Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 09, 1911, EDITORIAL, Page 23, Image 23

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By Tad
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AH Right-Thinking People Demand
Extermination, of "the Cigarette
Leading- Medical Men, Scientists, Religious Teachers and
Commissions Agree that Tobacco is Responsible for
Much of the Almost Universal Physical, In
tellectual and Moral Degeneracy.
Hy KLLA WHKKLWl WILCOX.
Copyright, I9ll, by Amerlran-Journal-Kxanilncr.
' l'.iiy who Rmoke riRrettes are like
'.vui iny apples they rfrop long before
li'.iVrat time."
DAVID STARR JORDAN'.
"A good deal has
. T have seen
dunc'. -anrl
))t.rn said about the C
evils of clRarette 1 if ""M w"f
Mtioklng. but one- lUCJSTJ' J,
half the truth had I
never b?en told.
first dulls the
whole moral na
ture. - It has an ap
palling effect upon
the physical sys
tem as. well. It
first stimulate and
then stupefies the
nerves!. ' It , tfuls
tioys Into consump
tion.'. It gives them
ulargement of, the
heart and seids
them to the InxAne asylum
IrfiKlit boys turned Into
tlulKhtfc'rward boys nade Into miserable
ottards by cigarette smoking."
A. C. CLINTON,"
I'hyslclan to several boys' schools.
The Ahtl-CIai'etto league of America,
villi generul neadquarlcrs at the
Vumau's ternplo In Chicago, Is conduct
tnjr an Amerloa-wld( rampulKU of educa
llon, law enforcement and legislation
against the cigarette evil.
It Is leading the fight against tremen
dous odds.
It depends foe success upon the co
operation of parents, teachers, preachers,
dtiiiton, legislators and other friends of
the boys.
.Ic'Uu )urke of Chicago has slated that
"UJr lii and tl:ne would not tolerate
lor on iinprle motnent the cigarette evil
!f the '.cf lstfoi which It works could be
fully !a!tx4d."
FACTS.
llrsv-'fwtlva hundred to 1.500 boys be
gin a:riok!ng every day estimated.
fl-HKind-Kad l-.Mblts are the starting
;.-.lnt y.i cr!:ntnal careers.
Third t'rlrne l keeping pace with the
cigarette Iial.-it; 90 per cent of youthful
offenders are cigarette smokers.
Kcurth In l!h', S,6) !,9J7,(W) cigarettes
were consumed in the I'nited Stntes nn
increase of l,S51.4S7.iS over 1900, not In
cluding those Imported and rolled by
hand. :
Fifth Tuberculosis fatalities are great
est amona; cigarette hinokers.
Sixth The cigarette Is considered a key
to the Insane' asylum.
Seventh Most school dullards and tru
ants are cigarette smokers.
Eighth Many colleges are distributing
centers for cigarettes.
Ninth Students' mental and pUyslcal
efficiency Is lowered by cigarette smoK-
ing. :
Tenth The cigarette torch, imperils llfu
and property everywhere.
Eleventh Klevec sihics ' have prohib
ited tfiu manufacture anil sale vt cigar
ettes.
Twelfth Frohibltory laws are upheld
hy the I'nited States supreme court.
All right thinking people demand the
extermination, (of this pest of society.
Many dovotes of tobucco are Ignorant
of its Injurious nature. However, owing
t6 tliv.rapld decline of the race during
tho last few decades and the" Increase of
crime, Insanity and other diseases, spe
cial attention has of recent years again
been called by leading medical men,
scientists, religious teachers and com
missions appointed by varicus nations to
Investigate the causes of the almost uni
versal physical, Intellectual and moral de
generacy to the fact that tobacco Is
responsible for mucn that has, in the
past, been attributed to other causes.
To ascertain, the reel injury to the race
from such a habit wo tmist necessarily
go to tho third or fourth generation of
its devotees. Naturally, the sad havoc
wrought by 'tobacco upon tho race is
more manifest now than It has been In
the past.
If you are a parent, a teacher, a
preacher or a friend of the boys and a
well wisher of tho race, help this Amer
ican campaign against the cigarette evil
by writing to the Woman' Temple In
Chicago, and asking what you can do to
push the cause along. And send a self
uddressed stamped envelope for reply.
if
Little Bobbie's Pa
Hy WILLIAM 1 KIKK.
