The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-26
MAN AND HIs PIPE.
In Germany There Is a Close Con-
nection Between Them.
An Index to tho Smokers Character
First Experience of tho 10y with
His Fathers Pipe and His
Habits Later On.


smoke. His selection of pipe is no
small matter. lie has gone through all
the gradations in the art of smoking
and it is an art in Germany-and gets
TO his pipe about the age of forty. 1t
becomes the comfort of the middle age
and the darling of the old 1t is fondled
and stroscd and praised in no unstinted
style. 1t is the inscparablc companion
of the hearthstonc, ind neither house,
beer or story paper can dethronc it.
One can always tell the particular
bent of mans mind, says the Chicago
Times, by his style of pipe. The picture
on the bowl is usually an cpitome of
che smokers youth. Should it be the
head of the rcigning emperor be sure
chat patriotism is the ruling passion.
And if it bears n picture of wooded
mountain side, slirtcd by Il broad river,
surmounted by Il high tower, adorned
with the ruins of Il fcudal castle, and
perhaps the inscriptions: Alt IIeidel-
berg du Fcinc," the smoker is gallant
as well as patriotic. recognizes and en-
joys life when he sees it. So does he
who selects the girl with the wine glass
and the inscription: "Wcr Licbt NIGHT
Webb, Vein and Gcssang?"
The memory of his youthful pleasure
comes back with the sight of his pipe.
His FIRST experience has been with cigar
tips. AS boy he has helped to strip off
the ends of Herr Papa's cigars and place
them carefully in the little leather
case that was always found in the pa-
ternal pocket. Later on he has watched
the big pipe send forth clouds of tobacco
!. smoke from its big bowl and longed for
the day when box of little dry yellow
cigars would be beside his plate. That
day he would be eightecn-he would
begin to be man. What joy!
OF course with the German boy the
drst smoke is n family affair, and if not
as spicy rs the stolen smokes of the
American youth it is robbed of it's Sick
ening effect by Herr Papa's watchful
care. The cigar is light as straw, clean
and fragrant, harmless rs stick of
candy
During the first years of his expert
cnce the German young man smokes
rather extensively. Two-ccnt cigars
arc his limit, and this is considered
pretty high life i'll Germany, where it is
thought dsloyal for an ordinary citizen
to allow, his time or cigar bill to run
higher than n statcsmnn's. 1t is said
that bismarck keeps within the bounds
of six dollars for his.
These two-ccnt cigars are infinitely
better than our high-priccd ones, mas
much as n tobacconist will not for any
consideration allow n cigar to leave his
store till it shall have been seasoned at
least three or four months Consequent
ly the German youth may puff his
castles of smoke in the air all day long
without injury to his heart or head or
qualms of conscience about his nervous
apparatus.
When the young German becomes n
university freshman he is apt to raise
the price of his cigars to q cent extra.
Once in n day he takes big curved
pipe with the picture Of scantily
clothed German bcauty,on the porcelain
bowl and tries few puffs-this not fire.
quently The pipe is oftcner found on
the wall in these days. In the days
when students wore top boots and
swords and fought pitched battles in
the streets for new fathcrland or stu
dents rights the great pipes were trade.
marks of active university men. The
active freshman succumbs to the Sc
duction of the two and one-half cent
cignr now.
About the second freshman term,
however. the student begins to cut
down his expenses, his tobacco bills in
cluded. A quarter of cent at time
he grades down till ut his fourth term
he arrives at the celebrated 'Hcidel-
berg 6ve-pfcnnig cigar"-onc cent of
American currcncy-yetth the iive-pfennig
cigar is far from bad. 1t is about half
us long as a mans middle finger. round
and very thick in the middle. 1t costs
the dealer about eighty cents per one
hundred The Heidelberg dealer sells
nothing else; he caters only to students.
An American would have bad quarter
of an hour unless provided with his
favoritc weed
The student becomes prosperous after
having been graduated; he takes again
TO two and onc-half cent cigars, and
smokes them TIL he reaches the age of
forty or forty-Gvc, when he begins his
Pipc-smoting career.
To understand how important the art
of smoking is and what large part it
plays in the nations life, one has but to
look at the paraphcrnalia of German
smoker. Everyone carries cigar case,
{. cigar clipper, a match safe and lit
tie leather box for the cigar tips. The
cigar case is Indispensable, because the
cigars arc so dry they would crack to
pieces If carried loosely in the pocket.
Dor the same reason the clipper is
wanted Then the smoker wants to
keep the tips. They are collected by a
society organized for the purpose in
each province and arc sold baclstto the
manufactures for the benefit Of CHART
able institutions Then the match safe