Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1916-06-18

But the Puritan colonists in New
England were more strict. The IA
nous Connecticut blue Laws" for
bade anyone under the age OF twenty
one to smoke. and no one OF any age
could smoke without a license from
the court and a physician certlncate
that tobacco would be useful for him.
Under the restoration smoking be-
came questionable, the pipe being
ousted from the stylish world BY the
snuff box. although it still continued
universally popular among humber
foik. Smoking -a5 regarded as low
or provincial until well into the reign
Of Queen Victoria. When the prince
regent died in 1880. he left not eel.
lar OF wine but cellar OF snuff,
which was sold 10 a tobacconist for
100000 Lord Petsrsham, famous
among dandies. made a wonderful col
lection of snufs and SNUFF boxes. and
was fastidious in his choice OF a box
TO carry. Once when a light Sevres
sruH box which Lord Petersham was
using. was admired. the noble owner
replied. with a gentle lisp: Yes. 1t
Is nice summer box-but would GER
tainly be inappropriate for winter
wear"
The revival CT smoking in the fash
!onable world. where tobacco had so
long been in bad odcr except in the
form Of snuff. was due tc the intro
duction o. the cigar. imported into
England from Spain and the Spanish
colonies. British officers possibly
! brought the cigar back with, them from
the peninsular wars. Only a few OF
the daring persons ventured to adopt
the cigar at first, and between 1924
and 1880 there was only wretched
smoking room at the Athenaeum club
in London, Doctor Hawtree. on behal.
of the house committee. announcing
| that mo gentleman smokes" To add
/ further odious touch to his hideous
dwarf, Quilip. Dickens made him
cigar smoker; Lord Rawdon. in Van
| ity Fair" was significantly a smoke;
OF cigars.
However, in the bohemian set, in
| Guiding authors and poets. smoking
was common. Carlyle was a great
smoker, and the story is familiar that
one evening he and Tennyson sat for
hours in solemn silence smoking their
pipes. one on each side OF the fire
| place: and that. as the visitor arose
to 90. Carlyle, bidding him goodnight
| said: Man, Alfred, We hae had
graund NIGHT; come again soon" In
| the course of a trip TO Italy with
/ friends. Tennyson found he could not
obtain his favorite brand OF tobacco,
| pa, ked up his portmanteau and re
! turned home, breaking up the party
| Charles Lamb remarked that he hoped
! his last breath would be inhaled
| through pipe ard exhaled in a pun.
! The cigar was aided in reviving the
| habit by the introduction OF the first
/ wooden pipes in England in 1859. and
T the first cigarettes in about 1860.
! These seem astonishingly recent
| dates, but the author youChes for both.
! The word "briar' has no connection
J with the prickly thorny briar OF Eng
[ land, but Is derived from the French
/ term. "bruyere." meaning the white
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I the pipes are made.
I Laurence Oliphant, man both OF
letters and fashion, is generally cred
ited with having first introduced Gig
I arettes into English society. They
l became fashionable in about 1870. and
had a revolutionary effect on smoking
among women. Those of the lower
| classes had frequently been pipe
smokers, but in society the ladies',
perhaps for physical reasons. rever
took up either pipe or cigar to any eX-
tent. The cigarettes offered them
milder and more delicate means OF
/ sharing mans delight in the weed
In the twentieth century, the
author SAYS. tobacco is once more tri-
unaphant. The cycle OF 900 years Is
complete. Since the early decades OF
/ the seventeenth century. smoking has
never been so smiled upon BY fashion
/ as il is at the present time"