All the time wen I was eetln.; dinner Yeggm n- Jiitk Dalian & Harry Tracy
Into nite I noticed that Fa was fcclin? ! & tho James Krothera.
awful bide, lis srd that the supo burned j Aetcrs-Oorao riiytmi.
lie owns mnar
his mouth Jfc he sod that th iast was
too icald. 4i ho std that tho coffco was
look warm. Wh-T Pi Is Lino ho la a
leg'.m' t!it i "niomector.
Well, Karl Killjoy, sed Ma, what rfjenis
to be c:i yiire brlte inlnd this afternoon?
V.'ny have j-ua mado oar f rly dinner look
!.!. a .vast of the l.v.J? ewl h. brace
i ", nl ?ia. : :r:'.i a. l!tt l.avo curl
uf thi-m C. jropiini'S. I cooked tl.ttn with
ov.o h:ir...'ii, iwu Ma. I laltc liac.
Kiif.vn I:, KP.'.i :h;:.' i'.t like yurfl
hands. Ni, i.ikj th'j.a Away, I doant
v.ai't
Aig- '.-.n I ask yo.i, i"J i'a, what U tl.e
i. alter -.villi yeu?
I Co-l t'.at ! have bfn slited, i'a teil. I
list Mlstr Cartirjay has made up a
Ul of !-'uty n. I am not In
!i. M"1 Va. luether Is M'j'.er Dart or
I..:rd J'vnm or oti:-aw it ecvsn Teddy
I-. jwel'. J'i Kd. t an you teal that? fed
! , a lis: tra'.u men wt'.hoat Teddy.
No under J ri Line, ued I'a, wen a
li.ui i-in:, win. alcnc & picks oat
r, lot of n-'V. without ewer having
red rtiu.'f '.'.i'.'y to know the reely ;;:ate
man. 1 I. as ft ;it i.e.-e, i lv., wlih I
-.uade for .j:e cf on:' Itejluj; maga
,M'ini a .'r.- t'.n.e up .. Ttix 1IH dident
git ''' " palper, ted l a, ow ing to the
fack UiiU 1 havont a raft load of
m ini:v, -its illater . Carnegay, but the
fu-k rcemaiiis. Bed Va, that my Hat of
grate r.aiins will live longer than the
lt in,Ua up uy Mister Carnegay. The
rteaoB it is butter list. I'a sed, is
Uikaus my list Is classified. Llsscn, sed
I'a, A ou wiU see It beer my fainua
;it all paced whare thuy beclung:
Ioets ihakespeer A Byron & 1'oe &
n.e-
Ai tist-IUmbrandt & Milet.
lliicUis than Sliakc:spci;r.
OrAtoi s Theodore llusevult A- 1'icmos
theucs beekaus wen they Fmtlo they
both show tl.eMcks In lhare mouths.
I'lters Hob FUzHimnmi.s k inc.
Well, sed Ja, when lire you going to
fit thru talking that iiom-en.io & get
reddy for the lluwtcr.
I doant ft. e like guin'i iu any thoettr
tonlte, sed i'a. I teel too sad wen I
thii.k how Mister Cameguy' lift me out
uf the nalms of grate men.
Well, ted Ma, you inado up for it by
putting yure own nalm In twice. Cum on
& put on yure coUIils now, sed Ma, you
may not be one of the twunty grate men
of the world but you are the deerest man
of tlitm nil.
Then I'a felt happy & he went & got
reddy for the show. 1 think I'a is one
of the twenty gratcst boobs In the wurld
beekaus Ma can make him do anything.
I
Kr Iba Kurnr,
Uy JAMK3 lUVKNXT.OI'T.
Hail to our I.ady of the Curves!
Welcome back to your own Cm e morel
Tours tho worship your grace deserves;
Charm us now as you did before.
Fashion whimsically wills that you
Ahull come to dazzle our eym anew;
Enthrall us as only you can do -
A a empress w e'll ull adore.
Not that we love or worship list
The suender one whose reign you break;
For hen she came, id's all confess.
Our heart were !rs to U ive or takv.
Now to )ou to bow with cfturtly mien;
Noiv you're the fairest we've ever seen;
And, bent of ail, you're the self-same
queen.
