Paris has had a lot of shocks from tourists but it stayed for the current invasion to absolutely put the continental society to shame. It was the arrival of cigar-smoking women, not in the quiet corners of their homes, but in a public restaurant. Last night, while Ciro’s was filled to the brim with American visitors, even the waiters gasped when an elderly matron calmly called for a match, stuffed a large black Havana into an amber container, and began to puff in satisfaction. A few minutes later, a blonde who continued to talk about her experiences in Chicago added to the excitement by borrowing the older woman’s cigar and smoking it to the end. Then, apparently pleased with the sensation they had caused, both women shouted for cognac nightcaps and escaped the crowd before their identities could be ascertained.
—The New York Herald, European Edition, Apr. 22, 1922.