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Show Hubbard Talks And Talks About the Cigarette, or Rather the User of 'Em. Lives thcrca man with asoul so dead who never to himself hath said "Give ' me Hubbard?" not a "mother Iiub- I bard", but Fra Elbcrtus of the Philistine. Philis-tine. Little Journeys and the Roy-craftie Roy-craftie stuph that costs $1.00 a look and T2') a volume! Well. Hubbaid lias b;cn talking about the cigarette, and while none of us may agree with all he says, the tenor of his remarks is at least Intciestlng and worth the ; while. He says: . Ifyouwanta man who will train on, flee the clgaictlst as you would a pestilence. Never advanco the pay of a cigar-ette-sinokei never promote him never depend on him lo cairy a roll to (ionic., unless you arc willing to lose the roll. For the cigarette habit no argument can possibly bo made. Ask the fiend about it and he will smile a silly supercilious smile out of his gamboge face and feel for hlsclgar-cttc hlsclgar-cttc box, Cigarette smoking Is not periodic It Is continuous a slow, Insidious, sure poison. Cigarette smoking begins with an effort to be smart. For the young man who has grown so calloused that he smokes cigarettes in the presence of his mother, sister, or sweetheart, thero is little hope. Hope is only for tho youth who is ashamed of ills lapses The clgaiettc smoker is not a degen-ciato degen-ciato because he smokes cigarettes. Quite often he Is a clgaiettc smoker because he is a dcgcnciate Clgaieltes stuplty the conscience deaden the brain, place the alfcctlons in abeyance and tiling the beast to ttie surface. It soon becomes a pleasure a satisfaction satis-faction and serves to bridge over a moment of nervousness or cmbarass-ment cmbarass-ment Next, It becomes a necessity of llfd, a fixed habit. He Invariably discovers that cleverness, clever-ness, trickery, astuteness and untruth are good substitutes for frankness, sympathy, and plain, common honesty hon-esty . The' difference between mine and thine is a very ha. line to the cigar- eli.sl -meum and leum aie not in Ills lexicon laiceny and lying aie sprouts 1 that giow from the same soli. The man who quits the cigarette vice must discover his own folly. The trouble Is In ills own brain, and there i.s no salvation outside of himself. The choice between cigarettes and daily doses of cocaine, morphine or bromide, Is very slight all and each lead downward to the grave. Place no confidence in the cigarette fiend. Love him If you can, pity him if you will, but give him no chance to clutch you with his nicotine fingers and drag you bcneatli the wave. |