The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-19
TOBACCO: ITS FRIENDS
AND FOES.
THERE is MUCH sENSEIlEss PREJU-
DICE AGAINST SMOKING AND
SMOKERS.
Other Practices Are Quite as Injuri-
Gus and Pernicious as This,

GUS ana fernlC1OuS This,
(From the New York SUM-
In the discussion, conclusion and per-
cussion about tobacco it seems to us
that the smokers have shown rather
more amenity and good temper than
their opponents. If our impression is
correct the effect Of smoking as a soother
of the mind and an inspirer of phaliso-
phical calm is too much neglected by the
weed haters. Among the western nations
the Germans are pre-eminent for the con-
struction of systems of philosophy, and
their gift for sustained reflection and
metaphysical subtlety has been enriched,
If not acquired, by generations of pains
taking smoking. The pipe of peace of the
Indians is famous and if the smokers of
it are naturally Of the peaceful character
the apologists of tobacco may plead that
the Indian is much older and the Indian
weed and that the latter has not had
time enough to reclaim him utterly from
SaVagery.
Still, if the smell and sight of tobacco
nave as Ill an effect upon the temper of
the nonsmokers as they have good effect
upon the temper of the smokers, on
which side of the moral balance sheet
does tobacco stand. Numerically the
smokers must be in the minority. We
are speaking of this country and not of
Holland. If all the unsmoking had the
rage against tobacco that possesses some
of our correspondents there would be
prohibitory laws against tobacco in most
states
1t is queer that Kansas has not to-
bacco prohibition statute or constitutional
amendment now. But there is time
enough Mrs. Nation may yet turn her
battle Ratchet against the painted saw
ages that stand in front of the cigar
shops. She seems to have something of
the fierceness of the aborigines in her
blood, and she hates tobacco as Wind
Allen hates to be silent.
Questions of temper are delicate Tn
derstand that we are far from meaning
that the temper of any extreme assailant
of tobacco is single degree below the
angeical as to any other subject than
what John B. Cough used to call the
black devil" The sunniest temper has
it's moments of shade. There are good
men who are made furious when they
hear whistling and persons of a sanity
sweetness of disposition are soured tenn
porarily when a gripman starts his car
with that overthrowing jerk which is
the badge of all his tribe. Some people
can put up with everything but cats,
and some with everything but smoking.
So the world is made. and 1t would be
millions of diameters duller were It made
differently.
When q man can tabulate however.
his prejudices or theories may be sup
posed TO be tempered by cool mathema-
tics or some science Of numbers and ar
rangement Welcome and instructive
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g. Leads TO doubtful companionship
T. Leads 20 worse resorts.
O. Leads 90 drinking.
g. sets bad example 10 ones grow
ing children.
q Wastes time.
s. D. almost universally practiced BY
the low. vicious and criminal
. can With difficulty b. practiosd 10
moderation.
d. De- unpleasant iB the home.
ID. lntffferes WITH digestive process
~ lnfcffrreH With procuring ne in-
suTanee tobacco hfonl.
From which twelve anii-tobaoeo jury
men soc unrsfenorate might apDfal %
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