The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-18
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Iasley Iesfned 4" SMOKE,
II happened that On the revival o
shakorpeafe'a "ilenfY yIIl," will
Maefoady ~ Cardinal wolsey, tho par
~ Cardinal campeius was allotted q
/ Mr., Wynn. II had hoen represented 4
the manpgoT that Mr.. haCTeady's rO-
tune would be- correct aud splendid
more especially ~ regards some mag
Hihcent paint lace which he Intended
wearing, aud Il had hcnr suggest Il that
something extra should be done "a make
the other cardinal respectable. Hut
tho manager thought sOine old scarlet
robes Judged M frOm the wardrobe
would suffice; and an IA point lace, all.
Yer tissue paper, denly rnipped aud
sUwed on, would have much the same
appearance when viewed from a
distance. At the dress rehearsal
Maeready, onthrOned la "a chair oi state,
had the various characters u pass before
him, He bore all calmly, until clad In
The scarlet robes, bordered by silver
tissue paper, and wearing AN enormous
rcd hat, Wynn approached. Then,
cluiching both arms of his chair, and
q Osing his eyes, the great tragedian
gaspeh; Mother Shipton, by -"
The crowds OF children growing up in
London affected Carlyle with real pain.
Those small plants, each with its head
just out of the ground, with whole life
| ahead, and such training! Noticed
another trait, too! Scotch thrift show
ing itself In hatred OF waste. II he saw
u crust of bread on tho roadway
he would stop to pick IL up
and put II on a step or railing. Some
poor devil might DO glad of IL, or At
worst dog or sparrow. To destroy
wholesome food was n sin. lie was very
lAnnar y.
who, like horses, IL well treated, were
types Of loyalty and fidelity. llorriiied
him with the story of my Oxford days.
The hounds had met at Woodstock.
Tn Y had drawn the covers without
finding u fox, and, not caring To have a
blank day, one OF the whips caught a
passing sheep-dog, rubbed its feet with
aniseed, md set II To run. IL made for
Oxford in its terror, the hounds In fu..
cry behind, They caught the wretched
creature In field, and tore IL tn pieces.
| never saw Carlyle more affected. Io
said IL was like human soul flying for
salvation from "a legion of tiends.
Mr.. Gladstone ''detests" tobacco, Mr.
Matthew Arnold CAPTURES il, MIR. Rus,
kin hates the man VINO "pollutes the aiI
of the morning with cigar smoke" But
are we not cOnsoled for the abstinence
OF these great men by the devotion oi
others OF eminence? Thackeray once
declared that he did not despair to see q
"bishop loiling out of the Athennum
with cher0ot IN his mouth, or at any
rate, pipe stuck in his shovel hat
Even bishop might sometimes fall be
fore the seduction of "A good cigar, q
COW chair, aud u French novel. But il
we have not "A smoking bishop, we have
IA smoking poet laureate, familiar with
lnbaccos--Latakia, Connecticut that
Periquc, Lone Jack, Michigan, Killici-
uick, Highlander, ''Or any OF
the English brands" How does he
take the gentle weed? At his feet il box
iull Of white clay pipes. Filling one OF
these he smokes till us empty, breaks
it in TWAIN and throws the fragments
into another box prepared for their re-
ception. Then he pulls another pipe
from its straw or wooden enclosure, fills
it, lights it and destroys it as before.
For years Prot Huxley, like Charles
| Lamb, toiled after tobacco "as some
men after virtue" AT q certain debate
on smoking he told the story OF his early
struggles in a way which utterly put the
anti-tobacconists in confusion: "FOr
TO ty years of my life" he said, tobacco
has been a deadly poison to me. Loud
cheers from the anti-tobacconists.l In
my youth, as a medical student, | tried
to smoke. In vain! At every fresh az
tempt my insidious foe stretched me
PROSTATE on the floor. Repeated cheers.
entered the navy. Again / tried to
smoke, and again met with de-
feat. hated tobacco. l coul almost
h-ve lent my support to any Institution
that had for its object the putting of to-
bacro smokers to death. Vociterous
cheering A few years ago | was in
Brittany with some friends. We went
to an inn. They began to smoke. They
looked very happy, and GU side it was
very wet and dismal. thought | would
try q cigar. Murmurs. l did 40.
Great expectations smoked that si-
gar-it was delicious. Groans.l From
that moment was changed man, and
now feel that smoking in moderation
is comfortable and laudable practice,
and is productive of good. [Dismay and
confusion of the anti-tObacconists. Roars
OF laughter from the smokers. There
is no more harm in pipe than there is
| in q cup of tea. You may poison your
self by drinking too much green tea, and
kill yourself by eating too many beef
steaks. For my own part, | consider
that tobacco in moderation is n sweet
ener and equalizer of the temper" To-
tai rout of the anti-tobacconists and
complete triumph OF the smokers. J.
Edmund Yates Recollections.