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Why Do We
Smoke At All?
By MARCEL FRKYOST.
WJiy do we smoKT What mysterious
aad Irresistible attraotloa does this
itiuii pleasure exert? It Is Indeed a
Krui pleasure, for you cannot In this
ease, as you can In retard to other
human pleasure and the vices that re
trait from excesses, point out that It re
sponds to a certain organic craving lit
ur nature, whlcU has gradually become
excessive and tyrannical. In more or
less perfect forma all our modern enjoy
ments hava been practiced at all times,
ut this partloular enjoyment was un
known to the ancient civilisations and be
oajna known In Kurope only at the time
of Catherine of Medlcls.
Tfcoee of our senses which seem to
crave for It today are really hot tickled
by ft. If it were the smell we enjoyeil,
we should really smoke through the nose,
while we do with our palate that !
nearly unable to appreciate odors. It
has been , proved that when you blind
fold a smoker and compress his nostrils
he 1 unable to tell whether the cigar
he la smoking Is lighted or not. Every
thing in the act of smoking is, therefore,
abnormal. .
A smoker forces the mucous mem
branes of his mouth and throat to per
form a work which they do not crave
for. and wanting to Inhale an aroma he
inhales It through the mouth, which is
almost as strangs a If you would put
a straw In your nostrils to appreciate
the flavor of a glass of fin Bordeau.
Let us admit, however, that the sense
of smell comes Into play in this strange
act. Thar are aroraatlo odors that
please everybody, but the odor of tobacco
is distinctly disagreeable, and the proof
is that nobody likes to smell the smoke
of another. Every one tolerates only, the
teste and the odor of his own smoke.
To counteract the unpleasant sensation
produced by the smoking of others we
men nay at least smoke ourselves, but
what about our women, whom we force
to Inhale these poisonous fumes without
permitting them to participate In the
enjoyment? If a woman did not possess
a less . developed sense of smell than
men, a fact that has been proved, they
would surely have revolted a long time
ago. Though only half Sensitive to odors
as they are, they will not hesitate 'to
tell you what they think. If you Insist
on knowing. After assuring you that
they Just love the smell of a good cigar,
rhey will and by telling you that they
detest this fouling of the air and that
they always admire a man who abstains
from amoklng, at lease In their presence.
I admit," smoker wltl say, "that the
odor of another man's tobacco smoke
la unpleasant, but you surely will not
deny that to a man who smokes a choice
Havana, possesses an exquisite taste and
a delicious aroma,"
Yes, my amoklng friend, a 'choice Ha
vana does really contain a. perfume in
its smoke, or rather a subtle taste, which
may even be compared with the taste
of the best Bergundy. But do you: always
smoke choice HavanasT And, If you do,
how many smokers are able to do the
same? Before the recent addd tax -was
put on tobacco In France connoisseurs
agreed that ' go4 cigar could not he
bought here for less than 80 centimes,
and if you wanted to get a really good
cigar you would have to pay 1 frne and
iO centimes. Then you may easily figure
ouf whet 'you must pay today not to
smoke refuse. ..... ..
Refuse 1s Just what cheap tobacco is In
France as well aa other places, It is
equivalent to fifth class meat, . to wine
at two sous the liter, to the kind of
food y6u get In the poor houres. Kemem
ber that the French government makes
D00 per cent on a package of tobacco and
on other things almost the same pro
portion. When you pay 4 sous for a cigar.
It has not cost but a fraction of 1 sou to
Nproduoe. - '
The result Is yo.u smoke only reruse,
and. If you are quite honest, you will
admit that you know it. The taste of
your cigar Is almost disagreeable to you.
if it doe not taste bad all the way
through it does so-, at least when you
have smoked half Of it. It vitiates the air.
it is bitter and nauseating. It is no more
tobacco than the worklnman'a "potlt
verre" is choice liquor.
Why do we smoke then? Not because
we love the taste of tobacco, which It
Is next to impossible t6 get pure and un
adulterated in cigars or for the pipe.
Why do . we smoke? Because smoking
Is a pastime, because of the intoxication
which the poison produces for the same
reason that makes the laborer gulp down
his glass of execrably poisonous brandy.
It Is a series of pleasant ' gestures to
walk into the bar room to treat and be
treated, to raise the glasses and bend
the elbow, and then follows ultimately
the temporary stupor which most people
like. Every human bring loves sleep,
which Is the suspension of animation, and
everyone tries when awake to enter into
states of torpor that resemble the prec
ious sleep. That Is why people drink to
feel their Ideas and thoughts grow con
fused, the sense of reality disappear. In
the same way people smoke te fel their
brain grow havy, to confuse their
thoughts, to localise all the activity of
their head in the mucous membranes of
Tobacoo, like alcohol. Is nothing but
an occidental form of opium, and that Is
why the quality of tobacco and alcohol,
after all. matter very little to the con
sumer, who is only looking for ths pleas
ure of certain gestures and . various
degrees of Intoxication.
Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax
Marrrtatg a Widow.
Dear Miss Fairfax: Is it proper for a
young man te marry a widow with two
children? My family and friends con
demn, such a marriage. . A, A.
I oee nothing to prevent a man's mar
rying a widow with two children and
finding great happiness with her If other
circumstances are suitable. Tou do not
late whether this woman Is a great
deal older than you or whether there la
a legitimate Impediment to your mar
riage. The mere facts that you state
do not seem to me sufficient reason for
giving her up if you love her.
Yea May Try to Wist Her.
Pear Miss Fairfax: I are deeply in
love with a sirl I hava mat T
haven't seen her all summer and I think
she has no use for me. Po you think
I ahould try to find her or leave hor
atone? . J. I
If you feel that you care seriously for
this girl you have seen but twice there
is no reason why you should not set
quietly about trying to locals' her and
then to win her. Put don't make her
eonspioooua or dtsruas your feelings for
her with a number of people.
Dancing and
, By JANK M'LEAX.
One hears so much of dancing In this
America that we all admire so greatly,"
said Mademoiselle Maclexova, world
famous premiere danaeus of the Hall'tS
Russrs. flashing a brilliant smile across
the lights of her dressing table, at the
Century opera house. "And people talk
of the benefits to be derived from bring
ing the muscles Into play. Rut to tell
the truth no one knows to how great sn
extent this In true who has not adopted
the foreign method of grace as a means
to health.
"From the time wh'n we are little
children we think of grace as a natural
means to an end. We do not take up
dancing as a fad or Just because we
happen to like It for the time being; we
make it a matter ut natural development.
"I believe that the preliminary dance
movements, the training, rigid and hard
as it Is, sre of ths utmost Importance
In tho grace and beauty of a woman
figure. ' Kvery woman should possess
grao. The foreign woman makes a
poem of her body. Khe does not neglect
sny part of It, for it' must possess uni
form beauty.
"The training that she undergoes from
childhood is adhered to rigidly. She ha
exercises for hr hands snd arms, for
her limbs so ss to make rounded Con
tours, for her feet to make them strong
and supple. Toe-dancing Is one of the
most wonderful accomplishments la the
world for the good It docs the feet and
the poise It gives to the body.
"My advice to the American people Is
to cultivate dancing from youth. There
are some worthy exponents of the dance
here in America who have the light
idea. They take girls from children and
make their bodies real things of grace.
Dancing Is only an after expression
which comes as naturally as the desire
to fly comes to a' bird.
"Real grace comes . through practice,
the training of the body to respond to
the desires of the mind and spirit. That
Is what real dancing Is, and that is why
a dancer Is graceful and dances well,
because her foundation haa been excel
lent and her mind reoeptlve.
"Children at an early age are more
easily taught because their minds are
fresh and young, and their youthful
vigor needs the Impetus of bodily exer
cise as an outlet. To take a child when
It Is young and teach it systematic,
rhythmical exercise of the hands and
arms and feet and limbs, swnglng mo
tions for keeping the body slim and yet
muscular, means that when It grows old
enough to appreciate what grace of
movement and beauty of form mean, the
health will result as a matter of natural
sequence."
Flirtations of
Married People
That much used and frequently abused
word "flirtation" has a special signific
ance when applied to conduct Of marrriea
people. In this case it may be used te
represent the conscious exercise of one's
personal charm .and why a wife should
be unable to deliberately please her hus
band in the way she deliberately pleased
him when he was her lover Is difficult
to discover.
"I have fallen In love with my Wife on
three distinct occasions since we. were
married,'' a staid husband once confided
to tho writer. He went on to explain
that there had been Intermediate periods
of boredam, dlatatse or chafing. He had
always been happy the fallings in love
were "extras" realisations of how happy
he really was, and how attractive a
woman he had married.'
It a husband it capable of being at
tracted, surely there is nothing In being
a wife which debars a woman from
making the moat of her attractions. Yet
many women settle down into a calm
Tsregard of their appearance and de
portment when at home, and never dream
Of exerting themselves to talk well to
their husbands. ' When such couples are
seen at the theater, on the train, or in
any ether publte place, lack of conversa
tion between them will give observers a
sure hint that they are married. .
