The sun., 1889-11-10


place. most things in this life are eomprUmss We
have 70 balance 10 much disAdyantsRo against %
much gain; We have 70 take certain amount
| OF ipoiaon in order TO avoid certain ana .
larger amount Of Illness. Tea Is poison cot
fee Is poison wilma Is poison medicine IL poison.
Yet we take all these II thereby help ourselves "a
face the difficulties Of career and they really are
valuable in ollnE the wheels OF existence In thessc
ond place. ounce Of experience is worth pound or
theory. In my have, by the habit OF smok'
ing alisvlatsd some Of the ills pains which suf
fsred and have made myself more able 70 cope with
my literary work do not pride myself on my hmokng
do not puff cigarettes for social or for reasons
OF vanity or because want to inRrAato myself with
| some much.desred masculine company. nmpy
| smoke because it suits mo.
And a man who says he is happy. though
| married" tells this interesting story:
About ten years ago my wife stricken with what
was called creeping paraysis The symptoms gradually
became till At length she was completely bed
ridden unable walk single step almost blind partly
tongue tied the face drawn on one side, and only Just
able to arteulate The doctor gave It a. his opinion
It was fatal Of degeneration OF the spinal
second doctor called It severe example OF inhamma
tion OF the nerve centrea third doctor homUopah
called 1t creeping paraiysiS arising from nervous pros
trRton which might decrease with and complete
rest After months of suffering article read In
the lancet upon tobacco slow poison induced me 10
try the effect OF tobacco smoking and leaned to
smoke myself TO get wife to join and to overcome
cigarette at time, repeated four times day. The
effect was immediate. The pAralytc symptoms gradu.
ally disappeared hrst Of all In the face and head
Speech was fully restored, then eyesiRht until at the
end of month she could walk about the honso alone,
and In ak months her health reestablshed- Sho
had taken kindly to smoking and now she gave it
up she thought II seemed fast" for young lady
TO smoke In week or two the symptoms
OF paralysis in eyes and face returned causing
us much alarm but when sho took to tobac-
.k- mead hafn 2tnNA IN
she has smoked steadily and her health has been good
Since the the doctor told there was ne hope
we have had two children, our lives have been very
happy and both my wife and feel that II 1t had not
been tobacco che would have been either hopeless
cripple or dead and should have lost all that which
makes life worth living have seen It mentioned that
George Sand obliged to smoke for the same reasons
Ny advice to all ladies' who suffer from pros
tration nervous irritation is, try tobacco.
On the contrary, Mr., T. Abrahamson i'm
refuse to initiate men in the barbarous fashion.
He declares that II
People only knew the deeterious effect OF tobacco
smoking they would smoke another Sipe single
drop chemical oil OF tobacco being placed the
tongue Of cat produced convusons and killed her In
tho space of minute thread dipped into nicotianjne
and drawn through wound made by needle In an
animal killed 1t In the OF seven minutes Tobacco
very injurious to the system. producing not
intreQuenty Insanity and habituay causing tremorR
vertigo faintnoss pAlpltaton of the heart and other
disorders II Is of grave injury to the teeth.
Tobacco smoke also affects the lungs and tends to con-
sumption. Its said that half the deaths occurring in
Germany Of persons between the OF ID and 25 arc
attributable to smoking and chewing.
And Once Smoker" writes warningly:
Your lady correspondents are no doubt in
what they say sad is to hear them express the
opinions they this subject. As to the soothing
effect of in neuragIc Affections would advise
them to take warning In tine 1t may relieve pain, and
would opum-more edectually, perhaps; but She has
Nemesis before her in the future she continues to
trust In 1t remedy speak from experience.
Would not be well for Of nveterate smokers
speak out frankly and tell of their experiencer
Mine is this-that those who begin with cigarettes
find them poor insipid, unsatisfying things after
little, and then the eheroot or cigar takes their
place. This In turn gives way to the pipe ana
ask any smoker what pleasure he finds in cigarette
cigar when once the beloved pipo is established
his supreme choice There is a step beyond this,
however. Not only must the pipe smoker have his pipe
between his teeth at all hours of the day when he
get his favorite indulgence but no has
found the best hour OF all the twenty -four for
his dear solace is not whom he has finished his days
work. but when he rises in the morning before taking
his first meal Let hard smoker say IL exaggerate
in this Surely woman has gone far enough in these
times in initiating the habits and tastes Of the grosser
sex Why is 1t that foreigners SO much admire our
English grlss Is 1t not because OF their genuineness
and truth. combined with their modesty and refine.
ment OF tesnng. their nalueny anu unAHoCteu lu-
RenuousneS But what is to become of all these at
tracve qualities IL she stoops copy in his least
admirable aspectsi
Other correspondents say that there can be
no doubt that smoking leads to physical de:
generaey and that given w smoking mothers ,s and
In the succeeding generations will be somo-
thing awful. man who says that he Is him
sell an old smoker" writes thus eloquently:
Isaw picture once of a beautiful and venerable old
ndy ed n he Of n modern
artist OF talent 1t the veritabe poetry OF old
age. In the tired Just the suggestion of the
sparkle of sweet seventeen The wrinkled skin did not
conceal the peach blossom tint of maidcnS complex
Ion. She sat at open window into which bunch OF
may had wandered. Tho idea to convey the mir
rOred beauty Of youth in the calm serenity OF old age
Are we to exchange for this delightful fancy-pure
sweet, and encouraging thing OF beauty and Joy
forever-a representation OF the modern old motheri
What shall she be- Mother Guttersnipe smoking In
eontentment her Guilty pipe, or grandmother SUR
rounded by children with ci2arete coorng her favor
lite meerschaum' fthe young girl needs her cigarette
and tho harassed woman her cigar why deny to the
weary old dame her cODsoliDR pipef
Are these comparisons forced, unworthy, or unnat
ural: trust II women must be men. and aban
don the privilege that has been accorded to women let
be II they need smoke is at least better than
chloraL Cigars not 80 noxious as curacao. and
cigarettes check sly attacks the de cologne
bottle. But il women ape they will lose
and IL they desex themselves they will sacrifice
doairy. Tho best and truest love that man
give the love most lasting the love most pure S to that
divine thing that made for his help his devotion.
his admiration, his respect, his reyorence-a woman
who o'eshadows him with the glory OF hor presence.
and is bound to him by the children that hers and
his
Quoting from the Herald. the Telegraph prints |
those interviews with noted women on the
subject:
MISS ELLEN TERRY.
II you want my profound opinion on this very
weighty subject you are welcome to II for what |
it is worth. think have no very strong feel
ing one way or the other In the matter do |
not smoke. but / know many very charming
girls who do-who smoke a tiny cigarette. |
and do 1t very gracefully. | suppose II gives
them pleasure. aud with smoking as
difference. The "horrd" girl smokes,
but DO not know that 1t makes her any |
rette does not mako the nice girl any nicer. |
II they Ike II, however, and it, docs not harm |
them Or anybody else. why should they not |
1t dreadful II a girl whistles have not myself |
concluded that II is an. Improvement, but
prejudice! prejudice! preiudicel Why should |
they not be happy In their own way. poor little |
girls, with all their sorrows waiting for them