TOBACCO LEAVES 



Russell Sage, Jay (jould, Edwin Booth, 

 Nat C. Goodwin, Robert G. Ingersoll, and 

 Francis Saltus. All smokers with two ex- 

 ceptions Mr. Sage and Mr. Gould. 



Edwin Booth was a fierce smoker. His 

 favourite was a pipe, not a cigar. He 

 smoked in his dressing-room, between acts, 

 in his own room, constantly, and I am not 

 sure that he did not smoke in bed. He 

 loved tobacco as another man might love 

 food and drink. His system was full of 

 nicotine, for he overdid it, and he would 

 be alive to-day if he had been a moderate 

 smoker, as would General Grant. 



Mr. Jay Gould I met nearly every work- 

 ing day for ten years, but I never saw him 

 use tobacco. 



Mr. Sage smoked half a cigar once, 

 when a boy, and then let go. One day, 

 around 1888, somebody sent Mr. Sage a 

 box of cigars, with a beautiful label, and 



