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Show SxokiDg on the Streo's- A ma-it charmif.j; lady, who h.is ail faith in t!.e p jwer of tiic pre.-, re-qiuis re-qiuis tb.o ltKK.M.i) touse its intlaeiuv in having the ciiy fathers p.vvs an oniiuance providing lor punisiiiiii; tht-"brutes tht-"brutes of men" who smoka tl.eir " vilo" tobacco and cigars on tht -trcct. It wni!d be iiujKkvsil'li' U- deny any re pi est made by tho f.is-cinating f.is-cinating creature. hence we ca!i the attention at-tention of the common council to the fact that p-pes and cigars are .-.:ii' kl openly on the slreeis, by nifn, and , that the funus of tobacco are rt- n-irv to ladies. Had the lady dtsisd u-s to urge the passing ol such an ordinance ou any ether ground-", cheerfully would we i.ave done st. Wo woulii havo rr-krrel rr-krrel to tho imminent danger there was in smoking; how an open keg of powder might Ik. etling on the tri--i, te:Je a wnole lut of k--gi w.;i 1. were not open; how a smoker mi. hi be larei'-ns and g- t ix near Hie powder; tiuw a coal from his lighli t . : ar might f.di into tiie keg: and ii..w t:.c powdtT Wuu'.d expi-de, and igniting tie powder in the other keg- ctu-e a youthful earthquake ; hi w the smoker himself, three oth- r .lien, a lady and her beautiful and only daughter, and perhaps three or four small bv", might be blown to piece and the fragments scatl-Ted in every direction; iiow much weeping and wailing might 1-e oeeaoiuned by such an event. This and many other argument could I",- brought forward in favor of a law prohibiting smoking on t:ij streets; but as our fair kupor- tuner wanted the ordinance passed only because tobacco smoke was otlensive to ladies, on that ground aloni. will we present her plea. |