The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-21
COLD CIGARS,

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COLD CIGARS
laat SUNDAY q correspondent had sonlc
thing ~ etiy atuut tha ulgefuuesa IT ladies
/ in tive matinraf acknowledging he attnuiinns
| ali.i cent irss ~ mon IN tho etleei raIa. Fo
! MINT Maa aal III tlnt occasion W. yiel'leti a
cordial aaarnt. adding fot ON own part y 70
| nret that suol etnsuId 10 Tho c9en anl that
thn beautiful ahaolyauros 81 ntluNntta IN pub.
| lie should he threatened with chlitoratiun "r
orcu diUnuttpn Through neglect Mon q"
homage tat ho faitnr and aeutle Soy upon the
assumption # a"n" aelt ~ ro,II"@ity not
reciprocity III l,ini. pelhnpa ~, thnt woulJ
na he Hulahle lHt TINT reciprocity whiah
4 manittsie ita,lf III recognition and Ia enrouI@
nyNmnn IN atiawng W. THAT we pay our tri-
| huso L, IN apnrocltlnE a4wol ~ = ,Ineor wing
ntiont rst41tn man tha' hi4tleratoneo II
mapanad aul ~ ltenneihly wtthdrawa II
| Receive ths eoutteay witn codnraa aud na-
| Elrrt anItis raannan ia .lr5tr"yrd Az wo aald
| last SUNDAY. however. tho Itarttaa Is moi by
ANY ucata general II II only beginning a.
gain fnothnld III thc public rnlatima Of tho
| snxna aud mav roadily DO choel,nl II our f'ir
fticuda will nnIv ent about II Until Hight aprt
little Nero 9raeousnraa hero AMI thoro. a
Gianc ura word of thanlsa 10 tho weary
wurkrTa Who giNN MI thoit 4nats In Rtteot onrts
or 81 hcrwtqo inrnmmado thcmspIVeR fnr tho
sake of rnnjcring homage e. tho desl woman.
| u Little loss concentration upon aelf end u
| shade moro II thought for othota aud our
word far II outdoor ptiuuett" Will hatet more
firmly than ey,r upen ita thrnur, aud mon
Will III Il reverence With fresh sral
Rut thorr Is n"lhaps no question upon both
atloe of which hrre IL much to ho said ns
tho question " strnct car amonitce aud
uuw W. have y wGrl II say on hehaIf Of tie
ladi"s and with retcroRcn To ono Of III" par
tirulnrS in which mon lgNor. their comfort
and oloud their taetcs, We alhlda specially
"a thr outrage " tia cold cigar Tor exam
rte. a man Will hail u car, full 81 ladies It may
be. liz Il smoking hut Whom he cnlers he
ruKs tnthc unfinished stump, II thcro be
room tov him. hn stts down, Il not he stauis
tut iuctthar event hc holds, on to Tia rocking
and sill>snng cigar stump. Smoking being
forbidden hr tiocanot snlolle, He docs worse
M keeps his cold cigar unIor the noses Of tho
whole car oad II il nordeAss 10 u'tor a word
OF comment on tho smell omitted by Il half
smoked cigar EyrryboIv knows what il
is. and although tastes may diner
Slightly. va believe Ii entirely safe Is
say that. for III purposes Of nauscating
and affecting onra fellow-ereaturcs, this
smell ~ Iii snyen eases ont or ten infinitely
mUrr effective than the smell Of dsad-cat
W. venture the assertion that any lady In the
car. undcr such circumstances, would u hun
drcd times prefer 70 have the cigar kept in
full hlast. evcn were II the worst Connecticut
st0ga or most odortrrous Pitt shurg rat-tail
Odious though smoking may be 10 many
people Il j. always far less odious In its
vlest form. than tho sickening st"althy
stencil 81 the cigar that has been smoked but
has konN out.
Nevertheless, this practice or carrying OK
tinEu,hcd stumps from one end Of the route
H. theother, and In q ear crowded with ladies,
IS almost universal. Absolutely. We have
seen mon cling atlertonately to u sotltlen lit
lie fragment. hardly an inch long, which il
was incredibe that any Christian being could
put into his mouth, while from il oo1sd u
smell beside witch the bouquet Of y garbage
cart Would have boon Oriental luxury. and
whilst all around him delicate women turned
pale and faint ana even strong mon gaspcd
NOW. this II all wrong not merely wrong
indeed. hat tlaErantly go The men have
smoking ears provided ior them, where
they can do what they please in the
name Of tobacco 1t has como to be
recognized usage and understanding that II q
lady chooses 60 enter one Of these ears she
must he prepared for the consequences, and
must not feel aEErryed at any form they may
assume Perhaps. in a strictly abstract sense |
this all right enough. II 50, the logical re-
suit is that, on the other hand, men entering
cars which ara not smoking ears, and which |
are supposed To afford protection to persons
who object 70 tobacco, should also oe |
prepared for the consequences. There can
be no doubt as to what these are, |
and wherever the lighted cigar Is forbidden it |
certainly follows that the cold cigar il mad
Missile. Beyond all doubt, there Is No more
offensive and selfish and inconsderate act |
than this act Of intlieting the cold cigar upon
the street-car public It Is altogether worse
than smoking outright, and If the one thing
can be prevented. there ought to be some wav
70 prevent the other. We are not prepared to
suggest a plan, because the man who could |
commit this offense is usually beyond the
reach Of any appeal to courtesy or gentle |
manly Obligation But it is quite clear to US
that men cannot consistently complain of the
occasional forgetfulness OF the ladies while |