The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-26
YOU MUST SMOKE A PIPE.
THAT Is, If YOU WISH TO KEEP
UP WITH THE TIMES.

! Form OF Smoking Pipes Which are
Easily Cleaned and Appliances for
Cleaning Them Well and Thoroughly.
From the NeD York Advertiser
Pipe smoking has gradually grown to be
popular feature OF the luxury sought after
! by the New Yorker Of to-day. Ten years
ago very few men in this city outside the
! laboring masses. cared to smoke pine. In
fact, Americans, as a rule, never took
kindly to the pipe The trouble OF filling
| pipe, cleaning 10 aud keeping 1t In perfect
smoking condition were the chief causes
| which prevented its widespread adoption
| by the people; but aside from these reasons.
the other great preventive was the appar
! entity unsurmountable barrier placed IN its
| way by the rigorous edicts Of fashion.
/ Nearly all these reasons have gradually
| given way. however, TO the inevitable
march OF progress that has distIng uished
the career OF the pipe from the first day OF
| its discovery down TO the present date.
! Every nation under the sun in this latter
part OF the advanced nineteenth century
! uses smoking pipe in some form or other.
In no country is the artistic developme ut
| OF the pipe so clearly mar ed as in Engl and.
| moro pipe SMOKING IS Ln6 universal RUE.
| 1t Is pursued with such popular indulgence
i that the manufacturers OF pipes are ever on
| the qui vive for new styles and catchy de-
/ signs American manufacturers are closely
| following in the wake of their English
| cousins in this respect, and II Is largely to
| the good taste exercised in the development
/ of the pipe and its accOmpaniments that is
| due the popularity which is now wreathed
around the practice of pipe-smoking in this
4 and other cities of the United States
A few years ago tue man who walked
along the streets OF any American city
| smoking a pipe was stared at with feelings
of surprise and pity by the people who
| thronged the sidewalks. In some cases "A
feeling OF resentment was displayed against
the smoker, mainly, perhaps, on account Of
| the offensive odors which were waited into
| the air from the pipes used in those times.
| All that is changed now, however. May
| of the leading mon in social life indulge in a
| pipe smoke, either at home in their libraries
| or in theic clubs, aud among the workaday
masses the habit OF pipe smoking has so
| ste4dily grown and populariZed itself that
| 100 men indulge in this habit to-day whore
| one was accustomed to use the pipe half
dozen years ago.
1t is not difficult to account for this grow
| ing tendency In the first place, there is the
| primary consideration of economy. Cigar
| smoking is "a luxury which the average man
| finds to be very costly one. The discrim-
mating man of taste, whose means are linn
ited finds that to enjoy cigar the weed
must be good one, aud as a good weed
costs stiff price the difficulty Of the stu
alton is apparent A cigar dealer stated
| yesterday that it is impossible 10 purchase a
decent cigar in this city for less than Is
| cents. These cigars, which are sold usually
at the rate of two for a quarter. are the
| nearest approach to really luxurious
smoke that a man Of small income can en-
| joy.
The vile quality OF most Scent cigars and
the shallow deceptiveness of the average 10
cent pure Havana" is apparent TO every
smoker who knows anything about what
| constitutes perfect enjoyment. the latter
cases the tobacco used is Of inferior quality.
1t is badly cured. 1t is wretchedly "rolled"
| or wrapped 1t is pro ably the product
of'a "mold, +" and-horrible COZ temptation
it is moro than likely the haudlwork OF
some slatterrly Hungarian in one OF
| the big tenement house factories that
thrive along the upper part Of First
avenue. With the pipe all these disad-
vantages are obviated A man possess
ing good taste aud good pipe can purchase
whatever grade Of tobacco be wishes to
| smoke. He does his own trolling his own
filling" AID Joys his smoke without the
narrowing fear that the germs OF disease
| from some fever laden tenement house
factory urk within the bowl Of bis briar
Not alone have the skill OF the carver, the
| genius Of the artist and the resources Of
modern mech anlcal appliances been called
into requsltion to make things pleasant for
the pipe smoker but also the inventive
mind of the scientist has been at work
specially for his benefit The greatest draw
back which existed, and which so largely
hindered the adoption of pipe smoking by
delicate people, was the disaRresable re-
suits that followed the use of the pipe for
any extended period. The deposits OF
nicotine and oily matter that lodged in the
bowl and shank of the pipe were very bard
to remove, and after a time smoking
through pipe thus corroded was anything
| but pleasant.
| Various plans were devised to remedy
this evil. The primitive method Of clearing
| out the shank by means OF a wisp Of straw
or piece of wire gave way to the introduce
ton in the market of diminutive bristle
! brush with pliable wire handle. This was
| In turn followed by the invention OF pipe
in which movable tube runs through the
stem to the bowl. Then there we're plaster
| buttons used In the bottom Of the bowl, and
| these buttons were thrown away as soon as
they became impregnated with the nicotine.
All these attempts TO overcome the diff
Guilty fell short of success. Old smokers
knew that the only way to thoroughly res
move nicotine deposits from pipes was by
means of the injection of steam, aud
engineers we're constantly appealed to to
hold the bowls of pipes over the waste
| valve OF their engines so as to cleanse
them for the smokers who we're fortunate
enough TO have the acquaintance OF engineer
| friends.
A bright genius with a scientific turn of
| mind SET to work a short time ago and in
troduced into the market a handy little cons
trivance called the "smoker's friend" or
| pipe cleanser 1t has already netted him
fortune 1t consists Of a small metal cylin-
der, with a movable top, in which is inserted
a small bent tube. The end Of the tube liz
| loosely inserted in the stem Of the pipe and
the cylinder, which is partly filled with
water. is held over a gas jet or other flame
until the resulting steam rushes through the
pipe and the nicotine is thoroughly removed.
Thousands OF these little steam generators
have been sold already. and it is not unlike~
| ly that in the near future every smoker will
not consider his outfit complete ualess he
owns one.
There IS practically no limit TO the amount
which a smoker can invest In a smoking
outfit these days. There are pipes on ex-
hibition 10 Broad way store window up~
town reaching in price from cent to $500.
or course the pipe sold at the latter figure
commands Its price more on account OF the
artistic work displayed in carving its very
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