The Raymer enterprise., 1912-08-29
CIGARETTES ARE
BAD FOR WOMEN
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Has De-
cided Views on Subject.
A CONFUSION CT EAA:s
Wife of Democratic Candidate Gives
Out Letter Taking Strong Stand on
Smoking Habit.

''9NA' htiFN--4 W. s1At AAA'44A|i
person her husbands daily conference
with reporters, although heretofore
she has made special requests thar
she be not quoted nor written about
in the papers.
THAT Mrs. Wilson wfshed to hare
tGliy understood WIS that II she be-
cones the first lady oi Ike lard she
viii not. as has been said in a widely
distributed Interview. have pasAages
CT cigavettes III her personal desk at
tho White House and indulge In smok-
ins them with her callers
Through Governor Wilson. Mrs. vii.
son asked that publicity be given 10 a
letter she had wrlttcn-to the editor OF
the State Journal at Columbus. o. re-
pud!ating az alleged interview With
her in which she defended cigarette
aluoking for women The interview
had come TO her in a letter sissed
American Citizen" which said.
Dear Madam can scarcely ,hinl,
cf any greater calamity 10 the young
women Of the nation than to rCnl such
a rreachment as your Interview offers
them. ! am w0rklaEmGu. and SEQ
men lose their Jobs aluost every day
because they are inoapacitaled for
work by the use Of the cigarette. II
smoking does this for sucrs men
what will 1t do for sirls end woAen?'
The interview" was indeed cor.
dial Endorsement Of the wcman smok.
or Here are some OF its assuring
phrases. all credited to Mrs. Wilson
"a woman writer for n syndicate OF
Sunday newspapers asked Mrs Wood.
row Wilson il she agreed with Ger.
irude Atherton's opinion Of the sn.DE.
ing Of cigarettes by women. She siail-
ingly exhibited three cigarette boxes
piled IN the corner Of her desk. all bg.
Cmpty.
Why shorlGn't woman smoke II
she enjoys it," she guer!ei
Why hazn't she JUS, as much rigst
to cigarette as 4 man? Certainty [
agree with Mrs. Atheuon that any
existing prejudice against women
smoking is 10 tho .ast SILLY ard ab-
surd.
Smoking cigarettes is 4 question
of manners, not morals, II promotes
coed fellowship.
Gene women feel that cigarette
Gains iEe!r nerves and helps ,Eeir
brains into working. order Personally
smoking diiiuses my thoughts instead
Of concentrating them. enjoy II as /
enjoy alter.d.naer coffee Goth are
pleasant ways OF ending and finishing
of. both add to conyiyiall;y and good
fellowship
The editor Of tic Ohio State jour.
nal. 1t was clear. had been much IN.
censed at the apologies for The cigar.
cite habit among women attributed 10
Mrs Wilson, so he wrote on Alg. 10
an editorial in which he chilled for the
defeat Of Governor Wilson or repu.
diat!on from his wife. II tllerc was 10
mistake about II, he wrote. Ms.
Woodrow Wilson shou!dn'; be MS.
tress Of the White House
II the Ohio editor WAS emphatic.
Mrs. Wilson was certainly not less SO.
After the reporters had said they
would gladly publish her lS.ier to M
Ohio editor she asked for an hour
time in which TO write one. This was
what she prepared:
Dear S.r--I have Just received \
copy OF the Journal with your cditoria!
entitled Smoking Women. and | beg
lcaye to Indignantly deny the state.
meat that approve OF women srnok.
ing cigarettes. The interview upon
which your editorial was based is
pure invention. intensely DISLIKE the
cigarette smoking hn5l; for women
in fact, so strong Is my feeling on the
subject that my real danger lies IN be.
ing unjust ard uhklnG In my JUDGMENT
of those who differ with me in this
respect.
But certainly no woman In our
household ever has or ever viii smoke
Qlitc apart from the bad taste Of 1t. /
believe with you that It has an ex.
tremcly injurious erect On the nerYes.
ELLEN a. WILSON
C'Mrs Woodrow Wilson')
Governor Wilson, In approving the
letter sent out by Mrs Wilson. offered
what he thought might prove an eA.
PLANTATION for the interview.
Il do not think 1, was mai!clously
invented" he said. There is u rather
well known writer who signs herself
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow. and she no
doubt has been confused with Mrs.
Wilson"
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow was formerly
married TO n relative OF Governor WI.
son. and II is uhderEtood that her
views On the matter OF women who
smoke are different from those held
In the household OF the Democratic
candidate.