I have met in my time some very charming women who do not smoke.

It may be a sign of degeneracy, but I am prepared to abdicate my position of woman's god, leaving her free to lead her own life.
Woman's God.
Candidly, the responsibility of feeling myself answerable for all a woman does or does not do would weigh upon me.

There are men who are willing to take this burden upon themselves, and a large number of women are still anxious that they should continue to bear it.

I spoke quite seriously to a young lady not long ago on the subject of tight lacing; undoubtedly she was injuring her health.

She admitted it herself.
"I know all you can say," she wailed; "I daresay a lot of it is true.
Those awful pictures where one sees--well, all the things one does not want to think about.