St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-18

use of tobacco is injurious to many tempera-
ments.
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Whatever its effect, smoking must have q
beginning. That event is green in the
memory OF nine enths of the male residents
of the United States. \ man may forget his
mother-in-law, his tailor or a friend
who has advanced him a loan, but the
day never has dawned wherein he for
got his first attempt at the mouth
end of n cigar. If he is Possessed
of a real good memory, the surrounding OBJ
jects will take an imaginary circuit about
him as he recalls the day when his first cigar
acted as stomach pump. Women and nom
smoking men caught faint shadow of the
feelings incident to the first trial with real
strong cigar by going across the ocean and
suffering pronounced attack of sea-sick-
ness. The first smoke don't last as long as
case of sea-siekness, but while it does last it
is original and unique.
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The new smoker is no Judge of cigars. He
invariably takes a strong one. He goes a
good deal by the box in which he finds the
cigars. IL cigar has a fancy paper ring
about it he will take it at any price. If he
lives, ne will know better. Then he takes
powers on the cigar-on an empty stomach.
Out on the shady side of the barn he takes
himself and his cigar. He is afraid
that some one will modest him. He lights
thu cigar, and holding it in the
most awkward manner between his fingers.
puifs and expectorates. 1t seems manly to
smoke, and he pictures himself narratinQ to
his chums how well he handled himself and
his first cigar. The sensation is not at all
pleasant. He allows longer time to elapse
between his puffs and wishes that the cigar
would burn up more rapidly. The mouth has
a peculiar taste, which frequent expectora-
tons will not remove. The old, familiar
fence is turning green. He sees everything
circle around him.
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He is better after awhile. Flat on his back
on the green sward, ne looks up ut the blue
heavens overhead and watches the fieecy-
white clouds float in many directions. Dim
ner has no attractions for him. Candy would
not tempt him to get up. He hears his name
called by an elder brother. 1t sounds way
of. as IL in a dream. Nearer and nearer il
comes, and finally the owner of the voice
comes around the corner of the barn. He
guesses the cause, for he sees the half
smoked cigar. If he is real good boy, with
a box full of Sunday school tickets, he will
tell his mother, and the young smoker will be
taken to the house and lectured for
the rest of his boyhood days. If he is real
bad boy, one whose badness insures his living
to manhood's estate, he will get his sick
brother up on the hay in the old barn, and
will tell a fib ut the table to excuse his alb
sence. His kindness will cost the inexperi-
enced smoker later on many marbles, much
candy4and the best of everything. He will
threaten TO inform their parents many times
of the first smoke and Will scare the smoker
into many scrapes and much trouble. Cigars
have no attractions for him for years.
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An old smoker told me that he once knew a
man who smoked inveterately six days in the
week, but never touched cigar on Sunday.
The latter's wife was very much opposed TO
it, and would not stand the odor of tobacco
smoke. As consequence her husband
smoked only at his Office during the day and
never thought of it on Sunday. Even when
away from home over Sunday, he never in
dulged in a cigar, the force OF habit being so
strong that he felt no desire for cigar on
that day. THE ONLooKER.