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Show . -. At ; 1 t n c " t T , r ' - T , - - ' - . i T v I- 1 - A t V - t. l . A - C -. : : " ?. 1 1 -.y : i : 1 ul.: f V..:.;::::ii t 1 ;.t th.:i (Vi ! 11.3 W.n- ' cf t h:y ' . ..I.::::.:.-. I r. ;y eilahli.-li a ;.. lire- cf V.: :u f.r c!l th y hr.ov.-, a::l uiy I - :::Itj V.xuIJ I I r:y hunih' 1 with i)i re shares tl :a i : cxhihited by tha VanJnlilts cf ic iy in leohi ; ;L upon the. r? nnccitcis who est J ::.?Lc! the f - 2 that is now 'theirs." lit 3. Var.-I.rLlit predl; t3 : "Jition3 which the decent e!e-rr e!e-rr ent of American t . . !:ty will never permit to cxLt darir thi3 century. The cigarette-smoking woman U a r redact cf Tli'.z, that cesspool of wickedness, where society dc:3 net hesitate to put its 6tamp cf c roval en Immciallty as it affects the so-called srell t brigade, lliz. Vanderbilt in her cigarette venture is simply tehing her name to market in a nc:t !questionatl3 enterprise, one that should tar her from every rcrpcctable,home in Xew York. The private cigarette dca for women leads to the opium joint,, and then the downward road. No, times are cot ripe for the cigarette-smoking woman. i : . ' ; : Vcncrll's Ciirctto Dca. :irs. JacoH Vanderbilt, who has, been compelled t ) close her'private tearoom and cigarette-parlor fpr v.'omen, -which she was conducting in Fifth avenue, :,ew York, is a century ahead of the times. Public r.tirnent is not yet ripe for the cigarette-smoking a. cnri, and even Mrs. Vanderbilt's powerful family ( ejections and great social influence were not r trr enough to stand out against public opinion. :ick 'of the quaintest little store on the avenue, f'.o-vvir.g a rare display of rugs and curios, was the t nrooin a quiet dream of a tearoom, with furniture furni-ture of reen rattan, with exquisitely dainty tea t ;.in's and the privacy that had so far been almost i. r. obtainable by the .women-' of New York. Here 1 :.ey might sip their tea and drive darts of cigarette : i.ole through cleverly executed Tings If they, were f expert. It was an establishment that was an : rknowledged concession to modern tastes, brought from abroad by those who have traveled on the con-1 con-1 :r.ent. Hrs. Vanderbilt, who opened the tearoom j ; .1 art shop a week ago, was determined to remain ! i i trade and to establish a business from which she J : U'ht derive an income to support herself In the : anncr to Avhich she has been accustomed. She f racd a partnership with Mile. Monnier; a dainty ;;ttle blonde French. woman whose knowledge of ; rnlal rugs is conceded to bd second to that of no - : : cn in this country. Business became brisk, the I.icnable women of Gotham visiting the parlors ' v the score. Eat public sentiment, which had been owing, reached the point where Mrs. Vanderbilt ::. l Ft unwise' to continue to defy decency and , : oj a,'and she darkened her parlors. She declares, ,. evtr, that the will reopen her cigarette den. : f co jrse, yea know that my tearooms are not like-to like-to tempt any woman from the straight and nar-. nar-. t explained Mrs. Vanderbilt "There are v v.-cr::ea who, havjrg returned frcrn chroad . fewer prejudices than exist in this city, want -rclte lefcra dinner. In the first place, they t L :.y c: earcUes without sending a tnale friend -VeV.t f;r then:. Here I eell cigarettes. It is i - r-y venegram, but this is not a mat-- mat-- r ' 1 criminal, or even with any .Ml i": l 'tror.s had !. ::a cn the ; '...) r r: . ::c . ti..j |