Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-05-28
GIRL OR CIGARETTES:

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Well, I took the cigarette cure,
and it seems to be working all right" -"
announced the tall young salesman.
II thought you looked different" re-
marked the stenographer.
why, has it affected my looks?" he
anHionsly aueried. grabbing the stem
osraphers small mirror and critical
ly inspecting his countenance.
"Oh. no." she answered. except
that I haven't seen YOU handling any
of the horrid things lately. and YOU
didn't look natural-that's all. What's
this new cure, anyway"
"Oh. it isn't particularly new, I
guess. he responded. The Doc just
paints the roof of your mouth with a
solution of nitrate of silver A friend
Of mine told me about it. 1t cured
him. Well. I went up to the Doc and
he did the trick. But ! guess he
made it too weak. because it never
feazed me. Then went up there
again. He repeated and-believe me
the first cigarette after that meant
never again for muh. Say, did you
ever smell asafoetida? We'll, it tastes
like that. You simply can't so a ci-
sarette?
II notice you're smoking a. pipe,
though" accused the stenographer.
"Oh, it doesn't affect real tobacco
- lHS IlSC paper dIOuuu Tie cigar.
cites that doesn't gibe with the nit
rate of silver. You see, they use q
sort Of opium preparation in the maxi
ing Of cigarette paper. and when that
opium connects up with the doctor
dope-well. it's ali off, that's ALL"
How long does one treatment
last?"
About couple Of months, they
say" he replied. BY that time a
fp1lnU'S NJ !, nj+ ot,
ing for a pill and he's sort of lost
the taste for it. Say. it's great to get
cured as easy as that, isn't it?"
You're having an easier time than
young man ! used to know" said
the stenographer. He was engaged
to be married, and the girl wouldn t
marry him unless he took out a life
Mice giri!" sarcastically interrupt.
ed the salesman.
"she was sensible, anyway" retort-
cd the stenographer. "If ali girls had
as good sense as that. men would re-
spect them more. Well, anyway, he
made out an application, but when
the insurance doctor examined him.
the company wouldn't accept the risk
said he had tobacco heart
THAT put the young man on his
mettle, 80 he said he'd have that in
surance policy or bust-and he near
~ busted, because I never saw any.
body have such a hard time breaking
himself Of smoking. He was a regular
cigarette iend. I've seen him almost
crazy for smoke. and yet he had the
will power to resist the craving. NV
respect for him went up pretty high.
those days.
"One day he was looking dreadful.
! had some Of those little pure licorice
pellets in a bag on my desk that ia
been taking to soothe my throat. He
took some and put them in his mouth.
A little while later he came around
and took some more-said they SEEM
ed to satisfy the craving. After that
he bought q lot of them and kept them
In every pocket of his suit. He actual
ly had a rinE of licorice around his
mouth! But he said it was the licorice
that helped him win the fight He
hnally passed the physical examine
ton. got his insurance, and married
the girl. He got job in another city,
and ] didn't see him until year later.
Then noticed he was smoking ci.
garettes again.
"'Seems to me- told him. II I'd
had enough will power to break on q
bad habit once I'd stay broke
He just looked at me and grinncd,
while he rolled another cigarette.
Aw." he said, what's the use
after you've got your glrl?'
Well. I'm not doing this for any
Eiri snifed the tall young salesman
I'm doing It for my own Eood.'