Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-01-30
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YOU CAN READ A MAN FROM The
KIND OF CIGARS HE SMOKES.

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KIND OF CIGARS HE SMOKES.
Some Familiar Names of C!gars-Hnw
aen Act When They Choose and Lilh'
tho Fragrant Weeds-Chnractcristl of
Common Invetcratc Smokers.
! Do you smoke? If you do. why not.
1T leisure, have a little chat about CT
gars, cigarettes and smokers. But do
not advise you to praise the brand you
ARE lust now smoking 1t is too dark,
it smells of yesterdays damp atGlos-
phere its ashes are black rs traitors
soal
The treasures of Havana, formerly
the exclusive enjoyment of the opalent
classes. AFRO nov within tho 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 Tra5ucos, Londrcs, Rcsueros,
| Princessas Cabulleros, Crevas Principles
de GALES, Flor Finos. Esparteros. Com
erciantes. Cazadores, Medias, ReSalias
S;mples. Rega.ias do IN Reina, Jenny
Lind, AIelina Patti. nivina Sarah, I'M
pcriales, Imperadores, Conchas Bolivar
l,;bertadores, Conuuistadores, etc.
It is for the .conno!ssarrs to exercise
their preferences and to contend for the
very best. There are degrees in tobacco
rs in wine, aud the Havana brand has It's
poaigree as has Chateau Yqusln and
Chambertin.
The Figaro" or the Henry Clay" has
each it's peculiar aroma. In the king
dom of tobacco as i'll 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 il the smoking world, us else
where, if the brunettcs arc generally
strong the blends are not always mild.
HOW SOME MEN SMOKE.
A true smoker must never select
moist cigar. but at the saine time he
must not take too dry one. As the
Latin philosopher said. ''ln medic tutis-
sinus ibis.
The supreme felicity Of the smoker
depends also in great measure upon the
manner in which he lights his cigar.
To verify it's peculiar aroma one has
I, first to draw the smoke through the
nose. To recognize regular smoker is
an easy task-his lips always betray
him. The man who resolutely puts his
cigar deeply in his mouth is !. firm, de-
cided man of action, quick in move
mert. perhaps brusQHa. bat generally
good hearted.
The youngster who cuts the eiitl ri the
cigar with the teeth is rather insoucl;.ns
careless of future dental suiferin:ss
The baldheadel young man who calls
for penAnife to cut the end OF the
cigar is man jU,licious in council.
lnethodical in his ways and we'll bal
anced.
The one who places his cigar in an
amber holder is recherche in his tastes
aud stylish in his habits. The man who
: holds it with Il silver clasp is a dude
The man fond of light shaded cigars is
fond of the ballet, light performances
Offenbach 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 AND DARK SMOKERS.
the one who prefers dark shaded
t cigars may be supposed IL daring aud
J fortunate gambler, IN audacious and
Successful lover, rather fond Of Leopold
Robert and Rer.,aut,s -;viI i,;.:tilres and
{ wild hunting.
The man who buys his cigars without
examination and only because they are
tied in packages with ribbons perfumed
: by the Cutaa peddler's wife is OF conid-
! ing disposition, presumably an obedieat
/ husband and credulous stoc!,holder.
The one who smokes his cigar almost to
the end is by all means perSeyering
character, IL faithful friend and IL con-
slant lover the one who throws il away
when only half smoked is haSe.
The man who allows il to extinguish
Itself often ana lights II again Is al'Senl-
minded, thoughtful bUt indulgent, a
good fellow. inclined to tolerance, taking
men for what they are, woman for what
they are not; taking times as they co;ne,
he lets the stream Of life flow gently by
The "connoisscur" Iust he very care
full when cigars show little yellow spots
If spots appear in consequence of un-
equal drying, the cigar is horrid- If
made by small WORRIES. the brood 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 II kind Of
compromise between the cigarettes of
the "couuette" and the short pipe Of the
cynical philosupher.-New York Re.
corder.
Tho Original Silhouette.
The name silhouette was derived from
Etienne de Silhouette, a French minister
of finance in 1859. who introduced sew