[To the Editor of THE SPECT4TOR.]
SIR,—The excessive smoking in most auditoriums keeps thousands of men and women away from the theatres. This abstention is not from fussiness or prejudice, but because the fumes of tobacco cause real discomfort, especially to those gastrieally or optically sensitive.
Smoke rises upwards, so I suggest to the managements of our theatres, music halls and cinemas that smoking be allowed in the circles and galleries only and forbidden in the pits and stalls. An alternative is to reserve blocks of seats for non-smokers. This would not give them a tobacco-free atmosphere, but they would escape the acute discomfort from the proximity of a pungent pipe or a rank cigar.
With but little, if any, inconvenience to present patrons, new clientele might be secured for our places of entertainment, as the former would have the choice of smoking or non smoking accommodation.—Yours, &c., New Club, Cheltenham. F. ERNEST SPITAL.
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