The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-09-12

Thoughtfslly Diseased For Careful
Readers.


less cigar, great chorus OF thanks
would go up to them from a class Of
people who don't care whether pow
der is smokeless or not
OF course, theoretically, men do
not object to smoke, and of course
women are always requested to state
any objections they may have. That
is all very true. But if a man sits
with circle about him, and requests
the liberty of smoking, and several
eager voices evince the delight they
will experience in Witnessing the per-
Torrance and shifting the tobacco
perfumed air, it is very apt to silence
any protests that may have been in
tended by those to whom a smoke
laden atmosphere is not source of
unmitigated delight.
have seen an elderly man, who
is such prime favorite with young
people that they would not willingly
interfere with any pleasure he might
have, light cigar, and take a seat
by some one in gay crowd, and be-
gin one of those semi confidential
conversations that one cannot break
up without rudeness, and punctuate
his sentences with pufis Of smoke I'M
til his companion would be faint
from the-to her-sickening odor,
and he would be utterly unconscious
that anything disagreeable was hap.
pening.
Being one of the people to whom
tobacco at a distance is not unpleas-
ant, but when brought directly into
the neighborhood of my face is dis.
tinctly abominable. l may speak from
a one-sided view of the question, but
it has always seemed to me highly
proper proceeding for smokers to
either enjoy their weeds in only smo-
kers' society, or at least refrain from
combining cigars and confidential
communications.
If smoking does not become gen.
eral among women it will not be be-
cause of not having conspicuous mod
els to follow. In recent French
journal we are told that the En-
press of Austria smokes from thirty
to forty cigarettes daily, and indul-
ges in big cigar with her after din
ner coffee. That on her writing ia
BILE is always silver box of cigar
cites, a match box and gold ash
receiver, and that on her dainty
thumb and index finger is to be seen
the yellow stain that distinguishes
cigarette smokers.
The Empress of Russia smokes,
but only when in the privacy of her
home circle. Perhaps it is a pretty
picture, perhaps it isn't-that of this
beautiful woman reclining on a divan
in the boudoir she fashioned after
one of the rooms of the Alhambra,
and following with hazy, forgetfnl
eyes the curls of smoke that float up.
ward in the perfumed air.
The Queen of Italy smokes both in
public and private, and considers CT
gars one of the necessities of life
The Regent of Spain smokes large
quantities of cigarettes.
Queen Natalie of Servia is a deyo-
tee of tobacco.
The Queen of Roumania smokes
constantly, and wears her gold cigar
cite case fastened to her belt.
The Queen of Portugal imports her
cigarettes from Dresden, and the
Countess of Paris smokes only Ha.
wanna tobacco.
Queen Victoria will not permit the
ladies at the court of St. James to
smoke, and is voted behind the times
by the high born ladies on the CONT
nent.
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We are accustomed to view with a
degree of disgust the snuff-indulging
females we sometimes meet, and we
never think a woman is altogether
charming when we find her smoking
her pipe, yet we may be led to modi-
fy our views when we find feminine
royalty throwing over tobacco the
charm of its sanction.
If only England's queen could be
induced to remove her embargo on
smoking the practice would receive
a mighty impetus among our English
loving Americans. However, we are
not entirely subservient to that good
old lady's whims. / was much sur
prised at picnic not long ago.
strolled away from the crowd, and
came upon three of the most charm
ing of the girls, seated on log in a
secluded place, indulging with seem
ing enjoyment in after dinner cigar
cites.
know a young lady who goes
with her brothers into the library af-
ter dinner, and shares with them the
delights of cigar know other la.
dies who do things very similar to
this, and some of them live in Nor
gantown, but | do not know that the
men of their acquaintance are par
ticularly anxious to share their to-
bacco rights with them.
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The poor Mississippi River is in
very unsettled state. | am glad |
didn't attempt to remember it's
length. Other people are being heard
from, and an exploring expedition
reports that there is no lake at all
where the State Commission locates
the source. Perhaps that river may
start from the North Pole Perhaps
some time or other some one may
tell us just how long it is. At any
rate we can be proud of it and pa
tronize it as far as we are quite sure
it goes, and we can ignore its source
in our Geography lessons for time.
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1t is amusing to see how many peo-
pie know what perfect woman is,
and how many varieties of perfect
women there are. Isuppose they are
all modelled after some woman the
writer knows, who is doubtless very
far removed from perfection, and the
only reason we are not made acquain-
ted with yet a greater variety is, that
happily, all the people in the world
do not feel called upon to write, and
of those who do few write of some
THING else