Arizona republican., 1901-11-17

sions. public education, boots and shoes. and all cotton goods. And all | this wealth spent each year for the filthy, abomina ble soul and body pollut-
 ing thing-tobacco.
 But the waste of money is not the l only evil of tobacco. The bible tells
 us that the sins of the father shall be | visited upon the children-children even to'the third and fourth genera ton. and it was never truer of any
 sin than that of tobacco using. l knew of q young man who did not use to- bacco. but suffered from heart trouble that physicians called tobacco heart. due to his fathers excessive use of the weed. also know another young man whose parents abhor it. but who has always craved il and when he tried
 his first cigar. as alas. most boys do.
 he not only liked it. but it did not
 make him i'll. and the effect was de lightful in the extreme. He realizes u
 is an appetite he must guard most wig
 ilantly or it will overcome him. The
 only way it can be accounted for is
 that his grandfather had used it from
 the time he was a young boy.
 Another evil of tobacco is what is
 inflicted upon the non-users who are
 mostly women and children. We have
 it from the best medical authority that
 there are thousands of cases of heart
 and lung difficulties. besides numeT-
 ous other ailments among women and
 children that are caused by brea thing air poisoned with tobacco and by sleep
 ing with those who use it. For when
 the system gets full of nicotine it must
 be thrown off in some way or the in-
 dividuaI would die. The poison is most easily passed off through the skin and
 lungs. hence persons constantly in company with or sleeping with tobacco users absorb the poison. and these evils. heart lung trouble. etc. follow as q natural consequence.
 Right here I should like to give case that came to my notice a few years ago. It was the case of q baby daughter of friend of mine. Tn the first place ny friend married a man twice her own age who was an invet- crate swoker. Their first crild was very frail and did not grow and de velop as baby should.
 It seemed impossible to find any food that agreed with her. Week after week. month after month. she just seemed to be alive and that was all. never knew a child to be such a constant care; day and night they had to be up with her. They had many different physicians. but all were unable to find and remove the cause of the trouble but all agreed it was lack of nutrition and the child was slowly starving. At one year ol'I she weighed just seven pounds and was truly a living skeleton.
 About this time the case was placed in the hands Of my physician, but he was as greatly puzzled as the others. One day. in speaking of the case to him. asked him If he thought that the fathers smoking when caring tor the child could affect il. as l had heard him say he smoked to keep awake nights when up with the baby. The doctor made quick exclamation and said. Why did you not tell me that before The child is being poisoned," He at once had her taken to a large. airy upper room and gave orders that no tobacco smoke be allowed in that part of the house. In a short time she could retain her food and in six months seemed well and at two years old thirty pounds. She is now strong. healthy girl of ten years. It is needless to say that father learned lesson in narcotic poison ne will never forget
 How to interest people in this sub ject is q very difficult question. but ! think all will agree we must get hold of the boys and girls. One of the best ways to do this is through the schools 1 Here is where the foundation regarding tobacco, and especially the ciearette. | ought to reach the children. Try by influence. by literature aad through the press to instruct the teacfl- 1 CTS. A teacher who is informed on this ! subject is always a live enemy to to- bacco. l wish I had the time to give some of the facts concerning the use of { no f.ip fa a subject needing a whole paper to it. self. I will say. however. that there is ! 2 decrease in the manufa cture of them. | showing that people are becoming i alarmed and aroused to this great evil ! among our boys.
 Not willing that any should perish, ! the w. C. T. |. is asking the legisla- ! tuI es of several states to pass avs for | bidding the sale of tobacco to minors. i urging ministers and public speakers to !! warn the people of this great evil. De- ! tioning school boards to employ only ! those who free from this habit qs | teachers. distributing literature and do- | ing everything possible to induce men | using tobacco in any form to abstain | from It's use and to keep the boys from ! forming the habit. We have no con | -eption of the extent of the evil in- | luced by this poisonous narcotic or w,. would with one accord rise up against f and wage such q war upon it that | no man who cared for the respect or l \ omen would dare use il in her pres II 4nce or out of it.
 But for the popular use of tobacco wo- nen are not entirely blameless. Many Il If our young girls permit the smoking 'f 2 good co cigar in their presence. II Why. l rather like it. is the false ex- Iression that comes from many girlish II ipS. We must sound t0e tevpota nc