The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-07
DEVOTEES OF my
LADY NICOTlNE''


about it. There's where all our best n
cigarettes go. Yes they sometimes il
come in carriages and call some one a
out from the store to give their orders, e
but oftener the orders are sent by mes y
sengers, or the cigarettes are purchased
by their young men friends. The fell =.
lows buy a lot of ladys cigarettes. I ,
am sure I don't know what for. Per- {
haps they can tell you better than D
can Y
1.-The fellows" however are singular
ly reticent on the subject, although {
now and thenaone caught red-handed
in the act of making the tell-tale pur-
chases will talk in an abstract way.
From one such it was learned that there
are a number of little dens of iniquity,
so to speak, where the daring maiden
plunges into the wild dissipation of
Turkish cigarette One such den, it is
said, is the little house over the sea, at
the end of the long trestle pier at Wal
kiki. Swimming parties, after a bath
| in the surf, frequent the place, and in |
| the evenings if one but knew the sex
| of the person at the other end of |
large percentage of the cigarette lights, |
one might be greatly surprised-if one
were skeptical on the point. The court
at the top of the Moana Hotel is said,
also, TO be a favorite afternoon resort
of the feminine devotees of MY Lady
nicotine" and were the little Celestial
bellboys down town given to bearing
witness, it is also suggested, the skep-
teal would find more evidence that Ho-
inolulu ladies do smoke, the mosquito
,preof corners of the hotel lanais being
very popular for the hour of the cigar
lette, comfortably screened off frop the
gaze of the critical.
When asked about it themselves, the
ladies say, o dear, no! they don't
, smoke of course not, but that if they
really wanted to. why they wouldn't
see any harm in it. Why not, they ar
que, it is not a day of narrow minds,
and so long as one cares to risk the
effect on ones lungs, why there is no
, tnlofal question unless one is very pref
udiced and entirely behind the times.
Besides, they say. all the girls of So
ciety in the Mainland cities do 1t. and
L why should Honolulu hesitate? Sucn
argument to women who hook at the
subject thus, is certainly conclusive.
s Any argument of any sort would fail
: to be conclusive to the woman who
Hooks at it in the other way, so it
depends altogether upon the view
l point.
One of the women who look at ii
: from the other view point, asks and
e answers the question, "Why do they
n smoker" She says they smoke, in the
h first place, for variety They get it
e into their heads that they look pretty
p when they smoke, and therefore, with
, that idea, they of course smoke. If
. they don't think they look pretty
{ smoking, perhaps they get the idea
e that it is smart, or trif1e wicked
fa ~
r. vanity, in it. Perhaps, this woman
: allows, there are some who smoke be-
e cause they really like to smoke but
s she thinks they first take up the prac-
- tice1 from some form OF vanity and
learn to like it, or get the habit
After that, they are sincere smokers
and in her opinion, more entitled te
e respect than the woman who smokes
1t for mere variety.
N The smoking of a cigarette by
is woman, must always, to great man!
It people, be associated with the drink
,+ ing of bottle of wine and the kicking
- of a chandelier. Therefore, TO a grea
many people the practice of smoking
'e among women will always be abhor
rent, and regarded as impossible t
re propriety and good morals. 1t is an
of other case of the view point
10 However, the woman whose code i
ce elastic enough to permit of indulgence
w in the weed, is numerous enough t
g form a generous sprinkling Throughout
- the entire feminine population, henc
one hears rumors of dainty little smok
IL ing jackets that are Just too swee
r for anything" and of silver and gold
ut lyea, and diamond studded cigarett
es cases in all sorts of designs. On
on catches bits of conversations that ar
k eloquent with uggeStion-Somethin
IF about a chatelaine arrangement of Gig
re arctic cases, little matchboxes and tin
-, bottles of nicotine stain removers, etc
ny lcleverly disguised for visible display, o
KS to be attached Shades of Queen Eliz
Is, abeth) to the jewelled garter.
O. A peep in at what might be an af
IL, Iternon tea, if there were any tea viSi
ur BILE, also gives one ideas about whethe
in women smoke or not. Some of tn
10 guests wear the fingers of kid glove
"a on the two dainty digits between whic
~ the cigarette is held. so that their tel
rs rible secret will not be told in tn
sn yellow stains of the nicotine. Other
Ike pin their faith to lemon juice and am
Lr- monia. Some of them excel in tn
is blowing CT rings, dreanily reclinin
I'm on divan or couch, ana another dis
covers herself to be particular
nd graceful in the Ticking off of the as
- from the end of half-burned cigarett
-. with the end of her little finger,
'iu this is her particular pose. Others. al
adopts in the rolling of the smoke
ire and declare that the best and mo:
SIX highly recommended brands are M
TT. equal to the delight Of a smoke"
". their own manufacture, albeit the
III should spill half their tobacco in II
acc rolling. A big, round bowl of rose-js
;as design, with a dainty holder for hi
~. papers, is the pride OF this devote
tie of My Lady Nicotine the tooace
is bowl having central place among II
'es dainty miscellany of her table.
lc- Are the girls encouraged in the hab
, a of smoking by young men? This is
,re question that different people answ'
Ia differently. In a recent number of or
NV of the magazines there is the story
80 small boy who fell In love with
i ,,7 little girl at dancing school; the a
'iil fair ripened, and to help matters alor
tie the small boy became acquainted wit
the little girls brother, who confide
,as to him that@he, the brother. belongt
an to a wonderful society, and invited hi
alf | to join. The small boys name w;
rae Dickey The little girls name was c
nor celia. and she lsped. 1t seems TIL
- the requirement for membership in Il