New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-05
TOBACCO USERS ATTACKED.
Halter OF THE HABIT OPPOSED TO CIV
ING THEM ANY PRIVILEGES

| To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I read the communication from Smoker
| in Tuesdays issue with much surprise. That one
OF n class who already granted by custom and
law defe the pure air supplied by nature for
all her beings should have developed his selfishness
to the extent Of publicly asking for more considera-
ton in the matter OF making nuisance OF himself
| Is astounding The answer OF "A Brooklyn Wom
an" while strictly TO the point does not meet the
case as It should be met probably because OF the
natural tmidity of the am a man. but not
smoker nor the OF smoker. and feel that
women alone not the only ones TO be considered
in this matter.
Not only I'm this country. but in England nd on
the Continent. l have been In places where was
obliged to fill my lungs with air laden with vile
doors from the drunkards throat and the tobacco
users anatomy, making II truly nauseating. These
smells to not picked in them, are far worse
than the perfume Of the stables. and are fully as
bad as those carried by the lowest scavenger. who
is compelled by municipal law to carry on his work
at night only; yet some men bring them before us
continually and have redress. Such
IRENE selhshness can hardly be found In any other
class in the world The why there is not a
more general protest against such monopoly Is be-
cause the number Of offenders is great that little
attention is paid to the rights of non-users. That
/ am not alone in my views on this subject will
prove by two extracts, the first from an editorial
in New-Jersey newspaper:
Standing the platform, regardless OF the rights
Of others smoker puffed volumes of vile cigarette
smoke into the face OF every oncoming passenger.
It was an open and sickening insult but so COM
mon has this become, and so benumbed Is the
smoker TO all finer sensibilities. that men and
women alike compelled to meet such insults in
public places every day. Ordinary English Is pow
erless TO describe the disgust excited by the indie
cent and uncviized practices that careless smokers
perpetrate in public. Few odors are more detesta-
BILE than the breath of the smoker laden with the
stale poison OF tobacco
The following is an extract from a Missouri pa
per- giving in his words experience Of a
railroad conductor on his train not long ago:
AS sat on seat near the end Of the saw
a well-dressed man vigorously chewing tobacco
and splitting on the floor In the seat in front OF
him sat a lady dressed in white. When / arose to
go through the ] passed him. and noticed a
great puddle OF the chocolate-colored fluid at his
feet which had under the seat and thoroughly
soaked the dress OF the lady In front. stood and
looked at It I'll he asked What have you got to
say about IT." I replied. II just wondering
why God made two-legged hogs. when fouregged
ones are worth much more" passed on, only
wishing he would report to the company for
discourteous language
II n man must defle himself with the disgusting
tobacco habit. let him absent himself from society
for time. as does the heather Chnee" with his
opium and indulge TO his hearts content, but let
no one force upon others that from which they
cannot escape. and which is SO Objectionable to
many H. II. SlMklN.
Battle Creek. Mich. June 20. 1899.