--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 15 number: 10 published: 1912-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Custom," *Improvement Era* 15, no. 10 (August 1912): 898.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera15010unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera15010unse start_page: 898 end_page: 898 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1912-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera15010unse publication_year: 1912 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1912, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Custom Custom A man walking up the street in Salt Lake City recently was witness to the truth that the smoker has little respect for any person or thing but his smoke. A young man, well dressed, was passing down the walk by the side of a young lady, conversing with her. As they passed our informant, the young man pulled out his can of tobacco and proceeded to make his cigarette, as he walked down the Main Street by the side of the lady. There was no remark from any one, for the scene is common, but think of the idea of walking down Main Street by the side of a well-dressed lady and pulling out a ham sandwich from your pocket, or an apple, and proceeding to masticate it.