The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-04-06
WOMEN SMOKERS
INCREASING RAPIDLY
nrcIuAR PATRONS OF NEW
work. TOBACCO STORES PRE-
FER STRONG CIGARETS

,i+o of campaigns Wageu by Cne
1 n.y. Christian Temperance I'M
W. in spite of warnings from the
Iol societies, the number of women
p ,,ho smoke is on the increase, says the
New York Times.
"no YOU find that you are getting
a,v women customers 2" was the ques-
t;nn mt to the clerk behind the coun-
tor If one of the innumerable smoke
The clerk continued counting the
cigars he had taken out of a drawer.
After he finished, he raised his eyes
for a moment. "Women customers,
lid YOU say? Oh, yes"
That was all. He turned to another
ok of cigars and resumed his task.
There was an embarrassed pause for
moment, embarrassed at least for
tho person who had intruded upon the
unsbakable complacency of the cigar
clerk Anxious, however, to get more
detailed information, the inquirer con-
timed: How many women would you
saw come in for cigarets during a
dav? Would you say there were as
many as-twelve? Or maybe-twen-
+v?" The man behind the counter
began looking interested. .
"You're not stringing me, are you?
Twelve or twenty? Seventy-fve or a
hundred is more like it. We're right
in the shopping district. See? In the
morning from 9 to IL we get one
batch Of them. In the afternoon from
to 5 we get another. And in the
evening we get a third. They come
q in just the way the men do. And they
i buy the same kind of cigarets the men
do
There's one thing funny about
them. You get to know the people
that come in to buy stuff. The men
change the brand of cigarets they use.
They try out a new smoke occasion
& ally. The women never. They stick
4 to one kind right through. If you
happen to be out of stock they'll leave
The store without buying anything.
You see, they're still bit scary about
4 what's what, so they hold on hard to
. the smoke that their men folks started
them on.
Twelve or twenty! That's funny.
We had that number even when wom-
en- smoked in their bedrooms with the
transoms closed down and the win
dows opened wide"
They Like Strong Smokes.
The same sentiment was expressed
in more laconic form by cigar store
clerk on Broadway. "We've always
& had women customers" he said. cts
nothing new to me. We get more of
\ Them now"
On Fifth avenue there is shop
whose clientele is exclusive. It's name
is by-word at club and hotel cigaret
stands. The person behind the coun-
ter was highly correct and studiously
proper. The question, by this time
grown glib, was put to him. Did he
\ find that he was getting an increase
of women smokers?
"An increase of women smokers
he repeated. ooh, yes; very great
4 and noticeable increase. | think
might truthfully say that today 5O
per cent of our patrons are women.
"Do they buy in large quantities?
4 oh, yes; very large quantities-in car
tons of 100 and 500 and 1000. And
8they buy good cigarets, as good as any
that the men buy" A smile passed
n over his face. He bent closer as ne
grew more confidential.
"Do you know" he said, cts really
very funny. The men who come into
& the shop to buy cigarets for their lazy
friends buy perfumed ones. ana
when the ladies' come in themselves
4 they buy the strong ones. They. IN
sist upon getting the same kind as
the men. We used to keep large
quantity of perfumed cigarets, but
we don't any more. Only just enough
for the men who think their ladles
want dainty smokes.
"The men buy still another kind for
the ladies, Russian cigarets. Halt TO-
bacco and half paper tube. A few
ladies buy those, but not many. IL
the men again who think the ladies
want delicate smokes. But they do
"a mot. They certainly do not. They
= want mans smoke every time.
Smokers Supplies for Women.
There's one thing we've had to do
since women have taken to smoking
We carry women smokers supplies.
Clgaret tubes, vanity cases, ash trays
and table containers"
He pulled out tray with gaily col
ored glass objects about six inches
long Some were in lavender, some
IN green, and some in navy blue.
Clgaret tubes-for the ladies" ne
saId IN explanation. "They love
theSe'" He took out another tray
WIN smaller tubes of the same shape
0ome of them like these. This one
pere is made of tortoise shell and
m33er, this is real ivory, this, tortoise
nell and ivory. Oh, yes, they're ex-
sasiye but the ladies don't mind
8. ne pulled out a third tray contain
DS what appeared to the uninitiated
lumber of bill folds. They were
i,aue OF leather. He opened one OF
n [ A. An ivory holder stood upright
49, - .n E, center of the pocket. "Cigaret
flSe mat lady can slip into her bag.
,OluS i've cigarets on each side. This
Is very popular"
at e pulled out fourth tray.
Another tbino that thew love "