The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-01
SMOKING AMONG
WOMEN GROWING
NEW YORK ALONE SOLD $780,.
600 WORTH OF CIGARETTES
LAST YEAR. E.

New York. Jan. 3i.-New York
women burned s50O, 900 last year
From todays indications IN the
business world they will burn even
! more-in fact. great deal more
/ In the year 1910.
Furthermore. the word burn" 10
/ used literally because these fair
( Workers actually hold the fuel be.
tween thumb and forcfinger and
set match to- IT, Not that the
money is in to form of bills from
the United States treasury Nay,
1t Is in the form of cigarettes.
Half million Is a snug sum for
figures are furnished by dealers,
and conservative dealers at that
Three of them cater particularly
to women one of them seeks no
other trade. To this half million
add money spent by women Gig
arctic faddists for smart acCcssU.
rics and one has a fair idea of
what the cigarette habit costs New
York women today
Come from Central park down
Fifth avenue for u spin and see;
FIRST. snuggled among tho conscrv-
81 oh
once echoed with the gentle laugh.
ter of the old Knickerbockcr aris.
tccracy. one comes upon the atelier
of onc-timc social figure now an
importer modistc. Early New York.
ers would have called it dress.
makers shop. Not il is an atelier,
and its patrons are addressed as
madame.
Today madame is being fitted
with wonderful frock OF smol.
dering grayish rose silk. with anne.
thyst lights. From a cabinet in the
corner tactful saleswoman brings
slender chain OF beaten silver.
from which depends quaint case.
all studded with amcthysts. Mad.
anne" sciles II with eager hands.
Dull silver and gems blend per
fectly with the oddly tinted gown.
How much \ hundred? Why
the gown is only SlT5. Yes. | know
II simply makes the costume perfect.
Hut I've half dozen cigarette
cases already. Yet. that little place
for the matches is dear Ye.es.
I'll take IT,"
Ask any gown importer whose
atclicr cau boast cabinet OF
odd irwclry and trnkets where lie
the best profits, and she will an.
sWcr.
In the fads Of the cigarette
smoker"
Time was that single gold or
silver cigarette case attached TO
matching chatelainc sufficed for
even the most constant cigarette
smoker. but today the gold case is
considered loud" and the correct
thing Is case OF duh carved or I'll.
igree metal inlaid or rather incrust.
ed with gems Ia match the gown.
Sometimes the come In pairs,
these cases; one for cigarette and
one for matches. and especially smart
is new design just over from
Berlin. showing the head of the
kaiser's own proud eagle, sharp
bcak and cleaning eye. opening
at the top TO display tiny compart.
mcnts for small cigarettes and
smaller matches.
What is the reason for the as.
tonishng increase OF the smoking
habit among New York women?
Simply this They took IL up be.
cause II looks smart" in much
the same way that a small boy
takes his first smoke In much
the same way, too. I, has grown
on them, until now they are wreck.
ing their nerves with nicotine, 20
say nothing of squandering great
sums OF money.
III 5 no longer fad with wom-
en-, this smoking a woman must
have her after breakfast pull lust
as mu,h as she must have her
breakfast Sometimes she can get
along without food much more eas.
lily than without her cigarette.
Thousands of women in New York
smoke from - 10 20 cigarettes Il
day