Telegram-herald., 1891-05-24
SPEECH OLA CIGARETTE
How Cross-kyed Girls Roll up
the Nelson's Thiugz.
MADE FROl FILTHY REFUSIoF IoBACC
They are Pat fnss Boxes Wssh Nssghsy
fictsres of Dis~oiase W~Ass ssa
nseed Disease festsieses ssna DeatA
ss Those Who sn1sks Jken

I'm aim, pale little body. with
closely clipped head Of blonde. ! DO
not seek society, put am always in de-
mand. Nine-tenths OF the people xlsA
had never been created. My name is
clgarette. My chief occupation "a 10
stink and shine. The maokerel rostine
by moonlight had monopoly of that
business in Shakespeare's time. but 90
day he Is not IN IT, A Virginia gentle
man had pet poiecat. around which
the tendrils Of his deep. aitecsionaie
nature closed and clung. lie named il
after me, and the poor creature dropped
from that hour until ne died. The
dregs OF the cuspsdore. the spoils 81 iise
snlpe-shooter and The refuse OF tee
Opium losutare mingled with foiAeos
70 form 'my intffnal eoonems
Honiely, cross-eyea girls roll up small
cylinders oi thus compound ia paper
and thus / am born. They pack about
a dozen ia box and on top of ns they
lay picture OF fat faced gri IN r0p,-
cal attire. who wears q. sickly srlile aud
pair ,,f large. saussge-lske legs, with
esidentszilsisrtson. We don't Ike IL.
but the dudes and the little bors think
the pictures glye ussn additional ehsrrn-
MY Unhappy rsf.-
We end our DAYS with SLOW. con-
sum.ng FIRE al one end and driTeling
IDIOT at the other, bat We nave our re-
yenge. Every package Of as ls screw
In the smokers coeln, and slowly bat
surely we get on top aud crowd our
victims into their graves.
The little boy't first cigarette j. light
ed with Joy and finished IN woe. lis
stomach feels like scorchod flannel
shirt. and his eyes are toll Of tears
His mother IL alarmed and sends for
the doctor, but when his father comes
home, he tumbles % the true state OF
affairs. The boy is duly spanked ana
put TO bed, promising never 10 do il
more. In few days he Is at II again an
a back alley. After a time he begins q
inhale the smudge. Ii chOlces him and
makes the tears roll down his checks
like mud out of n brick machine, bnf
he 10 plucky and sticks 90 II until he
gets the narcotic effect. Then he Is
ours. His nerves are all gone when be
gets up in the morning, bat he takes a
whin or two and braces up. The insldi-
Gus poison clings 10 has iangs ike car
buncles 10 ones neck, and produces
tingling. stimulating effect; bat wheru-
ever il clings ii kills. The membranes
and tissues DIE and rot, and the seed of
consumption are planted Ia hss fcster-
ing vltals.
Now We Have . Fiend.
Now VIC have in him confirmed
cigarette fienc. lie draws IN the sicken-
ing fumes by the gallon and for a time
il does not reappear. You look 20 see
where the smoke Is coming out and
begin 10 doubt II II vail ever see day.
light again. The young man IN no
smoke consumer; lac simply file his
lungs, stomach aud alimen,ary canal.
and after holding i until IL ls well sea-
soned, he snoris II ont through his nose
mingled with the flavor OF bad case of
catarrh. Then he wonders why people
avoid him as they would a pestlIcnce.
and walk = mile rather than ride on a
street car with him. HE breath smells
like a spoiled ham, and hacking cough
hceins 70 rack his hollow
chest and the cough grows deer
and hollow day : by day and
some morning he does not come down
| TO breakfast when called. The family
go up and find half smoked
and thoroughly poisoned CORPSE
lying IN his bed. Then fbs
undertaken who has been impaticntls
waiting for him. is summoned aud the
sceae ceases with a premature funeral.
How we laugh and jostle one another
in the boxes as we see the silly fellows
coming cur way. Nobody knows the
number of victims thst we claim. In
this broad land of which YOU peopls,
are 40 proud, we are Killing thousands
OF young and promising men ever
year. You look with holy horror upon
| France with her curse OF the absyntlse
! habit. That Is tad enough 70 be sure.
/ bnt cigarettes are the bane of AnlericE.
| GIVE - few ycare more ard soa VIII
think that strong drink was blessing
compared with us.