Evening star., 1900-08-18
ROYALTY AND CIGARETTES
MANY QUEENS SMOKE, But OTHERS
sTERNLY OPPOSE THEIR USE.
Queen Victoria Has . Horror OF To-
baccO In Any Form - Fancy and
Fashion in Dainty Outfits.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
Her majesty the Queen of England has
an intense horror of smoking, for men
quite much as for women. The weed is
prohibited at Windsor Castle and at Balmo-
raj. The lady has been known to cause her
secretary TO address letters to various cahi-
net ministers complaining of the arena Of
tobacco with which official documents sub
mitted for her signature were impregnated-
Her august son, the Prince of Wales. pays
her but few visits on this account. He is
an inveterate smoker and is seldom without
a cigar between his lips. The one reason
why he leases a manson every summer at
Ascot for the race week at expense OF
$50, 600, merely for a few days, is because
her majesty declines to loan him her cas-
tie for the time unless he promises that
there. shall be no smoking on the part OF
himself, his friends or his attendants.
OF the queens daughters only the Prin-
cess Louise smokes regularly, but the
Princess of Wales and the Princess Maud of
Denmark are accustomed to indulge in an
occasional cigarette.
1t was in 1882 that cigarette smoking
among ladies received official sanction-the
Princess of Wales put them on the table or
had them passed with the coffee at a din
ner given to women only.
Queens and Their Tobacco.
Eleven queens use tobacco. The Dowager
Empress of Russia, Queen Olga Of Greece.
Queen Olga of Wurtemberg, the Queens of
Hungary and Belgium, the Queen Regent
of Spain, Queen Amelie of Portugal Queen
Marguerite of Italy, Carmen Sylvia, the
Roumanian queen, Queen Natalie of Servia
and the Queen of Egypt, The late Empress
of Austria used to smoke thirty cigarettes
a day. The Queen Of Spain. when at work.
is seldom without an Egyptian cigarette be-
tween her lips or in box close at hand
1t is the special privilege of ''Bubi'' (young
Alphonso KID to light the cigarettes for
his mamma. When the little king becomes
old enough to reign over nation he will
have no Havana" The Dowager Empress
of Russia only smokes in her boudoir.
Queen Natalie is devoted to the weed The
Queen of Roumania carries little golden
box filled with cigarettes. The Queen OF
| Portugal gets her cigarettes from Dresden.
Her mother, the Comtesse de Paris, is ad-
dcted to mild Havanas of delicious flavor,
and she is source of considerable fortune
to her dealer in smoking outfits, as she
uses only those which are most rare and
costly.
Queen Olga of Greece, who is a Russian
grand duchess. and Queen Olga of Wurtem-
burg, also Russian. are members of roy
atty who burn cigarettes. 1t is quite
matter cf course in Russia that ladies
smoke. The members of the court, how
ever, have been requested by the CZarina
Alexandra Feodorovna not to smoke in her
presence-a request which is equal to
command. Her majesty also objects to see
ing men smoke, and the czar, since his
marriage, is not nearly so devoted to his
well-known meerschaum pipe. so familiar
to all the Russian court. The czarina in
herits her adherence of tobacco from her
mother, the Princess Alice. Other royal
ladies addicted to the weed are the Queen
of Hungary and Henrietta of Belgium.
Royal Pipe.
The Queen of Egypt--or the wife of the
khedive-smokeS a narghile water pipe.
which is more picturesque than prosafc
| cigarette. She has a narghile of great
magnificence. The bowl is of engraved rock
| crystal mounted in chased gold, fashioned
| in the form of a lotus flower. The tube is
concealed by deftly wrought network of
| pink silk and gold thread. while the amber
mouthpiece and gold plateau are one mass
of sparkling jewels.
| 1t is in the orient indeed, that smoking
| has developed into fine art. The ladies
| of the Zenana are restricted to gossip, cof-
| fee and tobacco, and nowhere else are
| these things brought to such a standard OF
| perfection. In the Turkish harem the wo-
| mer inhale the fumes of yellow 'Jenidjie,
| OF ''kirilschillar." and nibble "rahat-lak-
| oum," or bonbonS.
| An offset to the eleven august ladies. oc-
| cupants of thrones, who smoke. are the
eight majesties who do not: the Queen of
| Eng. and, the cZarina. the Empress and
! Dows ger Empress of Germany, the Queen
| of Sixony, the Queen of Sweden, Queen
Wilkelmina and the Dowager Queen Emma
| of Holland.
Less August Smokers.
OF grand ladies, of more or less exalted
position. who are in the census of smokers
there are the imperial archduchesses Of
Austria, who smoke to their hearts content
and in the most public manner; the Prin-
| cesses of Bavaria, many of the great ladies
| of France as the Duchess d Ages and the
| Duchess de Maille. The fashion of smoking
| was set in FRANCE by the Empress Eugene
| mere than quarter of a century ago. Inc
| empress, like all Spantards, was always
| happiest when putting clouds of fragrant
smoke. During the Napoleonic regime there
| was scarcely a corner of the Tuilleries. ST
| Cloud or Compiegne, which was not redo
| lent with fumes of tobacco.
The Infanta Eulalie smokes. as those
| who had the pleasure of meeting her when
| she was in this country can TESTIFY of eN-
| uuisite little Spanish cigarettes she had
| supply and what they lacked in size they
made up in strength. Her smoking outfit
| was dainty to degree-a lovely gold poX
| with grotesque carvings, set with diamonds
| and rubies to hold the cigarette, tray
| with dainty patties for receiving the ashes,
a match safe of exquisite workmanship.
vase-form flied with cigarette holders and
| a vestal lamp of lovely shape and design.
| In their use of the fragrant weed the
Japanese have displayed supreme refine
| ment The toughest coolie, equally with
| the lady of rank the minister of state.
are all content with tiny pipe, which does
| not hold enough to make even Queen Nab
| sneeZe. Into a bowl the size of an acorn
| cup they insert a little rolled pill of the
| fine-cut leaf, thrust it into the glowing
| charcoal and inhale just one fragrant Whit
| of blue smoke. Then they shake out the
| little burning plug and load up for a second
| ippuka The habit of smoking a great pipe
| full to the bitter end is incomprehensibe to
| the Japanese.
Much fancy and fashion are displayed in
| smoking gear. Ladies carry their pipes In
| long siik-embroidered cases, and the to-
bacco in silken pouch attached by sill
| yer or jeweled clasp. The pipe itself may
| be commonplace article in reed and
| brass, a work of art in silver or gold
| elaborately chased and enameled.
BOudOir Comforts.
| From the Philadelphia Times.
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