The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-02

Is trying to take some action in her
own immediate circle against the habit
of smoking, which has become quite
prevalent among women in the best
society in Russia, says Les Annales.
M. Decroix would no doubt like to
see the sovereigns Of other countries
initiate this example, for during the
last few years the cigarette habit has
been laying hold Of women all over the
world.
In France the association of men
and women in all kinds of sports has
been the cause Of greater degree of
intimacy and has brought us to accept
the cigarette, whose use is extending
among young women of the most ex-
elusive circles. Even the most criti-
cal no longer protest when two rosy
lips send out few puffs of smoke be-
tween couple Of games of tennis. Be-
sides, our grandmothers loved tobacco.
The Duchess of Chartres and the
Duchessof Bourbon, under Louis XIV,
even went so far as to smoke pipes;
yes, pipes, my dears.
In all times Spanish women have
smoked; and not only cigarettes, but
cigars. Marriott, in his Memoirs"
tells us this without mincing matters.
And they smoke in England and in the
United States, although in the latter
country 1t Is only recently that women
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story in Gil Bias not long ago to the
effect that three young girls in Louis
vile, KY, were seen smoking by po-
liceman and were arrested. The Judge,
although recognizing that the accused
were not conforming to the proprieties,
felt bound to release them because they
were violating no law.
To confines ones observations to
those in the highest places it may be
said that the Empress of Austria
smokes from thirty to forty cigarettes
a day; the dowager empress of Rus
STA smokes, but only in her own pri-
vate apartments, while the Queen of
Roumapia, the Queen Regent of Spain,
Queen Amalie of Portugal-who in this
respect is following her mothers ex-
ample-the wife of the Comte de Paris,
and, lastly, the Queen Of Italy, are all
confirmed smokers. And yet M. De-
croix is anxious that kings and princes
and their august consorts should be
the ones to set good example,! At
one time, about two years ago, he had
a hopeful moment.
1t is we'll known that Queen Victoria
is fond of SNUFF and that her son, the
Prince of Wales, smokes cigars from
morning until night. One day the
newspapers announced that the prince,
upon the advice of his physician, was
going to give up smoking. There was
great rejoicing in the Society for the
Prevention of the Abuse of Tobacco,
but prudence of the most elementary
sort babe them take the precaution of
making inquiries before indulging in
too much rejoicing. So they wrote to
London. Alas! The prince replied
that there was no foundation for the
report and that he was smoking Just
as he always had. At which M. De-
croix nearly fell i'll.
Another disappointment awaited him
a few months after this. 1t was The
sudden retirement of M. Casimir-Perier
almost before he was fairly installed
in the presidential chair. M. Casimir-
Perier was the ideal president for M.
Decroix, a president who did not
smoke, or who smoked so little that it
was not worth while mentioning.
NJ. Casimir-Perier resigned his Of
flee. And to whom?
To M. Felix Faure, who smokes q
pipe!