Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-14
Fresh Arrivals
OF vegetables every morning at the Fort
Worth Grncer Co %
WHY MEN SMOKE.
Philosophical aud Psych biological Defsuse
of n Very Pleasant Habit.
st. Jameo Gazette

VI ~ NefE flchbant habit.
ST. Jame0 Gazette
! No doubt there are men who smoke
merely because they like it; but the mass
OF smokers regard smoking from the
higher standpoint OF duty. If our female
relatives could understand how cruelty
we feel the Injustice OF taeir inuuendoes,
the You'd cut our their tongues rather
than sey apDGher thoughtless word about
tobacco. IL is bitter TO a man naturally
OF an open disposition to have TO intro
duce another box of cabanas TO the
house beneath his oyercoat, flung care
lessiy over his arm, when he knows that
II Is really for his wiieis sake that he
really smokes at ali, She compares the
price OF these cigars, making no allow
ance Tor their mayor, with the sums ex-
pended on the children's pinatores and
school books All, il she only kneyl
Hlth many men smoking is merely
matter Of treatment Owing to a lack Of
proper supervision we acquire the habit
at school, and when we reach mans es.
tate we put ourselves In the DOCTORS
hands. 1t is for him to decide whether
" would be safe for us to give IN smok-
ing, II be thinks 1t would, there Is not
speak from hearsay-one man in twenty
who would not bow TO the decision
la the vast majority OF cases the doc
tors Judgment is that when once
habit is thoroughly acquired it is trifiipn
with ones organic system TO give ir IN.
Inat some persons can fling off bad
habit without seriously damaging their
health Is well known; but there is always
RISK. The question at once resolves
ltseli TO this: Are we prepared to take
the fiskY This must depend on circuIn
stances. II we are not bound by family
ties, and breakup Of the system only
Affects ourselves, then we may make the
experiment with clear conscience.
IL Is different, however, when we have
q VIE and family dependent on us. In
thal case we must think first of them. |
ana what might be their fate II we
tSmpered rashly with our constitution
1ust as tnere are men who continue 10
smoke because, having got into |
the habit in their youth, their medical
advisor warns them against giving
1t up, so there are others who take To IL |
with the one object of preserving their
heallh. The non-smoker must mix with |
smokers. IL may be objected that this is |
not necessary. am, however, couceiy- |
ing the ease Of an unselllsh man with a |
Wiie TO support, BY keeping out of the |
company OF smokers he seriously inter. |
leres with the success OF his business. for
ne loses many opportunities of pushing IL
ana acquires the reputation of being an .
unsoclal fellow. SO long as he is unmar- |
RED this does not much matter. but the
married man is ambitious Tor his wifo,s
sake, his expenses are increased. and II "a
hts duty to let slip 10 honorable means Of
adding TO his income. | antlcipate the
suggestion that he could mix In Inc com
pany OF smokers without smoking himself
Many non-smokers have tried il and kent
TO II In the pluckest way till their health
was completely shattered ANY medical
man will tell you shat to inhale tobacco
smoke from other peoples pipes or
cigars when you are not smoker your.
seli Is TO commit gradual suicide. II IL
quite common thing for a man to take
10 smoking deliberately because it adds
60 ms working power, In this wsy 10.
oscco Is marvel; for, If the tempera.
lhent DC naturally sluggish, is warns IL
mo aellVity; and II In Its normal Estate
ne temperament be irritable or oyer-ac.
i've the one thing 20 soothe 1t is pipe
Among men this is almost universally al. I,
nitttd, (Scotchmen note n somewhat
similar effect In whiskyO Some men ~
course, feel the beneficial effect OF smok.
ing more than others, and hence the an.
ference In the consumption Of tobacco. IA
$ not an unusual thing for a man Of an
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or abnormally active
temperament to smoke pipe, or even a
'lgsr, before beginning his DAYS work.
te would prefer not to do so, but he
inds that it pays. a number of literary
nen smoke simply to make an income
Ihey have learned that with a pine In !
heir mouths thoughts not only come
more readily, but In better order, and
bat while y is often difficult to get the I
roper word If they are not smoking, il