The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-29
o,RLs WHO BUY PIPES.
Give Themselves Away When Thcy ea
TRey Want Them for Friends.

Give Themselves Away When They Sag
THEY Want Them for Friends.
Pipes? Yes, pipes was what she asked
for
'Please show me some of your small.
est ptpes?" timidly asked young
woman of a salesman behind the pipe
cou nter of big broadway jewelry
store. a-very-er--pret
ty one."
"Yes, madam. Do You want lady'a
pipe?"
YES" almost whispered the girl,
while the blood flew furiously to her
face. 81 want n lady's pipe to-er-
give away to-er-a friend. Please
show me some very fine ones"
A few minntes later the young woman
departed, after paying for beautiful
briarwood pipe, covered with tiligree
work of silver, which she left to be
marked with monogram.
"That is the way with women" ex-
claimed the salesman as his fair Gus
toner left the store with the bushes
still dyeing her cheeks. "They ask for
little, simple thing like pipe just as
if they were ashamed of it. And then
they wind up by declaring that it is
for some one else, although it would be
plain to a deaf and dumb man that
they want it for their own use. Now,
that the girl told me that she wanted
the fligree work upon the pipe to be
| in tleur -de-lis, because there were fleur-
de-lis on a tobacco jar on her table.
And she also said to leave'out the mid.
die letter in the monogram she or
dered, as she did not care for her mid
die name. After she saw that under
stood her little game she became more
at ease, and was almost confidential in
telling me her likes and dislilIes in
pipes. But, after all, a girl regards il
q delicate matter to buy pipe.
''Do we sell many of them? O, dear
yes. We have lately been averaging
twenty day. And it keeps us busy
getting in n steady supply of novelties
You see the winter was a terrible one
the worst in fifty years, the weather
man tells us-and consequently the
women have taken to smoking. Dc
they smoke to keep warm? No, o.
course not. They smoke by their ply
sician's orders And the tobacco the,
use isn't Il mans tobacco, by an,
means. 1t has medical properties, ant
is prescribed for the throat, the lung
and the nerves.
"What kind of tobacco do the womel
smoke for their nerves? Usually ;
Turkish brand, although there are do
nestle brands that have the same nerv,
soothing qualities. The favorite Turk
ish tobacco comes in box of orienta
design and is in long fine cut flakes,
has probably just suspicion of opium
in it's completion-just enough to quie
the nerves.
zone of the prettiest pipes sold thi
year had an amber mouthpiece set in
silver stem. The stem was studded
with tiny turquoises. In the silve
bowl there was one large turquoise di
rectly on the front. We made tn
handle and bowl rather heavy, so a
not to heat through for we feared tina
the turquoise might become discolored
But thus far it has remained delicat
blue, although the pipe is in constan
use.
"Are there any women who smoll
just for fun and because they like it
o, yes, but these are not the ones VIII
buy jeweled pipes. They are usuall
cigarette smokers, and some of then
can smoke even a cigar without bein
!, 'phased.' Those who have contracte
the habit have the satisfaction of nan
ing large list of royal personages VIII
do the same.
'But, as 1 said, woman dislilles
come into a store and say: L want t.
| hu1, nina, And tbar,, n how'd com,
young salesman in charge the chance
are that she will buy glove buttone
and walk out without mentioning
pipes. And that is why you usually Sc
an old gray-haired man like myself be
hind the pipe counter of a jewelr
store. IN. Y. Recorder.