Show WHAT IS PERSONAL LIBERTY right now there is a hue and cry about the sacred rights ot at the individual which are ard being jeopardized by certain legislation lg claiming the attention ot of the law makers of the state and frequently those who are denouncing this assumed usurpation af ot personal rights do not stop atop to consider blaer the unfairness 0 of their own argument for instance one man declared recently before a public hearing ot of the southwick lck an anti t I cigarette bill that he deemed it his right to enjoy a smoke in ih a barber shop while awaiting awili ting his arn turn to be shaved and when it was suggested that there might be another patron ion in the shop awaiting his turn who objected to the smoke tile the personal rights smoker replied that it if there should be such a man mail present he could either go outside or shave at home that statement furnished the best argument that could possibly be brought in favor of the curtailing at 0 tho the rights of the smoker tor for no man has the personal right to indulge in practices that infringe lupori upon the rights ot 0 others A story is told ot of a company ot of gentlemen who were traveling together in a stage coach a long distance all lithe party were smokers but one and so as the journey progressed the smokers filled the coach with tobacco smoke to the disgust and discomfort of the one nonsmoker non smoker that gentleman 1 an asked his companions to desist from their practice in order that he might not be turned sick but the smokers only laughed and resumed the exercise ot of what they claimed was their personal rights finally the one lone passenger took from hit his grip a bottle containing some vile smelling liquid and proceeded to sprinkle it over his clothes As the foul odor penetrated the tobacco laden atmosphere and got into the nostrils ot of the smokers sno feers kers they remonstrated with their companion and asked him to cork up h his is bottle but the man cooly replied that tilt he liked the odor and so proceeded to apply ano another iller sprinkling to his clothing the smokers were broadminded enough to recognize the tact fact that they had been hoist by their own petard so they made an agreement with their fellow passenger that it if he would cork up his foul smelling bottle they would throwaway throw away their foul smelling smokes so the bargain was struck the company then proceeded on their way each enjoying his own personal rights |