SMOKE-LOVING WIVES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 95, 22 April 1922, Page 19

SMOKE-LOVING WIVES.

TEN-GCTNIEA (PIPES. When the suggestion was made recently that 100 cigarettes a week was a "reasonable allowance for women smokers, the number, if anything, was underestimated says the "Sunday Pictorial" (London).

Twenty a day was considered "nothing out of the ordinary" by tobacconists.

Women's love for the iweed has more tha_ doulbled alnce the war.

Moreover, cigars and pipes are no longer •the fearsome things they used to he to the fair sex.

"Add three or four cigars Tier day and two ounces of tobacco a week to the average woman smoker's requirements," said one dealer, "and you get a good Idea of the growth of the cult among women and girls. „ "In many homes you -will see father's row of 'nicely-seasoned' pipes rivalled by another shelf on which there Is an equally carefully selected array which mother and daughters share with pride.

"Of course, smoking gives women a new chance to exploit the art of attracting admiration. Artistic cigarette-holders and jewelled pipes are much In demand.

"Only, a day or two ago I sold a briar pipe, with amber stem and a band set with jewels, for ten guineas. And even more expensive ones than that are frequently sought."