The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-16
Cigar Ends.

iI'uAhAN lew people IN TINS country
are aware that that usually wasted sub
stance, II cigar end. is utilized in Ger
many 70 large extent, and with even
beneiicent results.
/ We can imagine many of our reader,
/ wondering what can be the object oi
collecting these smail yuds: and We vii
( therefore briefly explain that they ar,
sold for the purpose Of being made int
snuff, and that the proceeds of sucl
sales are devoted 10 charitable purposes
\ There is IN Berlin society callel the
" Nercin der Sammler won Cigarrel
Abschnitten," og the Society Of Collec
/ tors of Cigar-cuttings, which has beer
IN existence some ten years, and hai
done much good. Every Christmas Ia,
proceeds Of the cigar ends collected bN
+ tins society and it's friends are applied
+ 10 the purchase of clothes for some poor
T orphan children.
/ Ia 1876 about thirty children were
clothed by this society. each child being
provided with pair of good leather
boots, pair of woollen stockings, d
warm dress and a pocket.handkerchief
In addition to this, "a large, we'll decor.
ated Christmas tree is given for their en-
I tertalnment, and each child is sent home
F with a good supply Of fruit and sweet
meats. Altogether, more than two hun
dred poor orphan children have been
clothed by this society, simply bv the
proceeds Of such small things AS cigar
ends.
The success Of the Society AT Berlin
has induced further enterprise in the
same direction, and il is now proposed
10 erect a building 10 be called the
Dcutsches Reichs- -Waisenhaus (Im-
periM German Orphan Home), where
orphans who are left unproyided for may
be properly cared for, clothed and
instructed. The site proposed for this
institution is nj Lahr in Baden, where
there are a number of snuff mnnuiActor-
ICES, and il Is therefore we'll adapted ~
the scheme, which We can only hope
may be successfully carried out.
The system Of collection, which is ex-
tended over large part of Germany, is
generally undertaken by one or two
ladies or gentlemen IN each town, who
collect nov and then from their smoking
friends the ends which they have been
GU the cigar ends 10 the central society,
or sell them on the spot and transmit
the proceeds This latter plan, when il
can be worked, is preferable, AS saving
expenses IN carriage and packing. IL il
proposed that the number Of children
which each town shall have the privilege
Of sending 20 the home shall be- regula-
ted according 10 the amount which they
have contributed o. the society.
To insure the success of this institu-
ton, il will be absolutely necessary for
all 10 unite and work together; each on
must not leave il for his neighbor,
thinking that one more or less can make
no difference. To show, however, what
might be accomplished 10y a thorough
unity in the matter, Jet us sew that there
are at least ten million smoltrs in Ger
many; OF, 10 be very much within the
mark, We will take only five million
smokers who will give themselves the
trouble, II such II il, OF saving up their
cigar ends; and assuming that the cigar
ends Of each person are worth only n
quarter PfenRig (ten Piennig equal one
penny Englishl, we have a total revenue
4oE tnc year 81 hAA uuuuicu anu ultN
thousand marks, or thirty-two thousand
five hundred pounds
Now, these thirty-two thousand five
hundred pounds, which, as n rule, are
thrown away and wasted, can be used Ia
provide a home for az least thirteen
thousand poor orphan children. Fur
ther, II the five million smokers would
contribute but once year the value
only Of a single cigar, say in Germany
one penny. this would make an addition
al five hundred thousand marks, or
twenty-five thousand pounds. which
would clothe another ten thousand
children.
Now we ask. is il not worth while 10
be careful in small things. and 10 save
up these usually wasted cigar ends.
when we see what great things might
result? We can only conclude 10y wish
ing success 10 tins remarkable institu-
ton. which has taken for its motto The
most appropriate words, "Viele Wenig
machen elm Well" or in the words Of the
old Scottish pruverb, MANY a little
makes mickle. - Chdmbcrs's Journal.