The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-13
The Smoking Habit Among Women.

The Smoking Habit Among Women.
Some time ago the question whether
or not women slould smoke was discussed
in the newspa2e by some Of the eading
literary people of the country. The gen
eral opinion seemed to De that they should
not. No woman can enhance her charms,
nor can e improve her health, by smok-
ing. There is something repulslve about
the spectacle of a woman with a cigarette
between her lips, and no really refined me
would deliberately contract the smoking
habit
The question in some parts of the coun-
try is, "Do the women snokean 1t is dis
cussed by Norwich, Coma, J corresp )nd-
ent of tue New York Sun, ald it is decided
afiirmatlvely, so far as several cities in that
and other states are concerned, on tho testi-
mony of women themselves. The rather
startling revelation is made that in Mr.
witch, Hartford, Bird geoort, Meridsn and
Waterbury and other cities may society
women smoke not only cigarettes, but
cigars also, and that someti neS a scho u
girl may be seen on her way to school puff
Ing away at a cigarette. If tle facts with
regard to this b lbit among women could be
ascertained, they would probably create
decided sensation. They cannot be ascer-
tanned, however, because most women who
smoke do so secretly. Tney may defend
the habit, but they are very careful not to
let it be known that it is one which they
have contracted.
1t WON'T do to say that women have as
much right as men to smoke While they
have the right III one sense, it is a right of
watch they should not avail themselves.
They also have the right to ride a horse
astride, or to walk into a barroom and take
a drink, but it would not be- womanly for
them to do so.
The habit of SIN liking is growing among
women in this country, and its most rapid
growth is in fashionable circles, where cul-
ture and refinement are said to rule This
doesn't speak very we'll for the culture and
refinement of society, and the sooner a
check is put upon it the better.
One of Mr.. Harrison's intimate friends
is represented as having said that Mrs. Har-
rison would probably be unable to undergo
the eXactions of the next social season in
Washington. Mrs. Harrison has not been
well since she went to the white house, and
she has worked very hard to put the man
sion in condition to suit her ideas of house
keeping. Perhaps, however, her summer
recreation will restore her to good health.
Messrs. Butler, Wool I'd Cheney, repre-
senting the Southern Flrmers' Alliance,
will to-day confer with a committee ap-
pointed by the New York Cotton Elk.
change. The inference will take place In
New York, and the questi IN under consii-
Grafton is whether or not the exchange shall
indorse cotton agging The farmers seem
to be IN earnest in their opposition to the
use of jute baggng
Tie twelfth annual me ting of the Amer
lean Bar Ass )ciation will be held in Chicago
Aug. 2S, 90 and 30 Among the papers to
be read is one by Mr.. Walter II. Hill, of
Nj con- on "The Federal Judicial System. y
Col. George A. Mercer, of this city. is a
member of the executive committee of the
association. The attending members will
be- enGertai ned in excallant silvia II, Ch;oor-,