The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-05

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4 Of 1aYyersi cannot vacate them you
4 go to the devils nnctIon. a rs n y
am aware that In many parts OF
Europe cigarette smoking Is almost
universal. and that no special deleter-
lous effects are noticeable. This i'm
ulunity is owing 10 the temperament
II the people and the pcchlIarItles OF
the climate. -
My argument herein has America
and Americans IN mind. Poison affects
different people differently: and Amer
lean nerves cannot Withstand artificial
sumulant. The dull and phlegmatic
Russian can do things We cannot. The
Don, Dago. 4Greaser and Turk are built
On different lines from us. Americans
need all the brain power they possess
In their business--the modern hidalgo
has no business. =. Z, -
In parts OF Europe respectable wo-
men smoke cigarettes in public
places; in some parts OF America la.
dies smoke pipes and use snuh; In
South Carolina are good folks who eat
clay; but these things form no prece-
dent for us.
For the cigarette habit no argument
can possibly be made. Ask the 'aend,'
about 1t and he will smile a silly, SUI
percIlious smile out OF his gamboge
face. and feel for; his cigarette box.
Cigarette smoking Is not periodic,
Il is continuous slow. insidious.
sure poison.
Its results can be foretold as accur-
ately as the expert alienfst can foresee
the end OF incipient locomotar ataxia.
Fortunately. most young men who
begin the habit quit 1t before IL gets
a vital hold upon them. Were sis
not SO. how could the student body
outstrip their professors Mt Harvard,
Yale and Dartmouth? These young
men smoke cigarettes just as they
dabble In strange Vice when away
from the immediate restraint OF fam.
lily and home. Later most OF them
square away and become pillars OF So
cicty.
admit that the moral strablsn,us Of
the ciEarettist is not always caused
primarily hy his smoking. l admit
that 1t Is fact that tho Idle, slIpshol,
inert. secretive. untruthful take to the
habit very kindly. In short. admit
that because a thing goes with thing.
the thing Is not necessarily the. cause
OF. the thing.
The cigarette smoker Is not dc.
generate because he smokes cigar.
cities. Quite often nc Is a cigarette
smoker. because he Is a degenerate.
Tho cigarette smokers make fine dis
tinctions between the factory.preparcl
article and those they roll with their
weak. nervous fingers In our presence.
But after long and careful study OF the
subject. can find no reason to sup
pose that there Is any real choice In
cigarette paper. cigarettes or clsaret.
lists. The burning OF tobacco and pa.
per together in proximity to the saliva
dlstlIs a subtle. chemical poison thnt
has its sure effects even upon tic
strongest constitution. I'd
Cigarette smoking begins with an
Iefrort to be smart. -
1t soon becomes n plcasure-n salts
faction-and serves to bridge over the
moment OF nervousness or cmba IRA s..
ment.
| Next 1t becomes necessity OF life
Ia fixed habit.
Beginning as habit. the matter ere
Ions becomes q vice. The first indica-
ton OF degeneration Is III your cigar
cite smokers secretivcness. He feels
his weakness. and SO seeks to present
bold front. Bluff" Is his chief char
actcristic. He tries 10 make an i'm
prcssion-hc talks big. Is full of prom.
ises. He cpnfuses dates. times and
places. and often will tell you he has
done a thing when he only intends to
DO It,
Only the strong man Is lonest-only
the healthy tell the truth.
A lie Is disease of the will; hypoc.
risy Is a symptom.
For physical exertion our cigarettist
!, has profound dislike. Should you BY
much effort get him into an outdoor
game. he soon grows weary and stops
to light A. cigarette. When he rides
-he pollutes the morning. air with
/, smoke. Ere long he will grow MS linn