Evening star., 1937-11-19
thanksgiving Just Around the Corner Planning Dull
Smoke Your
Cigarette
Properly
There Should Be
A Limit to the
Number Used.
By ANGELO PATRI.


YouNo people who must smoke to
be comfortable ought to observe
the few rules that society has laid
down to insure the comfort of those
who cannot be comfortable while 9TH
ers smoke
When visiting it is bad manners to
begin smoking if nobody else is smok-
ing. 1t is not polite to ask your host
ess il you car smoke if nobody else
Is smoking Wait. Your hostess may
object to smoking under any circum-
stances, but if you ask her permission
she feels obligated to give it. But she
won't feel obligated to invite you to
her house again, and that may not be
Just what you would like.
When you smoke be sure you have
tray at hand to care for the dead
match and the ashes ana the remains.
Don't scatter the ashes on the floor
and say that they will help the rugs.
They don't. Don't shake them into
the folds or draperies or behind the
cushion of your chair. The hostess
likes those draperies and cushions, and
they have cost her money and effort.
And don't use the fireplace as an ash
receiver. A fireplace ought to be
beautiful. reposeful spot and refuse
of sorts is no addition to its atmos-
phere
Don't smoke at the table until your
hostess indicates that smoking is in
order The person VINO lights his
cigarette in the middle of course is
committing an outrage. Don't put
the ashes in your coffee cup nor douse
the smouldering end in it either. Your
I hostess does not like the smell or the
flavor of the edead-and-done-for smoke
In her cups and glasses. Use the ash
tray
Above all, don't rest your burning
cigarette on the edges of the furni-
ture the window snls, or anywhere
save on the proper tray. Burning the
tablecloths and napkins, the uphol:
stery, the raperies and the bathroom
shelves is Just too much to be borne
with patience.
Young people who smoke should not
inhale the smoke That is what does
Athe harm Nor should they light ciga
rette after cigarette end-to-end. That
is smoking TO excess, and if it does
not hurt them it offends other people
because it is breach of good taste,
is considered bad form. The most
important protest is that based on
health grounds. Chain smoking in
jures the health of grown people and
1t certainly should never be counte-
nanced by young people.
There should be decent limit set
on the number of cigarettes smoked
day. Enough is enough, and very
few cigarettes day is enough for any
young person. A pack ought to last
week at least, if not shared. There is
no necessity for high school boy tc
light a cigarette as he leaves the
school, and smoke all the way home
either. In fact, my notion after
watching this smoking business for
long time, is that high school boys
and girls would be better off mentally.
physically and spiritually if they did
not smoke at all.
= Smoking is an adult habit Tired
people think smoking helps them, and
1t seems to. 1t comforts aching nerves.
1t is medicine, a drug Healthy
young people do not need 1t would
be much better if they decided they
didn't want it.
Mr.. Patri will give personal atten-
ton to inquiries from parents and
schoo-teachers on the care and de-
velopment of children. Write him in
care of this paper, inclosing a 3-cent
se,1n. stamped self-ad0ressed enI Ielope for