1 By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN. Y LADY NICOTINE is a most interesting person- age, As lis frequently the case with ladles with a past, she is more interesting than those who have only a future. Her present certainly Is a going concern. And her future has added fascination of sufficient mystery to induce considerable specula- tion. My Lady Nicotine's influence is not always soothing, Like all great per sonages she has made enemies. Men began to fight over her a long, long while ago, and only the other day the newspapers told of the first of a pos- gible recurrence of the night raiders’ outrages in Kentucky. Urban VIII and Innocent XI fulminated against her. Sultan Amuret IV decreed death by tor- ture to her devotees, James I of Eng- land issued his “Counterblaste to To- bacco,” in which he denounced her as a creature of the “pit that is bottom- less.” Lucy Page Gaston of Anti-Ciga- rette League of America fame is sus- | pected of a desire to shy her bonnet Into the presidential ring. Low on the horizon, no bigger than a woman's hand, Is a cloud which rumbles “to- i bacco next !™ ! Possibly some of My Lady Nieotine's | famous devotees have loved her for | the enemies she has made. Spenser Anyway, | . + »" wrote of her as “divine. We id “sublime.” tion thus: For thy sake, tobacco, I Would do anything but die Bu “w who er-Lytton wrote tl smokes thinks like a like a Samaritan.” Kiplin iis: “The ma: ige and acts or Ss 3 wrofoundly an, but a good cigar Is a Mark Twaln suspects that the man who doesn’t smoke loses “an appalling ag gregate of happiness.” This sort of worshiper clings to the heresy that this is a pretty good old world after all. He isn't worrying about spirit manifestations and Is not concerned over the doctrine of the sub- | Hminal soul. He suspects Lucy Page | Gaston of being a spiritual descendant of the Puritans who condemned bear. baiting not so much because it gave pain to the bear as because it gave pleasure to the spectators, “When doctors disagree shall decide?” : The doctors are as divided in their opinion of My Lady Nicotine as are the literary lights, Some see in her a veritable plague to humanity, | Others maintain that she Is rather no | bepefactor. Of course most physicians hold that smoking is bad for young and growing specimens of the human species, And probably most of them are not prepared to advise that women should smoke. And there are certainly some men who cannot smoke without il effects—just as there are men who cannot eat strawberries or drink coffee without harm. A cold bath in the morning is meat and drink to some | men: It would put others under the | sod in short order. Probably the ma- | jority of up-to-date medieal men are | of the opinion that it has yet to be | proved that smoking In moderation | hurts any normal aan. At one extreme of human judgment is that of the man who wrote that n nation which smokes tobacco perishes. At the other is that of the man who predicted In 1918 that America would win the war because it was the heav- lest smoker of all the nations. My Lady Nicotine needs no press agent and has no trouble about break. | ing into print. Some enthusiastic col- lectors of “Nicotania” have whole libraries about her. There Is one— George Arents, Jr. of New York— who is the proud possessor of more than 2,500 books, booklets and pam- phlets devoted wholly or In part to her. These libraries tell pretty much everything about the lady, No European ever heard of tobacco until the first week of November, 1409. The commonly accepted version of the story Is that two sailors sent by Co- limbus to explore the Island which he named San Salvador returned with a smoke,” i who tale of nailves who carried firebrands A 77. ~ OF” 7 Co BACCD ( LITTY PAGE gAxTranN™ out of their mouths and noses. Later digcovered that the leaves of a plant were rolled {a the leaf of malze, first was given in 1 ' dez de clear account 0 oe 1 Oviedo in his “Historia General de las Indms.” He sald the practice vas pernicious and “used to produce nsensibility.” He reported that ‘uba and most of the islands the na- tives smoked rol of herbs, "“whict they called nn the alled tobaccos™ they through the while « mainland inhaled they inserted In both nostrils. instrument the natives called “tobago.” The Spaniards thought the name was that of the fuel instead of the pipe 3 + hence our word