Show I PURSUING THE SMOKER i t I N ENGLAND the tho dandles who first IN carried Earned handkerchiefs on which to blow blo their noses were considered feeble fops tops There Thore were neckerchiefs to bo worn about tho the neck chiefs to cover tho the breast best cov to protect tho head held a and handkerchiefs to Wipe hands or face tace but tho he man who desired desired to clear clar his n nasal pipes put part a finger er to the lido Hide of hi his nose none blow a blast like ee a fo foghorn horn and tho the thing was as dono done quite in accordance with the established standard of ot good taste tUlto and propriety It startles us now to know kno that at table In the years ars agone if It a man felt uncomfortable from the tho formation formation of gases gases In his he be unblushIngly unblushingly lush lush- belched Ll them forth without GIng giving giving G ing the slightest offense to those whoso whose conversation ho he Toothpicks formerly known n. n s a-s were quite the proper thing at the tho tables of the first families families farni- farni lies lles and no odium was attached to tho the act of the person who b by their aid removed the the- food lod lodged ed between hi his teeth before len leaving vIn tho table It was quite common too for theold the theoM theold old oM deacon of a N New w England church to drink drink his morning tumbler of rum before breakfast an and a 0 tumbler sturdy nightcap nightcap night night- nightcap cap at bedtime b. To drink a man drunk used to be bo a n. gentleman gentleman's diversion diversion diver liver sion don and that once popular rollicking round roundelay la Down among the tho dead men men referred to tho the alcoholically prostrated pros pros- ones under the table who were merely dead lend drunk In the tho olden oldon days of wigs and breeches hes the gallant who didn't produce pro pro- duce uco his jeweled Jeweled snuffbox In exchanging ing the compliments of tho the season ealon with his neighbor was as looked upon as 88 one lacking the niceties of conventional fashion In man many church pews a cuspidor and tho the thos was an nn ornamental necessity s sea a captain or statesman who could hit tho the center of tho the with witha a deftly placed squirt of ot tobacco juice was considered an adopt In the art arto artof artof o of expectoration and an ornament to society Today fashion and sentiment and ande nd public opinion have changed thes e customs Drunkenness is 15 no now S' S a Sg vice Snuff taking I Is ran ranged cd with Sa S drug druK us usIng us- us In ing Ing- Chewing ln tobacco is a deprecated habit and other unpleasant practices formerly unblushingly Indulged In ova now bear tho the stamp of public disapproval disapproval and are but little done dono InSo in the open So the world Improves With n ra strong and growing public is sentiment t against It It promise promiscuous public pub public pub pub- lic lie smoking ln seems now to be falling under the tho ban A cry has been r raised nosed b by many smokers non-smokers for the abolish abolish- abolishment abolishment ment or ot the smoking habit whore where It defiles the air and anti becomes offensive to those who object to tobacco smoke A league has been formed in Now Ne' New e. e York to carr carry on a n. fight tight for tor far the the rights of ot persons who des desIre to to breathe and enjoy fresh and pure ere odors air uncontaminated by unhealthful odors odor and fumes and who declare ate that to tobacco tobacco to- to bacco smoking In public and semipublic semi pub lie lic places s Is a direct and positive In Invasion Invasion In- In of this right that It Is s dam dangerous danger danger- er- er oils ous to the public health and com comfort tort offensive and annoying to ands the Individual ual and an intolerable annoying le ov ovil ovll In itself Some Somo prominent m men h have ve j Joined e the ranks of tho the Non Non Protective ve lea league ue which recently received Its Us charter and moreover have pledged themselves to encourage and insist on the enforcement of all public laws and ordinances and to aid in securing g tho enactment of oC all such auch laws lans and antl ordinances ordinances ordinances nances prohibiting or restricting restricting- to to- to II bacco smoking in public or pub semi lie llo places With public sentiment rising against promiscuous smoking such legislation legIslation leg leg- is 18 hound bound to come said Raid ex- ex Congressman William lIlliam Harris Douglass recently I 1 not nol only think that thIs habit should be rc regulated but I bo- bo it soon will be regulated by law and all smokers non and many smokers smokers mok- mok ers eu with n n. regard for tor tho rho rights and health and nd comfort of ot others will Swill wol- wol como Come the day when the th lawmakers put puta a check on a practice which is objected object obJect- ed to by so 80 man many You cant can't toll a Q aman aman man that ho he shall smoke only five cigars cl- cl gars rs a n day but you OU can cnn tell him whore where ho cannot smoke them and th law can be enforced Not lon long ago ngo them thero was no