The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-01-04
Richmond, Wayne County, lndiaua



From the British worknas.
Short Pipes and short Smokers.
Iwonder who invented smskin.? Oae
would like to know by what means the idea
first came into . mans mind. We eau
imagine how the idea was improved upon.
and how the help of art has made the prac-
tice what we nnw see it-smoking made
easy But the original idea. and where It
came from. is the puzzle. How 1t ever
came into mans thoughts to suck smoke
into his mouth and then puff it ont-this IS
the mystery. Did the general idea oil taking
in and giving out hot smoke suggest itself,
or WAS some one smitIen with the fragrance
of burning tobacco? Was smoke the first
thought, and something to smoke an after
thought! Or was tobcco first. and how to
make the most of il second?
Smoke, however is fact, and smoking
is wide spread habit. Men smoke. and
women SIN ke, youths smoke. and children
smoke And fancy the practice has
grown in this sdirection-downward. from
men to boys Gnod is to grow the other
way. and the knowledge OF God is to go
from the least to the greate>t;" but evil
and the knowledge Of it grows downward.
and goes from the greatest unto the least,
AS We see little urchIns. sitting IN
group at the mouth o. soma court or alley.
and puffing away with the gravity OF grand
fathers, we cannot help king. "Who Is To
blame Tor this? W,Nil boys smoke =. men
did aa? There cannot be Al the first any
natu al liking tor it. As rule it is utterly
disagreeable. makes the stomach As uneasy
as the troubled sea. AMI it Is only after
several attempts that a lad can smoke with
comf,rt. Why do young folks taks these
pains. Because they think it manly to
smoke"
This is the key to other practices beside
smoking. Boys get tired permanently OF
boys apparel. aud heir hearts yesrn at er
long coats and stand collars. Ou the
same ground they strain their eyes TO cstc'
the frs, dawn of coming whi-kers. and begin
to shave before others any need for that
operation All this. and much more. be-
cause boys wish to look like men,
Even in the excuses given for smoking.
boys copy their betters. l know a family
that was always poor. The father and moth
er earned money, but wher- it went it was
not quite clear. The children starved and
begged. Que forenoon. about ten. met.
10 the Sisters Road. one of these children.
a boy not more than nine years old. putting
awsy with a short pipe in his mouth This
very boy had been to my house. not many
davs before begging for broken victusls,
and was startled at finding him transform
ed into practiced smoker. took him to
task and showed him how unseemiy il was
10 spend money on tobacco and pipes when
his little brothers and sisters were wanting
bread. He drew himself up to his full
height, looked = reproarhed look. and. with
he air aud tone- OF injured Innocence, re-
,led, 1.-The doctor recdmmends me to
smoke. SIR" He felt wronged because l
lad misunderstood his case. He did not
moke because he liked it, or for any other
elfish reason. 1t was out oe regard to his
leai;h that he had taken to the pipe; he
moked by doctors orders!
The power to break up this great habit
amongst boys lie in the hands Of man. If
here were no long smokers there would
Don be no short ones. Let it not be m ark
# manhood to smoke, and the pipe
would lose its charms for boyhood. If
athers and masters would sacrifice the ci-
ar. and burn the carved tobacco box instead
f burning its contents. their sons and ap-
ren,ices would not long care to smoke. l
10 not think that authority need be used. or
he law laid down. Let smoking b: confined
, youngsters, and they will soon tire of it.
IKE il boylsh practice. and its doom is
called and its days numbered.
The fashions are fixed by the upper ten
hou-and. What they do and how they
rpss is the fashion. This is copied grad
ally by the lower ten millions; and when
ny particular sty lie of dress gets into the
i'chen, it soon passes out of fashion
mongst geutlefolks. What is worn by the
ousemaid is not long in favor with the mis-
ress. On the other side. what Is not Worn
Y the mistress is not Ion. in favor with the
ousemaid. Let anything be common
mongst servants, and peculiar TO them and
S charm is gon-. Tney don't ike 10 hsvs
fashion To themselves. Let crinoline be
lid a.ld. by all nistresses. and in six
lonths hoops would be no more seen
servants would not wear only what servants
vore.
| say nothing about this principle. good
r bad; only that 1t is a power 10 the hands
f rich folks, and grown up men. And
aving dress to come hack to smoking, let
nen play the man. By not doing this thing
themselves, it is in the power OF men Il
make smoking un'nAnly. Dn that. aud you
reak the neck OF the practice amnngst bows
nd youths. Let it have to be SAID, ''Oaly
oys smoke, and short pipes ana short
mokers would soon disappear.
ln this lies the only hope we have of see
ng the habit put down. Lads will never
ee that what is proper in men is unsightly
q them: and so long fathers and mas
ers. aud grown-up brothers smoke, 50 long
will boys smoke When they can find time
Ind money. And they smoke sorre other
hings beside tobacco A lad ellis his pipe,
lie sees only tobacco; but | see going into
ha, pipe. head, money. time. health, books,
,rains. prospects The pipe is filled at last.
nd light j, struck; aud things which the
sd ought to SCI high price upon. be puffs
way in smoke. J.B.
~There IS al present bout $3.50. 000,-
worth OF cotton in the South. Eight, five