Kane County Standard | 1932-05-27 | Page 2 | Snuff at French Court

snuff at french dourt court la in france snuff was first used by catherine de medici and was via freely taken at court during the latter halt half of the sixteenth century it was the nobility of the french court that ln in ane fashion of snuff plus the tha luxurious scents and lavista boxes A i story Is told of the royal physician monsieur ragon fagon denouncing snuff taking in an impassioned public oration and losan losing his effect because he became so BO excited that he forgot himself and took a huge buge pinch at the th I 1 height of hla his rhetorical outburst