The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-12
talk ON TOBACCO
Writer DlscourSes Amuse dly Con.
cerning "FiIthy Weed"
one Reason Why Cigarette Is Seldom
Seen In Old Mans Mouth
A. to Women Smokers.

As to Women Smokers.
Tobacco is a weed grown I'm a warm
climate and consigned to warmer
climate by persons who have not learn.
ed to chew or smoke 1t. taste for
tobacco is acquired by males during
the adolescent, or foolish period Of
life. Robert Quillen writes i'm lhe Sat
urday Evening Post. The small boy
desires to smoke for the same reason
that he desires whiskers anG long
pants. These things are to him tn,
outward and visible evidence of man
hood. and manhood IL desirable he
cause 1t makes an end Of restraint
He would be man, therefore he
learns the vices Of q man. 1t Is q
hard commentary on the nature Of
mortals that boys covet the vices
rather than the virtues Of their elders
and think Of maturity In terms of Ii
cense
Every mother knows that noise Is
evidence Of virtue. Quiet children are
engaged In mischief When the boys
OF q nsighborhood are playing together
out Of doors and neither shout nor
laugh attests their innocence one may
assume that mischief is afoot. If lit.
tie Willie comes to the house an hour
later very white about the lips and a
little uncertain In his gait and corI-
fesses yearning to talk about heav.
en- one may assume that the mischief
had to do with q first rendezvous with
Indy Nicotine.
The chewing Of tobacco is more
prevalent In rural districts than in
cities. One who chews feels more at
ease IS wide-open spaces. where II is
not dinicult to dispose Of the by-prod
uct. Students Of human misery know
little Of their subject until they have
observed confirmed chewer loaded
to capacity and held by convention
where no friendly receptacle invites
one to Tighten cargo.
AS rule tobacco chewers enjoy
good health. but one does not know
| whether their physical well-belng Is
occasioned by the tobacco or by the
necessity Of remaining out Of doors
Smoking Is more nearly universal
than chewing. Cigarettes are smoked
by boys, by young men and by women
one seldom sees cigarette In tn,
mouth Of an old man. 1t may be tina,
an old man knows better; or 1t ma,
he that one who smokes cigarettes
doesn't linger here long enough to
become old.
boy may smoke cigarettes without
becoming either bandit or an idiot
but he can't smoke cigarettes and
make the track team. nor can he
smoke cigarettes and head his class
In mathematics. The harm done by
cigarettes Is frequently overstated
All proselyting Is prone to eKaggera.
ton.
Until recent years women addicted
to cigarettes were divided into tWo
classes-those who had fallen 30 low
that the opinion Of the majority did
not interest them and those who had
climbed so high that the opinion Of
sAe majority did not interest them.
Today smoking among women is not
confined to class or condition. Those
who wish to smoke do so without ap-
parent loss Of caste Doubtless It is
their right. Yet an old-fashioned man
finds cause to be thankful that the
habit is not general among women
who bear children. When I observe
smartly tailored woman drawing sol.
ace from cigarette In the lobby Of
great hotel am not conscious of
aversion. But do not believe thot
I could rise to equal tolerance II
should observe sweet-faced woman
in gingham darning holes in children's
stockings and pausing occasionally for
deep pull at q cigarette.
pipe Is pleasant company fer the
one who furnishes the draft, but II
affords little pleasure to the innocent
bystander. AS pity prompts Us to
espouse fhs cause OF one who has
been cast out by society. SO does our
love for pipe grow as others frown
upon It apd sniff their displeasure
The erring son holds the greater part
Of the mothers love; the lost sheep
is the most desirable In the flock; the
worth es q pipe may be measured by
the degree q Its disrepute. The pipe
smoker mag ntsly his treasure, but
he does not despair 0f finding II. II
his eyes cannot discover II he need
but close them and follow hta nose
One wAs has learned to love ptsA
can select his own from q dozen Of
similar forms and age though he be
bIindfolded. Few mothers would w
!insS1 risk title to an isfant Ia . stns