Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-21
AS THE SMOKER VIEWS II
CRITICISM OF RECENT REAR
PLATFORM RESTRICTION.
Drawing Closer the Limitations Sur
rounding the Privileges Of the
Consumer of Nicotine.

THE limitation of the privileges of men
who smoke are slowly but surely becom
ing the more circumscrihed," said the
man with the pipe to another man with
a cigar on the tail end Of trailer on the
14th street line q few bright mornings
ago.
That's right" acauiesced the man with
the cigar. Within the next generation
perhaps there will be city ordinances
prohibiting smoking on the streets-at
least IN the shopping districts; our sweet
sisters are so susceptible to the fumes OF
tobacco as they say after marriage:
before the knot is tied they all Just love
the odor OF a good cigar They have
such queer ideas, you know
Morning Smoke Prevented.
Tho recent order OF the car conpa-
Mes resumed the man with the pipe,
prohibiting smoking except upon the
rear platforms OF the closed trailers and
the last four seats OF the open cars Is an
innovation that shuts out hundreds OF
men every morning and evening from
their accustomed smoke on their way
to the office and home again.
1T will be found to be particularly as-
gravating this winter. and thereafter,
for the reason that the various COM
panies are substituting the big. new
wide platformed car with side seats for
the familiar trailer. both open and
closed. AS regards the improvement IN
the style of cars and convenience OF the
passengers the change is a welcome one
to the public at large, but why curtail
the former smoking privileges enjoyed
upon these cars?
None ride upon the rear platforms
but men, and men as a great rule do not
object to their fellow-smokers enjoying
Whit in the open air: within doors 1t
is another matter. Smokers constitute an
appreciably heavy percentage of regular
car patrons. and as such are entitled
to just as much recognition as any other
one contingent of patrons who are daily
and regular riders. To thousands OF
business men and employees IN the de-
partments. where in each instance as
rule smoking indoors Is forbidden, the
morning smoke on the cars down town
is the only time that an unrestricted
pipe cigar may be INDUCED in.
Patronage of Smokers.
1.-The patronage of this class of men
is respected and sought by oil kinds OF
common carriers. Transatlantic steamers,
river and ferry boats. steam railway COM
panies and others offer inducements and
opportunities to the man with the pipe
or cigar. Even the theatera hotels.
apartment houses on the larger scale
and other places Of public and private
entertainment and amusement invite the
patronage of the smoker. and all of these
places are under roof. There is an
abundance of room on street cars for the
accommodation OF patrons who do not
wish to smoke or to inhale the smoke
from others without shutting the latter
completely out of it as though tobacco
smoke were a poisonous gas. And now
that winter is here, when usually only
smokers will stand on the platforms. es-
pecially at night, the only thing really
accomplished by the new order Is to
curtail the cigar bills of the riders
But what can all the fellows who
smoke do about it?" queded the man with
the cigar, anxiousy.
Cut out the smoke or walk answered
the man with the pipe, as he swung of
at the Treasury corner.