Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1902 — She Smokes In Public. [ARTICLE]

She Smokes In Public.

Miss Dillwyn of Swansea, Wales, has in turn written novels, acted as reviewer for the London Spectator, served as a farm bailiff and is now the partner in a flourishing spelter business. She walks three miles to business every morning and remains at her office daily from shortly after 9 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon. She is a member of the school board and chairwoman of the hospital committee. She has one remarkable weakness. She is a lover of the “weed” in the form of cigars and makes no secret of her pleasure in smoking. She carries a cigar case and has even been seen in public with a cigar in her mouth. “I like to smoke,” she says, “and I see no objection to it. I always smoke openly. I do not believe in women smoking in secret.”