The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-14
ALI, SMOKE.

| a very fine cigar either. but rather All ordinary
| articla s,Icb aa la sold by mysterious
| spauiards a. the finest qmuRgled Havana,
| Int which Ia made In hack strpata of the
maapeat Connecticut weed with All Odrr COM
| n arad fo which stale cabbage Ia a pleaRant
AMI desirable letfumo Fhia EiEar which
haa now baaamp historical was In the lna 81
4 gentleman named Hanriaunq. aud both
we're IN street smoking ear In New
Work. 0itv On Geld day laat week,
whom all tho wlndowa wore w aud every
breath Of air waa impraanatei with tRhaceo
smoke Into this car entered n lady Young
lady named Ferguson, who soon manifested,
Nv signs which wfre Enthusiastically strong
aversion to the smoke Of cigar, i'enrlduea
sat near Mas lfapausnn anil through tho
smoke ahaournl atmosphere. inio which he
was vigorously TutlinR nuse vreatha Rnd 'lt
eles vt smnke he dinly lisnarnei that ehe
was not fond ~ iltaoan. hnt nlauein4 ~ The
friendly legend nj the end Of tho veAlna
smoking UAr, H. rolansal tn'o ono Nf those
dreamy revnrina which poor cigars are al art
to Induce From This delightful condition #
snmi- torpor he wac s'ldlenly aroused ~
blow. which knocked hia Connecticut 3sky-
hlah ~ to apeak 'ihn blow was from Misc
Ferguson. who after vaiuv trying tn opnn
window ~ eecapa from tine smoke, had
eatlcd Tho conductor AMI demanded that
the smoking ~ stopped On being t"'i waa
n smoking car she stped for q while on the
platfarm, but 1naly becoming neenanl had
knocked Tho offending cigar from tho ltpa
where IL had a. lovingly snd AaIiantlY "
posed Henriuuea was not man given to
onthurRta e,f tamner, h4it nn thla aan9ann he
sat angry. III Tact 10 got very mad ana sndid
his fellow paaaengera, who thought he hnd
haan prrsaly lnaultnI. ana soma of them
went Ia the extent " telling Mlaa Ferguson
What they Thought of her conduct. while
llenriauea wont far a pe|nam4n aud actually
Tia theladv arrested Hence these lndiEna
fiona and pxoitamnuts
Tho san prints n column of letinra fgnm
both eidoa ono Indignant lady pltrhes into
Mas T. and daclaroa chat ahn acted mot only
ia ali unladvlibe. but In an unwnmauly Mud
manner" AMI augEoaa worry
sanalhly tNat phr ahond have COTTON ant ~
tho ear II anokina waa Offensive 10 hor. Anz
other indignant lady gnoi fNr llnn,ialna.
whom ahn deslgnatos "a "a llafnr. destltute
as Va further: 81 have noticed many now oua
tonne which are positively unhnarah'e ~ INT
very progressive age but nothing that ia
woran than the unhoundei liberty men tako
now III amnking IN ladies' faans.' Another |
aIlaaoa that ladiea ahould not ride In smoking |
cars. anil iaelarea that II they ~ thnv muat |
PM M with tho smoke pleasantly or got out |
some one nlao takaa up tho gauntlet fnr |
Ilenrquos, aud indulgea In atrong figure Ivy |
AZ yitla that hn ia a true gentleman and that |
''it Ia "a impossible for him to he otherwise "a
il would I've for me 10 fly IN the air" An "olh |
Lady" comes to Tho front with n proteat |
aaasnst poor penny cigars and says Now Il |
Ia not quite 40 had WIEN they ameke rnal
Ilavanaa, two for a quarter. which happens |
Il Ia the oaae about ouca III a ycas. hut the
nasty cheap cisar Ia dreadful. and every bit
III hrca1n we can get III \ 'hax oar n laden
with tho horrd perfume FD, and when we
speak tn the conductor. he says he has no
orders to compel mon to stop smoking on |
tho front platform, Tho only thing regret |
IL that Msa Ferguaon did not whip the whole |
And 90 on, now - lotter for Fer
ruaon and thcn one for ilanriqnas. and how
tho matter will end short Of q riot. in which |
the gallant Seventh Regiment VIII b. called |
Into action to preserve tho peace, IL is quito |
impossible t. say.
ON THE question Of smoking ears there Is |
much tn ho paid ~ both aidrs. ~ prudent
Mayor Grosanan WAS wont sai;cly to romark.
Iuthe frat place IL fl quito trun that the
adias should eithcr avoid thom Or submit
With a god grace to the smoke hut II Il also
rue that many az the ciSars arc simply Vii |
ainous and eXhate naors not totorahl" even |
u Il seasonoA smoker OF good cigars. Nnih"Ro /
'old nights to In shut up with such ctEtr IN |
close car II a pretty sevHra trial for NNnn |
veteran who has loving memories OF his army |
'orncoh pipe. And thrn too, the ladies' ara
mttlcd to protection from tobacco smoke |
II those cars in which smoking II not ~ |
owed II Is amply eSsaperattuK to SOC a I
nan get into car full uf ladies'. holding /
10 htcd and smoothing cigar In his hand which |
.oon imprrxnatns Tho whole atmosphere. 10
he dsr,,st af thu ladies'. who realty seem q
1src no refuge from tobacco. We take sidas
With tho ladies I'll this matter and hone The
ar companies will see TO it that lighted
,igars IN mo smoking care are not pef-
llttted II nun wants his cigar Let him |
yait far "Smnknr," or walk and enjoy IL,
nj 10 cntcr ladies' oar with II smoking ant |
iltng tho air with the. ~ them disgusting /
dor argues either amazing thoughslo7sness
II intolerable rudennss.
The smoking ears. 1t seems to us, arc not
designated with 'eefteient clearncss and
ladies' not unfrrqurntly enter them without I
any knowledge OF their objectionable charae-
tell The aigas On tile sides are not sufficient,
As The ears arc almost always halted as they
are approaching, and only the fronts are visi-
Sic Some simple sign therefor affixed to the
.opa and fronts Of smoking cars would o.
yfate much trouble and annoyance.
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