252 FAMOUS SNUFF-TAKERS. 
Drury Lane Theatre, brought a mixture into fashion by using 
or alluding to it in one of his most famous parts. The tobac- 
conist whom he thus favored was his.under-treasurer, Hard- 
ham, whom no writer about snuff should omit to notice. He 
was a great favorite with Garrick, whom in his turn he almost 
revered. One of Hardham’s most important duties was to 
number the house from a hole in the curtain above the stage; 
and it is amusing to fancy the little tobacconist, snuff-box in 
hand, calmly watching the pit fill, or from his elevated posi- 
tion admiring the histrionic talents of his gifted patron. His 
shop in Fleet street is also memorable. It was the general 
resort of theatrical men and tyros, who sought to ‘reach the 
manager through his subordinates, and his little back parlor 
witnessed the début of many who afterwards gained applause 
from larger, though not more exacting audiences. 
se Her Majesty Queen Charlotte has bequeathed her name 
to a once favorite mixture, and George the Fourth has some 
slight chance of being remembered by the famous ‘ Prince’s 
Mixture,’ which was so popular when it was the fashion to 
admire and imitate that gifted individual. It would be a 
grateful but almost an impossible task to enumerate the 
kings, soldiers, lawyers, poets and actors who had sought 
from and found in the snuff-box comfort and inspiration. 
Prominent among the rulers of the earth who have acknowl- 
edged the pleasing influence of snuff is Frederick the Great. 
His snufi-box was the'pocket of the long waistcoats of that 
period, in which he kept large quantities loose—a dirty habit, 
which Napoleon, who was a great plagiarist, adopted. It 
would be easy to draw out a famous list of literary names 
attached to snuff, beginning with Dryden, who was particular 
enough to manufacture his own mixture, and selfish enough 
to preserve the secret of its excellence, with a view, prob- 
ably, of enhancing the value of the pinch from his box, for 
which the beaux and wits at Will’s intrigued. 2 
“In the pulpit, at the bar, and on the stage, snuff has been 
equally valuable in adding to the persuasive eloquence and 
talent of its patrons. By the female portion of human-kind 
it was at one time pretty generally taken, nor was it uncom- 
mon for young and even pretty women to offer and accept a 
pinch in public. After the gentle sex had to a great extent 
given up the habit, some strong minded females were to be 
found who retained it. Mrs. Siddons, when she came off the 
stage after dying hard, as Desdemona, or harrowing the hearts 
of her audience by her representation of Jane Shore, could 
