, 1892-02-03
ABOUT GOOD CIGARS.
Tou CAN READ A MAN FROM THE
KIND OF CIGARS HE SMOKES.

Some Familiar Names of Cigars-Hos
Men Act when They Choose and Light
the Fragrant Weeds-Characteristies o
Common Inveterate Smokers.
Do you smoke? If you do, why not
at leisure, have a little hat about CT
gars, cigarettes and smokers. But | dc
not advise you to praise the brand you
are Just o smoking. 1t is too dark,
it smells of yesterdays damp atmos-
phere, its ashes are black as a traitors
soul
The treasures of Havana, formerly
the exclusive enjoyment of the opulent
classes, are now within the reach Of
almost every one, and when crops are
short in Cuba, Mexico, Virginia and the
Carolinas supply the deficiency.
There are cigars of many different
titles, most of them highly sounding,
like the Spanish hidalgos by whom they
were named. There are Cayados, Prem
sados. Trabucos, Londres, Regueros,
Princessas Caballeros, Crevas. Principles
de GALES, Flor Finos, Esparteros, Com
erciantes, Cazadores, Medias, Regalias,
Simples. Regalias de la Reina, Jenny
Lind, Adelina Patti, Divina Sarah, Inn
periales, Imperadores, Conchas, Bolivar.
Libertadores, Conquistadores, etc.
1t is for the "connoisseurs" to exercise
their preferences and to contend for the
very best. There are degrees in tobacco
as in wine, and the Havana brand has its
pedigree as has Chateau Yquem and
Chambertin.
The Figaro" or the Henry Clay" has
zach its peculiar aroma. In the king
dom of tobacco as in the empire of love,
among cigars as among women, there is
always the eternal and inevitable rivalry
between the blond and the brunette, the
dark and the light, the strong and the
mild; but in the smoking world, as else
where, IL the brunettes are generally
strong the blends are not always mild.
HOW SOME MEN SMOKE.
A true smoker must never select a
moist cigar, but Mt the same time he
must not take u too dry one. AS the
Latin philosopher said. "In medic TUFTS
sinus ibis"
The supreme felicity of the smoker
depends also in great measure upon the
manner in which he lights his cigar.
To verify its peculiar aroma one has
hlbA " dlhW lIt bIlOho llIOuBu lu0
nose. To recognize a regular smoker is
an easy task-his lips always betray
him. The man who resolutely puts his
cigar deeply in his mouth is a firm, de-
cided man OF action, quick in move
ment, perhaps brusque, but generally
good hearted.
The %youngster who cuts the end of the
cigar with the teeth is rather insouciant,
careless of future dental sufrerings.
The baldheaded young man who calls
for Il penknife to cut the end of tho
cigar is a man judicious in council,
methodical in his ways and well bal
anced.
The n who places his cigar in an
amber holder is recherche in his tastes
and stylish in his habits. The man who
holds it with II silver clasp is n dude.
The man fond of light shaded cigars is
fond of the ballet. light performances,
Ofenbach music, comic opera and shep-
herdesses in water colors. He is also
probably fond of fishing and boating, is
generally romantic and is considered as
q passionate Walter.
LIGHT N DARK SMOKERS.
The one who prefers dark shaded
cigars may be- supposed a daring and
fortunate gambler, al audacious and
successful lover, rather fond of Leopold
Robert and Regnaut's vivid pictures and
Verdi's music; he is partial to racing and
wild hunting.
The man who buys his cigars without
examination and only because they are
tied in packages with ribbons perfumed
by the Cuban peddler's wife is of confid-
ing disposition, presumably an obedient
husband and n credulous stakeholder.
The one who smokes his cigar almost t
the end is by all means a persevering
character, a faithful friend and a con-
slant lover; the one who throws it away
when only half smoked is blase.
The mar who allows it to extinguish
itself often and lights it again is absent
minded, thoughtful but indulgent, a
good fellow, inclined to tolerance, taking
men for what they are, women for what
they are not; taking times as they come,
he lets the stream of life flow gently by.
The "connoisseur" must be very care
full when cigars show little yellow spots.
If spots appear in consequence of I'M
equal drying, the cigar is horrid. If
made by small worms, the brand is gen.
orally exquisite, as worms prefer to at
tack the best flowers. the best fruits.
the best leaves.
In any case, the cigar is not the true
smokers best enjoyment; it is a kind of
compromise between the cigarettes of
the ''coquette" and the short pipe of the
cynical philosopher.-New York Re-
corder.
The Original Silhouette.
The name silhouette was derived from
Etiapra de Siihouatte 81 Erench minister