Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-14
SMOKING AMONG WOMEN
Interesting Statistics Gathered From .
Lawsuit--Director Caven's Work.
Getting Ready for General
Woods Return
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN
rTNHE number of women who are taking

BY GEORGE NOX Mccain
TNHE number of women who are taking up
l. smoking in this country Is not nearly 20
great as in England
And yet cigarette smoking by the gentler
sex has been far more prevalent In the
United states in the last quarter OF CEN
tury than has been commonly supposed.
Some years ago Mrs. Edna NJ. Muir was
sued for cigarette bill by New York
tohacconist.
The bill wns for 200 cigarettes.
That the lady smoked because she liked
it is shown by the fact that she, according
to the dealer favored the largest size.
Three and one quarter inches long was
their sbe--and generously thick, with gold
tips.
Whether or not cigarettes are injurious to
the fair scX Is moot question.
For years there was an outcry against
their use by boys but one doesn't hear much
nowadays Of their Use by girls.
Anti cigarette societies seem to have gone
into lipsc--tcmporarly. ut least.
THE suit against Mrs. Muir led to some
L interesting calculations.
1t was sad that the lady md her friends
consumed 2100 cigarettes a month. seventy
every day.
This would make. II converted into one
big cigarette. n roll Of tobacco and paper
about as high MS the City Hall tower.
As 10 the other phases Of the habit. II was
estimated that each cigarette of that size
represented about thirty-siS inhalations OF
smoke.
This would mean $500 daily or $4,000
every thirty days.
Ii IS presumed that every draft carried
a minute proportion of nicotine.
With nearly II million inhalatlons a year,
carrying a proportion of nicotine, the
amount of this poison taken into the system
would be something appalling.
But all this assumption IS knocked sky
high by the fact that after years OF indul-
gence Mrs. Muir was decidedly healthy
woman.
rTTY COUNCIL. has voted $4,000 toward
" celebrating the centennial OF the birth
Of Louis Iastcur.
1t is possible that several members had to
read up on the subject before they could
vote intcligently.
Anyhow til" money has been donated. and
that's tho end Of it.
Philadelphia. which is recognized as the
center of medical education on the Western
Hemisphere. should celebrate the event with
due sOlcmnity and honor.
Pasteur is generally acknowledged as the
scientist TO whom we owe the germ theory
of disease.
lie was born on December 81, 1922, the
son of tanner.
LIE WAS not, however, the pioneer in the
world of "tho infinitely little"
The first to catch 4 glimpse into the
realms of germ life was the old Dutch
naturalist Lccuw"nhoek.
lie died in 1928, a few months less than
n hundred years before Paseur was born.
What he first saw with the aid of his
microscope wer" the bacteria found in the
saliva Of the mouth.
A little latcr he found micro organisms In
tn" teeth.
Anthony van I.ceuwrnhock did not at
tempt TO nScribc any function to these bnc-
terra.
About oil his discovery amounted to was
TO r"viv" The Cd theory of the Spontaneous
generation "f lfe.'
1t was Past"ur who developed the germ
theory Of disease
Sir Joseph Lister established the practice
Of HntiS"ptir surgery through Pasteur's dis
COvereS.
The great Fr"nrhinnn is one Of humanity's
most eminent ben"factors.
nRECTOR CAVEN. Of the Department
~ OF Public Works. ~ giving this city a
street cleaning service such as II never
knew before.
The improvement over III" old contractor
system IS apparent TO the most casual OBJ
server.
To secure Il service of this character was
worth all the effort Of years on the part Of
public spirited citizens.
In the collection Of rubbish and ashes
there is similar Improvement.
One iy. however is visible in the oint-
ment.
Director Cayen has doubtless never had
his attention called to the blcmish
It IS trivial out annoying.
His ash collectors hav" q habit after
e.mptying the rcCcptaClcS set out by house
holders Of finging them back rs nearly as
possible in the c"n'Nr of the pavement
Particularly Is this notccable in the better
residential section. "f West Phi,adoIphia.
1t isn't carel"s~rrS>: it is evident design
on the part of thee" employees.
It is just ns oasy to drop the cans and
barrels just inSd" tie curb as il ia 20 litter
the sidewalk with them.
CPECULATION rs 10 The possibilities Of
~ General Wood returning from the Phlip.
pines to assume his duties as provost Of the
University has pretty well subsidized
That the general will arrive on time seems
now assured,
At least University authoritIes nre giving
concrete evidences of their faith in his
return.
At the provost's house on Pine street the
! winters coal has been put in the cellar
The primeyal trees around the house have
| been pruned and trimmed til they stand like
| sentinel grenadicrs.
The new provost Is '"rtainIy going 10 he
| on the job
What DO You know?