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Cuban Drinkers and Tobacco Wars Stir Public Fancy
A humorous column riffs on Cuban drink habits and a looming prohibition wave. It mocks Lucy Page Gaston and tobacco crusades while lampooning Yonkers chamber of commerce resignations over smoking. Elinor Glyn’s writings and a palmistry aside conclude the satire with cheeky hands as clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Gaston Page
Lucy
Tobacco Trust
Lucy Page Gaston
John C. Havemeyer
New York
Yonkers
Chamber of Commerce
John
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Guthrie
Rhein
Alliance
Elinor
Heaven