El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-12
Danger Of Cigarets
They Ruin the Voice, Spoil the Com
pleIiOn, Weaken the Phys
zeal Constitution.
-nr Ella NhaaIn- NNfIInn-
BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox. :

X" LILLIAN FAVERSHAM has been
NJ a successful actor for 20 years
From being known as a natl
nee Idol for a decade. he has during
the last 10 years risen to the distinction
OF being one Of the greatest interDre-
JerS Of ShakSpere our American stage
ever held. MIR. Faversham has enjoyed
5ood health, with the exception OF a
very sensitive throat His voice has
Deen called dixie Bernhardts) a voice
beautiful
Now. Mr. Faversham, like most men
OF parts, has had his little vice He
smokes cigarets. He was not a "fiend "
but he smoked a great many cigarets;
and considered they were a solace to
his nerves.
They helped him. he believed. TO re-
lax, after a strenuous evening; and
helped him when he was studying his
roles
Just before he produced Julius
Caesar his throat was bOthering him
and his wife. Julie Opp. begged him to
drop clSarets for two weeks
I have an impression" she said, that
they 1rrltate your throat
OF course, no lover Of Lady Nicotine
ever believed she had an injurious in
Luence, but Mr.. FaVersham, loving his
wife more than Lady Nicotine how
ever, consented to please her by giving
up clgarets for two weeks.
At the expiration of that time such a
miraculous change had come to his
throat, and, in fact to his whole system,
that no sensible man could longer 0ues-
ton whether the habit had been harm
less or not.
Mr.. Faversham has come to the con-
clusiOn that cigarets have been slowly
and surely poisoning his system and
lesseninE his powers as an orator.
He has gone through the tremendous
strain Of this great performance Of
julius Caesar with less fatigue and
less weakness in any part of his body
than in any previous undertaking.
And with less expense in the way OF
doctors bills.
Therefore, it seems to be only just to
the world of boys growing up today to
become actors or men Of affairs to tell
this story to the world at large.
He Looks Younger.
Another result which has come to Mr..
Faversham might be of interest to
women who dOte on their cigarets. and
insist on their being harmless. Mr..
Faversham looks five years younger
since he gave up the habit
No woman can become a regular
devotees Of the weed aud keep the
three great feminine charms clear
color in the white of her eye. a perfect
complexion and sweet breath.
And smoking invariably adds pecu-
liar look Of maturity, which is not be-
coming to the feminine face. No woman
will tell her that it is so. Yet the fact
remains
Like others of his adorable but weak
sex, Mr. Faversham will no doubt flirt
with the brOwn-sl1inned fascinatOr,
even after he has fully proved to him
self that he is free Of her chains. and
after he has proved positively to him
self that she is injurious to his best in
terests.
But at least he has learned his lesson,
and he has been able to show what
hardly one actor before him has been
able to show, that the difficult and
vocal Understanding role OF Mark An
tony in Julius Caesar" can be played
continuously nine performances a week
for two months and leave the throat of
the orator in perfect condition, and the
voice stronger than ever, If no cigars
or cigarets are used
And this is a great anti-cigaret ser
mon in itself.-COpyright 1913, by Star
Company.