obaecco, ed out the mistake. but “tobacco” had worked itself into the guage, and there it stayed. The herb It was “cohiba™ to the Caribs, “petun™ to the Brazilians, “pleceit” to the Mexicans and “uppowoc” to Indians of Virginia. Nicotine, the active chemical prin ciple of tobacéo, Is an intensely polson- ous nlkalold, named from Nicot, who tobacco into France as n medicinal plant. Hence, finally. "My natives, introduced modern forms of tobacco using. The leaves wrapped about with corn husk roughly eorrespond to our civilized cigarette; the leaves rolled without wrapping of another material to oun cigar. Tobacco ms powdered Into snuff and taken into the nostrils, now. Tobacco was also chewed by vn. riods Indian peoples. The pipe gas in almost universal use; among the Amer jean Indians the stone pipe, “calumet,” Tobacco arrived under several different disguises. Prob. the Up to his time tobaceo few smokers professing to be smoking for their health. The Englishman—his pipe Is shown herewith—blew he smoked beennse he liked It The antls of the seventeenth century had a high old time, Pagan, Moham. medan and Christian monarchs altke attempted to crush the habit of “to bacco drinking.” as it was then ealled in England. But despite all opposition tobacco eventually was established as a favorite luxury all over Europe, The cigarette attained commercial importance ofter the Crimenn war, Eng. lish officers got the habit from associa. tion with the Turks, French and Ital. fans, who, like the Indians, “rolled thelr own.” Other Englishmen imitated this new smart diversion of the army officers. Ameden, which somewhere The existing peculiar conditions in the International money market ean produce very strange and paradoxical phenomena. Here Is a case in which the exchange actually transformed a punishment into a reward. In 1018 a man from across the Baden frontier was arrested in Switzerland for smug- gling. He was released on bali of 5000 franes, which then cost him 7.500 marks. For some reason the case . dragged on and was decided only quite recently, The accused wns sentenced to n fine of 3.000 francs cost. He re- ceived as the balance of his ball, 1,700 francs, which he changed for 24.000 marks, Consequently, his little ad- venture brought him in & net profit of 16.500 marks. ‘As one of the humors of the exchange this deserves to be coupled with the ense of a Swiss hrew. ery, which Is sald to have found It almost lost the cigarette, found it ngain in England, and so it came back to us, For a time clgarettes were made from the Turkish leaf. Then it | was discovered that the “bright” Amer lean now In Virginia the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee made an cigarette. Even most tobacco, grown reenble ] vite making invented, both smoked all In 1888 fo and clgn- American “Hlonded.” over the world, rott as fire not enough cigarettes were in the United States to be sublected to the Internal revenue tnx conxmed { In recent yenrs the Increase has been hy hillions, 500 per cent, In the emand has ad y 3 In reonly inrgely pst the r bees of probably n1180 the war. In 1010. for the first time. the man { ufacture of cigarettes exceeded that of their relative numbers | 8.500.000.000 and S.000.000.000 36 | clears Rinece i then, while cigarettes have multiplied i cignrs have just about stood still, hor of clgarettes was 406.500.000.000 and of cigars approximately 8.000.000. { 000, as In 1910, For the first time more i Into clgars, the 177.000.0060 | pounds, The government derived from the. in. ternal revente tax on tohaceo £200.008.. F001, an inerease of 84D 814.431 over the i preceding year. More than £05.500,000 | of the tohnceo money came from cign rettes i been heavily increased. Altogether we need 407.070.0020 | pounds of tobacen Inst year. We got laway with 174.807.408 pounds of plug, [17400405 pounds of twist, 0.800225 | pounds of finecut. 