restriction against bo boys boy's buying and smoking Now there thore is is and more than that there aro are states where the sale Ralo of cl to an any ono one I Is prohibited pro pro- It took some somo time lime for public sentiment to awaken to the tho pitch where action was tal taken on but It was only a 11 few years a ago o when a n man could expectorate expectorate ex- ex wherever ho wanted to Now ow however the public has said Its sa say about this disease spreading habit and the majority rules Although I am not a R. smoker myself myself my my- self I am nm not an on extremist In the matter mattor I believe bellove in allowing men to smoke as long as aM the they confine it to le legitimate bounds In my office I do donot donot donot not allow smoking as I have hn a a. largo force of girls working there but If one of or my men wants to go downstairs downstairs down down- stairs and take the tho wants time UrnA to smoke down down- I let him If H they want a smoking room put In there the they can have It as long longas as they hoop the tho smoke to themselves but where whore there thero ero are aro women and whore people who lo do not smoke aro continually continually contin coming and going I Ire object to the habit Even on the other side they do not Indulge In ill smoking to the tho extreme that we wo do over here hore Wo We f almost almost al almost al- al most nn anywhere where at almost any time Why In at the public banquets In New NewYork NewYork York men come como In smoking before tho the dinner begins beg The They Thoy with their soup IOUp they smoke between cour courses and they smoke during the tho entire evening after aCter tho the dinner Is in over Formerly men used to watt walt until the tho coffee crime clime In but nil all that has been changed with tho the actual result that there are arc hundreds of ot men who no nolon lon longer er attend a public dinner because being non smokers they must eat cat inan In Inan Inan an atmosphere laden with tho smoke of tho mon men who are chronic smokers There was a time when wom women wom-en n used to fill tho the boxes above the diners In our uptown hotels anti and enjoy loo looking ng ngat at nt the animated scene below them Now they ore are seldom soon there bo- bo cause causo the room Is so befouled with smoke the they cannot stand tho the fumes and even If I the they can the they are aro unable unable un- un able ablo to see the tho diners liners because of ot tho cloud of smoke which hides them The Tho h habit finds Its way almost ev- ev ev 0 I was In the tho subway the theother theother theother other morning where ro smoking Is prohibited prohibIted prohibited pro pro- for very wise reasons and aman a aman aman man came camo into the tho car with n a cigar concealed In his hand nd The Tho smoke ho- ho be became became came offensive to a a woman who sat near him and she sho at last got ot up an and changed her scat seat In nearly all nil of ot the downtown restaurants which at atthe tho the best beet are arc but poorly ventilated men smoke everywhere If It one ono who does I Inot not smoke Is fortunate enough to toa find fond finda I a 11 seat Heat near n a window he ho can partly escape the smell otherwise no matter how strong his objections may bo be to the unappetizing odor he is mam compelled to stand It or go elsewhere It t Is 19 doubtless from tho the fear ear of ot driving away trade that proprietors permit smoking to go on anywhere but but I believe that If It a II man started a downtown downtown downtown down down- town restaurant where smoking was wa-s prohibited he he- would make a great success suc suo- success cess of ot it it Ho lie ml might ht have one floor where girls could got get a II light luncheon t THE 4 1 d I I SPARROW J say ay Bill BUl wat r M t t S cross the five street will wilt You Vou ho I II a l the wire e for or forme d dat J at a teas reasonable unable figure and another floor Joor where business men might tak take friends to dine dino I believe that success awaits the tho venture j 1 i. i A A. number o of letters have been received re received re- re calved by Dr Charles G O. Pease who Is temporary chairman of ot tho the league which show on an interesting and en en- en lightening side o of some peoples people's Ion of ot public smoking One Ono from an actress In n which she writes that sh world wo ld again like to bo ho a able to smokeless s air in restaurants sleeping cars and hotels says SaH ry- ry y There is le an ordinance or fine against smoking behind the tho scenes o oa oj oja o. o a theatre but this is so 80 universally disregarded that I have seen a fir chief stand In tho the wings talking with wit It the manager of tho house and hot both men wore were smoking lustily with seem ing disregard for tor the tho ru rules e or tine fines Jn tho dressing rooms we have man Incipient fires that come from Crom ciga carelessly left lert burning while a ai aft actor hurries from his room for t scene The cause causo of ot these fires I It seldom re recorded and too frequent the thc firemen behind the tho scenes Join th thi men in their smoke |