The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
USE OF SNUFF INCREASING.
Sale of Fancy Boxes to Women Indicnteo
tho Reign OF n New Fad.

Sale of Fancy Boxes to Women Indicnteo
tho Reign OF n New Fad.
'Fads are curious things" said n well-known
ieweller to q SUN reporter. For the last two
years 1t has been cigarette holders. lamps.
cases and all the necessaries for the smoking
room or corner. Some OF these trappings run
rs high as $3.50 for n cigarette holder for q
popular actress. This yearthe fad has switched
right around to snuff. Early in the season we
began to have demands for handsome snuft
boxes and we utilized a number OF bonbonniero
boxes. but the demand became so strong that in
n short time we were rushed. turning out new
designs. and those copied from old masters. all
in miniature, and mainly for hanging on the
chatelaine. Some of these cost $3.50 and had
fine American enamel work on them, typical OF
golf. bowling. hunting. &c. These were sold
by the score. What the purchasers did with
them l do not know. but they were snuff boxes
pure and simple. although the purchasers
asked for chatelaine boxes and everything but
snuff boxes"
Visiting a store where a large trade is done in
cigarette spccialties for women. the reporter
asked il much SNUFF was being bought By
women. and the answer was:
Yes. a very great deal. and the habit is OF
recent date. 1t appears to have been brought
about by the mum Per Of i3fpcnza cases during
customers. and. as you see. there are Jars OF
snuff, Jars Of sachet, Jars of cigarette tobaccos
3Ed SjSa csmc fn AL s hlshitaAYe Of S each f"S and GdDS aaEedi
about the snuff. generally, declaring they
{ freud it. sP S%s evc taShFr Nf 5%yins on a I il neg S
have a joke on some friend, This Joke
turned out. in, several cases to be, the sub
chemical snuff carried by some. Our snu6 10
mainly made in America, although we have
are compared, There are two Arms in Lisbon,
for every pound Of snuff they send out. The
bulk of it goes to China for the mandarins; and
the h ISst 36 aq years. aTsn fTHrHly snafr ' IS ten p SeaPs o lSE
Most of our American snuff is two years old be-
fore it reaches the consumer, and some Of the
than one hundred years old.
We sell American snunns as high as a dollars
pound. but we prepare them ourselves from
use. There is no trade secret about It. We
s seeSte q cs snuM m naGeG in New " Jersey erss by bVe one Of
the oldest houses, blend it with a non-lrritat.
which is very difficult, to initiate. unless the
SXact pr3pG2r or H are Il kr; new a. Tbs ihas w Us ,nr, 'nra
sealing tight and hnking in a hot oven fora
certain time. then allowing to cool fer several
duccs n delicious perfume. which, while arce-
!y n snuff, as, is generally understood. IT'LL
leaving nothing but Agreeable surroundings
and no smell Of snptT. Most Of this business 10
1IilnSittHu ny man u ny Indit. IcW NplIlfl1
buy il direct themselves as yet.
ALTHOUGH one sees comparatively few indi-
vlduals taking snuff these days. there is o
steady increase in. production, and the last
years total production. according to the Gov
eminent figures. shOwod n total Of 10, 225. I'D
pounds, or an increase OF l.o56;4!o pounds
over the preceding year. and. of this increase
l,l2O.655 pounds appears in the record of New
Jersey. and this Notwithstanding the c0mbin-
ing of the Pennsylvanian- and Southern firms
with a capitalization of l5.o00.OO0. American
snuiTs have long been used among certain
women, but principally for chewing purposes.
but now we may expect to see regular SnuflinR
come into vogue"
A wcll-knUwn physician said: There 10
little doubt as to the fact that women are TAX
ing more snufr. I frequently iind traces of it
in the ~nostriIO. II is probably duo, to the grip
as much as ANYTHING; TO allny the excessive
irritation of the membrane, and especially the
disagTccahie choriza. all kinds Of powders
have been pr, scribcd. medical, snuffs ! sup
pose one may call them, given with the view Of
inlgmmation, There is absolutely no
inuocuOus as puro tobacco: the delicate
nerves get slightly hardened, the sternutatory
spasms called s~neeZing disappear, but that Ia
all. A clever woman can handle her snuff box
infinitely more takingly than she can a Gig
lrpttp.'