The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-01

freshest and sweetest form OF smoke is
Internationally the cigarette. There IL
nothing TO offend the eye or tho nostril
at any stage. and IL does not monopoize
the smokers attention NJ pipe or oignr
is apt 10 do; on tho contrary, it Invites
10 confidence and chat IL is the very dos
sert of smoking.
Brt the popularity of thing ia not
only determined by ITS elegance. other
wise IL would be confined TO lhe few who
have the leisure and opportunity TO study
the reiinements Of existence. Smoking
il necessity, and not only TO the man
who guides the threads Of great bank
ing business, but him who holds tho reins
of on ice wagon; and when we see that
men OF all ranks and all kinds Of labor
are cigarette smokers, we need some
stronger reason for this popularity. IL is
very simple one. The American cigar
otto. cheap as it is-so cneap that it is
within the reBch Of every man-is made
Of the very best tobacco on the market.
This is ono Of the naryels of modern
commerce. which is the most truly dem
oorntio force in the world tOdaY-tbis
com mbination Of capital ana labor. which
is generally solving the question of the
equality of men. a visit To n cigarette
factory not only rXplains-what tho ma
jorIty Of smokers have discoverei-the
excellence of the cigarette, but opens
one : ey co the eE raordinary sOnsCt.
entiousness and skill expended in tie
rouess Of manufacturing.
All Americln cigarettes arc mado uf
Bright VirQinia +" not only the best
tobacco in the market, out the miluest.
Frequent analyses, made in England as
we'll MS in America. for oar cigarettes are
equally poI Clar over there. ,Uw tint this
tobacco ContaluS Onlv nom I - - ger
cent II Licntine. Inc milutst havana
| Contains muca more whiiu tie hest
prsdos Of GoLe,iio cigars IeHoh sS high as
So per cent. IL is Ia tue SOL Gi Virginia
ana North Car, liua That bright Nir-
| Piria' grows, aud only IN the south is
! the climate suitable for maturing aud
nrehouslng the leaf. For this maturing
! Il one uf tie sources of excellence Three
| years are allowed III To ri e.. 10 throw of
| Us cOars,r qualities and 10 acquire It's de-
llthte ana SUI tic aroma.
The tobNg5O reaches the factory in hCus-
| hsaqs which contains from 100 to 1000
| pounds each. IL is thrown out uuun n
| travelling blanket something likr that
| Of threshipg machine, az tho end of
| which the lenves are caught IA baskets
| and carried 10 tho cutter. Here tEOy pass
| betw cen iron rollers which conn 70 tfcm
! SO tDnt they oiltr sOlil front 60 { .
shBtring kniIo which cuts thm into
| slender shrecS Those are reXt put
| tnrnugh long revolving cylinders. whi q
! lasts Of hot air pass THROUGH the mass
| until 10 IL fairly dry, after which the rO-
] Cuss is repeated in c0ld al" cy liudprs until
/ the sAreds are thurnuGniy uuh q. a. Ell
| thev ara packed in big roma tubs and
sent up TO the cigarette making machiEcs
on the floor above.
Up 20 This point we hnve Lcon Giscrss.
| ing the excellence, which il due 20 sell
| and climate, and 10 tha judgment 1iA-
| played In selecting and sonG.ng Now
we come to tho miracle OF the q after,
| which makes IL possible for tn" poor man
| to obtain that CXceii6ntc at the pric, Of
! ten for nickel! Many years ngo
| romcm Der going on the stage of ST
James's Hall. London, and taxing n
| hand at whist with MEskelyne a Cook :
nutomaton whist player IL was marvel
| lOus how be- sCOUped In tIo tricks. hut
| nothing like as marvellous as the way
this automaton machine turns out
cigarettes and whore here is no decop-
| tion. Instead OF "a stock faced figure In
| Turkish costume we see "a bright AIRY
looking girl. psroi ef upon stoul. suiir
| line the shraus uf tobacco IN 10 an end
less cloth and pntung them with dainty
| fnRer tips until the surface is smuoth.
| All the wiiiie The golden LAYER ~ sHgplDg
| from her hnnd disappnripV brtwrcn To-.
lerS, 20 he OauRht by ssii dufter iineCrs ri
steel, which scurTy the shrais until ,vsry
kipk and Knot is ioOsero oil uut. anu tbo
| tobacco passes between two wheels.
Tho surfaces Cf thoso are CrOOvcd. and
gather tho tobacco into n coutin naous roll.
| travelling taUv n waiting for 10 and
| pnsses ~ on To moving strip 81 parer.
| moment later tho mechanism clips tte
| paper, and, slipping 10 tnst "A lrusi, winch
| lmparts tiny quantity Of glue shoots