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its results, later on, to that of the user also, so 

 that, instead of adding to, it subtracts from, the 

 " resources and powers " of life, as well as from its 

 " agreeableness." 



SMOKERS IN THE PEW. 



A lady writes : — 



" I am hospitably inclined towards strangers in 

 church, but not long since my hospitality was 

 severely taxed. We received into our pew a well- 

 dressed lady and gentleman. I was so sickened 

 by the tobacco-breath of the latter that I was 

 obliged to turn my face entirely away from him, 

 and so from the minister. r Oh,' thought I, f if he 

 only knew how disgusting he is, would he continue 

 this?'" 



Unfortunately, excluding smokers from one's 

 pew does not always exclude the tobacco-fumes, 

 for they bear a free pass and travel where they 

 list. Nor is the presence of the smoker always 

 necessary, as garments worn in his home often 

 bring their accusation against him. 



Will not those who think they w cannot " break 

 from this iron bondage be willing to hold up their 

 experience as a warning, and thus, perhaps, do 

 more to deter our youth from this slavery than the 

 most eloquent anti-tobacco apostle. 



If ever there was good and sufficient cause for 

 woman's righteous indignation, is it not just here? 

 In the lecture-room, in the concert-hall, in the 

 opera-house, in the small, plain chapel, in the 



