Hygeia "tobacco" (1898 humor magazine)

[Mark A Mandel]

"Hyg<ei>a" is the name of the goddess, as in the citation and your
subject line, not "Hyg<ie>a" as elsewhere in your post (and in "hygiene"
and its etyma, including the Greek one!). This one is real confusing; I
have to look it up every time.

Also, did the Yale Record really speak of "protegees" (e-acute after the
g), which is the feminine form in French?

-- Mark A. Mandel
   Linguist at Large

On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Gerald Cohen wrote:

#    I've noticed an interesting use of Hygiea, viz. "tobacco." In an
#  Feb. 5, 1898 -- _The Yale Record_, vol. 26, no. 8, page title 'EDITORIAL':
#        'These are indeed days of degeneracy.  The visible muscles of
#the Owl inordinately twitched when he learned of the sudden departure
#in the meetings of his wise and temperate scholars, from the practice
#of Sophistry to the use of the genial and soothing weed.  A somewhat
#similar smilet o'er came him when his "next entry neighbor" also
#informed him that his cultured protegées had decided to use no
#violence in regard to the manner in which they would adjust
#themselves to their chairs, and that in future they would "sit
#unrestrainedly" around the chosen apartments freely indulging in
#Hygeia  and "hot dogs".'
#