Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-26
HOW THEY USE THE WEED.
IRREGULARITIES Cfthc Tobacco Habit
Tricks and Oddities of Smokers.
From The Cohesion Aelrs.

From the G0IUeS.on AsUs.
"How 90 mon smoker" repeated the
man of knowledge. as he tilted back III
his chair and lit a cigar. IL should an
swer that by asking another question:
that is, Why do men smoker You tell
me why q man uses the 'nOXious weed,
and Will tell you how he does it. There
are an Infinite number OF reasons why
rnen smoke. Some men smoke because
they are nervous, some MEN smoke oe-
cause they are phlegmatic, many merely
from habit, very large number do IL De-
cause others do so, and small minority
smoke because they really enjoy it,
THE SHORT. QUICK PUFFER.
ssA nervous man will smoke because he
thinks that 1t will sOothe his too active
organization. Such man will take short,
tQuIck puifs, one after another in constant
lsuccession. A nervous smoker | can spot
every time.
Then there are the phlegmatic smok-
ers. They are followers OF Sir Walter
Raleigh, because they want stimulant
and they think, or pretend TO think, that
tobacco will stir up their sluggish tenn
peraments. Such men take tobacco as
man would take whisky cocktail. A
great many men, in fact | might say al
great length of time, smoke more from
habit. To sea these men fumigating al
ways dsgusts me. They don't seem to
think Of what they are doing. No thought
of the pleasant sensations which they are
or might be experiencing seems to enter
their minds. They puff away and emit
she blue volumes of choice Havana IN
combustion as If they were so many Chi
nese. They smoke as they would sleep
or dress for dinner. Their one idea seems
TO be to get through and light another.
on VIII see man pulling away on
stump Of a cigar. every little while look.
tng at it impatiently and wondering II he
will ever get through so as to start the
next one. Now, why should they do this
They are not enjoying themselves. They
simply seem TO consider IL a duty to get
away with so many cents or dollars worth
OF cigars in day. And they perform the
task.
A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE.
snow, smoking is one OF the most de-
fightful experiences in the world OF sense,
20 those who can appreciate IL. Some
men are, however, 80 cOaTsely made as
not TO have any knowledge Of the fine
pleasures of life. You set before such
man dainty disn, pate de fol gras,
few exquisitely Drowned frogs legs, or
chefs art, and what will he dop He will
swallow them down like so much cOrned
beef and cabbage or pork and greens. He
is so crudely constituted that bis palate
cannot appreciate the niceties Of the GU
llinary art. In the same way, il you set
before him dainty glass OF rare old
sherry or Madeira, be Will gulp 1t down
with no more knowledge OF it's virtues
than il 1t were 10-cent glass of Jersey
lightning. So II is with some smokers.
Dine OF your cross-gra ned men will pull
away on choice culling from the sunny
helds OF the West Indies with no more
satisfaction than If it were an old clay
pipe full OF navy plug. Probably he
won't enjoy 1t as much. With a man OF
liner grain, however, it is different.
THE CoNNoIssEUR.
81 enjoy, above all Things, the sight OF a
connOisseur Of the weed al work on fra
grant Havana. He takes q dainty puff.
Then he draws the cherished % or 90
eenter from his lips and gazee at it low
ingly, meanwhile emitting from his lips
h slender thread of blue smoke. Then he
will pause and the fragrant. soothing mar
cotic will seem TO penetrate through every
nerve in his body. That's the way man
ought to smoke. I've no patience with
those fellows who hurry through their
cibOhlhS JQSb as tu0H nuIlN LuIbuNu JuelT
dinners, never stopping to enjoy 1t. Such
men rush through life in the same blind
fashion. They don't know what real en-
joyment Is. Smokers have all sorts of
peculiar tricks and oddities. One man ]
once knew had trick Of constantly
knocking of the ashes with his little fin
ger. He would keep that little finger
waggling continually. and when there
were no ashes he would burn his finger.
But it was habit which he seemed wholly
unable TO overcome. Some men whom l
have known would always swallow the
smoke. The nicotine laden vapors which
they would take into their stomachs must
have kept those organs in a constant state
OF distensiOn.
THEIR NOSES AS CHIMNFYS.
"0thers seem to find an inexplicable
delight in making chimneys of their noses
and sending the smoke in volumes through
those orihces. | once knew man who
mad peculiar trick of shutting one eye
10 look along his cigar with the other as
he put it into his mouth. He was bash
iuI man and never thought of flirting with
the girls on the street. nut that habit Il sed
20 get him INTO no end of scrGpes. How?
Why the girls all thought he was winking
at them.
THE peculiar habits of smokers will
NuUle L
remember funny Instance OF that. A
man came 10 me in my office ono day
and represented himself as brother OF
an old friend of mine. He was q shabby,
f0rlorn-l0oking specimen aud L was not
inclined TO believe his story, especially as
there was no personal resemblance to his
brother. But sat and talked with him
awhile. lie told a plausible story, but
still was not inclined to believe him, and
finally | told him to clear out, that |
couldn't be bothered with him. Then my
better feelings came to The front and /
gave him cigar. He took it with a sad,
forgiying smile and lit it.
ONE PUFF" AND HE KNEW HIM.
"He hadn't taken but one puff before
was on my feet begging his pardon. After
taking that puff he had taken out his cigar
with peculiar Jerk ana had blown the
smoke out OF the corner of bis mouth in a
manner which had noticed and laughed
over hundred times when with his broth
er ] saw him do IL. / knew then that /
was not being imposed upon.
But talking about smoking makes me
think what wretched habit IL ia. after
all. IL is expensive, dirty, repulsive.
VIII / have a cigarg Well, yes; thank
yoa. Have you got a match7'
ONLY A SEAMsTREss.
The Adventure Of n Young Person
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