Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-25
men DO NOT APPROVE
OF WOMEN SMOKING
Thirty-Four Men in All Walks of
Life Reached Practically
Same Conclusion.
by BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

BY nEATRiCE FAIRFAy.
"Oh. shy cigarette: oh. sly cigarette
why did you teach me to love
you so?
Since / have to pretend tina, l don't.
you know
So went 4 bit of song in AN oper-
eta several years gone and forgot
ten But the, cigarette today is an
women as cvinred by two letters
which l quote:
MY, fancec says. am narrow
w. Il wonder what you'll say. The
cause OF our argument is my dcclara-
lion that no woman with scif-rcspSct
should smoke in public place. and
that ! had no respect for a woman
who broke this rule"
The girl whom | have been see
ing for several months past and for
whom | have a deep love. is causing
inc much embarrassment by smok-
ing continually. When we go out to
call on friends she passes Il pack of
cigarettes. helps herself TO one and
with rage. When / speak TO her about
this, she only laughs. calls me old
their rights they can smoke If the
men do. She is "a girl OF fine cnarac-
ter othcrwisc-.rrcity, likahlc--and
some day would wan; her TO become
my wife-cXccpt for this disgusting
habit What; can 10 about it?"
writes Doubtful b.
These are but TWO OF many letters
which hav. come To me recently from
men. Now since am so often ac-
cuscd on the same count of which
they stand adiudE"d. viz: tina; OF he
ing "od-fashioncd"-I'vc decided not
to answer these letters myself. but to
Let George DO IL" In other words.
this is a question asked by men and
girls alike. and there seems to me
no better reply than one which has
the value OF composite picture"
So for tho benefit OF men and girls
alike ! have collected here a set of
statistics. They are the results OF a
little investigation in an office where
ars employed artists, editors. writer's.
statesmen. executives, accountants.
shipping clerks and all the working
types needed TO make up vast or
ganization OF brains and accomplish
Inent.
Thirty four men. Thirty four
lions they all come To pretty much
the same thing. Men don't approx.
OF smokes FOR women" OF that--if
nfen are honrs;--I think there can re-
main no REASONABLE" doubt.
The Nlnic Opinion.
4 great editor. who is also a great
author, sums NJ IN his philosophy
pretty much what all men would say.
j fancy. II they could grope toward II: ,
''Theorctica!ly. there's no reason
why women shouldn't smoke. Ira
di,ionally, It's better than the snun !
or our rreat-grandmothers the cigars 1
OF Spain or me Dlr'S OF ptu danes I
in remote regions where History and .
progress haven't com" as Yet. but. /
enotional!y honestly = !.:isicaNy -
there it's another matter. And nine 7
10 give their true reaction to the /
question instead OF saying what they |.
think is required of progressive. un- !
prcjudiccd citizens OF TO-DAY, must I
enswer the roll call with a No
Most things ar. all right /! they /
work. Hu; smoking for women does I,
not work very Well. There are so /,
many places wherr they cant Indulge 1
In cigarettes with the freedom &C .
coded mcn--so many places wh"r"
society and business have not taken !
down the bars And any man who
thinks ahou, IL deeply, must regret
form habit which may be forbid
den so often that she cndurcs actual
suffering from the embargo on the
desire she's gone out OF her way 10
Four Of the ,hir,y.four men wen,
on record rs approving OF feminine
indulgence in what was ono" called
the ii!thy weed one had hcen
right for women because his mother
smoked and so he was accustomed
10 IT. ono had a similar viewpoint
because ~ has married a girl who
smokes. one believes in letting the
women folk have what they want.
and feels that modern women are
tending toward smoking as one %;
their accepted forms Of 'Scli-cN-
preston. And one wishes hi" WIFE
would have social aiter-dinncr
smoke with him. He thinks IL looks
ncrttN ana IS coy I'm = Demo
crat!" he adds, smillrEly.
Points ~ View.
But not one Of the tw,ntN-nirn
masculin" opinions remaining To bc
put on record is Tor Milady ana Tor
Lady Nicotine in closer jYxtaposi-