TAKING SNUFF .
. “COLDS KEPT AWAY." ... SHOP UIBL'S' OPINION. . Women are taking snuff and there is a general increase in the habit, says ‘the London Daily Mail. Snuff-boxes, which had been turned into match-l boxes and cigarette-cases, are re—turning to their original use. . Recently a reporter saw a girl em—i played in a West End store open a little box and take a pinch of sun”. "Shop girls are now taking up this habit,“ she said. "We are now allowed to smoke while at work, Snun’ can be taken without causing inconvenience to anyone, though it makes some of the girls sneeze a bit. “it is very clearing to the head. and l have not had a cold all winter." .\ member or a West End firm who| supplied snuff to the Royal Family as far back as 1720, agreed that the taking" of snuiY was on the increase. “It is very useful to such people as barristers.“ he stated. “Some people hare always taken a‘ few pinches n tiny for medical reasons. but we lime a. growing number of rust-(Mimi's who consume as much as u quarter of a pound a week." Snuff, which can be bought from about is an ounce. is made of finely ground tobacco, moistened and scent—ed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 5
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210TAKING SNUFF. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 5
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