The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-14

late that the boy IS victim of nicotine
poisoning. doctor Is called. but the sys-
tenn is gone, the youth is beyond human
help, and his name soon adOrns the scroll OF
the many others who went the same way.
But as stated before, the boy IS not alone
in his evil. How many girls are there who
are cultvating this habit? You can find
them not only in the families of the Flower
five" but also in the upper ten," and
largely in the latter. Make a tour of the
millionaire. if you could, and you will find
where the daughters of many of them quietly
sneak into their b0udOirS, lock the door, and
then enjoy a cigarette. You can see it
from the street; it is not necessary to enter
the house. In some cases the mother even
enjoys a cigarette with the daughter, and
thinks nothing of it. 1t is fad. and they
must be in the swim. And yet these people
are above reproach, so far as Responsibility
is concerned.
Of course there Is anothr class of girls
who smoke cigarettes at any time or in aEy
place, whether it be on the street, in a cab
or in q concert saloon. They are shame
less, and they know that the company they
associate with has no objection to the fra
GRANGE OF q clgarette-drenched woman.
They also know that the sickening OdOr
from the burning paper, that rises like
cloud Of miasmatc vapor, permeating their
breathS and making nOiSOme every pore ia
their body, is not in the least offensive 10
their associates, who, through dissipation,
have become proof against it.
1t ought not to be necessary to print evil
dence of the bad effect of misunderstanding
on growing youths if they would only heed
the example set by the number of deaths
reported daily
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
From this evil. Only recently 200 doctors
before the Michigan Legislature cited cases
of boys being dwarfed, made insane, killed
or rendered incapable of speech by the uss
of cigarettes, and the professors OF Michi-
gan University also testified at length Of the
effect on the students. who were made
stupid by the same potent evil.
The fact is we'll known that cigarette
smoking is far more Injurious to the health
of the smoker than the smoking of cigars.
In cigarette there are i've poisons; in q
good cigar only one. In cigarette there is
oil in the paper, the oil Of Saltpeter to pre-
serve the tobacco and opium to make it
mild, and couple OF poisonous ellis are used
in the flavoring.
DR.. Dennis, member of the State Board
of Health. is bitterly opposed to cigarette
smoking by boys He says il impairS their
health and leads to early death. The doc
tor appeared before the Jersey City Board
of Education aud urged that an inveshg-
ton be- made into the extent of the habit
among the boys who attend the public
schools.
"The State Board of HEALTH" said Dr.
Dennis, deems it a matter that warrants
investigation. All physicians condemn the
habit, as it Injuries health. retardS growth
and arrests proper development of the sys-
tenn"
DR.. Dennis said that the use of tobacco
was prohibited i'll many of the. leading col
leges of the country. Instead of acting ON
the good advice of the doctor, Director Reid
of the Board of Education said:
81 don't believe we have anything to do
with the matter. There are cranks in every
walk Of life, and l believe this man is
crank on the subject of tobacco. The place
to cure boy of smoking is at home, not in
the seho0l-room." On the Directors motion
the board voted not to act upon DR.. Deunis'
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