Wives should psy heed to the charm
of variety. This does not mean that they
should be cross and kind, sweet and sour
by turns, but they should be charming In
different ways. We all know tho charm
of the woman who surprises (not shocks)
us in her dre-s, ths woman who always
haa something about har which leads one
to notice her permanent good features.
She Is never slovenly or' dressed in bad
taste; she does not relspse Into matter-of-fact
garments and a permanent style
of halrdresslng, for she knows tnst If,
she always looks the same her friends
will cease to took at her at all, and sim
ply take her sppsrsnr for, granted.
It is the . same with , sffecttons; they
must ha freshened up and have attention
drawn to . them by an occasional caress
or compliment, or they are likely to to
come forgotten.
Possibly there would be more married
levers If men snd women alike realised
that marriage should not be a bar to
friendship with the opposite sex. It is
next to impossible thgt a wife should
find in her husband, or husband find In
tils wife, every qualification for mental
friendship, yet this does not mean that
the wife may not consider her husband
the only man In the world worth beln
married to, or the husband does not con
sider his wife to be the- one mate he
wanted
Such friendship is good for all con
cerned. The man who can appreciate the
charm of another woman la not likely to
overlook thst. of his wife; while under
stsnding other, men makes a wife more
sympathetic to her husband. And each
ts more likely to "flirt" using the word
In its best sense with the other If that
other were not overburdened with affairs
of everyday friendship.
Household Suggestions
Steel fire-irons, when not In use, ahould
be rubbed with oil and wrapped in brown
paper, When taken out again, rub thera
well with fin ashes or aoft powder; fine
emery powder answers extremely well.
Ts take grease out of leather apply
white of egg to the spot and dry it in the
sun. Repeat th application until all
marks hav disappeared.
An old sun-bonnet wilt be feund useful
for protecting the hair from dust whoa
sweeping, black-toading gratea, and doing
other dirty housework.
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a synonym for artistry, aa she
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Anita Stewart' s Talks to Girls
No. 16--New Year Resolutions
By ANITA STEWART.
Copyright, 191, Internatlon News Service.
What New Tear's resolutions are you
going to make, girlsT Don't you think
we might resolve:
To be better daughters, and tell our
mother every day of the year just how
much we love them, and how wonderful
w think "they are, and how mlich we
appreciate all that they have done for
us?
To turn sunshiny faces Upon the world,
and to remember that there Is plenty of
rain without adding, our tears to the
deluge f
To keep our trouble to ourselves and
not to add to the burdens of other peo
ple' woe by dumping our worries down
oa themt
To let no day go by without oing or
saying something that will make someone
else happier T
To do our work every day a little better
than wa did th day before?
To bear In mind that in our trades or
profession we write our own price tag.
and get lust exactly what we are worth?
To spend more time in counting up our
blessings and less time in envying people
who hava mora than we have?
To spend a much time In reading some
good book every night as we do in cold
creaming our fac?
If we are rich girl to treat the girl
behind the counter with a much con
sideration as we would like her to show
u if we had been standing on our feet
for six hours, and were tired enough to
drop, and nervous enough to scream?
If -we are salesgirls, to treat the cus
tomer with much politeness snd ps-
tience ss we would like her to show us
All
Men's
HATS and CAPS
MEN'S FINE SHOES
BOYS' FURNISHINGS
From th -
Go On Sale Saturday
Watch Friday
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What a World-Famous
Artist Has to Say : :
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Russian danseuse, whose name is
appears in "L'oiseau do feu."
If we were spending our own money and
uncertain of what we wanted?
Not to wear our hearts on our sleeve
where any sneak ' thief of a man can
steal them?
Not to get Into any compromising flirta
tions with married men?
Not to let any man monopolise our at
tention until he declares his Intentions?
Not to be so anxious for a good time
that we buy It at too high a price?
To remember that love and marriage
are very good things if they happen to
come a girl's way, but if they don't th
bachelor girl has a lot of satisfactory
substitutes In her life?
To save some of our salaries, no matter
hor little, every week, for when you get
old or out of work your one best friend
Is vour pocketbook?
To spread no gossip and pass on no
story that injures another?
To be of some actual use In th world,
and so have an excuse for living?
To remember that our duty Is to do th
work at hand the best we, know how,
snd our mission Is to the people about ua.
And that we are failures In th World
unless w thank Qod every day that wa
are living?
These are the resolutions I am going
to try to keep. What do you say to them,
Klrls?
W ater and Its Qualities
Water Is very slightly compressible.
I ISO Is the chemical formula of water.
The water wheel was used by the an
cients. -
Wster covers 73 per cent of the surface
of the earth.
