258 TOBACCO. 



This is an absolute certainty. If woman only 

 ivill, she can effectually solve the problem. Will 

 she disregard her responsibilities ? 



WHY SHALL NOT YOUNG LADIES SMOKE? 



The following is from "The Christian Union" : — 

 " I wish you would tell me if it is f the thing ' 

 for a young lady to smoke ? My brother Will is 

 a great smoker, and he has taught me to be very 

 fond of the aroma of his cigarettes. I think it is 

 just delicious, and I envy him, oh, so much ! when, 

 after tea, he sits out on the piazza and smokes his 

 cigar, and watches the smoke curl away from it 

 in those beautiful little clouds. I have often 

 wished I was a man, so that I could smoke. But 

 Will has always laughed at me. Once he just 

 let me try one whiff of his cigar, and it was, oh, 

 so nice ! — nobody was looking, you know. The 

 other day my cousin Ned was at our house, and he 

 sa} T s it is quite 'the thing' for a young lady to 

 smoke ; that there are cigarettes made just for 

 them , and that it is all the rage ; and I want 

 to know if it is so, for if it is f the thins: ' I am going 

 to smoke too, I don't care what Will says ; for it 

 is just as nice for a lady as for a gentleman to 

 smoke, and I don't see any reason why the 

 gentlemen should have all the nice things ; do 

 you?" 



Young gentlemen, shall your sister, or sweet- 

 heart, or wife offer up her daily incense with 

 yours on the altar of your idol ? Why not ? 



