Votaries of the Weed No 12 (colour litho)

Votaries of the Weed, No 12. The Thespian, especially during a period of compulsory "resting," is a confirmed, though somewhat gloomy cigarette smoker. "To think, dear boy, that it should come to this! Unshopped for ages! Yet when I played Fags, the demon Tobacconist in "The Smoke of London," the house fairly rose at me! There are no actor-r-rs nowadays-only actor-managers and puppies! Could you-eh? half-a-crown-till Saturday? No? Well, a cigarette, dear boy? Ta! Richard's himself again!" Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards with the title Votaries of the Weed, issued by Gallaher in 1916.