Only In different dr-
Hold His Head Up, Mr. Cop
By Tad
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irVjvAS AeiMTP.VAf7rp.Me0N IMlXt
UTTI-E iCHOOL.o0iV PjtOF nihC-
vf as peTi im it- mer cla s i a
TH6 i-D JtNEET ?07ATuBJ Op MANE
A;IMUS. H TMCTX ftTM TUM A
tlc awout -me DOCTOR or- tmg:
VMitoeitriSSi he vA im a pckl
8eiHAPTVy cau-j at TM-e-Srtrwie
T)rVi ONfi vsij, TO f' CENTI poe
WITMCMiIXOtAN AMoTHt 0THe
WAS to A diRAFfe vmiTX A 108-&
THROAT HHXB H TO CO .
UTUfi GJi W0f ECi op ANf AJCO
If THEN AOON A D P(TlTI0N
SMQOL.Q THE BrteNETN Jlfrf?
HOt-0 HIS HEAD U?,
H NAMT6Tt SpfJAr
And y eo vouccr paks Niut-T ME .Si.
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TA f-A hT-M& h
ZVST A T y pa 'h Av.m r i n S
CAsaC OUT OF JCHUMM'5 Cfif-
ME TBOic A i L AmT AT TH
ofpo i i te s,Q of tvie: itnetT
' VUKfe RtNNlSCr OMCTL
T IN TA??CT TrfL PEN ?UiHEm.
tPON TMt CiAtfc AHO CHIRPEO .
"I HEAR T6T.CM GOT Lof.tceO
yP MA.N6- A NOISE"
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FlfiEX fOR LAMM IN (r
-pe -&ATE-!
THtrASHAKSH WORDS
HA-Hft lW A MILH.MAH
NOvn ANO IT A tpkt-iV.
1DOMT G-CVTOTHC yTRttte
7iU-.3i THETH 1 LOAO
VP TV a VNAGrON VNiTVA
aAlUC AMO ICE. f HAviE"
TOiTAfLT MACEWTVlrJ '.
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I Ryri up 5o ( H-to-MTi
ON ONE. J-o.l Te"N
put i- Purvift VNAlTET-l
VOVNMFfMirATHe iVptoo
ArsTj Cull iT OP Ah-AINl .
NS O0THAT IN most of
TVrtL.r'i-At-E.y .THcTTS
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THE SOTTRV VWA. f0iN6- fWS.
VAtH AtT AM"JJ IT NWAS ALON6-
AMp vnahs one - he hapnt"
feltSEET A CAT TO Tti1 AST
Five HOOfii. H.rtlAH-KiM.'
TH-tTRE VNAS A (MOlSe IN THE
iSHei-NHHo ftoei THeMS.''
tJAt-ET OUftGoAM-PiAAAN.'
"M"fiCCAOlCE."CAM VOU
TE.XJ- roe iONtETHiflej'HE. AOPO
"HOOT "HETVfirtESTrVG JCtNTrW
TW WAN i-OOKETO Aft0Uf0TO
MAs-CSuHB TMATTMOV VNEKE
AL6NE AND THEN AiKEPJ
AE INN EHyEWENCeO
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THE ArAE JjQoTC. efj-AIN,
CoLcex-r. Oiu-v and oorrLES
AmO"THT AT THE. Of fCL.
TAtt -HOtip.i HAOAG
TO MAtfi OuT T3)ci-S.
l'v NEMSUATCK THrH
MlONIertr UMeVETH I
J-fT HOME
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Sherlocko the Monk
lJVnStH AUG Ki t
t',VWBl;t( Ull, N.tloiHl
Ntwa AmucUIIok.
The Adventure of the Vanishing Star
Can't
AN AB&OUjTtLY IN6XPUCABLE
DlSAPPARAKC6 .J
VDETAILWATSqJH
t WAS WAXJtlNfi ALOM. TUG
TtT WITH A rRieND VKMtN
Mfe SUDDtNLf VANicucn I
OA ANX OTMKH. MEANS BT WWIChI
"AllO MW6 RUN AWAT -
Mt S MCXV
VANI&HEP '.j
let us visit
i ( Ml
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NO CeLUMfUNCKft THIS, SlMWALK-"I ''RAC,i HVJ
wL r no feNTitANCt iNm thi siDe of LSHCRU3CKO VfjLxU-'
A'--. ie -suilds. -we Mur have r rTiK VX
' "TrT" &ONt U? ! LET U, LO0IC AT 0fyS
HRJS VHEN ME ( ' ?S& VZV llVIW uii-V' 7
rAj ' fls. I i LHlCH WAe uei as, a UA&60, ml) k
M JH6 WAT. WHAT WERJE A.
v "' (Qu PoiriaiN this neighoorhoooD V
rMt FRIEND WAS GdNC .L I AH ! LET U4 I (ToTl,
TO THE STAMG ENTRANCE! MAKE IN THE I OBSeMt VATsr? W wwIT) VJfv J
STAR F I OlE rofiUJVF , ASTVH LEADING ) stLkT sK
WA1 JUST OOiS ON, J ( OLt TQUCMJ LN'w'f'- OsJ.
