The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-10

Siamess boy With a shaved hsad aad .
string sbcut his waist, who had a cigaret te
over each ear and another in bis mouth.
His father, who was with him, was also
smoking, and his mother mad cigarette
between her lips When the party weut
away-rbe mother took up the naked s1nok-
ing boy, and balancing him on her hip,
walked Of, both smoking rs they went.
The thousand odd women who make up the
haresn Of the Siamese King all smoke aud
chew, ana il takes a good part Of his MAJ
estJi SO, Coz, 600 a year to pay bis tobacco
bill Each lady has 70 have her betsl spit
to0n, which is Of decorated china, the size
of coffee cup, and. il she is a favorite,
she has also a silver box in which TO carry
her tobacco and betel nut.
The woman of Burmah, like the smokers
Of Sam, use their ears as cigar-hOlders.
but they use them in q different way.
Every Burmese girl pridss herself on the
size Of the hole she can make in the lobes
OF her ears, and have seen Burmese ears
which had holes in them as big around as
a napkin ring. These holes are made when
the girls are young, and the lobe both
stretches and grows until it gets as big
around as the thumb of big-boned man.
Into these holes some Of the poorer women
of Burmah put their cigarettes OF cigars
when they move from one place TO another.
Cigars are more used than anything else,
and the Burmese cigar Is the biggest of Its
kind in general use. Ii is from eight to
ten inches long and is often more than an
inch In diameter.
LOVE AND TOBACCO.
The Burmese women are very beautiful
and even these big cigars cannot take away
the beauty of their juicy red lips. They
make the mouth look little large while
they are in them, but it resumes its natural
size when the young lady, holding the cigar
between her two first fingers, blows the
smo1e out in stream. It ia not unusual
for a Burmese maiden to make her lover
bundle of cigars as present during their
courtship, and some of the best Of the Bur-
mese imported cigars are made by women.
They have their cigar booths In the bazars
and they know how TO sell at profit The
Burmese always smoke after meals, and
they chew the betel nut at the same time
that they smoke, though many of them
only chew in the intervals between the
smokes. The Buddhist priests of Siam and
Burmah are inveterate smokers, and a
common sight is crowd of bare-headed,
shave-pated men in yellow gowns, trotting
along with cigars or cigarettes in their
mouths, and with bowls in their hands.
going around to collect the offerings of
rice which the people give them for their
sustenance
Phe Burmese are very social in their
smok king, and 1 saw cigars passed from one
sweet maiden to another in the bazars,
and saw young man accept with a smile
the cigar of belle and smoke it while she
waited upon me and tried to sell me some
silk at an extravaganza rate. Smoking is
common during courtship, and doubt not
that these big Burmese cigars undergo the
same method of exchange as does the wad
of succulent gum among the lovers In the
mountains of Tennessee
1t is different in India. Love-making
there is a matter of bargain and sale, and
such smoking as is done during the making
of matches is between the match makers and
the fathers who wish to sell or bind their
girls to infant marriages. The women Of
India smoke, but they do not do it during
courtship, and they practically have no
courtship. In some parts of the country
tobacco, like opium, Is used to certain ex-
tent to lessen the pangs of hunger and to
decrease the appetite. 1t Is raised In every
province in India, and very nearly $3.50, 900
worth are exported yearly.