Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-09

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IN N\SEh know that our Pill
fH\ ~ grim foremotherS
fI. \ ~ those sainted wives
iA@MN~Tt and daughters OF
IVA " ~ the chaps who IL
lssN> FESal ~ Iustriously landed
ny NrSP\S1&Et. on Plymouth Rock
VI (GAN smok tobacco?
Not in uaiuty cigarettes, either, but IN
pipes. Not in pretty pipes, even, but IN
common clay ones. Ig! 10 my mlhd
the smoke OF tobacco should be endura-
bic by our sex only when emitted from
the lips of our husbands or sweethearts.
For Il refined girl TO smoke seems to me
outrageous. But am historian of the
phases of feminnity which | observe IN
New York and above all else l seek to
be trustworthy. So contradiction OF
my assertion that many of our rlch ana
fashionable girls indulge in the cigar
cite habit eads me to say il again, and
10 offer to put il INTO an affidavit on ap-
uliCation. Like the dude weakling who
felt real devllish' on ginger ale, the
dear girls enjoy consciousness OF
piquant recklessuess on the mildest
cigarettes they can buy. 1t Is in spirit
of adventure that they smoke, although
| suppose that some of them learn to
really enjoy tobacco. The cOnsidera-
ton that will keep most OF us from be-
coming inveterate smokers, however, Is
the odOr. You may cleanse your mouth
and hands of the tobacco smell as you
will, the scent of the cigarette will cling
10 you still-unless you go TO the trouble
of a separate smoking robe. l know a
belle, the daughter of Murray Hill
family, too, who smokes cigarette on
rising and another on retiring; and,
while indulging thus, she is enveloped
solely and only in smoking robe, which
is kept in a separate box when not in
use, and so her other clothing is not
contaminated. She even covers her
hair closely with a silk cap, SO that the
odor of tobacco may not get into her
"crown of glory" Ali if our sex were
always so nice III their bad habits!
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Cocktails before breakfast!''
The physician who was receiving a
handsome young society woman in his
Office uttered this phrase in an astonished
tone aud looked out of dsteuded eyes at
his fair patient.
"Why, yes, doctor, - said the young
lady. al have had one or two whisky
cocktails before breakfast all summer.
them.
The young woman was suffering from
nervous indigestion, and she declared
that her summer at Newport had quite
used her up. The physician had already
drawn from her the Information that it
had been her habit to drink considerable
WINE with her meals. and was not sur
prised at il, but the idea OF whisky be-
fore breakfast sfrupk him abaCk
And yet I who am not physician,
am not surprised at the young woman's
habit, for the reason that know 1t TO be
n by no means uncommon one among
New York fashionable girls who live
draining and depressing life of festivity.
A case came under nv observation a
short time ago that was peculiarly start
ling. II was that of Il girl who began
during her first season to stimulate her
self up to the required condition of mind
md body necessary TO cope with the ex-
haustng custom that she was forced to
adopt. At first she took quinine in
small doses, but, finding no real excite
ment in this, she went on to port wine,
sherry and finally TO whisky and brandy.
Her brother astonished me one day by
assuring me that she required more
cocktails in Il day than he did, and as l
knew that he consumed dozen day,
expressed by doubts of his assertion.
"Well, - said he, eff the stairs car
pet leading to my SISTERS bedroom has
not been worn out by the maid in run
ming up ami down stairs with whisky
cocktails before break fast, then hope l
may never look into another glass
again. -
For two seasons this girl held her place
well, and her facial loneliness expressed
but slightly the effect of the feverish life
she was leading. Then she seemed TO
fall off. She grew fat, but at the same
time q pale, unhealthy deafness over
spread her counteuance, and everybody
remarked concerning her sudden trans
formation. One morning had occasion
TO call on her brother at q somewhat
early hour, and as 1 sat in the reception
room the maid passed along the hall on
her way upstairs, bearing on tray a
whisky cock tail. At the same instant a
thrill, impatient voice came from above.
Marie! Mariel For heavens sake
hurry with that cocktail, or shall shake
myself to pieces. Hurry, / say
Il was her voice. About a half hour
moment with her. Her hands were
shifting and bloodshet.
That was two years ago. The girl is
dead now.
find that the art of lace making is
oeing studied at present by large num-
Der OF fashionable girls, the object being
10 make it for one's own wear. There is
hothlng quite SO expensive in u womsn's
azure as laces, and only n very few
women even in the highest society are able
10 exhibit fine collection. 1t is the
hopes OF the girls now studying the art
thst they snail perfect themselves in IL to
such an extent that they NAV make, for
'neir own and their children g uses, rare
ana beautiful specimens of the difficult
handiwork.
Not many evenings ago young man
was discussing the subject with a girl
VINO Is an enthusiast Ia the work.
nave you made any lace YETI"
stked the young man.
On yes, am wearing lacss of my
oSn making at this moment