257.803.440 pounds of =moking tobacco and 371803882 pounds of snuff, The value of the tohacco crop to the | farmer was estimated last year at E542.547000, The average price he got for It was 30 cents a pound. He gets i nore now, More than £1.500.000000 a year Is the value of tobacco products manufac. | tured in the United States. More than a million and a half acres of land are | devoted to the growing of .the “weed.” { On the manufacturing side the govern. ment estimate of the capital Invested in 1014 was 8302 830.000, which was n {low figure even then and Is greatly exceeded now, The number of wage enrners In manufacture in that year wine 179872, and their annnal earnings £77.858.000, It Is variously figured that 70 per cent of our adult male population and a third of our total population use to- haceo in one form or another, The per eapitn consumption, counting each man. woman and child, Is seven pounds a year. The average consumption among the tobacco users Is twenty pounds, There are, according to one of the com. pliers of data. 25,000,000 smokers and chewers whose average capacity is 22 pounds per person. 8,000,000 cigarette smokers each lighting 4500 cigarettes an vear and 5.500000 cigar smokers ench destroying 1.500 cigars, aL {wo numbers being pounds and economical to label its beer bottles with Austrian krone? votes-London Morning Post. Evil Always In Matred. A man should not allow himself to hate even his enemies, because if you indulge in this passion on some occas sions, it will rise of iteelf In others; if yon hate your enemies will rontradt such a vicious habit of mind, ns by degrees will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you~-Plutareh, AT 3 $ i Just Folks By EDGAR A. GUEST BARNSTORMING ARNSTORMING is a pastime f the crude and unterrified amateur actor who draws whatever salary Is left ufter paying ear fare to the next town and who welcomes any kind of applause, from fresh eggs to early Most of our barnstormers leap to the role in “St. Elmo” with so much suc- cess that they are often confused for the real article. They have a very complex and exhaustifg life, as they are obliged to get up at noon, dress and cultivates 1 stage stride, side of the stage to come in on, and There Is quite a little acting con- | cenled on the barnstorming circuit. | Is concealed S00 success that the audiences remonsirate | decorating the drop curtain with | floral tributes In the form of cabbage Every barnstormer | Last Night's Dreams ~What They Mean DID YOU DREAM OF PRISON? U'R LIFE is twofold ; sleep bath its own world,” says Byron, and Glanvill, that eminent seven teenth century divine and philosopher who is thought to have anticipated “3 his inventions the telegraph, says: “We One half our life is a romance of fiction” Joseph electric dream, see visions er, proposed it to Pepys of the famous Ellis says, “Dreams are true while This idea of duality of existence— & dreaming snd a waking life, both " which nobody reads nowa- for it is worth While. The hero of cannot decide which part of his life | is a dream. The dream of being in prison Is not | classed by the sclentis's as a “typical” | dream. It could be easily Interpreted though they would require all the de- talls of the dream In order to do so. As for the mystics In spite of its be ing a rather disagreeable dream, they MOT COOK What we do makes us what we are Better make palaces and live in a hut than to make huts and live in a palace — Helen Campbell, Corn Oil as Fat. The smooth delicate flavor of the ofl made from corn may be used in many dishes In which butter is used and in others to take the place of olive oll, Cakes, puddings, salad dress. ings and even pastry are commonly made with corn ofl as fat in place of lard. Pastry. Take two cupfuls of sifted flour, two teaspoonfuls of salk one teaspoon- ful of baking powder, seven table. gpoonfuls or one seant half cupful of ofl, and one-fourth of a cupful of cold water. Sift the dry ingredients, add the oll, mixing it with a fork, then the water and roll out. This recipe makes a covered ple and one extra crust, Mayonnaise Dressing. Bent the yolk of one egg in a deep bowl, set in lce water, add one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-quarter tea- spoonful of mustard, a few dashes cayenne! add a tablespoonful of corn oll and beat vigorously; add ¥ * \ expects some day to make E. H, F = ern look like the end man in a home | talent minstrel, To that end, he mer: - orizes Mare Antony's oration between | meals and cultivates a stage stride which is a cross between the stirs walking crane and a cripple with a elub foot, i In some localities which never have | a chance to see the drama except | when somebody in a touring ear runs over a setting hen, the barnstormer is welcomed ae a refreshing change from pitching quoits and betting on the du- | ration of the Mexican war, It