Tycoon, Horace Fletcher, was the man behind this craze. His theory was that a person needed to chew their food at least 40 times before they could swallow it. This was due to the fact that he mistakenly identified the mouth as the place where digestion happens rather than the stomach. Fletcher had many famous followers, such as Thomas Edison, Henry James, Franz Kafka, John D. Rockefeller, who followed his health guidance.
Sources
Franklin, D. (2009, July 13). Chew, Chew, Chew! : Shots - Health News. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2009/07/chew_chew_chew.html
Catalog ID CA0600