The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-30
MODERN WOMAN COMES INTO HER
 SMOKING RIGHT
Lady Mic. Inn," Just Off
 Fashionable Fifth Ave
 nue, New York's First Smoke Shop for Women.

New York, Nov. 3o- The modern woman has al last come into her smoking rights.
 'fThe Lady Me. Inn," New Yorlz's been opened in Fiftyfourth street, east of Fifth avenue, to lure the shopper and flappr and women who have reached ages points beyond"
 Here, milady may put her feet on the furniture, fleck ashes on the floor, or indulge in any of the other count less smoking habi:s that long have been looked upon as inalienabIe prtvt- 1egeS of the so-called sterner sex.
 In the 1ow-ceilinged shop, tasteful1y decorated with Oriental friezes, jardi- nieres and statuettes, the dear girls roll their own'' with a dexterfty that would make William s. Hart and the Mexican vaqueros of the movies turn green with envy. They have even started mooching"-the habit of bor- rowing, a cigarette-a sure sign that passed the fad stage.
 They Show Experience.
 Through the blue.gray haze of burn ing obacco-Turkish, Virginia, and Egyptian, the latter predominating- the reporter had to strain his ears to catch the explanation made by Miss exclusive smoke shop for women above the din of feminine chatter. There wasn't a man in the place, and indignant glances were cast at the re-
 
 precincts. Women puffed away at their flags with that air of ex- perience that comes only with train ing. The conversation was mostly of gowns and teas and bridge. No po1i- tics, market talk or risque stories here. Omyno!
 ''Sm oking among women is no longer a fad" explained Miss Doug lass. '"There has been no place that women could smoke and talk and rest as men do. It is only fair that they should have one. Women have their political clubs-why not their smoking rooms? So we started this shop. But we expect to have 0 chain Of smoke shops to extend across the country be- fore long. There are just as many women in other cities who smoke but they haven't even the opportunity the New York women have. Women can't smoke on the street. or at least they don't. They're going to snoke-so why should they have to travel clear home for a puff?
 Don't Like Cigar Stores.
 Then, too, there's no place where a woman can buy cigarettes without get ting cynical looks from the men The cigar store crowds always laugh when a woman buys cigarettes We carry all brands, and they can pick the kind they like best"
 In the shop some women were talk ing their cigarettes. raw, others had cigarette holders Ringing in styles from ivory, with emerald tips, to the collapsible sort that fold up and fit into little pendant case hanging on a chain about the neck. Cigarettes were produced from cases of gold sSlk and wllalebone, and there were even some of the less fastidious who carried them in the packages in which they came. It fsu't really a new idea" Miss Douglass went on between. puffS. | Paris and all the gay cities Of France have had them for years, and London has its smoke shops for women, too But American women are just coming into their smoking rights Righi here a slightly gray lady, with jade earrings. leaned across the nearby table toward her very dignified companion. May I borrow 8 cigar ette?" she asked nonchalantly. And so the ladies are now taking their revenge on Kipltng, revising his fa nFous line to read: