The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-04
WOMEN WHO SMOKE.
SOME INDULGE FOR THE LOVE OF 1T,
SOME FOR SocIABlLlTY.
A Third Glass DO So In Order TO BE
"Sporty"-A Woman Who Loves the
Weed Tails Like an Expert About To-
baccos, Pipes and Cigarette Holders.

A young woman, the owner Of a coy
little smoking room, who makes no secret
of her enjoyment of an after dinner pipe,
was questioned the other day as to why
women use tobacco. She was seated in
the coy little room and with special
friend was enjoying pull
"Well," said she, American women
who smoke can be catalOgued in three
classes-namely, those who do it for the
love of the weed itself. those who do il TO
be sociable, and those who wish 10 appear
sporty. l belong TO the first class, my
friend over there TO the second class, while
the third class-oh well, they are the girls
one sees and reads about as smoking in
cafes, on the street cars and other public
places, though l must say women who
smoke in public places DO not always do it
TO attract attention
81 remember last spring on shipboard,
when returning from winter i'm Florida
quite pretty girl was discovered smoking
on deck. She had selected a part of tho
deck away from the other passengers and
was quietly enjoying a cigarette when "a
party of men saw her.
- ! bet you $50 l can speak 10 that girl
and at the end of ten minutes be on the
friendliest terms with her, said one of a
group Of good looking young fellows to his
friends
1.-The bet was not made but after walk
ing around ard scoirg she girls face at
closer range another young man Of the
group said be would fail if he attempted
it. The first mentioned young man strolled |
10 the girls end of the deck. loitered |
around in her neighborhood, and then,
taking out a cigar, said TO her with his /
most killing smile and bow
" have left my match safe in my state
room. Won't you be good enough TO give |
me a lghty
"She silently handed him her lighted
cigarette. After lighting his cigar he re-
turned her cigarette with expressions of
his gratitude. She took the cigarette,
tossed it overheard left her seat and went
TO her staterOom without opening her lips
10 him. OF course his friends had the
laugh on him, and all the women around
who had witnessed the performance were
charmed with the girl. Iaftorward learned
that she was fond of tobacco, but made
deathly sick by the odor of stale smoke,
and so for that reason she did not smoke
in the privacy of her own room.
For myself / always smoke after din
ner, and when I'm at home pipe OF
course during the day, when inclined, |
smoke just about as men do, sometimes
one pipctul, sometimes several. | can (
think better when smoking, and also il
rests me. Now, my friends, as rule,
smoke merely to be sociable They take n
cigar or cigarette at dinner or luncheon
where they are handed around after the
coffee or when paying "a social call Some
how, we all imagine we talk moro easily
while smoking. But none Of these girls
miss her smoke when she is prevented
from taking it, nor does she ever smoke
when alone Not so with the women who
love the weed itself. They become irrta-
bic and as cross as bears when forced to
10 without 1t. As have "a smoking room,
try always to keep it supplied with the !,
Attest goods
My pipe-that is, my favorite pipe, for :
really have pipes by the dozen-was given !
ne by my eldest brother and has his face !.
nut into the bowl. You see how beautiful
it is colored, and 1 have only been smok-
ng lta few months. The best meerschaum
las a clouded, dirty Appearance. 1t an
'ears to have pores in it, and is creamy in
olor. The white kind, that which looks '
ike chalk, is very objectionable. That
vas the kind first picked out, and can
my brothers laughed at me.
Cigarette holders are Co be had all the
'ay from these cheap but dainty looking a
ittle affairs of papier mache, with quill II
nouthpleces, to the most expensive ones of j
OLD or silver mounted amber. The latest q
re or silver flagrce with amber mouth IL
leces. You see they are very like cigar "a
olders, only much smaller. As | have d
)me friends who object TO touching their p
Cigarettes and cigars with their fingers l d
ought lot Of these little holders. They G.
re the latest out and arc made so that the II
tile gold or silver ring may be slipped on &C
ne finger and by simply pressing a spring fC
ne nippers will open and close around the 1t
garette. They are very convenient little Il
ialrs, especially when one is playing ca
rds. ty
"Of course, you know that very few W
omen now like Co smoke ready filed "
garettes, and as some of them object to A
uching the tobacco | bought "a little i'm. ST
'rted machine which fills them very rap III
ly' All you have TO do is TO put the to- III
lcco in this little box, slip in the cipa- al
tie paper tubes, turn the handle and your nj
garette comes out perfectly filed. w
Many women who fill their own ciga- NJ
ties have their papers stamped with their u
onogrnm in silver or gold. Some of Oh
EN- have the enGs tipped Almost any "
'A'Ni'' Ni''e manu- - 0lJtCldlLy Oh Keep
g women's smoking materials have this
1mping done at very slight extra cost
the thousand slips. Some of my friends II
efer white rice paper, while others pre- &c
the corn paper, which is q delicate en-
ado of yellow. Some girls contend that ola
lcy paper has nothing TO do with the cl,
vor OF cigarette and insist on using CT,
margin of newspapers or any soft pa. -
: that comes to hand. OF course. beau ca
III cigarettes may be bought already 1t
ed with any and all brands of tobacco. "a
I they are not nearly so good as those sol
roll. Some girls touch the edge of the
per with their tongues to make them Dr.
here, while Others simply bend up the up
Dis. Wv an
The majority of women-I'm sure all Co
friends do-prefer mild Turkish tobac- tn
Some are fond of the long cut. Others sa,
the short cut For my own use like wi
IN, the short cut for my pipe, the long go
for my cigarettes, and / don't allow tn,
y one TO handle 1t either. / don't care rel
have the shreds disturbed One good do
int about the mild Turkish tobacco is lie
It 1t has less nicotine than any other
I'd. 1 have been told that it contained
um, and maybe IL does. for it is certain