Women’s Cigarette Smoking
A RECENT report from the London correspondent of the Philadelphia Press mentions that “in the opinion of West End jewelers the most popular gifts sold last Christmas time were women’s cigarette cases in gold and enamel, prettily jeweled and monogrammed.” “The smoking habit among society women has become so general in recent years,” he says further, “that many leaders of what is called ‘smart’ society now light their cigarettes in public places without the least hesitation. In West End restaurants where fashionable people lunch and dine every day, women bring out dainty jeweled gold cases, and light their favorite Egyptian or Turkish cigarettes as a matter of course. Smoking has been a common practise in women’s clubs for some time, and rooms are set apart especially for smoking.” The rapid down-grade of society where such practises prevail is beyond question. The historical parallels suggested by such conditions are not reassuring. But to the Christian student of prophecy they are reminders of the coming day of redemption, the dawn of which is preceded by the darkest hours of the night.