Madison times., 1888-01-07
TWEEN THEIR TEETH.
How Mon show Their Character by
the Way The smoke Their Cigars.

the Way The smoke Their Cigars.
II tell YOU BOYS" said Victor Snarez
the other evening to Ne0 lor5 Star
reporter and some friends, as he passed
around some fragrant Havanas, Il tell
YOU, my experience is that there Is no
way YOU can better read man char
acter than by the manner in which he
smokes cgar." Ths was said with
an air of conviction that bespoke the
sincerity OF his belief in his peculiar
theory.
Il have carefully observe | the various
modes and manners of cigar smokers,
and | have come to pretty accurate
Judge of mems characters by this means |
OF, course the most striking example |
of this IS to be found in the uniformity
of stvle among that peculiar class so
aplropriately styled toughs. In the
first place he smokes, Is rule. good
cigar. \ gentleman tough never IN
vests in cheap smoke; he would pre-
fer, if reduced to a solitary Nickel to
invest it in a schooner of beer. 1t IS
, ALWAYS q roll of fragrant weed and its
owner usually displays h,s enjoyment
on his face. The eyes are generally
l half closed, and from underneath the
dropping lids comes shrewd twinkle
, of satisfaction rs he inhales each aro-
b matte Whit. Then the cigar is never
: in the front of the mouth; it is lnvarl-
ably stock in at one corner OF that use
ful or flee and held at an acute angle
with the upper jaw. A good VIII II rare
q " comes from between the lips, the
f smoke. even when not inhaled, being
e slowly emitted through the nostrlls.
IS "The cigar is seldom removed to
= facilitate the occas onal expectoratioa,
) the cigar being screwed further back
a into the angle of mouth TO allow the
% election of the salivd in the opposite
s. direction. Every time you see cigar
y smoked in this fashion you can gamble
10 that the smoker is 'tough, ana II
~ nine cases out Of ten you will win.
no Then there is the purse-proud
nd self.made business man. who Is o
J. another class with distinction OF II
"A own. :.
az He usually keeps the end OF ii.
,os cigar aglow. representing the though
n that is uppermost, and at the sam
all time the most pleasing in it's owner
re- mind-vlz, that business is ablaze. A
10 he talks he rolls il deity about fror
'nS one de of his mouth TO the other, no.
ret letting off cloud of smoke at this s'd'
ere now at that, rs if bent upon eXhibltIn
. the complete mastery he has attaine
}, in the line of art site, and, indeed. tal
me taslic smoking. as well as liz everythln
ho else he turns his hands to. When |
do is engaged in conversation he keel
to his head slightly askew, with one ey
'es- watching the smoke OF his cigar al
we the other upon the person he is spea
,nt. ing or listening to.
'0N ..Ihen you have the man OF genull
70 thought, who is wrapped up in 4
at earnest contemplation of many su
ilk. iects. and whose active mind and
de- ercetic body ere engaged in workil
wei them out. He keeps the cigar contin
+ a ally stuck out straight under his nos
,uld as if acting a part of finger post
is mind, eternally pointing stralg
onward. 1t has once been lit, but L
smoked beyond two or three pulls, a
,end then allowed to go out again. Ih'
ex- It sticks, neglected and unnoticed.
,s q 1T is never relinquished; the c.
atly dead ashes remain on the end like
milk projects and hopes that have b'
, we blasted.
her. "There is another class whose st
oro. Is also remarkable and somewhat lu
liter crous. In fact never see swell Q
long society dandy smokinga a cigar or c'g
With cite that | don't feel certain amo
q oi of pity for him. He 49, us II
rs wrapped up in the contemplation
,cuss the good form in which he smokes
nts, He is most particular rs to the poslt
we'd, It is allowed to droOp from his sur
'nple cilious lip and the proper angle
iNou which the elbow should be bent rs
ox occasionally removes his cigar betw
nv to the second ana III 'ru H''Se'' vi MS
You cate hand. .All this lie can only acq
t we by long and careful ira NC. Ex'
saiu in the handling of his walking c
tooI, alone there is, perhaps, no QUO
COM accom- plishmont in which th" "V''
visit, dude can so effectually display
er to character as in the manner IN whicl
they suokos
ouse. ..The absent minded man, like
little contemplative man, never has MS
It's as lit He ignites the end at every G.
leart- stand he passes, and let 1t go out a
before he reaches the door. lie
the end of it, and thinks he is chez
instead of smoking tobacco and {
,,;os sionally he st cks the fiery end into
- - mouth by way of change. This ha
iisheu effect of suddenly recall ne his wal
louer- ing thOnghts."
ornet,
d eve, The High Hat War.
marks St. Paul lady TO her husband re
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