Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-05
MEERSGH4 UM PIPES.
CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLES WHICH
 SOME SMOKERS PREFER

Tho American and EnElishnan Prefer q
 Good solid Pipe While the Frenohuaan
 and Italian Wants a Long, Slender Ar-
 6IcIe-5Iauy Designs
 Most Of the plain meerzchaum pipes sold nowadays are 0f practically tae same styles as 5riar pipes. and finished and mounted in 5he same manner. Of tha once familiar meerschaums that l vas substantially meerschaun bowl with short HptarHed stem part mo which weIchseI stemp5ace was 5n- serted. comparatively few are naw sold. Many of 5hs neersc6aum pipes ! of to-day ars of the 5ufi=dag pa55ern- and many are made likewise straight stammad. 5ae with bowls zn various z rounded forms and there ar7 5riar- shaped p5Bes Wteh araop stems. Tas nloantInes are silver OF gold bands, or farHH]ss. around z8e stem part where E the pit or nlau5hpzeee Hs attached. and E aa some pipes D mounting around the E t5p 5f zas bowl sl zhsse pipe mount Iag8 those produced by Americans ez- eel all others In suitability and de- E sign. WI6l rEeIr production In mod E sEn styles and ia forms adapting 5asz1 E co Che most convenient and aa- zaltageous asa has come an increased E demand for pipes 3f neerzeaagm.
 Such ar5. tHa pipes usually bought by tas American aE EazLsaHan who. be smokes uearscaaUIa wants a s5aaz s#oezYz 4@HIceabte pipe. There are sold. however. some meerseaauz1s taa1ar modelled more on clay pipe E lines with zae stem part and mouth piece IszLs f any longer 5as HerE much E s1a1aafsr and sHzeE than those parts E 5a5he pipes aore commonly s9Ed. But while 5ae AaeeLoal and Hae English E man prefer generally when they buy E 3 aserse6aua 3 good solid pipe tEs F'reuahman Na8 smokes a nearselalIn E wants 2 l9nzand slender pipe, as also E does the Italian The plain meer- seHaam pipe made for The French CT E Italian smoker IS l1 design sabsEan- 5laliF like clay pipe with 2 DOW, 1f-ae same general shape, 1h1agn 5f finer lines and #ta #He same long, slender stem EuEma6ie= of zHch#a 1-z- eez-aI as mssFaalaz.4 and beautifully # finished sad Ezzh 5 zaGz. slender deli E as#s za6=.z=z1#scs oH aal aaE there E % danger afsaa pipe heinz mistaken 1ar D sa 6saa Simple and at 5he same
 ue agaizz as sTze 9as may aI 6rs5 appear % 1ee accustomed ra tzeas
 aeT nay easily 5e objects ef aeaHtE. Wss ez-a.aT al especial de- graa one sean za 2 shop where many such pipes Tese displayed. Zt was finished .H a1 8ez 5ae polishing. was about foot iu Le1eths including The delicate amber a13usapzeea, which ws8fa measure perhaps four inches, arl tae. EsaaHschaum was 9f 3 smooth and milky 9hl5eaess while the long. slender 7md5E aoa-ADieee was Of light yellow. eLouded with white.
 Such pipes are made EI6H ths bowls placed at different angles za eaa case wien zae clay pipes and #ha bowls are made rather taIa walled #aaH Otherwise, ia keeping with rae general character tas aBs These slender E.9arscdsou pipes afa made. some 5f eaam ae ss4 fashioned 55 pres sear5 appearance, but most of se1 made #a Hae n asl.zazd smooth They are made. including ae amber 5ts 8r m6u1aptece. 5a various lengths #ae price Of -le giEe depending an the length. aza IS other nseaaar7s @ sas aaa5- sE Hea pipes have teaa made -hsr-
 1 length. PzBes 5a from e6 5 twelve inches #u .sae1 arg She g.pes 5t s155 klnd most commonly sold