The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
THE REMEDY THAT FAILED.
How u Helpful Wife MD Not Cure Her Bus-
band OF the Tobacco Habit.


III will only be necessary for You to drop about
half tcaspoonful Of the miSturc into this cup Of
coffee each morning the circular said. and the
taste for tobacco will gradually depart from him,
He may no, cease the use II tobacco Immediately
but within week he will begin L. abhor tobacco
II the mixture is given To him faithfully every
morning"
And 80 the young wife sent her little So ON and
got fagon Of the tobacco cure.
Pretty bum coffee this morning. he remarked
dryly ihc first time she dropped the half teaspoon
full II the mixture into the cup
It's the same as we've been using right along"
she replied, crafuly.
Now. 10 and behold he was a pretty smooth
proposition himself. and he had, unbeknuwnst
To her seen the package holding the hagon Of
agin tobacco mixture when II was delivered
So atr5 dinner that evening he produced n large
bulky package of fine cut tobacco from his packet
II was the first chew he had ever taken IN her
presence, and she marveed greatly thcrcal,
but she determined Ia persist ith the treatment "
Dead rank ChlcOry again this morning, ism
IT." he inquired at breakfast the next morning,
I'm sure II tastes the same 10 me-, she replied.
That evening after dinner he produced u short.
black clay pipe aud u package of a new kind ~
Tobacco" that was as black as the ground work
Thought I'd bring this old tudcrn up from the
office, he explained chccrfully, Its as sweet M
n nut
Whcrcupon he filled the house with the aroma
Of punk that was strong enough to break rock
This grocery person who gets all Of my wages
is certainly doing us IN the coffee game he re-
marked when he tasted his cup next morning
Really" she said, gazing innocently nj the
ten cent bunch 81 astcrs in the middle al the table,
Il can't detect any difference"
And yet there are low forchcadS who don u
believe that all women arc actresses" said he Ia
himself On the way 10 his Office TIM! morning
That evening he brought home q box of auction
Stngics, and after he had smoked one of them
after dinner all Of the people in the nciHhhuring
flats stuffed cotton in the hall dour kcyhulcs and
closed the hall transoms
u must persist, though" thought his baillcd
little wife glnomlly.
Coffee tastes like stcwcd Eunnysack again
this morning he remarked nj the next break
fast She felt q bit sorry for him. hut she was
determined Ia usr up that llHgon II "agin inbaCco
II she had to chloroform him and pour it down his
Z throat
That evening, however, her resolution deserted
her After dinIcr for the frs, time To- her knowl
edge, he pulled out n package Of cigarettes Iii
one and began To smoke II,
She wcnt upstairs, poured out the remaining
portion II her SO worth of aEin tobacco and care
full" hid the bottle
"CoHrc'S all right this morning" said hc al
breakfast the next day
Yes" she inquired, Rhscnuy
when he had Finished his dinner that evening
delighted one OF his usual brand Of good cigars.
Men are mysterious Ia me she thought re
garding him out II the tail of her eye.
Women only think they re foxy" he Thought
blowing smoke rings into the Swiss curtains