Evening journal., 1905-03-29
SCHOLARS WARNED
AGAINST SMOKING
Rev. Mr.. Miller of Washing
ton Addressed High School
on Cigarettes
EVILS WERE ALL POINTED OUT

The Rev. o. r. Miller. OF Washington,
d. c.. addressed the High School this
morning at the opening exercises on the
evils of cigarettes. The 1000 scholars evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed his short, spicy address,
for they enthusiastically cheered him at
the close
He gave three arguments against Gig
are;tes as follows:
/. Cigarettes injure the mind. The pois-
onous drugs put in the cigarette tobacco
and the cigarette wrappers make boy
dun. stupid. sleepy and dopey. The boy
who uses cigarettes cannot keep up
with his class In school and while other
boys are being promoted he makes no
progress. but before long is likely 70
drop out OF school because his mind is
so affected that he cannot study or he
cannot remember what he tries TO study.
Hence he loses his interest I'm school, ana
sooner or later he drops out. Many boy
has even been made insane by the use Of
cigarettes II also weakens his viii power
and stupefies his sense Of right and
wrong.
p Cigarettes injure the body. Cigarettes
weaken the action of the heart and make
Il beat feeble and irregular. A healthy
heart is like a strong pump which pumps
the blood to every part OF the body and
it beats with the regularity Of a perfect
clock But when a boy begins to smoke
cigarettes the strength and regularity
of the hearts action is injured. Anything
that Injuries the heart. Injuries the whole
body. hence ought to be avoided. The
United States Government several years
ago when enlistins soldiers for service
in the Spanish-American war, found
that most of the young men who wer,
rejected were victims Of the cigarette
habit. Not one young man in ten who
was a habitual user OF cigarettes had ,
sound heart: hence tens OF thousands OF
the Young men Of the United States faileC
TO pass a satisfactory examination an,
We're rejected because of the use of ciga
rettes.
They have often been called "comi
nails" because they hasten a boy int
; his coffin, for the more cigarettes a DO.
smokes the sooner he will be put into hi
) coffin.
4 9. Cigarettes injupe success IN life
Business men everywhere are more AM
E more refusing 10 employ "a boy or youn
i man who smokes cigarettes, as cigarette
a make a boy incapable OF performing N
L best service. Hence "a boys chances O
Z getting a good position when he get
s through school are greatly reduced If h
smokes cigarettes. The boy who does ny
smoke cigarettes will get a better pos
tion than the boy who does smoke. Tn
young men who are climbing to the TO
of the ladder of success never smoke Gig
, arettes. President Roosevelt never smoke
/, cigarettes. neither does he ever use to
J bacco in any form. Every one Of tn
States have passed restrictive law
against the sale Of cigarettes-most q
4 them forbidding the sale Of cigarettes
boys under Is years of age; and fou
States have absolutely prohibited IN
manufacture and sale Of cigarettes I
anybody, and every State and territor
ought to do So The Pennsylvania la
forbids the sale of cigarettes TO boy
y under p years of age. our society
n pressing national, Interstate anti-cil
arctic law before congress to crush th
II evil.
u In closing his address Mr.. Miller urge
i the girls to frown on cigarette smokln
" and said a sensible girl knowing the II
jury Of cigarettes TO the mind body an
4, future success, should even refuse
! walk on the street with young ma
~ with cigarette In his mouth.
sThe Rev. Mr. Miller spoke last Sun
day evening on Good Tidlngs from n
. National Capital" in which. among 9TH
4, things he referred to the work of his 81
ciety in pressing before Congress a nj
- tional law 20 suppress this evil.
He is field secretary of the Refor
\. Bureau of Washington. d. c.. of whic
Il the Rev. DIR. w. Il. Crafts is supcrintel
dent