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

Probably few people in this country
are aware that that usually wasted sub
stance "a cigar end, is utilized In Ger.
many Ia u large extent, and with even
benclcent results.
We can imagine many of our readers
wondering what can he the object OF
collecting these small euds; and We will
therefore briefly explain that they are
sold for the purpose Of being made into
snuff, and that the proceeds OF such
sales are devoted 10 charitable purposes.
There is IN Berlin society called the
Nerein der Sammler Won Cigarreu
Abschnitten, or the Society of Collec.
tors OF ClgAr-cuttings, which has been
IN existence some ten years, and has
done much good Every Christmas the
proceeds Of the cigar ends collected by
tins society and its friends are applied
10 the purchase of clothes for some poor
orphan children.
Ia 1876 about thirty children were
clothed 10y this society, each child being
provided with pair If good leather
boots, a pair of woOllen stockings, q
warm dress and a pocket handkerchief.
In addition 20 this, a large, we'll decor.
ated Christmas tree is given for their en-.
tertainment, and each child is sent home
with "a good supply Of fruit and sweet.
meats. Altogether, more than two hun.
dred poor orphan children have been
clothed by tins society, simply by 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 building 90 be called the
Deutsches Reichs- Waisenhaus I'm.
perial German Orphan Home), where
orphans who are left unpruyided for NAV
be properly cared for, clothed and
instructed. The site proposed for this
institution is az LAhr ia Baden, where
there are a number of SNUFF mauuiactOr.
les, and il is therefore well adapted u
the scheme, which We can only hope
may bc successfully carried out.
The system Of collection, which is e1-
tended over a large part Of Germany, il
generally undertaken by one or two
ladies or gentlemen IN each town. who
collect now and then from their smoking
friends the ends which they have been
saving up. These collectors either send
ON the cigAr-cnds 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. lt 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 g. the society.
To insure the success of this institu-
ton, il will be- absolutely necessary for
all b unite aud 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 by thorough
unity ia the matter, let us say that there
are at least ten million smol rs in Ger
many; or, 90 lie very much within the
mark, We will take only i've million
smokers who will give themselves the
trouble, II such u -, Of saving up their
cigar ends; and assuming that the cigar
ends Of each person are worth only a
quarter PTriIEig lten Ptcnnig equal one
penny EngliEhl. we have a total revenue
for the year Of SIX hundred and fifty
thousand marks, or thirty-two thousand
five hundred pounds.
Now, these thirty-two thousand five
hundred pounds, which, AS a rule, are
thrown away and wasted, can be used to
provide a home for az least thirteen
thousand poor orphan children. Fur
ther, II the i've million smokers would
contribute but once a 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. winch
would clothe another ten thousand
children.
Now we ask. is il not worth while 20
be careful in small things, and to save
up these usually wasted cigar cnds.
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 It's motto the
most appropriate words, "Viele Wcnig
mAchen ein Well" or in the words Of the
old Scottish proverh, MANY a little
makes a mickle. - Chdmbcrs's Journal