. THM BSNCAt TfLV tl ioX' V
) sTQi MtTHAT rut LAfcSO ? 5k VX
) f'-V PtUD "(OUR FtieNt7 Q?Z. !hV
7. El
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The Eirtatious Wife
Ily DOKOTHV DIX.
t
A man correspondent asks thin ques
tion :
"What should be done with a flirta
tious wife?"
Something with
boiling nil In It la
about the punish
ment to fit the
prime In such a
case.
Many excuses
may be made for
the f I I r t a t I o us
young girl. Bhe la
gay and giddy,
h-ady with the
kense of her own
Just realized at
tractions for the
opposite sex. Hhe
Is Ignorant and un
sophisticated, and
does not appreciate
the harm aha may
be doing. More
over, she la frAukly
angling for a husband, and Bit ttve men
that come to her net are fish.
No such apology may be offereif fftr
the flirtatious marritd woman. Bh is
old enough to know better. Hho la wise
to the ways of the world and realties the
Irreparable wrong aha Is doing. Hhe ha
her husband. Bhe la not a pot hunter,
fhe klsys tor. the cruel pleasure of killing.
The titrations married woman la both
fool and knave fool because she risks
.so-much for so little, and knave because
she Is disloyal tn the bread aha eats, and
betrays her husband In his own house.
The professional adventuress la not so
desplcahla a character aa the married
woman who usea her wedding certificate
aa a cloak of respectability to cover her
sentimental affairs with men.
The adventuress at least fights in the
open, under her own colors, and takes thd
risks herself, while the wife hides behind
her husband, and carries on her guerrilla
klrmWhes from the safe shelter of her
home. Which la a nefarious proceeding.
and not according to the coda pf civilised
warfare between tha sexes.
, It should be every woman'a first duty
to keep her honor white and her name
unstained. This obligation la doubly bind
ing upon her when she marries, and
voluntarily takes into her keeping a
man's honor and a man's name. 8 he
should ba avail mora careful to keep
them uiiullled than aha did her own.
A woman may conceivably have a right
to do as she pleases with her own. It
may ba her privilege to throw her pearls
In the mud If she fancies, and trample
them underfoot, but nothing could con
done her fnult If sho threw away the
most precious Jewel that a man had, and
that he had trusted to her. The black
treachory of bringing disgrace on a name
hat had been given reverently Into her
keeping should ba eitough to mske any
married woman with a gleam of honor.
or honesty, or common decency In her
soul, run straight.
Cnfortunatuly there are many women
whovn vanity Is so great It outweighs
their principles, and for the sake of be
ing flattered and for tho pleasure of
listening to a few lying, sentimental
speeches they are willing to be also to
the vows they have made and bespatter
the names they bear.
And the name of this woman la Mrs.
I-egion, for tho Cllitallous wife Is a tiioro
common figure thou we like to ndmlt.
Not nil of the alder stepping from the
straight and narrow path is done by hus
bands, even In the most respectable.
church-going circles. It's a good thing
for tho Integrity of the home that Caesar
doesn't aiwaya know a'l that Caesar's
Ifa does, nor all that the nc'golior bay
of Mrs. C
Of course, the flirtatious wife Justifies
lierself by saying that lie:' little affairs
are perfectly Innocent; that thers's no
harm In a littlo spooning In the twilight
with Fomo man who regularly drops In
to tea when her liuehund Is at business,
or In her meeting some man alu:ot by
accident In the park or at luncheon, or
n the writing and receiving of senti
mental notes. It ! true that she wouldn't
have her husband averhear any of these
tete-a-tete conversations, or have one of
the letters drop Into his hands for
world, but that's Just bacause John Is
so ahsnrd rl'l ridiculous and obtuse that
wouldn't understand.
Hut sha's (iult sura there's no harm in
her flirting a bit, because she will know
where to flop, uul when to draw the line.
