It cannot be denied that among idle, nervous women to-day there
is a tendency to take stimulants to excess, and even to smoke
abominable cigarettes.
Alcohol, fortunately, ruins the complexion. And for the sake of
their looks women often deny themselves and show a strength of
resolution that would not be called forth by any moral appeal.
Cigarettes in short order make the face sallow, spoil the shape
of the mouth, make the eyes heavy, fill the hair with permanently
unpleasant nicotine suggestions, develop a mustache--and women
are cured of cigarette smoking by a look in the glass, when they
could not be cured by tearful appeals of the wisest philosophers.
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Do not, therefore, O men, despise the vanity of women. Praise
and cherish it rather. Be grateful that nature works in a
wonderful way through the power of attraction, making woman do
for good looks' sake that which is most important to her welfare.
If you want to cure your wife or some other female relative of
lacing, don't moralize. Say to her six or seven times:
"Isn't the end of your nose a little red?"
Should she act in any way unwisely, staying up too late, living
foolishly, trying the silly and unwomanly habit of cigarette
smoking, don't criticise the habit.
Criticise her complexion, or the look of her eyes, or her general
lack of youthfulness.
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