The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-01
HOTEL PUTS BAN
ON CIGARETTES
A. Fred Wey of Wilson Issues
Order TO Employees.
FINE OF 81 FOR EXTRACTION
HABITUAL SMOKING CAUSE FOR
DISCHARGE.


a Fred Wey. proprietor or the Wilson
ho1ei, has placed a ban upon cigarette
smoking among his employees during
working hours. An infraction of the rules
costs the offender a fine OF 81. Repeated
offenses bring about a dismissal \ man
or boy VINO is q habituaI smoker. not be-
ing able to control has desires in that di-
rectiOn after he is through work, is per
soma non grata. and practically sure OF
discharge.
8Ir. Wey who is largely responsible for
q similar movement among Severa! large
hotels ID Chicago and New York, said
yesterday afternoon that he Is determined
10 discharge and break the cigarette
smoking habit among his employees II he
can lie has gone To the extent of post
lng notices in several conspicuous places
in the hotel warning his employees against
smoking cigarettes during working hours,
Swing them notice Of what the penalty
IS Personally every employe has been
warned.
Reasons For the Act.
.'The cigarette smoking habit is vic
ious one said Mr.. Wey yesterday aft
ernoon. and I for one do not propose 10
submit TO il among my employees. If
they want 20 smoke pipe or a cigar
while at work-provided, of course their
duties are at such place where the
fumes of smoke do not reach the guests
they are al liberty TO DO 50, but DO cigar
cites. Z have posted a notice warning all
taApty1 -s 70 give up the Ddnlt WINE DlA
duty. An offense costs a fine of 81 Re
peated iufractiOns of the rule meet with
discharge. After working hours, outside
Of the hotel. have no control over my
employees in that regard. But man VINO
IS fiena TO the extent that he smoker
cigarettes All the time after he leaves
the building is persona non grata.
some time ago one of my boys set fire
10 his bed clothes with q cigarette. lie
was sitting up in bed, reading and sfn0k-
Ing IN some manner his bedding caught
fire. That IS one reason why I have put
a stop 70 thai ha Bit AnOtherIs that cigar
cite smoke is very obnoxious to some peo-
pie. and in "a place like this we are bound
to look after the caprices of our guests
as much as possible We have no control
over our guests but when Il comes to
employees We. have, and ] do not propose
to keep a man in this hotel Who smokes
cigarettes while on duty.
About three monthsragO. while in Chi
cago 7 had talk with several hotel men
and the editor Of the Hotel World about
this very matter. They agreed with me
that the practice among hotel employees
should be stopped. So when / returned
home ] put uIE theory into practice. I
see that the editor of the World has TAX
en- the matter up and is urging upon all
hotel men 10 adopt my idea.
Some Places Forbid Even Guests.
1T has taken such hold that in more
than one Chicago and New York cafe
You will see signs to the effect that no
cigarette smoking is permitted in that
room In the rear are smaller dining OF
wine rooms. the walls of which are
adorned with the sign that cigarette
smoking is permitted there While
admit that it is pretty hard TO restrict
cigarette smoking in large cafe where
men sit and smoke over their black cof-
fee, still the comforts of the public must
be taken into consideration
Nowadays women frcquenT these large
cafes more than they used to- and TO
many of them certain brands Of cigar
cites are very ubnoxious II actually
drives them either from the cafe or into
smaller rooms, just TO get away from
the penetrat ting and sickeuing odor. 1t
is not nearly as cheerful c0oped up in q
small dining or wine room and in many
cases afteF-theatre or other dinners are
foregoDe by women just because they
won't sit iu "a cafe and be disconnected
by cigarette smoke
1t IS a bad practice even among men.
but when bell boys and OTHER youths take
II I'D Pr IS time 10 put a stop to it.
will not let my employees indulge inc the
habit during working hours They must
either give up the cigarette or the posi-
ton