Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-14

1IZ women women: Lady Colin
<lEW " Campbell, the heroine
of a once famous and
now forgotten divorce case, main tains that
woman's delicate organism has far more
need Of the soothing influence Of the cigar
cite than is required by mans coarser clay,
while Mrs. Linn Linton. to the delight Of
her followers. replies with very pertinent
remarks about the growing tendency Of
woman to throw her bonnet over the
roof, as the Frenchman would express It.
More smoking Is practiced in society than
the outsider has any idea of, though he
may Know IN a vague manner that the
artists model smokes here nearly as fire.
Quently as in Paris and that the girl who
prides herself on being abreast Of the latest
craze knows how to roll and handle a cigar
cite with piQuant ease.
Tobacco Is much more generally used by
womankind abroad than here despite the
greater freedom of the American ladies'
me Turkish lady takes her cigarette very
| naturally. and the Russian lady Initiates
her with as little fear Of reproach, while in
austria the tobacco business is exclusively
the occupation of women. In every street
OF vienna. as well as smaller towns, may be
FOUND TWO. or If the space allows three
daintily clad daughters of Eve with their
bewitching smiles and charming ways, who
| sell the fragrant weed. and many a young
student squanders time and money for the
sake of chat with the pretty cigar girl.
| and for the delight OF smoking one of her
wares, the flavor Of which has been made
more delightful by it's contact with the rosy
lips OF the fair saleslady, for she will never
refuse to light the cigar or cigarette for a
small compensation. Vienna has but one
large cigar shop, frequented principally by
strangers: and here six Of the fair sex at
tend to the purchases Of the spendthrift
Americans and Englishmen to whom the
aromatic Havanas are a necessity 1t is
considered perfectly proper for a lady to
smoke and few Austrian women would re-
ruse good cigarette. Russian women are
80 fond Of smoking that the cars min
lster OF the interior has lately ordered the
raiIWay omciais OF the empire to provide
smoking compartments for the exclusive
use OF women in their regular passenger
trains. The habit of smoking among Rus
san women Is universal and they are said
20 De exGeiient judges OF a cigar. The cigar
cite Ii. however. the favorite among both
unmarried and married women; but it is an
expensive habit for not more than three
whins are taken from each one. 1t being
the nicotine makes the next one more
bitter.
The higher social grades of Siberia lead
a luxurious existence and some of the cigar
cite smoking bellies OF that region are de-
scribed as possessing the voluptuous and
varying charms Of the eastern hours.
Royal Ladies' as Smokers.
Among the women of royalty who smoke
the Empress of Austria takes precedence
She has a passion for all physical exercise
Is superb equestrienne, likes strong meat
and drink and smokes from thirty to forty
Turkish and Russian cigarettes a day, and
Tor many years 1t has been her inveterate
custom to pun away after dinner at a
strong Italian cigar. one Of those with a
straw running through it. This is brought
70 her every evening on a golden saIver
which also holds her cup of Turkish coffee
On her writing table stands always a large
silver box. of repousse work, filled with
cigarettes, matchbox Of carved Chinese
Jade and a capacious ash-receiver. Almost
mechanically her majesty lights cigarette
after cigarette as she sits in her great
writing room at Godollo. which is fitted up
with carved oak panels and Gobelin ia
pestries, the somber hue Of the walls be-
ing relieved here and there by trophies CT
the chase.
With Luxurious SURROUNDINGS.
The Czarina Of Russia, who Is likewise
one who burns the fragrant weed. smokes
In a somewhat more indolent and almost
oriental fashion. Stretched on the silken
cushions Of a broad low divan at Gatschina.
she follows dreamily with her beautiful
dark eyes the rings Of blue smoke that Der
crimson lips part to send upwards into the
perfumed air Of her boudoir-a boudoir
which she calls her "den," and which is
copied from one Of the loveliest rooms of
the Alhambra, with palms raising their
banners against the gorgeous colors and
diapered gold of the walls
. queen Marguerite Of Italy Is another of
the royal ladies who see no harm in the use
OF tobacco. She occupies herself with liter
AZURE and is strongly addicted to the cigar
cite, which she smokes in the privacy of
ner room. Her flashing black eyes look
iaughingly through odorous clouds of smoke
ana she Is wont to declare that her cigar
cite Is more essential to her comfort than
anything else in life.
Christina. queen regent of Spain. is a
large quantity of Egyptian cigarettes
and his little majesty. Alphonso XIII, en-
joys lighting them for her.
The smoking paraphernala Of the beau
t1ful Natalie, eX-queen Of Servia, is of the
most elaborate and magnificent description
She knows that many persons prefer one
brand OF tobacco to another, but they\are
all equally pleasant to her. She smokes
anything sent to her. and in very large
quantities.
The Queen Of Rounania, so we'll known
under the nom de plume of Carmen SYLVIA
writes prose and verse as she smokes Lev
antine tobacco. She wears a gold cigarette
case suspended to her girdle. from which
she takes comfort whenever she may
please.
The Comtesse Of Paris, the Queen of
France de Jure. Is fond Of mild Havanas
Of delicious flavor. and her daughter, the
Queen of Portugal. is the source Of con-
siderable income to the cigarette manu-
facturers Of Dresden.
The Princess Bernadotte, crown princess
Of Sweden, who as an intriguing maid of
honor captivated the heir to the throne is
almost Unexpectedly addicted to the de-
lights of a full-fedged cigar, a penchant
which is said to be shared by the Queen
OF Saxony and the Grand Duchess of
Baden.
The Non-SmOkers.
The Empress Augusta Of Germany cares
for none Of these diversions. She does not
trouble her head about literature, nor does
she smoke. She gets up early, like boYr-
geois housewife. and makes coffee for her
husband before he goes of to the drill
ground.
Queen Victoria is perhaps the only Eu-
ropean sovereign who has a positive aver
sion to tobacco in all it's forms. Woe be
TO the prince who pollutes the apartments
at windsor with its fumes Her minis
tiers. too. must be careful. On more than
one occasion kilograms have been returned
to her foreign secretary with a note from
her ma1estys private secretary requesting
that they be purified and that in future
they may not smell as villainously of to-
bacco smoke. for her majesty has her an
cestress Elizabeth's aversion to IAN evil
SMELL"
The Princess of Wales does not herself
smoke, but is very charitable on the sub
ject.