The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
MUST SIZE TAKE TO A PIPEf
ADVICE FRoM MEN TO A GIRL WHO
ES.

RNttru, bht Troy NhuV hkreO upon the htu0
az Pine 20 C~hoose-Rterits or English nrrler,
French Brier. Merrschnun. Clay. ana Cob.
There were ave Of them. and they all smoked
away In silence. This miRhtn't have seemed
str nge u ali Of thom had boen men. but one
was a woman. n she had smoked a pipe, as the
men were doing. the fact that sho eat there
without speaking for long intervals wouldn't
have puzzled the othors. But sho didn't; she
smokeh cigarettes, one after another, In rapid
sue, cssion. and yet che was Just as meditative
as the oldest plpe-sn,oker In the party.
Finally her brother they were In his bachelor
az artm, nl took his favorite English brior from
HE mouth and tapped It viciously on the
smoking table. His friends knew that some
thing was coming when he did this, for ho loved
the bricr 90 VIII that he never tapped II any.
who're save In the palm Of his hand except when
he was Hgitated about something.
II can't understand her at all" he said finally,
af,or looking at his sister q long while. "She 10
a Remarkably sensible girl in everything, except
one She insists that she gcts solid comfort out
Of her cigarettes. and expects me TO belle ve IT.
me, mind you, fellowa. when I've been a slave 10
my pipe for seventeen years. The oueerest part
Of II all 10 that II you couldn't soc her cigarette
you would fancy that she was actually smoking
q dainty little briar a. she sits there contentcdly
watching the delicate rings Of smoke sailing to
the ceiling"
"It's q sad thing that such q sensible girl
should have contracted the cigarette habit"
answered the Oldest man present, . physician,
but he did not venture this opinion without con.
sidoring the matter deliberately. Pipe smokers
seldom express undieestod opiniona.
"Yes, II 10 a pity" put In a lawyer who used
to DO quite cynical. but was converted to q
habitual state of comfort after an introduction
10 n clay pipe and a certain plug cut very nne.
60 ~. 0n..t 49,
manufactured are nothing In comfort compared
with a clay pipe"
"Humph." groaned the fourth man. O young
stock broker. "A clayi tcontsmptuouslyL
There 10 only one pipe worth smoking and that
10 The meerschaum. Smoking Is largely u pleas
ure OF the eye. No man enjoys smoking In the
dark and whom you smoke O meerschaum you
can Gee that you are accomplishing something,
or II It 10 already colored you have tho satisrao-
ton Of having the proof OF u duty we'll done
right before your eyes. The meerschaum 10 the
only pipe"
cigarettes arc rood enough for me-" spoke
up The girl at last, throwing her nfth butt
toward the crate and missing II by at least q
yarj. "In fact, ! think that the cigarette az.
foris the only satisfactory smoke. II 10 always
ready. 10 clean. and does not get out Of order.
Excuse me from pipes; and. then. how would q
woman look smoking q brier or q meerschaumi"
She would look a good deal moro intelligent
than che does smoking one OF those nasty little
cigarettes answered her brother with broth.
eriy frankness. and I wish you could DO per.
Buaded not 70 smoke q pipe once. but 70 smoke
one conscientiously for q month. You'd never
you would aud such solid comfort and
contentment Is you've never known.
Really. I've seriously thought OF for.
bidding you To come here In the evenings
with us TO smoke on account OF those cigarettes.
or course. I'm your brother and can overlook
very grave flaws In your character. but I can't
expact these other. follows to do 1t. and they
simply wouldn't come here with . man who
smoked ciRarettes or cigarsL am very grateful
TO ,hcp fer seing. 20 ,eo,eut 70 Tca. There
ooILes Bob. He always taps his corncob three
times on the bracket Just outside OF tho door.
A tall. handsome fellow entered. smileS ct the
Girl. and sat down wtthouta word 10 the men.
The girl colored about the forehead perreptibly,
and fumbled around nervously for her ciRnrette
case. She hoped that Bob's entrance would
make the others forget TO resume the conversa.
tion. But brothers haven't o pleasant way Of
forgetting where their sisters are concerned.
So hers went on.
IL spoke to tho fellows about It before you
came In. They didn't say anything. but that
wasn't because they did not feel deeply; 1, 10
the result Of their being PIPE smokers. Pipe
smokers never like 70 get into discussions.
See herei" said the girl with unusual en-
erEy for her. Then abe stopped and fairly burned
2 eiGa retIe GU, with three angry draws No.
r Ssnl' : sll DO 30. 'f r.. - .s4ss on 10 " sive . tel aIpss you a
F Ess1 ms. 'r 70 im u ysr will all tell me which 10 tho
"Meerssbsum French brier." English
ihst would have turned an expert STi h"rdyiSSrd55
Where am At r. s.ue out the girl with a
ssn,. and I never heard you hve disagree b.. ore.
really u thhtosgh IT, tha, you al thought alike on
mixture which yosS ali use:
,%osss nixsars; We smoke p'.g. evenly ana
breath. But cay. sis, they are ali wrong about
llas Up s Ss0 , ,st mi got I f BTitI pibpfb rSs y@r and Ily yos
will learn what real comfort from n pipe means"
.. riSs ' question as va. " f . g. d sstsi.d riE Il Ibaf p Sqs a
and, the other four men, pufed away like ste IN
e. sPf shlss % f1l .bo tss d s5H5ssF :. 's smsf.5s i a II
,sns ais t;e% s.; %eqIS M looking e Z len:
ssS:s s ss:s's"s o. : ss1s:s = III pi's not e. SO s 'H': :rs; a |.
Neither is II 90 sweet" interrupted a voice.
which Is fast going out Of fashion finished
the brother not no icing the interruption. mo
pipe 10 any good until 1t has been smoked indus.
ttously for a month or more. Many people pre-
fer a rubber stem. but | do not think II the best.
Give me a horn or amber stem. The horn be-
lleve 10 the most agreeable. but IL Ii not so hura-
bic as the rubber and 10 apt to crack, and then
ene's teeth will leave their impression. The
Is also the most fragile, and then, too. smoke
trawn through amber 10 more apt 10 burn the
tongue than when enjoyed through vuluinized
rubber. or horn. TO pipes OF the same age
smoked with tho same tobacco and with the
eamo frequency often taste entirely diff rent.
Now, another pipe came In the case with this
3?ne, and i is and always has bsep rank. while
GO not know. for pipe-smokers are no, OF an in.
I'm sure the two pipes will always occupy the
He stopped 10 I'LL up his pipe once moro. but
rot a man Of 'em dreamed OF taking up the er.
tument in favor o! his ~favorite pipe until the
tions. deliberately taken. he went on:
Every pipe smoker has colored at least, one
neerschaum In his life. and I smile when think
Of the time when I thought the best pipe In the