28 - Sunday, December 28, 1986 - North Shore News Lifestyles — SMOKING ON THE STREET Vianners takes on smoking etiquette A LADY of Miss Manners’ acquaintance has requested her permission to smoke on the street. Do not suppose that Miss Man- ners cannot hear the chorus of shocked stalwarts over there mur- muring, ‘‘That is no lady."’ Smok- ing on the street is one of the traditional key signs by which one forfeits the claim to gentility meant by the term “lady.” . Never mind the fact that purity of heart is more important than trivial externals. Miss Manners never argues the point. She only CR miss manners by Judith Martin maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband, but that a woman who wears ankle-strap shoes and smokes on the street corner, though she may be a joy to all who know her and have devoted her life to charity, could never qualify as a lady. However, this particular appli- cant for a rule change does happen to be a lady. Miss Manners can vouch for the fact that she wears hats to tea parties, keeps her jew- elry under her gloves, writes ex- quisite thank-you letters and always orders from the middle of the menu when dining out as a gentleman’s guest. FURNITURE & APPLIANCE FORCET THE This lady also smokes. And smoking is one of the current leading deadly causes of etiquette warfare. Smoking itself is not an etiquette violation, although annoying other people with smoke certainly is. It is an equally common smoke-related etiquette violation for non-smokers to suspend common courtesy when dealing with smokers, in ways ranging from offering unsolicited health advice to administering ver- bal and even physical assaults. Because Miss Manners dislikes being evenhanded, she is not claiming that smokers and non- smokers have equal rights to the same air. Obviously, smoking fills that air with a substance offensive to others. 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