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Nothing )or Nothing" is
Nature's Inexorable Rule
Br IIICATIllCR FAIRFAX.
"Nothing for nothing." Is not a cruel
law or selfish Indlvtduala; It Is nature
own rule.
"It only I had some one Influential to
help me I mtsht get up In the world,"
says Kllen. The only person whose In
fluence In going to take Ellen safely and
Securely up In the world without any
back-sliding or side-tracking or unpleas
ant tumbles. Is Ellen's own.
For all that we get In life we psy.
That is nature's own law of balance.
But Just what th price la going to be
none of us know In advance.
Nature des not ticket things with price
tags. She simply exacts compensation
and generally on particular terms that
human beings would have chosen to
avoid. .
Suppose Lucy meets sn Influential man
la business. She Is heavily Indebted to
Jane, and while she will ask no favora
for herself from the great man, It occurs
to her that It would bo well to Introduce
Jane and Jet her reap th benefit of the
acquaintance. Why should L,ucy be sur
prised If the great man Is clever enough
to figure out her mental process and to
expect her to repay him for any favor
he doea Jane?
Th books of life are balanced, but ac
cording to a system of double entry none
of us ran forecast.
Suppose you go out on a rainy day
with neither rubbers nor umbrella. You
af In ruddy good health and don't catch
cold. In fact, aa you proudly boast, "your
constitution is sn good that you never
have to take precaution af)alnat the
weather." Perhaps not.
But nature marka down against vnu a
debt for which some day she Is going
to exact payment. It may be thut your
weakened constitution piles up a series
of debts and one day you find yourself
"down with pneumonia, or perhapa your
powers of resistance are gradually low
ered and you become an easy prey to
om epidemic which passes by the people
who have obeyed nature's laws snd who
owe no debt of lessened vitality.
Not only In matters of health, but in
matters of moral stamina, all of up pay
our debts.
"Just one cocktail" and there Is crested
tho knowledge of how a cocktail tastes,
the awareness of the stimulation It pro
duces, even a serene feeling of superiority
to any craving for that form of dissipa
tion. Perhaps a habit la formed In any
vent an Inhibition In broken down.
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never appears ex
cept upon the best
that Armour make.
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near everything that bringi'you to Chicago
Direction of Hotel Sherman Company
The point of velw bocomes, "Hsvlne.
tsknn on cocktail with no evil results,
I may risk another." ' and so reckless
drinking msy evolve from a chsnc
"social glass," and In due time nature
demands compensation for the weakened
will and broken down body.
Peny yourself sleep for a while; perhaps
you may manage very well on five hour
of slumber a night, but In the end you
find yourself either falling asleep over
your work or you sr forced to take on
night off and "sleep th clock around"
or an absolute physical breakdown-occurs.
Natur exacts her price but she. not
you, names thst price.
So far every tampering with or ln
flngment of nature's laws! The stout
woman diets strenously and cuts off cer
tsln food values to which she Is ac
customed. She loses flesh-whlch Is her
purpn: but she loses also nervous en
ergy, which Is natur' way of balancing
Intake and output,
Why, then. Is It surprising that human
beings should conduct themselves on an
absolutely natural principle? When a
man does you a favor and exact one In
return, you have absolutely no cause to
be surprised; nor bar you a right to b
agitated If the favor asked of you repre
sents th particular thing you do not
want to do.
Th may you call exacting and selfish
or cold-bloodedly mercenary Is simply
conducting himself n accordance with
nature. He la balancing accounts.
Nature Insists on equity. She keeps an
absolute balance. Demand certain things
of her and you pay for them In terms of
rratth and nervous vitality,
Kememlier that the next tlm you are
tempted to ask a favor of an Influential
friend. In th natural courae of events
you will have to psy and will probably
not like the price ,
The only safe way to get on In the
world la to play the game of life for
yourself, asking no aid of Individuals and
demanding no overdraughht of vitality
from nature. ,
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The hen-pecked man always acts as
though his wife wss a rich relative when
In her presence.
As a rule the fat man doea not like
to go hungry.
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It comes to you packed in cartons, with
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The Oval
Lab la Araacor'a guaraoto
of quality.
GlendaJ la the daMctoiia, ceonom- .
Inai spread for bread. Phone us your
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tThe Modni Heeuty)
Thefe Is no need for any woman , to
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dered delatone with water it iaensy te
get' lid of them. The paste Is spplled for
i to I minutes, then rubbed off and the
skin Washed. This treatment will rid the
skin of hair without leaving a blemish,
hut ear should be taken to sea that yoi
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