The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-25
.rF l wERE no sTOp sMOKINC

maintain the still tongue and the wise
head which Is the secret of their success.
Il suppose YOU would call me one OF ulc
tiends," said a very clever woman i"usu.
ing merrily over her ciassihca tlon; so ~"
fince YOU are 50 hOrrined AT the luca
will let you into the secret ana l. 19uoI
not but you will become one yourself
4 DRUG FlEND.
Don't say so until you know more
II am. as you will admit" said she tn,
1ing hack upon er couch until she ltSteu
tgainst pile OF cushions, PIC ~, ,,.o
InCst admin ed women of your acqIalll :
unce. 1 dent say / am the most Drlli'anl.
1 leave that for others TO say. But you
Know me- My eyes are called shappy
French eyes. / learned 10 snap thc"i
"Well here's the moral TRUTH My brill
Jiancy, my w.t. my WhateFei-Nou-C ail-l,'
l. due entirely TO my-weli, dIus' II you
want to give il that name. without my
little smoke | should be as lustreless as
toue dear good women we both know.
THE children. the servants, ana the new
Stair carpet would bound my vision men
taIlv. With the drug IL is bounded only
Jy III Hung Chang's wit ana the Gar
wisdom. 1 can rove across the eailh
touching every topic. / can be al Things
g. all men, cOnversationally. l can DC 4li
sympathy 10 all women, OutWdiuiy' On
my drug is "a wcnder' II, 49,.
pOsite me. is taken by me IN the form OF
h cigarette every afternoon. SOmelmca,
If am going TO a BAH, take II again IN
the e-ening ! take IL about an hOuI De
fore | wish to shine. In my neshsce
Heated on this couch, l take my niue
tmokc an hour before dinner ana my nus
Nand SAYS 1 an the only dinner cOlnpali-
Ion sn tho world worth sitting Vls-a-Nls.
A PUFF AT THE DRUG.
} Leaning across 10 a small STAND my
brilliant chattcrer opened a box OF bronze
4 f..l l.f1f Ia Do
Aowdcr. scattered il clcVcrlt alon5 a mar
low strip Of paper and. rolling 1t into
cigarette handed il to me with a match.
l strange. said she that iuoi .,.
matches were first poddied during the
coronation Of Queen Victoria. Ihey were
.uriositics then and sold for a. penny
apiece. IL We had been girls. win We
would have had to strike spark from
Il TO light our cigarettes
ow can YOU remember- overything?'
% kcd. putting AT the powder cigarette.
don't. It's the cigarette
one. two. three puns! -Four, hVe' SIX
Is. ! felt my drowsy eyes opening a
tie. and the sleepy feeling ! had had a
r nute before. was passing AWAY. / was
coming singularly wide awake.
seven. eight. nine punsi The drowsi-
LOSS 1eas AN gone. ] was as alert AZ
frough / had awakened from ten-nour
~ ep. l sat up and looked around. lie
a. rs In the couch rug. were standliis out
Ia I was noticing the curtains ana COM
.s. inr upon "a cairo prayer rug hung 10
81. d. Il. N fact which had escaped my at
.nl.rl before. All around me there was
flsrf delicious odor. Was 1 under
fI. a.cttc's influence
What was ~" / asked laying down
the little drowned stump upon the lacquer
and looking az my hostess
1t was my irsidious drug laughed
she. "ComC Try another This j. OF
different kind You won't gel drunk rom
mixing your fmOkc.' Ns she spoke she
rolled another this time from pinkish
powder. and handed it 20 me
BRAIN tRlGHTENERS.
''rell me. l'said as ! pnhed away az
''Wel. I don't ike TO give the secret
away because B know YOU VIII tell II but
] viii. nevertheless. Though. mind you.
] am not 10 be srchcn OF as a 'hcnd any
NOR. 1 must stand forth IN my true light
as a woman who Knows good thing
when she finds it.
THAT cigarette which YOU FIRST smoked
was - mixture CT TWO very harmless in
gradients. cinnamon and green tea. The
tea was purchased by me Of an Importer
and rubbed fine with pcstlc and mortar.
See" pointing &C a druggists OUTFIT upon
the table chat Us my factory. The cin-
namon was tho pure spice, also powdered
extra fine. The two were mixed in equal
proportions. -. 49,. .,..,,.- .,
their neiN e-rtV.yiiNng properties. These
are less nerve stimulating ana more
Frightening. They wake you dp without
unnerving you afterwards. The cinnamon
IL for perfume.
'.Have you ever pcrfumod your room by
biirnifIg CHINA mon In q flame or on some
thing hot? You Know how sweet the air
IS AZ with the aroma OF tho East Mixed
with the tea thtre is the same aroma. and
tbs cinnamon IL good for the nerves.