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cigarettes are made for him, and cost him 

 about ten cents apiece. He smokes pretty 

 constantly in his dressing-room, holding 

 the cigarette in a beautiful all-amber 

 holder, with a good rim at its mouth. The 

 holder must be half a foot long. It is a 

 pleasure to watch Mr. Goodwin smoke, as 

 it is to see him act, for his methods are 

 dainty and thorough, in smoking as well 

 as acting. 



The fiercest smoker whom I have ever 

 known was the late Francis Saltus, the 

 marvellous linguist, musician, composer, 

 writer, and traveller. He would smoke 

 (surely) fifty cigarettes a day. You talk 

 about fellows smoking in bed and between 

 courses at a dinner? Well, Frank Saltus 

 would smoke between mouthfuls. I have 

 seen him smoke fifty cigarettes in a day, 

 while turning off two or three hundred 

 dialogues (" squibs," he called them) for 



