SMOKING IN CHURCH.
Smoking is common in South American ' churches. A visitor to Peru lecords ihot nf, a church in Lima he noticed one of (lie congregation enjoying a cigar during a service, while through an open door he caughf, a glimpse of a hi shop in full episcopal voltes also smoking. In Alant.ic City, too, smoking services are held. They are, however, exclusively for men. When the weather is hot, the men are invited to sit in their shirt sleeves and take off their collars. Smoking in church is not considered irreverent by the Dutch when the service is not actually in progress. Men r: rt»l women retain their headgear; everybody talks freely, in the natural voice and not in a whisper. A girl shows you to a seat or offers you a chair; and until the service ' begins you may j.nioke.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21130, 12 March 1932, Page 12 (Supplement)
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