New-York tribune., 1913-06-19
SMOKERS ARE ABASHED
BY WOMEN AT HEARING
Story of a Hat Spoiled by an
InCendiary Cigarette Adds
to Discontinue.
DR.. PEASE LEADS "ANTIS"
Public Service Commission Re-
ported in Disagreement
About Banishing Lady
Nicotine from Cars.

Officially he is known as Charles u.
Pease. NJ. D.. u. d. s.. and he is the
head of the Non-SmOkers' Protective
League Of America. In the city directory
ne is put down as a physician, and every
smoker will say the last three letters III
his title stand for Destroyer Of Delicious
Smokes.
This brief commentary is apropos OF the
hearing yesterday before the Public Ser
vice Commission to discuss the question
whether smoking should he prohibited on
smoking cars and in railway stations.
DR.. Pcase. the smokers arch enemy, IN
stigated the hearing and came to the
meeting flapked by dozen or more Wit
nesses. majority of whom were women.
Even the dyed n-the-wool smokers ad-
mitted that some of the women among
Or. Peasc's witnesses made them forget
that "a good cigar is smoke That
only made It harder 10 bear when the fair
ones began to tell now narrowing II is 10
sit beside behind or I'm front OF a man
with cigar. pipe or cigarette in his
mouth.
Don't think. though. that the smokers
were IiOA a .4lTAlllr iNlt'.'l N'tilf'ilss 'l''
was Roy McCardell. sitting well mp front
and looking like a small boy oyeing his
fourth slug Of pie but with an ache under
his belt Mr.. McCardcll was looking at
Or. Pease.
Then there was J. G. Herbert. who said
he had never seen any such scandalous
golnCs-on as were testified 10 by the
ANTS" Mr. Herbert is the manager for
a cigar company. Three other confessed
smokers were in attendance, all looking
thoroughly ahashed.
Souls Temple Contaminated.
Incrlminating evidence was put in the
record by Or. Pease's witnesses. For I'm
stance. Miss AGnes Stewart. Of No. l5S
West 10Th street. told Of the annoyance
caused by men sitting on the four rear
seats Of cars and blowing forth clouds of
smoke. Then she went on 70 tell how the
body is the temple OF the soul and
should not he contaminated hy tobacco
smoke.
Commissioner Malthlc felt called upon
here 10 say the commission has no iur!s-
diction over aouls or the bodies they
come in But Miss Stewart went right
on and spoke Of ethical purity and kin
drcd subjects.
Miss Florence Smith. Of NJ. 49, West
llSth street. then mounted the witness
stand and tod how her last winters hat
had boon totally destroyed hy nrc OF IN
cendiary origin. too This happened when
Miss Smith was walking under the Gle
waited structure at 10Th street and Man
haitian avenue. and a thoughtlcss man
dropped a lighted cigarette from the plat
form.
Everybody sighed In delight when Mrs.
Carl =. Ording. Of SO. 1918 Broadway. sat
herself dcmurCy IN the witness chair.
She was a vision in blue. she was youns.
and her voice was soothing; but She told
tales. like all the rest After Mrs. Ordnc
had described the way rude men had
sneercd AT her when she requested them
10 stop smoking even the smokers bri-
gade felt as though they would like 10
take a punch AZ any man who would not
heed Mrs Ording's gentle remCnstranccs.
Mrs Algcrnon Arthur Alfred Brooks
Of No l09 West 46th street drove nm
other nail in tho smokers pine box whom
she fcelingly told how her shoulder had
been burned by tho lighted cigar Of
man sitting behind her IN a car.
Terrible Suffering Described.
Other witnesses testified. and then Or.
Peasc himself his white whiskers and
mustache unsullicd by the kiss of Lady