The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-02-11
TWEEN THEIR TEETH,

How Mon show Their Character by
the Way The smoke Their Cigars.
81 tell you boys" said Victor Snarez
the other evening to Neto York 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 a mans char
ncter than by the manner in which he
smokes cigar" Tbs was said with
an air of conviction that bespoke the
sincerity of his belief in his peculiar
theory.
II have carefully observed the various
modes and manners of cigar smokers.
aud / have come 10 a 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 style among that peculiar class so
appropriately styled toughs.' In tho
first place he smokes. as rule, good
cigar. A gentleman tough never in
vests in cheap smoke; he would pre-
fer. if reduced to a solitary nickel, to
invest it in schooner of beer. 1t is
always roll of fragrant weed and its
owner usually displays his enjoyment
on his face. The eyes are generally
half closed. and from underneath the
dropping lids comes a shrewd twinkle
of satisfaction as he inhales each aro-
matte Whit Then the cigar is never
in the front of the mouth; it is invari-
ably stock in at one corner of that use
full or fee and held at an acute angle
with the upper jaw. A good VIII fl rare
ly comes from between the lips, the
smoke, even when not inhaled, being
slowly emitted through the nostrls.
1.-The cigar is seldom removed to
facilitate the occas onal expectoration,
the cigar being screwed further back
into the angle of mouth to allow the
election of the saliva in the opposite
direction. Every time you see cigar
smoked in this fashion you can gamble
that the smoker is tough" and in
nine cases out Of ten you will win.
''Then there is the proud,
self-made business man. who is of
another class with a distinction of its
own.
HE usually keeps the end of his
cigar aglow. representing the thought
that is uppermost, and at the same
time the most pleasing in it's owners
mind-vlz, that bssiness is ablaze. AS
he talks he rolls it deity about from
one de of his mouth to the other, now
letting off cloud of smoke at this side.
now at that, as if bent upon exhibiting
the complete mastery he has attained
in the line of artistic, and, indeed. fam
tastic smoking, as we'll as liz everything
else he turns his hands to. When he
is engaged in conversation he keeps
his head slightly askew, with one eye
watching the smoke of his cigar and
the other upon the person he is speak
ing or listening to.
''Ihen you have the man of genuine
thought. who is wrapped up in the
earnest contemplation of many sub
jects. and whose active mind and en-
ergetic body are engaged in working
them out. He keeps the cigar continu-
ally stuck out straight under his nose.
as if acting q part of finger post to
his mind, eternally pointing straight
onward. 1t has once been lit, but not
smoked beyond two or three puffs, and
then allowed to go out again. There
it sticks, neglected and unnoticed.
1T is never relinquished; 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, never see swell or 8
society dandy smoking cigar or cigar
cite that don't feel certain amount
of pity for him. He is. rs rule,
wrapped up in the contemplation of
the good form in which lie smokes it.
Lie 10 uOot pditlCuAdt dS " 1uo PoSitiOH
it is allowed to droop from his super
cilious lip and the proper angle a.
which the elbow should be bent as he
occasionally removes his cigar between
the second and third fingers of his deli
cate hand. All this he can only acquire
by long and careful training. Except
in the handling of his walking cane
alone there is. perhaps, no outdoor
accomplishment in which the average
dude can so effectually display his
character as in the manner in which he
smokes.
"The absent minded man, like the
contemplative man, never has his cigar
lit He ignites the end at every cigar
stand he passes, and let it go out again
before he reaches the door. He eats
the end of il, and thinks he is chewing
instead of smoking tobacco and occa-
sionally he sticks the fiery end into his
mouth by way of change. This has the
effect of suddenly recalling his wander
ing thoughts"