A PUFF OF SMOKE- WHAT'S THE HARM

White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 285, 18 March 1919, Page 2

A PUFF OF SMOKE- WHAT'S THE HARM

On* 1 puff calls for more puffs. That’s the harm. And every one of these deposits a small quantity of deadly' poison in the body. One needle prick of the Chinese doctor doc's not kill th<* baby; but the multiplied pricks given in the effort to banish the so-called evil spirit, drive-* the breath of life out of the little sufferer.

One puff do°s not destroy the brain or heart; but it leaves a stain, and every other puff deepens that stain, until finally the brain loses its normalitv, and the victim is taken to the hospital for the* insane or laid in th 0 grave.

One put! d cl not para Use the young man n the wheel chair; but the many puffs that came as the result of the first puff did. Tie* tell-tale stains on tie* fingers were indicative of the deep stains made upon the nerve cells. One puff uid not make of the bright hoy a c riminal; but the many puffs that followed the* first placed him in the* dungeon. One puff did not k'*c*p the boy from winning in athletic games; but many puffs d d. One puff did not destroy h s obedient, IHoful spirit; but many puffs made* him a disobedient, disloyal boy. One puff did not take him from the head of his class to the foot; but many puffs did. Beware, boys, of the first puff.--“The Youth’s Instructor.”