The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-05
REMARKABLE CRUSADE
Mrs. Lonsworth Will Soon be Buried
Beneath an Avalanche Of Pro-
tests From the
Ladies.

object inducing Mrs. Alice Roose-
welt Longworth, daughter of former
President Roosevelt, to stop smok-
ing cigarettes, has acquired mo-
mentum that promises to sweep the
whole nation.
The movement has struck Chicago.
In this city it crystalized in a circu-
lar letter sent out by Mary F. Bal
comb, secretary of the Young Peoples
Civic League, to 500 young peoples
organizations of Chicago, asking them
to discuss the matter and to impress
upon children that Mrs. Long worth's
cigarette showing habit should be re-
garded as an illustration of an evil
to be avoided, rather than an example
to be initiated.
From various other cities news has
come of similar action having been
taken by church organizations, the
members of which is composed of both
sexes, and by clubs whose member
ship consists CT women alone.
Within the next two we KS Mrs.
Longworth will receive deluge OF
petitions, kilograms, letters, circu-
lars and other written and printed
matter, beseecning her to cease smok-
ing cigarettes. In addition Populations
of women will travel from various
parts of the country to Cincinnati
personally to place the matter lefore
! her in her own home
No more remarkable crusade has
ever been undertaken by the women
! of this country The letter sent by
] Mrs. Balcomb will be placed in the
hands of $4,000 Sunday School chill
dren of Chicago next Sunday.
The Chicago societies have been
asked to condemn Mrs. Longworth's
attitude and report the result of the
meeting to the officers of thu
league. The executive board of the
league will take up the complete
plans for its campaign at its meeting
Monday night.
I'VE plan to avoid any personal
attack on Our Alice during this cam
paign, but hope to make an example
i of her which will shame the thous
ands of young girls who are learning
to like the soothing poison of nico
tine" said Miss Balcomb yesterday
4 Il expect several hundred letters
to follow the discussion of mex
Sunday In the churches. understand
4 committees from the Christian En-
deavor will visit Mrs. Longworth ant
ask her to repudiate the habit ant
condemn 1t among women. If she
does not we will send some of the
letters to her to let her know the
feeling which exists
The Women's Christian Temper
ance Union is expected to take up thu
protest to Mrs. Longworth as a ma
tional movement.
eve have talked about it and hav'
decided that the movement in orde
to be effective must be the result 0
plans laid by the national body
said Mrs. Marion H. Durham, secre
tary of the board of trustees. 9TH
matter is in the hands of Mrs. Emil.
Hill. our county president"
Lucy Page CASTOR, founder ant
president of the Anti-Cigaret Leagu
of America. has planned a persona
campaign to convert the former pres
ident's daughter and her friend, Mis-
Eleanor Sears, society leader of Bos
ton, whose open defense Of the ciga
rette habit has converted society i
general into debating club and dis
rupted several women's clubs.
"It is an outrage that women of tn
type of Mrs. Longworth and Mis-
Sears smoke cigarettes and encourag
the habit to the ruin of many FOOLS
young girls who think 1t smart t
} follow their vile example" said Mis-
CASTOR in a letter from New Yor
yesterday.
wealth and position are no excus
for such an unladylike and deprave
habit among women. There are hur
dreds of daughters of fine old fan
lilies who are as debased as tn
chorus girl who takes cigarette II
stead of her lunch. Mrs. Longwort
must command our attention becaus
of the immense influence of her e,
ample