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Montreal Star:—Smokiog ia on theincrease amoa^ the fashionable ladiee of Montreal. It ia now, with many of them, considered quite the thing to try a wec^l, and they make no secret of it either. In their own homes they smoko with visitiog acquaintance*, and if friends drop in it is just as common to St offer them a cigarette as it uacd to bo to otter them a cup of coffee or a gloss of wine. As yet, the practice has not otten bevond the threshold of the housombut in a short time, unless there is a]-oilxlchange, we may expcot to see puff ther weeds in the thoroughfares.’ But if it becomes fashionable,it will hot be condemned, for fashion is tho queen of fools, and even men who affeot to bo wise give way to her at times. It is not t;o very long since a lady or gontlo mao cnuld uot go out to dinner with** out submitting to have a mixture of fat and flour worked into their hair by some industrious fiizeur, But even that was preferable, for a woman who smokes may be tempted to drink, and then—
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Carbonear Herald
Carbonear, Newfoundland, CA
Thu, Dec 04, 1879
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