Evening journal., 1905-08-25
woMEN FOND OF SMOKING
Cigarettes Popular in LOndon-Japan-
csc Women Like Tobacco.

csc women like topacCos
Mrs. Hugh Frazer, the authoress,
sister OF Marion Crawford and niece
OF julia Ward Howe. who sailed recent
~ for Japan. IN her talk about her nfe
abroad told of the universality Of the
custom OF smoking among upper-class
women OF an nationalites.
strange as ii may seem, though -
she said. among the japanese women
have never seen one Of the nobility
smoke. No Japanese women of the
nobility. in fact, has ever admitted 10
me that she smoked. / presume they
do IL in their own homes. They may
not have spoken OF IT,, feeling that a
Western woman would object and il
would not be courteous 20 do So
"But ie the upper-class women are
not seen smoking, the middle and lower
class womea smoke constantly. on long
railroad Journeys You will always see
the women smoking. They smoke the
three Whias 81 tobacco that the little
pipe contains ana then IN and light
IL again They have told me that they
smoke a IN this way because 1t is the
first Whit Of the Tobacco that is agree
able. For my part. I think their to-
lhacco Is very bad. ] believe VI is home.
grown. and II is rot at all agreeable.
"My little japanese maids always
smoked though never in my presence
They used to g.; en- their stops and
smoke. but that vas IN their own
quarters. I once raised the wages Of
/ my personal maid ard the first thing
she lii was 10 engage a maid for Ecr-
self. and the duties Of the little g. ]
wrrc ctieny % rreTRre her tea AMI
make ready her pe.
All the uArer-clrss women abroad
smoke English. French German,
italians and Russians In MANY circles
in England II Is expected that 2igar-
cites shall be passed 90 women after
dinner, and they had a peculiar rule
there about smoking IN public. Al
after-th theatre suppers one always
smokes.
"All Russian women smoke, and
smoke a great deal, and 1 presume
that il is through them TO a great eX-
/ tent that the women of other countries
have taken up the practice. They have
an excellent tobacco that they use and
which is difficult 10 find. though it is TO
be had in London. in some OF the Rus
sian shops.
Turkish women, of course. smoke
constantly. and they use a very good
tobacco. French women / know less
about than those OF other nationalities.
and they vary. some using tobacco and
others objecting 10 It. German women
smoke: also the Italians. A woman of
the upper-class, Roman, would be
surprised not to be offered a cigarette
after dinner.
But speaking OF smoking, the wo-
men who smoke most of all are the
Austrian women. They smoke cigars.
1 shall never forget a dinner that was
given to the Prince Of Wales by the
British Embassy in Vienna. Sir Henry
Elliot was the Ambassador and my
husband was secretary of the Embassy.
The guest for this dinner had been
selected with great care; they were
distinguished people and all the most
beautiful women had been brought to-
gether The Viennese women are
charming and they wear exquisite
gowns The dinner passed off as il
should, and at its close Sir Henry rose
to conduct the Prince to the smoking
room, when. to our surprise, every
woman at that table rose and trOuped
after them. Those beautiful women il
their comely lOw-cut gowns and cover
ed with diamonds, disappeared into tbs
smoking room 70 finish their dinners
with cigars.
Lady Elliott and I said there wal
nothing for us to do but 10 sit dowr
and have little friendly chat together
for We could not possibly stand tbs
smoke in that room.
Il have seen fine old white-haired
ladies' in Vienna sitting tired out in
a ballroom. waiting to take home thu
daughters they were chaperoning, each
with o great cigar in her mouth.
IAN Austrian women is never ex-
pected to smoke until she is married
though / suppose the young girls do II
lin their own apartments. There was
one little Austrian duchess whose
name have forgotten, who was
burned 10 death while attempting "a
hide cigarette in the pocket Of a
Hight frock when her governess came
unexpectedly into the room when she
was smoking
In America l have found that wo-
linen who have Travelled often smoke
and otherwise there has been very lit
lie objection. and no one minds II
open my cigarette case after dinner
where they are not accustomed TO using
them. The most rigid objections have
found in Maryland and Virginia There
people are horrifed by the custom"