Show LAW lair A gent gentleman gentled lem in reports two experiences he hall hail during the week in which lie he mildly protested against the use of tobacco by minors in each each case according to the gentlemen th the offenders claimed they were twenty one years of age when as a matter of tact fact their looks and general appearance belied that assertion and instead of the boys showing proper respect to their elder who thought only to do them good they impudently sucked their cigarette and cigar as much as to say go to h you old togy fogy from what can call be seen upon the streets ot of this community almost any time the assertion above can easily be verified and yet the state and even national law declares that no boy under twenty one years ot of age must smoke it if young men will not listen to reason and accept the councel of those who know whereof they speak in the matter of acquiring a damnable habit them forthe for the highest citizenship the government says it will take a hand an delther compel the young men to desist or punish them tor for their folly and juvenile officers and municipal and state stale officers are charged with the responsibility ot of enforcing this statute some youths have become so impudent that they take a delight in puffing smoke into the faces of more mature citizens whom they know to be opposed to their actions and this class ought to be easy to round up and given a taste ot of the law |