Show FEW NIND KIND WORDS FOR THE FRANK CRANE frank crane in the syria bulletin takes a slap at sumptuary laws by a defense of the man who likes ills his cigar or cigarette here it iff 1 I am perfectly aware that I 1 am taking my life in my hands but 1 I want to say a few things in favor of smokers let us grant that smoking is indefensible it is bad tor for the culprit himself arid and offensive to those who get within the zone of his penumbra ile he smoke it is naughty the human race however is composed ot of all sorts of 0 ta tastes ites habits and beliefs almost everybody is disapproved of by everybody else our sins and iniquities are of 0 great assortment the worst are those which other people enjoy our own ale aie not so bad and the problem of governing a city is not to compel all the people to have the particular sins or of one class but to let every one do pretty much as he pleases so long as ile he does not unduly annoy others with the friskiness tris kiness of his liberty some people smoke it inot is not approved of 0 by the foremost regulators but still they do it the smokers reprehensible as they are usually law abiding and pea atul craul folk indeed one effect ot of the weed is to calm the disturbed spirit they work right along ait their jobs just like non shakers death disease and destruction may imay be gaping tor for them but one of the m main ain planks in the platform of 0 a ro 0 iq f to til ati 1111 to 10 HO go to 10 tile liow wow uy 11 la avil ll L grait jaa allu tho it t of 1 mi I wor t ty anni m mi ayr yr tiny S aning Rn ing 11 1 1 lie ile 11 1 I ITI hll it Is not so fo abnel as prohibiting smoking by law as it 11 imay bo be tor for people to go to church eat cat with a tork fork and shave off their alvi whiskers 1 Is we lre dont want laws to compel com pel such things |