The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-23

sidered But she ought to do it with discretion
and not 60 about dressed in q wnv that seems
I" 0ay, ] am w"aTllg this because 1t L. the
most becoming color in the world To me. al
though very few other women can ever put II
on. and this little bit OF red in my hat l. intended
az tribute 10 the cool autumn day- and shows
that appreciate how a woman should dress
70 suit The seasons. That style Of dressing
Is the aputheosi- Of M" obvious and. IN my
opinion, very bad form. If dressing i a real art 20
The propri"ty Of the cigarette for women
may be eterndiIy disputed. Certainly opin-
Ion a. to whether they should smoke or not
i ~ varied "a II ever Wa. II is just a. true
mat the women who enjoy a cigarette per-
severe and do not apparently suffer from in
dulginR this taste with discretion. Most women
know the overgrown college student who -ays
patroni2ingly. oh, no, | don't mind womens
smoking but | shouldn't at all like to see my
sister smoke OF M wife, II ! had one. This
familiar oracle j. usually too youthful TO have
It make much difference what he say, or thinks
and only the most faiLt-hearted smoker would
over abandon her cigarette because of hi>
diIspprova. Men Of experience are either
indifferent tu the cigarette question, holding
tlat a woman has q right to do ~ she WHut,
M such u case, 80 long rs she never fOrgetS
what Is due 10 her, position, or they nro deci-
slvely opposed To IL. with no liberation of the
hablt IN the women they have n right to con-
troll. There j. practically no class that OWNS
10 u ufNEUl III seeing women smoke.
smoking among women l. more common in
Iurop" than IN the lnited States and here II
J. much more frequently seen in New York
aud the a~teru citie~ than in the NcSt and
South. In Europe any suggestion that smoking
Was Improper for women would be received
WIN ahldl'tu"ri. II might IN" thought un-
would not bc discussed There could be 40
room for such az Opiltuu IN countries whore
smoking l. 80 common among the highly placed
u IT i ia most oI the European nations The
Princess Of Wales set the seal OF the highest
approval ~ Great Britain on the fashion ,f
smoking nearly a score Of yrar- ago. when She
had her servants hand about at n diuI,r for
wuucI small Cigarette of a kind she had
smoked for YEAR before that. lhi~ made tho
habit permissible To all women in Great britain.
n II had indeed 'rcdrd ANY such couuteNauco.
p!'ru Victoria N'll-kuowu opposition to
lh' prar'rr va not enough 10 ~dl.,ulragr
u, v%otdrir- after the Princess had given 1t her
frank approval.
Only one of queen Nictori1- daughter, eyer
showed how hlil" -hc cared Tor M" rpNal ugiu-
wanted 70 This vl- the Princess Louise The
Prince, Alice, on tt" other hand. shared 80
my h'r p"l1"r- W'lu'I"" and transmitted
! Ia. her d.uIh'"rS 90 llul. That The pr"-rut
tz1rinu Of Pu--iI hl~ asked the ludio- nf the
liu.'lth 'ulE. not to Simon" Im her ur".ou,r
TIN wa naturally an uupo'llr prohibition IN
women diving Through m" -%trc',- IN ou"u ar
NJ" quiet 0t their own hDuiOir~ Middle aged.
Il .lutN dressed women do NOT hesitate to ride
through the streets ufS' Petersburg and Nn. COW
smoking "lg1r"tt"- H~ uuu,r 'mOuiou-lN H- a
m'-"UEor h"N on the roar coat ~ % rIhir clr
The EI-,illl women throughout Europe mike
VERY ll'l" ALLOWANCE Tor ih" prejudice" Of other
countries w r'-rprf 10 their favorifr I,hif
The. even -iNuk" 'gIr- in restaurant. and
hotels, I- up,rn~cipu, 81 an, 'liIr uuu.ulI in
N" proceedings a. ," men scented about them
smoking b. much cpWmuucr anon. Ito
Austrian women thIu among the ,,euuar..
Irobthl' hoolJ~e the late Empress mad, no con
said a. have led her ~ smoke daily n n nh.r
tha' would have" upset the nerves and stomach