Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-07
PIPES ARE THE RAGE.
Since the Mckinley Law Went Into
Effect They Are Stylish.
NOT POPULAR FOR THE STREET.
Manufacturers Find There Will be Run
for Christmas Gifts.
SOME NOVELTIES ON TIE MARKET

One Of the most notable things in New
York during the last month has been the
steadily increasing popularity of pipe
smoking, and the consequent boom in the
manufacture of pipes OF all kinds. The
manufacturers say that this turn of popular
taste to an old-fashioned method of solace
that was abandoned to a marked extent with
the general Introduction of good cigars al
moderate prices began several months apo.
The present boom came, however, with tho
Mckinley bill.
The effect of that BILL" said Manufao-
turer Kaldenberg to New York Sun re-
porter, was immediate and unmistakable.
1t is another instance Of the truth that it is
an i'll wind that blows nobody good. If the
bill injured the cigar trade it is a benefit,
and big one, to the great American in
dustry of pipe manufacture. We have the
same story from agents all over the country.
Everywhere smokers are going back to the
pipe. 1 mean, of course, they are adopting
it for quiet smoke at home, where they
can enjoy pipe in comfort 1t is doubtful
il Americans will ever return to the earlier
custom OF smoking pipes in the street, az
Germans and English and some other nat
ionalities of smokers do.
GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS.
"Just now manufacturers OF pipes are
busy preparing the novelties for the holiday
trade Pipes have always been in demand
for presents, but this year. thanks to the
tariff legislation, there will be bigger de-
mand than ever"
This frank statement of the condition Of
the industry was made in a huge wareroom,
filled on every hand with glass cases con-
tanning pipes OF all sorts and sizes and vary
ing degree OF worth and beauty of workman
ship.
"The most popular pipe made, continued
the manufacturer, sis the brierwood Some
idea of the favor of this wood is furnished
BY the fact that We make 800 different
styles of brier pipe, and find a trade for
each one OF these styles. These pipes cost
from cents to SIS each, according to design
and the amount OF work required to COM
plete them. The most expensive are finished
in meerschaum and amber. A brier pipe
that finds an enormous sale in the Southern
States is the 'Stonewall Jackson 1t has
squafe bowl, carved to represent . rough
stone wall.
LONG SHORT STEM.
A decided novelty in pipes, one which has
already won popularity in this city and in
the East generally, is the new spiral pipe.
This is made OF plain brierwood, into the
stem of which is introduced hollow tube
of bone, which is turned like screw. The
stem is about four inches long, but the effect
| of this spiral formation is the same as if the
stem were to II inches long A long stem
| is made OF tas wingDone of the albatross.
| Some of these are 20 inches long. The pipe
| is very handsomely mounted in silver and
| amber, and costs $40.
A pipe that was designed especially for
| those smokers who would be inclined to
smoke pipe rather than cigar but for the
| nicotine, which, they say, is a disagreeable
| feature of pipe smoking, is the center stem
| deep bowl. The stem Is placed directly in
the center of the bowl. In the bowl itself is
| q cup made of meerschaum which extends
! almost to the bottom of the brier bowl. The
bottom of the cup Is perforated like salt
| caster. In the space between this perforated
| bottom and the bottom OF the brier bowl the
| smoker places a piece of cotton. Smokers
| say that this cotton sbsorbs the poisonous
nicotine so completely that they can smoke
the entire bowlful of tobacco without ex-
periencing any of the biting and dlsagreea-
BILE flavor of the nicotine. These pipes cost
81 so.
''The Turkish water pipe is regaining the
favor it once enjoyed as home pipe for
men OF means. These pipes, made with
globes of colored glass, cost from s. to S.
each, with single stems. They are also
made with globes of elaborately cut crystal,
some of which sell for as much as $500 and
| $500. A few drops of altar of roses in the
| water bowl are found to impart a most de-
| lightful aroma to the smoke, and the per-
fume is readily detected upon entering the
/ ROOM"