The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-08-30
CIGARETTES ARE
BAD FOR WOMEN
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Has De-
Cided Views on Subject
AN ERROR IN NAMES.

AN ERROR IN NAMES.
Wife of Democratic Candidate Gives
Out Letter Taking STRONG S&a@d or
Smoking Habit
New Yorh.-FoT the first time since
Woodrow Wilson became the Demo
cratic presidential candidate BE- Mr.
Wilson appeared She attended in
person her husbands daily conference
with reporters, although heretofore
she has made special requests that she
g. not quoted nor written about n tbo
papers.
What Mrs. wilson wished % have
fully understood was that Il she be
comes the first lady CT tho land she
win not, as hae been said fn widely
distributed interview, have packages
OF cigarettes Ia her personal desk ut
the White House and indulge IN sGsoh
EnR them with her callers.
Through Governor Wilson, MFRS, WYNN
zen asked that publicity be given tO .
letter she had written TO the editor Ct
the State Journal gt Columbus. O..
regulating an alleged interview VITA
her ln which me defended cigarette
smoking for women The INTERVIEW
had come to her IN . letter signal
american Citizen" which aa1&
Dear @adam-E cam scarcely thhEsA of
MmY greater calamity 90 The ToG6g w0Ga-
en or the nation than To Peed g0ch
preachment as your interview o6ers thssn
i am q workiRgman. and geo men loSs
their Jobs almost every day because thay
ar@ incapacitated for work ~ tie nS@ af
Che cigarette. R smoking does th4@ fF
strong men what win ft DO for girls a1d
Tomen2
The interview" was indeed cor
dial Endorsement Of the woman snok-
er. Here are some oG ftS assuring
phrases, all credited 30 Mrs Wilson:
"a woman writer for syndicate Of
Sunday newspapers asked Mrs Wood
row Wilson If she agreed with Ger
trude Atherton's opinion or the smok
ing Of cigarettes by women She smil-
ing1y exhibited three cigarette boxes
piled in the corner Of her desk, all b'is
empty.
~Why shouldn't woman SMOKE u
she enjoys it? she queried
"Why hasn't she just as much right
TO cigarette AZ a man7 Certainly !
agree with Mrs. Anterior that any 60
listing prejudice against women snotS-
ing Is to the last silly and absurd
Smoking cigarettes Is a question
\ OF manners. NOT morals TIC pWomot4As
good fellowship
"'Some women feel that cigarette
Gains their nerves and helps their
brains into working order. Personally
smoking diffuees my thoughts instead
Of concentrating them I enjoy rs o.
enjoy after dinner coffea Both ara
pleasant ways Of ending end finishing
Off; both add 10 QonvivSahty and goe'd
Fellowship
The editor OF the Ohio Staoe Sournal
gt was clear, had been much ineensetl
at the apologies for the cigarette habit
among women attributed 30 Mrs Will
eon, ag he wrote On Aug 40 C. editt'-
rial In which he called for The defeat
OF Governor Wilson or a Reputia tioti
from his wNe. If there was NO mis-
tahe about 1t, he wrote, Mrs. Wood
row Wilson shouldn't b. mistress "a
the White House"
If the Ohio editor waSemphaeie Mrs
Wilson was certainly not less So Aft
O. the reporters had said they would
gladly publish her letter Do the Ohio
editor she asked for an hours time III
which to write oDa This was what
she prepared:
Dear Sir-I have tust received copy o'
che Journal with your editorial entitled
Smoking Women" and beg leave TO Ia
dignantly deny the statement that I np'
prove Of womGl smoking cigarettes Tae
interview upon which your editorial va
based Az a pure invention I intensely a.
like the cigarette smoking habit for wo-n'
@n-in fact. SO strong is my feeling on tie
subject that my real danger lies in be- M
unjust and unkiDd in my Judgment OF
those who differ with me in this respect
But certainly no woman in our house
hold ever has or ever win smoke Quite
apart from the bad taste Of Il, T believe
with you that It has an extremely inturi-
Gus effect on the nerves.
ELLEN A WILSON.
CGrs> woodrow Wilgon-)
Governor Wilson, I'm approving The
letter sent out by Mrs. Wilson offered
what he thought might prove an ex
PLANTATION for the interview.
ct do not think III was maftctO1sfy i'm
vented" he said. There + rather
well known writer who signs herself
Mrs. Wilson woodrow, and she NJ
doubt has been confused with Mrs
Wilson
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow was formerly
married to a relative Of Governor VIII
son. and it is understood that her views
ON the matter of women who smoke
ARE different from those held tn thu
household Of the Democratic candidate
The divided Republican party IS lik'
the boy blowing against the wind.
There viii be lot OF buster, but 4
win not take votes away from Wilson
and Marshall.
Winning with Wilson means more
than a mere Democratic victory; II
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