The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-25
SERIOUS SMOKERS, THESE,
NOVEL CONTEST WITH PIPES HELD
At A HARLEM CLUE.
The Object to Determine Who Can Keep n
Pipe AliEbt tho JonEest-Benefts of the
Prnctice-Bes Kind of TobacoORnd Pipes

1 10 ObINNN y
Pipe AliEht the LonEest-Bepeflts of the
Practice-Best Kind of TobRcoORnd Pipes
The Idea Borrowed from n F~1enfishTown
Harlem has q new club. II Is a club with n
purpose, and that purpose is the scientific i'm
cineration OF tobacco. Its membership Is linn
tied, necessarily. for few men really understand
the art which lies in reducing the fragrant
weed to ashes in a pipe. Only those who are
willing TO smoke after prescribed rules are ELI
Rible to membership. The member who shows
the greatest proficiency at the end OF twelve
months Is to be elected President OF the club
and will serve the ensuing year.
The clubrooms are very pleasant quarters,
and are supplied with all the necessaries. con-
veniences, and Injuries essential to profess
sional pipe pulling. On the walls are pictures
extolling the uuiesoent joys OF the pipe. In
racks and cabinets arel working models OF
briars, meersohaums, and clays. The cigar Is
excluded from the o~rnamentations Likewise
the members are enjoiued not to produce it Mt
any meeting OF the club. The cig~arette-that
is regarded as an Internal machine to be dealt
with only according to criminal law.
The club meets officially once a week" said
Howard Brown, the instigator and President.
"Th object OF the official meeting is a pipe
smoking contest. And the object OF q contest2
That is to ascertain which member is capable
OF sustaining his fire longest. One-ffth OF the
| TOBACCO the ordinary bluOheE plhCSb III IS Dlpo
he wastes. Some very careless smokers lose
much more. II you have a mind OF mathemat-
zeal bent, you may easily comprehend how vast
is the sum total expressed in dollars and cents
of the tobacco which is annually wasted. Buta
scientific smoker loses nothing. He lights his
pipe. smokes longer than the careless smoker.
and incinerates the entire contents OF his bowl.
The scientific smoker. too, obtains more enjoy
ment from his pulling than tho ordinary
IT T. A-I NIa- L.
doing a thing well. II 1t is only reducing weeds
to cinders."
How do you smoke scientifically 7" asked q
visitor.
well. scientifically is. perhaps, too ostenta-
tious q term to apply to smoking" confessed
the pipe president. Correct smoking may
be the best way to put it. In the first place. the
correct smoker must be careful in filling his
pipe. He must determine how long he wishes
10 smoke, and measure the quantity Of tobacco
he places In the bowl accordlngly. He must
also take pains, not to pack the tobacco too hard
necessary precautions in the matter OF lighting
now. hers is one thing about pipe smoking
on the President. impressively. III he takes his
conscientiously endeavors to obtain the full
need Of pipe pleasures. He must suit the
material Of his Pipe. Granuiated tobacco ia the
only ft thing 1. to put into 2S z p1 Pc tnE,o or q
should be cSnined to bbriars and other wooden
machines. Tobacco dealers will tell you that
meerschaums will color more rapidly iflong cut
/ am considering the 6iissfulness OF smoking
for smoking's sake. not a method Of, producing
sraauiated tobacco never tastes half so deli.
cious. nor is the smoke 70 cool and fragrant, as
SSiSiiy havo re- Few ionsE.eut, tobaecos reach
the smoker in an unadulterated shape; there
fore it is the best for outdoor smoking. Tho
granulated gives more delight when it is In
cinerated between four walls"
You consider the most satisfactory I" put In the
We'll, tastes. of course; differ" was the re-
ply. Most of tho men who go in for serious
pipe smoking as you might call al t. haze I've AS as
l5sh b s,n obta lined 1, from 4Ps a ns Gopf fss lon% agoaf + myi
c%ieanest Of ali tobacco redusers' Besides. It is
more frequently renewed than pipes which
recommended on sanitary grounds. II nothing
else n ,.rr r,,osdor
night nfs for 3 a contest tho rules cali Tor church.
warden clay pipes. Our smokers range them
carefully weighed out on small! scales by my
self or one OF the members who is not 2 com
grams are allowed to each contestant, The
members as fast as they receive the tobacco;
is struck to warn tho contestants t. make ready:
TIVE minutes are allowed WED TO- for them , ap nd t9 1d llg 1t AND 9nd
A second bell announces the end Of the light
ing period. and any member EiaS who has not a
tinuS in the contest. This very often happens.
as AL walt until the very last sec9pd to fire up;
chief Influence on tho duration OF the pipes.
Some OF our more p%racticed smokers light only
When / reaches tbs bottom t Seeins e ascend
fnf 0 prePa Tetii apex ssi Of G their t @tac S1 heap ape they they
know how to obtain. o tiny incandescent fire at
the Il G Outside o. which viii S'p shoulders and Consumes IS
only little by little the material which sur
"fdon's see where the p!!eeSwsEprs is in smoking
tional delight Of i%nGM1lhng ones self in clouds of
1t does appear to the layman. answered the
Pipe Club President, like smoking only for
f pipe sa But q /. f Is IKE fea ln$ si IHes. P RDTs' sport Ffc Of Il the
Thing which is captivating. The knowing how
reward the pipe-smoEing contestant, and he
extracts as much sincere, enjoyment from sns-
minimum Of tobacco in q maximum OF time as
any man a.. who h : Ppf Il. Ike Ike a !, $ steam ( am engine en- S6T,s and
his furnace. You lmisht compare him to a
champion sPrlnter for whom the violent ever.
rather than a pleasure. but who, when Logging
I over beautiful roads on pleasure bent. has
the advantage over ordinary walkers in that he
Another thing-it is undeniable that the
s sia%iS to W Ss6ss so SsIeGt n IS e eS eeau from ms n iSoaGso
so that you might call US a Club organized to
oppose the abuse OF tobacco. Speaking OF nlco-
tine, the graduated tobacco is Tar more health
full than %longcut; The, latter contains a greater
proportion OF the poison and Is more easily
sucked up through the stem than the nicotine
in the former. As the fire burns In u pipe. of
course il creates moisture. As longcut is gem
orally moist before being lighted. the FIRE adds
poo. at the bottom Of the bowl; BY the time
the fire descends 70 the bottom and is y ready to
that it must have nm outlet. and 80 flows up the
pipe and into the smokers throat. But granu-
lated tobacco is dry and the moisture cannot
collect to any extent at the bottom OF the bowl
IL the smoker exercises the necessary precau-
tons.
One thing characteristic Of the pipe con-
perfect silence which ensues Immediately after
the lighting Of the pipes. for zach word SPOKEN
consumed. Another is the almost total ABSENCE
OF smoke. An ordinary smoker with an ordi-
whit more OF q cloud than ever ascends from
the united pipes OF a company Of ten CON
taGfapta Ennh amokas trnnnuilly MI filing