The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-07-27
GIRLS WHO BUY PIPES.
GIVE Themselves Away When They Say
They Want Them for Friends.


They Want Them for Friends.
Pipes? Yes, pipes was what she asked
for
PLEASE show me some of your small
est pipes?'' timidly asked young
woman of salesman behind the pipe
con inter- of big Broadway jewelry
store. -a-very-er-pret-
ty one.''
Eyes, madam. Do you want a lady's
pipe?'
Yes almost whispered the girl,
while the blood few furiously to her
face. II want lady's pipe to-er-
give away to-er-a friend. Please
show me some very fine ones"
A few minutes later the young woman
departed, after paying for beautiful
brlarwood pipe, covered with filigree
/ work of silver, which she left to be
marked with a monogram.
That is the way with women" ex-
claimed the salesman as his fair Gus
tomer left the store with the bushes
still dyeing her cheeks. "They ask for
little, simple thing like pipe just as
II they were ashamed of it. And then
they wind up by declaring that it is
Tor some one else, although it would be
plain to deaf and dumb man that
they want it for their own use. Now,
that the girl told me that she wanted
vi iligyee work upon the pipe to be
s4r He-lis, because there were fleur-
de'ns On tobacco jar on her table.
oka oil mi - 1on I, 4
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 dislikes in
pipes. But, after all, girl regards it
delicate matter to buy a pipe.
''Do we sell many of them? o, dear,
yes. We have lately been averaging
twenty a day And it keeps us busy
getting in steady supply of novelties.
You see the winter was terrible one
the worst in fifty years, the weather
man tells us-and consequently the
women have taken to smoking. Do
they smoke to keep warm? No, of
course not. They smoke by their ply
sician's orders And the tobacco they
use isn't mans tobacco, by any
means. Il has medical properties, and
is prescribed for the throat, the lungs
and the nerves
"What kind of tobacco do the women
smoke for their nerves? Usually a
Turkish brand, although there are do
nestle brands that have the same nerve
soothing qualities. The favorite Turk
ish tobacco comes in box of oriental
design and is in long fine cut flakes, 1t
has probably just suspicion of opium
in its completion-just enough to quiet
the nerves.
"One of the prettiest pipes sold this
year had an amber mouthpiece set in a
silver stem. The stem was studded
with tiny turquoises. In the silver
bowl there was one large turquoise di.
rectly on the front. We made the
handle and bowl rather heavy, so as
not to heat through, for we feared that
the turquoise might become discolored.
But thus far it has remained delicate
blue, although the pipe is in constant
use.
Are there any women who smoke
just for fun and because they like it
o, yes, but these are not the ones who
buy jeweled pipes. They are usually
cigarette smokers, and some of them
can smoke even cigar without being
'phased. Those who have contracted
the habit have the satisfaction of nam
ing large list of royal personages who
do the same.
"But, as said, woman dislikes to
come into store and say: Il want to
buy pipe. And If there is handsome
young salesman in charge the chances
are that she will buy a glove buttoner
and walk out without mentioning
pipes. And that is why you usually see
an old gray-haired man like myself be-
hind the pipe counter of jewelry
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