El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-23
Men Don't Sanction Smokes For
Women" Mss Fairfax Discovers
b BEATHICE FAIRFAx


D with rage When ] speak 20 her about
this, she only laughs. calls me old
] fashioned and says since women have
their rights they can smoke n the
men do she is SRI Of fines char2c--
ter otherwise pretty likeahle, and
some day I would want her 70 become
my Wife-except Tor this disgusting
habit What can 90 about itf' writes
Doubtful 3.
! These are but two OF many letters
which have come 20 me recently from
I men Now since ] an 50 often ac-
cused on the same count OF which
they stand adiudEed-viEs that OF be-
ing "old fashioned i've decided not
70 answer these letters myself. but
{ 20 Let George do il' In other words.
7 this is a questlon asked BY men ana
/ girls alike. and there seems 20 me no
. better reply than one which has the
I value Of a composite picture
So FOR the benefit OF men and girls
/ statistics They are the results OF q
little investigation in an office where
l are employed artists. editors. writers,
I statesmen, executives. accountants,
Z shipping clerks and all the working
/ types needed to make NJ a vast or
I ranizatiou Of brains and accomplish
ThIrty-four men. Thirty-four opin-
ions. And with Just five exceptions
they ali come 20 pretty much the
alline LlluE- Alu NQl llpfuFt OF
smokes for women-'l OF that-if
men are honest think there can re-
main no reasonable dot &
The Male Opinion
A great editor, who Is also great
author. sums up in his philosophy
pretty much what all men would say,
i fancy. n they could Erope toward It.
theoretically. there's no reason
why women shouldn't smoke. Tradi-
tiOnaIiy It's better than the SNUFF OF
our great grandmother. the cigars %
Spain. or the pipes OF old Games IN re-
mote regions where history and prog
ress haven't come as vet But emo
ffonalIv- honestly Ily-th ere I
It's another matter And 80 men out I
OF Z huudred-if they were TO give
their true reaction to the question IN
stead Of saying what they think Is re-
CURED OF progressive, unprej Indeed
citizens OF today. must answer the
roll call with a NO.
Most things are ali right Il they /
work. But smoking for women does
not work very well There are SO I
many places where they can't Indulge I
I'm cigarets with the freedom accorded 7
men-so many places where society /
and business have not taken down the ]
bars And any man who thinks about 4
70 deeply must regret seeing woman Z
for arhom he cares form habit which 1
may be forbidden 50 often that she I
endures actual suffering from the /
embargo on the desire she's gone out I
Of her way 20 cultivate
-Four OF the "a men went on record i
as approving Of feminine INDULGENCE I
IN what was once called THE filthy
weed One had been trained 70 ac-
cept smoking as an rlght for women
because HIS mother smoked alu 80 ne
was accustomed 20 It. One had a sim
liar viewpoint because he has married
n clrf who smokes. One believes in
letting the women folk have what
they want and feels that modern
women are tending toward smoking
as one Of their accepted forms OF
self expression" And one wishes his
wife would have a social aftsr-dinner
smoke with him He thinks 90 looks
pretty and is coy. I'm a Democrat
he adds smilingiy.