US TOBACCO 



that by decree of certain governments, not over apt 

 to magnify moral issues, tobacco in every form has 

 been forbidden in their national institutions. 



M But my pupils are girls or young women, and 

 my smoking cannot injure them." 



So be it, if to lessen their respect, and to make 

 your presence an offence to them — yes, and a posi- 

 tive harm, — if in this there is no injury. And 

 what of the example to their brothers ? Let us not 

 deceive ourselves in such matters. The young 

 folks are better logicians than we fancy. What is 

 right for the elder people, they argue, cannot be 

 wrong for the younger. 



One of the most-needed lessons for the children 

 of this free and easy generation is that of unswerv- 

 ing loyalty to principle. If we would have men 

 and women of character and stability, we must 

 have children and youth who can say No, and say 

 it emphatically and persistently. They must learn 

 that every violation of law, whether physical, in- 

 tellectual, or moral, is sure to be followed, sooner 

 or later, by its inevitable penalty. To all the 

 enervating self-indulgences, the doubtful practices 

 to which they are continually tempted, they should 

 form the habit of giving an instant and imperative 

 denial. Let us have an army of young people 

 thus trained, and the tobacco-warfare will be suc- 

 cessfully waged. 



