, 1884-05-07
HOW THEY SMOKE.
Manner in Which Our Great Gem
erals Handle a Gig lr.
Grant Smokes SLOWLY, sherman tho
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Losez Fire.
Buffers Cold smoke---Le.
gan smokes by spells.

This usa AZ toh,oco 10 s,,nosa5 20 ha n, 49,
sentinl To military sr,c,sass but there Il n
curious dirs,onca /, tho ,nonnar IN which
prent generals b,rdIa a cigor G,r Grant
for example who IL the greatest smoker Of
the Il. ,,s.s bis a. ~ Lo anio,oJ 4, ~ cuts
off the rim win his uocket.tnifs aud oncc
lighted tho cioai never laa va. bis lin until
lie fire gats an cIosa IN bIs mustacbe ms IN
SINCE IL and then he sticts n ON , ,yonJan
toothpick and hangs on nntiI the last yvbif
can be drawn He IL n rnnnoisseur in Ia
hncro and ALWAYS snokes n medium
strength cignr which Inc imnorts himself
from Havono ua s,roLes slauiv mi ,Ie.
Uberatoly. with the greatest an ioyment and
believes Tint tn knock Off tho osbes spoils the
flavor of "A cigar. He does not use A great
many a dny. although he Is constantly sInok-
ing. A box Of afty will last him n week or
ten DAYS.
Gen. Sherman's habits are the very re.
verse. He smokes quite as constantly as
Gen. Grant. but uses five cigars To Grant,
one. md he isn't pnrticular nbout tho uuohty
lie knows a good cigar when he tastes il. but
Is Indifferent whether he has a Wheeling
sto-a or "A Reina Victorin in his mouth lie
smokes ms II il yy.s "A dE.agre.abIa dutv IN Ia
performed MS rnnidIy a. ,rssibI. cbayys the
end TINT il i'm his moutb nnd tics IL off I'm
chunks, 80 that his cignr is consumed Mt one
end as it is at the other.
Grant ALWAYS talks with a cigar in his
mouth; Sherman never does. He laws IL
down ,ome,y here whom be starts Tn maLra n
remark. for.ets where he ,ut IL mud LIGHTS n
frosh one when he has finished what ba
wanted 70 saw Tho ,asul, Il hi hi, Ill
or the furnitur, ar,und ,L, i-,or, II, n-Lioh
he humans M ba sunking 10 ,s,on, ioadaJ
Will several b,lf rnng5n,aJ - A. -
heaIouarters when ba was In Vvashi,n,oan
WINS generally the case that thesa IT, 80
10 In, found i,ave,v ,oo,n that ba fronnontaa
and tho tiff nelce,s called ,ha,, aShrrnani,
old soldierSs
The general is an absent-minded individ-
nal. and his carcIessness of tba Torns 90 a.
ouette is the result Of nrcocc,nation ,a,bar
than Indifference IN nrdn,ietv uo has r.
ouently been known 10 borro,y , cisar N cot
n lisht and tbcn throw tho ,,bor 49,.
cigar away without r,gn,,l 10 c,n.o,uoncas
Gen. Sheridan il fond M tohocco mi
enioys a quiet smoke but he can't 40 my
thing else when he has a cigar Ia bis ,rCn,b
without losing his fire He breotbes tb,,o,,ah
his nose. and nplrss he novs strict .ttantion
to the business of smoking bis cig,r goos ont
every other minute. The respIt is that tha
carpet around his desk and the cusnidnr ha-
side him is usually strewn with balf. b,uned
matches. for he ueue,aIIv naeJs , I'm ~ -
them Tor every glRnT lie snakes snl1al
his attention To the fact the other dov and he
said; ayes. that's the only e,tr, vogoncs /
am guilty of. Somehow l never conIJ kean
nv cigar lighted. and IL 1 Ind Al for ,vory
match [ have wasted womb Ia, nc ,irb -
Vanderbilt
1t is interesting to see Grant and Sheridan
smoke together, the one as IL he came by IL
naturally, and the other ms IL h. eniovaj II
but didn't know how to do il very we'll.
Grant never relights n cigar. but il he had
Shcriian's habit lac would use up "A box OF
tifty IN an hour.
Cen. Butler always take. what is called "A
'cold smoke He never lights . CHM, hut
always carries one with the wrong end in M.
mouth thrust wny down his throat until onI,
al inch or so is visible. He doesn't chew II
hut rolls his tongue nround tho tnh.c,, n.
he enjoyed the taste. When he dictates lat
tiers or speeches or briefs To his stenog,nnha,
he keeps his cigar in his month III,
hi, chair back, puts his feet on m,
table aud shut. his ewes When h,
finishes the dictstion. il n. want,
the notes written out ut once, he poes b
sleep until the stenograpber has IinisbeJ
writing, when he wakes IN. signs his name
and goe, about other business. He Inns the
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