Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-31
SCIENCE OF SMOKING.
How to Read Character by the
Light of a Cigar.
The Way Men Handle Their Stogies-Com-
mon Complaints Among Smokers
The Tale Told by
Tobacco. -.-.

"Its twenty years now since | began to
sell tobacco" said the talkative proprietor
OF an emporium "and in that time
have closely studied the characters of my
patrons, forming my conclusions from the
kind OF company they keep. l mean by
the kind OF cigars they smoke. / can
always tell. An eyen-tempered, quiet fell
low never goes TO an extreme in choosing
tobacco; nervous man wants something
stroRg and furious; a mild man, something
that smokes and nothing more. The same
conditions run through chewing tobacco.
Then there is great deal in
The Way Men Handle Their Cigars.
Very few can smoke on one side as we'll as
on the other Men come in here every
day who have been smoking for thirty
years, and II they were 70 place q cigar on
the wrong side of the mouth they would
appear as clumsy and green as a boy who
was trying his first weed. The muscles Of
the face become set to one position. Any
change requires a reorganization of the
face. SO il amt by the way the cigar is
embraced in the mouth that You can esti-
mate the man.
"If man smokes his cigar only enough
to keep it lighted, and relishes taking it
from between his lips to cast whirling
curl Of blue smoke into the air, set him
down as an easy-going fellow, who cares
little for how the world goes, and no more
for himself. He has keen perceptions and
delicate sensibilities. He will not create
trouble, but is apt to see it out when it is
once begun.
Beware Of the man who never releases
the cigar from the grip of his teeth, and is
Indifferent of whether it burns or dies. He
is cool, calculating and exacting. He is
seldom energetic physically, but lives east
ly of of those whe perform the labor. \
man who smokes 9 bit, rests a bit, and
fumbles the cigar more or less, is
Apt to be Easily Affected by Clreum-
stances.
He may be energetic, careful, generous
and courageous, but he is Yacillating and
liable to change on a moments notice. II
the cigar goes out frequently, the man has
q wholesoul disposition, is a deyil-may-
care sort Of fellow, with a lively brain,
glib tongue, and generally fine fund
Of anecdotes and yarns. To hold half Of
the cigar in the mouth and smoke tndiffer-
emily is a lazy mans habit. They are gen.
orally of little force and their characters
are not Of the higher strata. nervous
man, or one under exciting influences,
fumbles his cigar a great deal. He is a
kind Of
PopIniay Among Wen,
Holding the cigar constantly between the
teeth, chewing it occasionally, and not car
ing whether or not it has been lighted at
all are characteristics of men with the
tenaCity Of bull dogs. They never forget
anything and never release hold. A flop
stands his cigar on end, and an inexper-
fenced smoker either points it straight
ahead or almost at rightangles with his
course"
"What per cent Of smokers understand
the art of holding cigar
"a very small per cent. cigar should
be held with the tip between the incisor
teeth, should extend horizontally and in
cline from the nose at about 10 or 20 de-
grees Very few men knew how to light a
cigar, and especially a Havana. 1t should
be held over flame to force the nicotine
and natural flavor of the wrapper into the
filler of the cigar, It then smokes easier
and gives out a sweeter perfume"
"What Il the Commonest Complaint OF
Smokers
1.-THE commonest complaint grows out OF
the fact that nearly twice as many cigars
are consumed on Sunday as on any other
day. Smoke must be digested and assimi-
taken into the system. Men founder
Then they grumble. II generally comes from
those who buy box of cigars and take
them 10 their homes, where they smoke up
the first row so hurriedly the nicotine is
not digested, and by the time the second
row is reached they are foundered, They
blame their ill-feelings upon the brand,
which they claim detericrates as the bot,
tom of the box approaches. IL they would
smoke no more cigars on Sunday than they
do on any other day in the week, they
would feel all right, and the last cigar in
the box would be sought with a relish
equal to the first one"