Which sometimes happens and sometimes
doeon't. but a womau's knowing tha psy.
etiological moment In wtilch to call off a
flirtation doesn't Justify her In It. On the
other hund It condemns her the more, be
cause some excuse Is to be made for the
indlt-crctlon of a married woman, carried
away by arvoverwhelmlng passion for a
man not her husband, but none is to be
made for the disloyalty of the ule who
is being unfaithful merely to titillate 'her
egotism by being admired by men.
Any nuu-rled woman who flirts, who
seeks or recerves the attention of strange
men. Is unfaithful to her marriage vow.
There Is no half way place In loyalty. It
gives everything ar nothing, and there ar
few husbands who would cere t keep tha
body of love after Its soul had fled.
And the amazing thing about tha fllr.
tatlous wire Is her folly In risking sa
murh for so little. I hava In mind this
minute a woman married to a man who
adored her, and who lavished the most -beautiful
and tender attentions upon her.
In addition, being wealthy, ha gave hen "
fine ton and country houses, automo
biles and horses and rarrlagas, diamond
and coetly clothes, everything that montf
rould buy. This woman had nearly grown
children and apparently all that heart
could desire, except an Insatiable craving '
for the admiration of many men.
Bhe was one of the flirtatious wives.
In truth, her flirtations never went be..
yoiiu eiiiiineniu iuu muu igiiere ano. m
liew orchids from her admirers, but on
flna day the husband overheard another
man making lova to Ma wife, and a ,
search of her desk revealed a pile of lova '
letters, such as no married woman should
receive:, and tha result Is that tha one
adored w-lfe has lost husband and chil
dren, and wealth, and I now an axil
from home, living on a moderate pen'
slon. '
hers, as many another finds hers anblng
In Reno.
Tha flirtatious wife Is the worst 08
traitors ,to her sex because aha must
elthor prey on other women's husbands,
or else robs soma girl of a husband, and
makes every man afraid to marry by
lowering in his area tha standard of
womanhood. , '
In Kentucky they toll tha story of a)
plain mountain woman whose husband
was elected to tha legislature, by and
by the mountain woman came down t
tha capital, and observing with horror -
mo ti m m ui uiv Tvuiiieu in eupillgucMeoj
solefy, she announced her own coda of
ethics In dealing with men.
"I don't pester na woman' husband,
sha said, "and I don't want no womaa
pestering mine."
Which Is a good motto for all married
women.
Agussiz 'Fessed Up
3
The late Senator Frye attributed hlr
robust health to correct habits and fond
nesa for sport end th world outdoors
Two months each year ha enjoyed at hi
camp by the ltangeley lakes and tha keen
delights uf the rod and gun. IC there was)
one achievement of his Ufa of which ha
was Inclined to boast It was that of hav
ing caught th largest square-tailed trout
ever taken with a tly. ''-' ., J "
Horns time after, at a dinner, this boast
was challenged by no less an authority
than Prof. Agasslz. The great naturalist
asserted that I he Main senator Waa la
error, for It wai a scientific fat that
no truo trout ever attained the weight
mentioned-seven pounds. The following
season the senator waa fortunate enough
to catch an elgh-puund specimen of tha
same species, w hich lie packed In lea and
sent to Prof. Agasslx. The professor
acknowledged his defeat In the following'
laconic, line: "The theory of a lifetime
kicked to death by a fact!"
"That," commented Senator Frye, "U
the only case I have ever heard of In
which a theorist ever paid tho slightest
attention to a stubborn fact."
"Too Worldly"
J
I'ollce Commissioner Waldo of New
York was talking about the proper ob
servance of the Uabbath.
I believe In a proper observance of th
Babbalh," he said, "but I should hat
to see us go to such lengths aa prevail
In certain sections of Vermont.
"A friend of mine Is passing his va
cation In Vermont. lie Is staying with
a rich farmer, one of his boyhood mates.
Dear me, what strict Sabbatarians they
are in those parts!
"My friend, the other Sunday said,
after lunch, that he though he'd take
a stroll, and, swinging his stick, ha
started off. but ho had hardly got half
way down the old-fashioned garden when
his farmer host coma running after bim
with an umbrella.
" 'William.' he said, 'would you mind
carrvtnK thia umbrella instead of that
cans on your walk? It would look less
frivolous and worldly.' "
The British barllament passed aa act
In ltiOu levying one shilling on every per
son absent from church on Bundaya
Sunday newspapers In Great Britain be
gan with tho brttiah linxette and Sunday
Monitor on Map. li -t, 17SQ,