Melbourne Punch - Thursday, May 9, 1895
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THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
—Perfumed cigarettes were always smoked by the playwright, Oscar Wilde — until recently.
—Oscar Wilde once, when in America, went into a very small restaurant in Milwaukee, and, ordering a large bouquet of English violets, he buried his nose in them, took a long draught of their delicious perfume and, with a look of delirious joy, murmured: "I have dined," paid his bill and went out. A large, wide German sat near by and watched the aesthetic performance. He called the waiter to him, ordered a big hunk of limburger, took a good long inhalation of if, rose and said: "I also had dined," paid his bill and passed out.