The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-02-10
TWEEN THEIR TEETH.

81 tell you, boys" said Victor
Suarcz the other evening to a Star re,
porter and some friends, as hc passct-
around some fragrant Havanas, s.Itcll
you, my experience. is that there Is no
way you can better read q mans
character than by the manner in which
Ito smokes q cigar" This was said
with an mir of conviction that bespoke
tho sincerity Of his belief in his
peculiar theory.
"Ihave carefully observed the various
modes and manners of cigar smokers,
aud l have come to DO II pretty ac-
curate judge Of mems characters by this
means. OF course, tho most striking
example Of this is to be found In the
uniformity ofstyle among that PECULIAR
class SO appropriately styled 'toughs.'
In the first place lie smokes rs a rule.
a good cigar. A gentleman tough
never invests in u cheap smoke; llc
would prefer, If reduced to q solitary
nickel, to invest it in n schooner OF
beer. 1t is always a roll of fragrant
weed, and its owner usually displays
his enjoyment on his face. Tho eyes
are generally half closed, and from
underneath the dropping lids comes q
slircwd twinkle of satisfaction rs he
inhaies each aromatic Whit. Then tile
cigar is never in tho front of tho
mouth; it is invariably stuck in at n
corner of that useful orificc and held
at an acute angle with the upper jaw.
Agood whiff rarely comes from between
tho lips. the smoke, even when not in.
hailed, being slowly emitted though the
nostrils.
Tho cigar is seldom removed to
facilitate the Observation-Disclosures,
the cigar being screwed further back
into Tic angle Of tho mouth to allow
the election Of the saliva in the OPP.
positc direction. Every time you see
a cigar smoked in this fashion you can
gamble that the smoker is a stough,"
and in nine cases out of ten you will
win. 4
..Tllen There is the pursc-proudHsc
made business man, who is of attothcr
class with u distinction of its own.
HE usually keeps the end of his
cigar aglow. representing the Though.
that is uppcrmost, and at the same
time the most pleasing in it's owners
mind-viz, that business is ablazc. As
hc talks lie rolls it deity about from u
side of his mouth 10 tic other, now let
ting off a cloud of smoke ut this side
now at that, as if bent upon exhibiting
the complete mastery lie has. attained
IN the line of artistic, and indeed, fa,i-
tastic smoking, as we'll as in everything
else he turns his hands to. When hc
is engaged in conversation he keeps
his head slightly askcw. with III eye
watching the smoke of his cigar and
the other upon the person he is speak
ing or listening to.
"Tllen you have the man of genuine
thought. who is wrapped up in arn
est contemplation Of many subjects.
and whose active mind and energetic
body are engaged in working them out.
He keeps tho cigar continually stuck
out straight under his nose, as il act.
ing a part of a finger post to his mind,
cternally pointing straight onward. II
has once been lit, but not smoked be.
You'd two or three pufs. and then al
lowed to go out again. There it sticks,
neglected and unnOticed.
at is never rciinquislcd; the cold,
dead ashes remain ON the end like the
projects and hopes that have been
blasted.
"There is another class whose STYLE
is also remarkable and somewhat ludi.
crous. In fact, l never soc a swell or
society dandy smoking a cigar OF
cigarette that I don't feel a certain
amount Of pity for him. He is, as q
rule. wrapped up in tho contemplation
OF the good form in which he smokes
it. He is most particular as to the
position it is allowed to droop from
his s%upercilious lip and tho proper
angle at which tho elbow should be
bent as lie OCCASIONALLY removes lis
cigar between the second and third
fingers of his delicate hand. All this
liz IAN only acquire by long and care.
ful training. Except in the handling
Of his walking cane alone there is, per.
haps: no out door accomplishment in
which the average dude sal so clfectu.
ally display his character as in the
manner in which he smokes.
"Thc absent minded man. like the
conteMplativc man, never has his cigar
lit. He ignitcs the end ut every cigar,
stand he passes, and lets it go out
again before he reaches tile door. He
eats the end of it, and thinks he is
chewing instead Of smoking tobacco.
and occasionally he sticks the fiery
end into his mouth by way Of change.
This has the effect of suddenly recall.
ing his wandering thoughts"
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