Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-22
NSTHETIU SMOKING.
A SMOKER ANALYzES THE FUN HE
GETS OUT OF A CIGAR.
The Pleasure of the Weed Is Received
Through the Eyes-The Poetry of Hold
ing a Cigar Between the Lips-The Finer
Sensations of the Habit Described.

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Sensations ef the Habit Described.
Almost all men smoke with their eyes
though few Of them know it. 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 enjoyment of smoking comes through
| the eyes and the touch II seems to be
commonly thought that the senses of taste
and smell are those which are most affected
by tobacco, and these which alone make a
man enjoy tobacco, but this il not correct.
| OF course man may taste cigar, just as
he may taste piece of leather or piece OF
wood, but, unless he chews, the taste of
tobacco is no more pleasing than the taste
Of leather or wood; rather, on the con
trary, it is sickening. Then men think
they can tell about cigars from their odor,
but l. reality they tell about them from
their appearance and their feel
There are many men who bold cigar in
their mouths ana roll it around without
smoking it. Some of them bite it and
others chew it, but the number who hold
t between their teeth or roll it around be-
tween their lips is greater. That is usually
the way with an old smoker. When the
.igar is lighted he has certain particular
,lace for il, and certain teeth between
which the cigar rests With some men it
Is front teeth, with others the ncisors, and
ome men shift their cigars away back
DELIGHTS OF A DRY SMOKE
1t is seldom that two men hold their
cigars in their mouths in Just the same
way and MT the same angle. There are as
many ways and angles Of holding cigars as
there are men who smoke them.
There is where u great deal of the sntis-
rnction of smoking comes in. The nerves
Of touch of the lips are as Keen and sensi-
5ivc us those of any part of the body; there
is no hard cuticle to duh them. The lips are
full of sensitive blood vessels and sensitive
nerves. They curve, arch, straighten, be-
come hard, are drawn, and conform TO
every emotion of the mind and TO every
fhought. Most smokers have mobile lips
The hard mouthcd man seldom becomes Il
victim Of the smoking habit He may
smoke occasionally because others do, or
he may chew, but he misses one of the
greatest enjoyment3 Of cigar These
blGod vessels and these nerves in the lins
are near the brain The contact of the
cigar with them goes at once to the brain
That feeling and the sight Of the smoke
are soothing; it is not the taste and the
smell
One of the greatest differences between
good and poor cigars is in the wrapper It
is the wrapper which comes in contact
with the lips A good wrapper is soft
softer than velvet or down; it is like fossy
silk, 1t docs not feel this way to the palm
of the hand nor when clinchcl tightly be
tween the lips, but when held between the
teeth the lips touch it and caress it like an
imprinted kiss.
VALUE OF SIGHT
To II greater extent does smoking appeal
to the eyes. Try to smoke in dark room
and the enjoyment at once decreases, and
it is hard to tell the difference between n
good and II bad cigar. 1t is hard even for
a man who is accustomed to smoking to
tell whether his cigar is lit or not except
by looking at the coal on the end If the
man keeps his eyes closed ana does not see
the coal it is easy to deceive him. This
would not apply to man who had never
smoked before, but to n man who is accus-
toned to smoking to sach alone are
the joys of the smoker. A sight of the
smoke and the cgrr Is necessary. 1t is the
smoke and the glow which appeal TO the
eye; the contrast between the different
shades of brown in the cigar the cherry OF
the burning tobacco and the l.ayish ash,
with the thinner gray Of the smoke, chang
ing into various shades Of blue and gray as
it goes through the air--it is these that
make the visions thc quiet, and the placid
ity which ARE the charms Of smoking.
The fact that Il cigar appeals both to the
touch and 81 sht accounts for the difference
in the sensation Of smoking II pipe. IL cigar
and cigarette. The touch of the three
is different The same tobacco may be in
the pipe and in the cigar which is in the
cigarette, Lut it does not smoke the same
way, and it does not have the same effect on
the smoker. There is not the same feeling
to the lips, and there is not the appeal to
the touch nerves. Both the sight and the
touch of cigarette are 50 different that it
cannot be considered with pipe or a
cigar
There are several lessons to be learned
from these facts about smoking which are
clear To every one as soon rs he thinks
about them, but which NEST smokers have
not thought about, as they 10 on enjoying
their habit without rejecting about the
reasons for the enjoyment, One Of them
is that cigar should be chosen nndsmokcd
in deliberate thoughtful and philosophi.
cal way
THE CHOICE OF A CIGAR.
A cigar is more than brown roll of to-
bncco simply, Hs that it may bring profit
to the dealer and enjoyment to the eye
through its symmetry and color, but its
force is potential. II has to be burned to
have the enjoyment it contains let loose.
A smoker should always look ut the cigar
first Cigar dealers have appealed to this
in arranging their boxes open in glass
cases. So far as the factory, the size. shape,
quality, price brand, color and grade 20,
the cigars might as we'll he kept in closed
boxes They would also keep better that
way. 4 smoker should look over the case;
he should look over cigar after cigGr until
some particular cigir appeals to him II
is the same way with n box. No two cigars
are alike There ~ II little speck or spot
on one; there Is Il little tear Of the cover a
little different twist TO the end, u little
change in the cOnvolutiens of the filler, the
binder and the wrapper as they nre eX
posed to view before tho match is applied.
Notice these little points in cigars aud pick
out one that has some little point that you
particularly notice. Some meu prefer ci-
cars with yellow pots, others prefer hard
looking cigar, others loose cigar, and so
on. The preference is not material, the
pleasing of the eye Is. When selection
satisfactory TO the eye has been made the
start at least to good smoke is assured
Always look 1T the cigar before lighting il.
Turn il around iu your fingers and look ut
it. 1t is going to give you pleasure. Then
light it, not by sticking it In a flame or by
poking it in II small globe, but by lighting
a piece of paper, stick or match and hold
ing it up DO not put the cigar in your
mouth aud poke your face into a flame.
That preyeGta The eyes from watching
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