The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-29
THE EsTHEz1Cs OF a SMOKE.
An Eloquent Smoker Analyses tho Fun hn
Gets Out of a Cigar.

| An Eloquent Smoker Analyses tho Fun hn
Gets Out of Cigar.
Almost all mon smoke with their eyes,
though few Of them know 1t. They do not light
the cigar with their eyes, though often poems
refer to eyes. usually some girls. as bright
enough for that purpose: but the real enjoy
ment OF smoking comes through the eyes and
the touch. 1t seems to be commonly thought
that the senses OF taste and smell are those
which are most affected by tobacco and those
which alone make man enjoy tobacco but
this ID not correct. OF course. man may taste
q cigar. Just as he may taste q piece Of leather
or piece OF wood but, unless he chews, the
tg1te Of tobacco Is no more pleasing than tho
taste OF leather or wood; rather. on tho con.
trary. 1t Is sickening. Then. men think they
can tell about cigars from their odor. but In
reality they tell about them from their appear
ance and their feel.
There are many men who hold cigar In
their mouth and roll 1t around without smok.
ing 1t. Some Of them bite 1t and others chew
it. but the number who hold 1t between their
teeth or roll 1t around between their lips Ia
greater. That Is usually the way with an old
smoker. When the cigar Is lighted he has
certain particular place for It, and certain
teeth between which the cigar rests. With
some men 1t is the front teeth. with others the
incisors. and some men shift their cigar away
back. It Is seldom that two men hold their
cigars In their mouths in Just the same way
and at the same angle. There are as many
ways and angles OF holding cigars as there arc
men who smoke them.
There is where great deal OF the satisfao.
ton OF smoking comes In The nerves Of touch
OF the lips are as keen and sensitive as OF any
part OF the body; there is no hard outicle to
dull them. The lips are full Of sensitive blood
md
arch, straighten become hard. are drawn. and
conform to every emotion OF the mind and to
every thought Most smokers have mobile
lips. The hard -mouthed man seldom becomes
victim OF the smoking habit. He may smoke
occasionally because others do. or he may chow,
but he misses one OF the greatest enjoymentS
OF q cigar. These blood vessels and these
nerves In the lips are near the brain. The con-
tact Of tho cigar with them goes at onoe 10 the
brain. That feeling and the sight Of the smoke
are soothing: 1t Is not the taste and the smell
One OF the greatest differences between good
and poor cigars Is in the wrapper It 10 the
wrapper which comes in contact with the lips.
A good wrapper g soft. softer than velvet or
down it Ia like hossy silk. 1t does not feel this
way to tho palm OF the hand nor wnen clenched
tightly between the lips. but when held boz
tween the teeth. the lips touching 1t and caress-
Ing 1t like an imprinted kiss.
=, To greater extent does smoking appeal to
the enjoyment at once decreases. and It is hard
to tell the difference between good and a bad
a e e F %ehaI VIZ cssT
~ or not except by looking attthe coal on the
the end II the man nan, keeps hts eyes closed and
This would not apply to q man who had never
smoked before; but to man who Is accus-
tho cigar Is necessary, Il is the smoke and tho
tween the different shades Of brown In the
cigar, the cherry Of the burning tobacco and
smoke, changing into various shades Of blue
and gray as It goes through the alr-tt Is these
sK Which che are 6a ne 9p Enc the
The fact that cigar appeals both to the
touch and sight accounts for the difference in
elsarette. The touch q each ache Of The three Is
different The same tobacco may be In the
but 1t does not smoke the same way and 1t
does not have the Same effect on the smoker:
nierySs BGth the sight AN. ana the touch OF
sidered with pipe or a cigar.
There are several lessons to be learned from
these facts about smoking .t which are clear to
which most smokers baye not thought about.
as they go on enjoying their habit Without re-
ana and smoked in deliberate. thoughtful. and
cigar Is more %' than brown roll of tobacco
Simply as that 1t may bring profit to the dealer
and enjoyment to the eye through its SYM
metry and color. but its force is potential. 1t
has TO BIO burned to have the enjoyment IL con-
tains let loose A smoker should always LOOK
at the cigar first. Cigar dealers have appealed
to this In arranging their boxes open In glass
cases. so far III the factory The size shape.
DUALITY price, brand. color, and grade CO. tho
cigars might as well DO kept In closed boxee-
They would also keep better that way. A
smoker should look over the case; he should
look over cigar after cigar until some partlcu-
lar cigar appeals to him. II is The same way
a little speck or spot on ono. there 10 little
tear OF the cover litt!o different twist 10 tho
end, o little change In tho conyoution6 OF the
flller the blndor. and tho wrapper ~ they are
OK posed to view before the match Is applied.
Notice those llttlo pJlnlB IN cigars aud pick
out one that has some little point that you
particularly notice. some mon prefer cigars
with yellow sp It's, others prefer hard looking
Cigar. othorB a loose cigar, and 70 on. The
preference Is not material. tho pleasing OF the
oye H. When selection satisfactory TO tho
eva has been made. tho start at least to good
smoke Il assured. Always look At tho cigar
before lighting 1t, Turn 1t around in your
fingers ana look a IL tits going to give You
name or By poking 1t In SINAI glubo, but by
holdngit ~. DO not nut the cigar in your
mouth and poke your face into fame.
That prevents the eyes from watching
properly what is going on but take a light aud
notice the flame ~ II goes To the cigar. The
smoke begins TO curl before the eyes, the lips
fit around the cigar like mould. Then an
enjoyable smoke has begun