Evening journal., 1917-03-07

THERE are two cigarette bills in the Delaware Leg
One is in the Senate; the other is in the House
The in the Senate prohibits the sale Of cigar
cites to minors
The one in the House prohibits the manufacture
and sale OF cigarettes within State and affects
consumers, both adults and minors.
The Senate bill is a sensible measure To its pas
sage reasonable objection may be urged
The House bill represents an offensive legislative
principle IL is resented by the average red-blooded
citizen, no matter whether he be a cigarette smoker
or n non-cgarette smoker
IL stands for either lobby strike" at the treas
uries OF the cigarette manufacturers and dealers or
the legislative activity of that school so-cailed So
cal rcformers which in the promotion its own fads
and fances, would like to inhct them upon the peo
pie of our State by legislative force
If it be a Strike bill It stands for an obnoxious
lobby practice to which respectable or responsible
member OF the Legislature should give countenance
or support
II it be a documentary omanation from the School
of Fads and Fances it should be repudiated by the
Legislature unless the Senators and Representatives
be willing to follow it with bills bearing the follow
ing titles;
An act to prohibit the smoking OF corncob pipes and
clay pipes when the saturaton by nicotine has be-
come manifest on the surface OF the bowls
An act prohibiting school teachers and pupils from
N'|fhb iuhSh ~ behoOi IN any wrapping Other than
waxed paper which paper until used, shall be kept
Immersed in ant-septic solution OF a strength and
quality In conformity with formula prescribed by the
State Board OF Health
An act requiring housewives to wash dishes in ster-
ilized water and to only carbolic acid soap or
formadehyde in said water
An act 20 make the chewing OF tobacco a penal Of
Tense, punishable by death
An act to make It misdemeanor for anyone to
manufacture, sell sharp-toed shoes in the
State Of Delaware and thereby give impetus to the
harmful industry OF growing and bunions
An act to amend act entitled act for the pro-
lection of the public health by making it unlawful
for any person to mix make, cook or bake any fan
mel cakes buckwheat cakes, cakes pone light
rolls, sausage, scrappe, hogshead cheese or any of
the derivatives thereof and serve them hot or 10
cat them hot, thereby interfering with the work Of
the Antlndigeston Society OF the state of Della
ware
An act amendatory OF act entitled act for the
prevention of fire by making it a crime dehnable as
arson, for any woman or girl to any comb hair
pin, brooch, bracelet or other article OF personal
adornment composed in whole or in part OF ceilu-
loid
An act providing that any person who knowingly
! or wilfully wears a brass collar button the broad
base of which rubs against the skin his neck shall
be liable TO Imprisonment for less than sixty DAYS
in event he escape altogether recover from the ef
fects OF bood-poisonng skin cancer
An act for the suppression OF anthrax by making IL
unlawful for any woman girl to wear the skin OF
any wild or domestic animal that has not been thor
oughly disinfected and stamped with the seal of the
! State Live Stock Sanitary Board
An act prohibiting the drinking OF milk after eating
lobster salad.
An act making il unlawful to close any bedroom
window from November TO April 1, or to havo the
artificial temperature OF house higher than sixty
degrees at any hour OF the day night
An act making IL penal onense for a man when
he strikes his thumb nail with a hammer to say what
he thinks and TO think what he says the bruised and
backened nail 20 be accepted prima faca evidence
OF the commission OF the aforesaid crime.
Serious consideration by the Legislature OF any OF
the aforementioned bills would be fully sensible as
for it 10 give serious consideration the bill
which seeks to tell freeborn and red-blooded Ameri-
citizens OF voting whether they shall shall
not smoke cigarettes, whether they shall shall
not be permitted to purchase them in their home
State.
10 is contemplate bill, matter whether its
sponsors be striking lobbyists or members OF the
faculty OF the School OF Fads and Fances.