must! be admitted, however, that not all of barnstorming now In progress A pretty fair imitation can occasionally | be found In theaters which ~et a man back $4 for the fanilly circle. This tends to prove that (rue merit often | unrecognized, while a superior | the (Copyright) wmssssamasammill Jans vas Brazil Takes Forward Step. Arrangements have been made by yrazil whereby a number of technical students will be iritish factories In order that they with the manu facturing methods and so become well for positions afterward as Brazilian pinced in SHOW THE FLAG. Ehow the flag and let it wave As a symbol of the brave; Let it float upon the breeze As a sign for each who sees That beneath it, where it rides, today abides. That it wasn't born to die; Let its colors speak for you That you still are standing true, True in sight of God and man To the.work that flag began, Show the flag that all may see humanity. Let it whisper to the breeze That comes singing through the trees That whatever storms descend You'll be faithful to the end Show the flag and let it fly, Cheering every passerby, Men that have stepped aside, Mav have lost thelr old-time pride, May behold it there and then themselves may Consecrale again, ing! the day Ig gone, When men blindly hurry on Serving onl; iid, Now the spirit that was cold Warms aga fine, Show the flag and in Hine! {Copyright by Edgar A. Guest.) Show the ° 1 5 #/ gods of g in to courage Ea Shiela cwnghd BA eggs aye seven imehe {l % Tost Dundry me j 1 some as indicative of luck, As to es. caping from your dream-prison, the au. thorities are divided on that some cess, others danger. So if you find yourself in jail in your dreams, better you are pardoned by some Dreamland | governor, or dream that you have ap- | plied for such pardon, both of which | are excellent omens, Copyright) To Induce Sleep. When one Is overtired or worried and cannot sleep, being gently rubbed all over with a towel wrung out of salt water generally has the desired effect Deep breathing in fresh alr is also ex cellent. BOOK vinegar; beat vigorously again. then add more oil until a cupful is used and three tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Beat until thick and creamy. The dressing should be stiff enough to keep its shape when dropped on a salad. Use whipped cream to thin dressing when, it Is mixed with the salad. Various vege- tables may be added to give flavor and variety such as finely chopped onion, peppers, parsley, chives or capers. For further seasoning add Worcestershire sauce, catsups of various kinds, tabas- co sauce and chill powder, — White Loaf Sugar, .l Take one cupful of sugar, one-fourth cupful of oil, one-half cupful of milk, one and one-fourth cupfuls of flour, one-fourth cupful of cornstarch, two | tenspoonfule of baking powder, one | half teaspoonful each of salt and vanilla with the whites of four eggs. Mix the sugar and corn ofl, sift the flour and baking powder, salt and cornstarch, add the milk alternately with the dry Ingredients, then the oll, and fold In the whites the last thing. Bake In a moderately hot oven, > ride dg — rn and 8, gems ¢ hot hg of various kinds, ‘he corn ofl may be used as any other fat. wht. 1020. Westerh Neweoanas Futon : Sober Second Thought By GEORCE MATTHEW ADAMS iE Impuilses of our Nature do not Lead us, they Arouse us. And no man is fit to contend gloriously for 2 Fact of for a Cause until he is thoroughly Aroused. But to act upon is an unwise and most disastrous policy. Halter your Impulses with Sober Second Thought. You will never lose anything by carefully Thinking tirings bver before you act. In fact, it Is our Sober See carry through successfully what comes to us as necessary to be done. Cool heads are always wiser than hot heads, Halter your Impulses with Sober Second Thought. Most of the regrets of the world arise from Important things done on Impulse, which If but introduced at once to Sober Second Thought, would not have been done at sll. Many » man has resigned a good position on Impulse only to be left for months and Sober Second Thought is a companion worth cultivating. Halter your Impulses with Sobex Second Thought. cies geen Jud Tunkins, > Jud Tunkins says he doesn’t believe there's any use of tryin’ to draw a word picture of heaven that'll look as attractive to a small boy as a circus
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