And, besides, I'm just beginning.

A thousand dollars a month is not too much to buy for you all I want you to have.

A salary of five hundred a month would be too small.
That forty-five dollars is just a starter.

Wait till I get my stride.
Then watch my smoke." Ruth misunderstood his slang, and reverted to cigarettes.
"You smoke more than enough as it is, and the brand of tobacco will make no difference.

It is the smoking itself that is not nice, no matter what the brand may be.