Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-30

MISS HATTIE MORGAN OF slRATFoRD.
,,,sasure loving metropolis But not even
| ,hs most imaginative Of fiction writers,
IN. sternest Of moralists, the bitterest enc
nv Of degeneracy would ever have thought
tSat The yioo would penetrate the land of
s,ady habits and take deep root in tho
NAN, old town OF Stratford, which has
Ken. 1t now surprisingly appears, the hot
"a Of cigarette smoking by young women
IN n tier of southern Connecticut towns
and cities.
Now, Stratford is,ppo he old colonial
- tswns Of Connecticut A year ago 1t celc-
bratcd its two hundred and flftieth ami
y,rsarv. There wns street pageant, in
u rhich heaps OF colonial and Revolutionary
,clics were displayed. The old families arc
IA Tho ascendant, and there is great pride
N old traditions and the maintenance of
the blood OF tho forefathers.
Bot the deadly cigarette slipped in I'M
detocted, and its tclltalo aroma filed the
toudoirs of the Stratford bellies. The girls
srcked and liked 1t, and the vice became
natter Of common report.
The credit OF this important sociologic
discovery and Of its sudden stamping out
bslongs to tho Womans Christian Tenn
p,rance union, which convinced the young
women OF their sins collectively, put its
tot down on the tempter and enrolled the
tfs In the Anticigarette league.
Today II you ask Stratford, or n Bridge
sort, or Greenwich, or Danbury, or an
Ansunia, or Sherman young woman to
lave a little rico paper weed with you,
wen II filled with fragrant Egyptian, she
Will say: mo, thank You. You sec, l
: cont smoke now. Two Joined the Ciga-
lutte league"
hi now considered quite as correct to
ny l've sworn of" as 1t used to be to
~ "Glye mo a light" or Lets have u
lttlc smoke"
L., ono of these fair smokers tell her
ewn story In her own way. Among STRAIT
fatl's most attractive girls Is Miss Hattie
Morgan. She Is proud Of her blue blood,
ind her blue blood stands forth In every
lae Of her clear cut face and asserts itself
hhg Independence OF thought and her
u fnse Of what is right. a New York World
rpOrer saw Miss Morgan at her home.
q She was reclining in u hammock swung
BINDER two immense elms. She laughed
tasanty and said; "Yes, 1t Ii truo / be
tng to the league, with u lot Of other girls,
v PIT hardly think IL fair that / should
+. Fw you their names for publication.
n ful tell you about myself, however, and
Il Is worth your while to say anything
a nut 1t you may do So"
~ 1T was three years ago l smoked my
nj cigarette. remember 1t so well. II
y uat the time tho white squadron an
eorsd of Bridgeport, and a lot OF us girl'
!. 4 Aehed tho beautiful ships.
- One day some OF the officers camt
shore. Now don't laugh-but we flirtet
~ nh them. One stunning looking fellow
aned over our gate and asked II he coult
ave glass OF water. nsked him in, ant
~ sat upon the porch while drcw the
W A'er from tho we'll After ho had accept
I. y glass no asked II he might rest for I
,.1d moments. We girls all said, ooh, yes
Hainly We all chartered for time
M \ p when his companions came back HI
u ssoned to them, and there was a sort Of
u Induction all around.
N y. Ne was Lieutenant Littlefeld, and h
i. ~ I Nymaster on one of the cruisers, Thu
VI inefs asked us all to go aboard the ships
n. a mamma would not lot me go, so tn
Nv o. the girls and the other officers wen
, y. Lieutenant Littloiield remained. II
r. ~ nAfd Cigarettes and after timo offcre'
cue hesitated, but he told me lots o