SMOKING IN. THEATRES [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
• am a heavy pipe smoker, but I do not smoke in theatres. Not only is it rough on the non-smokers ; the incessant coughing which it causes among these' is rough on everybody. The most dramatic moments in Hamlet or Macbeth, or Cherubino singing Voi the sapete in The Marriage of Figaro will be disturbed by a loud hacka -hacka-hacka as sure as death. May I, therefore, recommend to other tobacco lovers, who are unable to forgo their nieotinous pleasures, even for a moment, to adopt the clean and healthy alternative of taking snuff ? If they practise a little at home, to begin with, they should attain a proficiency which eliminates the possibility of a chorus of devastating sneezes. There is no need to sneeze if one snuffs properly.—Yours faithfully, 7 Milton Chambers,
Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
C. HAXII.TON ELL IS.
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