The morning times., 1896-01-19

and not cigarette measured much larger
than Il parlOr match.
No one objected to tea in any form.
so the cigarettes were lighted and puffcd.
The subtle Odur filled the room. the tonic
from the tea raised the spirits of the smokers.
the nerve in the tea made thrircycs shine.
This was smoking with the tobacco left
out, and it was delicious.
There are tea smokinc-roomS now in
many of the wOmcn's clubs OF New York.
| The cigarettes are purChasahlc there. aud
| there are comfortable chairs for loungng.
| Cups of tea tan also be ordered. but II Is
| found that the tea cigarette is free from tire
Objectionable qualities of the cup OF tea.
1t does not overhead, il does not take a way
ones appetite, and ii does n"tratjcn as iluid
is apt to do.
The way to manage n tea cigarette is
to obtain Il quantity of ordinary rice
cigarette paper, getting the simplest and
most expensive kind that is made. Do not
have any decoration upon the pa per. as ;hi>
costs money and takes away from the good
ness of the paper.
Get some very fine. best quality tea
leaves, black is best, and roll in the paper.
making a very slender roll. Puiveri2c
the leaves before rolling and rub the oig.l-
rctte in the fingers wards, as mendo the
tobacco ones.
a hold upon fashionable society outside, Of
actresses. who are mostly accustomed To
the real weed, ana would not take kindly 10
the tea.
Brides OF the autumn who are bringing
up their husbands upon an improved plan.
warranted ever to charm, are indul%tng
in the tea cigarette in the dra wing-room
after dinner.
A MAN CHARMER.
These young matronS declare that the
tea cigarette is warranted to keep n man
in the ever elatcd mood. even the most
tickle of husbands. The pleasure Of
putting his Havana in tine evening with
a wife opposite to him, with her own Gig
arctic, a cigarette that neither unsexcs
her nor makes her breath tobaCco-y, is
the Most eIernally enhancing thing ever
discovered.
There is Il ciga rmaker OF New York who
is going into the tea cigarette heart and
soul. He says:
women have always wanted to smoke.
hut they couldn't bear to do It because
there are so many men who do not ap-
prove. nay violently diSapprove. Itlowers
a woman. II makes Il vice doubly vicious.
etc, have been their remarks on the sub
ject But with the tea cigarette there is no
such argument and am catering TO what
WILL | know, be great rage here
This cnterprising dealer has gone to the
expense of sending around to the most fash
ionabe women of the country satin-lincd
boxes of these little paper cigarettes with
the notice that they can, after trial, order
as many more upon payment of SO much
money. Upon each cigarette is stamped
the family crest. or the initial of the smoker,
as dudes have their mOnograms upon their
cigarette wrappers. SO far he has been
ahundantly rewarded with orders.
In ladies' cafe of New York there is
small room curtaincd off from the main re-
Ception room. Its curtains hang loosely,
and from twist and fold comes a gentle.
subtle odor. One shifting 1t wonders what
II is, then draws nearer for a longer smell.
1t is the tea-smoking apartment and is kept
Curtained off for fear some one visiting the
reception room should think the smokers
were smoking tobacco, instead OF the harm
less pinch of tea.
There is q dinner hostess of New York
whose only form of entcrtai nment is
the many course feast. For years she
has been giving dinners, and for years
she has battled with the problem of the
dinner-giver, what to do for the hour
after the feast, when the men persist In