The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-30
WOMAN'S
WORLD.

men may by eternaily disputed. Certainly
Union as to whether they should smoke
~ not is as varied as IL ever was. II is
enc. as true that the women who enjoy
cigarette persevere and do not nppar-
entity suffer from indulging this taste with
.-ts.retlon. Most women. says tho New
work sun. know the overgrown college
.,gdent who says patronizingly "Oh. no.
DON'T mind women's smoking: but
.souldn't at all like TO see my sister
suoke or my wife. II had one" This
famliar oracle 10 usually too youthful to
have Il make much difference what he
avs or thinks and only the most faint
hearted smoker would ever abandon her
.earette because OF his disapproval. Men
~ experience are either indifferent to the
r.saretie question. holding that woman
las right to do as she wants in such a
case so long as she never forgets what
is due TO her position. or they are de-
,.siveIy opposed 20 Il. with no federation
ai the habit In the women they have
light to control. There Is practically no
class that owns 20 a delight In seeing wo-
men smoke.
in Europe than in the United states and
rere II Is much more frequently seen IN
New York and tho Eastern cities than in
tbe West and South. In Europe any sug-
aestlon that smoking ~ improper for
women would be received with amaze
meut Il might be thought unheathful
a. expensive. but hs improperly would
tot be discussed. There could be no room
Tor such an opinion In countries where
smokiug IS common among the highly
placed as u IS In most OF the European
nations The Princess Of Wales set the
seal OF the highest approval In Great
Britain on the fashion OF smoking nearly
q score OF years ego. when she had her
servants hand about at dinner for wO-
mon small cigarettes OF n kind she had
smoked for years before thnt. This made
tho habit permissible 60 all women In
Great Britain, " Il had indeed needed any
such counteuance. Queen Nictoria's we'll
known opposition 10 the practice was not
enough TO discourage It's votaries after
the Princess had given Il her frank ap-
provaL
only one OF Queen vidtoria's daughters
ever showed how little she cared for the
royal opinion IN such matters BY smoking
whenever she wanted to. This was the
Princess Louise. The Princess Alice. on
srs prejudice and transmitted 81 to her
daughters 10 fully that the present Gar
ina Of Russia has asked the ladies' OF the
Russian court not TO smoke In her pres
,ncr. This was naturally an unpopular
Prohibition In n country that offers the
astonishing sight OF women driving
through the streets In open carriages ana
enjoying cigarettes as freely as In the
quiet OF their own houdolrs. Middle aged
puiuly dressed women do not hesitate to
ride through the streets OF 81. Petersburg
and Moscow smoking cigarettes a. uncer-
enormously as a messenger hoy on the
taar seat OF cable car. The Russian
women throughout Europe make very lit
Tee allowance for the prejudice OF other
Countries in respect TO their favorite
habit They even smoke cigars in restau-
rants and hotels. as unconscious of any
thing unusual IN the proceedings as the
men seated about them.
Smoking Is much commoner among the
Austrian women than among the Germans
probably because the late Empress made
no ooncealment OF her taste Tor cigarettes.
which Is said 90 have led her 90 smoke
daily a number that would have upset the
nerves and stomach or almost any man
queen Margherita Is another popular SOW
tIfigu who o. frank user OF tonacco IN
tHe form Of mild and small cigarettes.
ana 30 is the Queen OF spain, who. rs an
Austrian. might have been expected 60
sHi1v the habit even n II had not been
her fate to rule over country IN which
fhe cigarette Is almost as popular with
the women as II Is with the men. The
Queen OF Greece and Wurtemberg were
both Russian grand duchesses and their
Weakness Is for tobacco in the form OF
rather strong Russian cigarettes that are
made after the custom in st. Petersburg
according 10 the formula they have al
Rufs used.
Tie Queen OF the little Balkan cOun-
tries could not be expected 20 dispense
with this attribute OF royalty, which they
saw la courts so important to them as
tie Austrian and the Russian. They have
60 little that belongs TO the queenly sta
ton besides the name. that they could
g. forgiven for acquiring any habit they
knew to be popular with what w ;. Git
bert calls regular, regular, downright
queens" SO Carmen sylvia OF koumanlh
and ex-Qucen Natalie OF Servia are IN
GUIDED In the list OF queenly smokers.
Ey.n the somewhat austero Henrietta Of
Belgium Is said to be a confirmed Gig
arctic smoker Ia moderation. With such
examples before their eyes II IL not sur
prlsing that women who smoke are much
more numerous abroad than they are In
the United States There Is one otheF
marked difference between them and the
American women who take pleasure IN a
cigarette Here the habit Is nearly always
an assumption among all but women or
certain class. In Europe tho feminine
smokers do Il because they enjoy the et-
fe Is OF a cigarette just as men do II y
O. much a habit with them as Il Il Win
mon II Is not taken up there because II
8 cosmopolitan or smart or the proper
thing to do Just at the moment. Here u
Is usually some such cause that makes
woman a smoker. But In Europe Il y
me enjoyment to be had from the ehee's
OF tobacco.
group OF women. says Dorothy DIN
iu the New Orleans Picayune, were tax
Ing about charity the other day. and after
they had rather threshed the subject out
along conventional lines. one of them said.
Sometimes / think there ~ nothing OF
which we have a cruder or a more dis
torted comprehension than OF CHARITY
our picture OF need may be said to be
represented by a whlsky-soaked tramp
who always requires n dime, kind lady
to get a nights lodging. or a frowsy
woman who presents "a filthy paper stat
ing she Is tho mother Of half dozen
small children. oil under years OF age.
20 whose support oil Christian people are
fequested to contribute. Il Is 30 much
sssier 20 give than u r. to look into
cases OF destituiion that we permit our
selves 10 be held up on every street cor
a rNa.