The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08
COSTLY
Some at a2 Each-Thrcs for 81 the stand
ard High.Priced Cigars.

Some at a2 Ench-Thrcs for ~ the stand
ard High.Priced Cigars.
There are cigars tina, are sold at So each. Tho
chief demand for them Is abouI tine holiday sea-
son and such cigars arc most commonly bought
TO give away. These and other very highIphced
cigars. such a. sell at 81 80 and 81 a rece, come
In trim boxes containing Ave, or ten. or twenty
hvs, but while such cigars are mostly I'M
ported and sold In the holiday season they may
b found on sale and more or less Of them are
sold the year around. They are sometimes
sold for wedding gifts. and for banqusts. and for
special costly dinners, where the guest would BE-
more likely 10 put one Of thsse cigars, when they
were served. In his pocket. az a souvenir OF tho
occasion. than TO smoke II: for nan Of these
very costly cigars are very large, and more Of a
smoke than a man might want TO take.
These very expensive cigars are q the Finest
and ~costliest Tobacco. and are made with tho
creates, care by cigarmakers q the high.
est skill: there ara only a few men win can
make them a, all. and these get very Lish pay
for their work. 1t might he that the mere cost
Of the labor on the most expansive Of these cigars
would b- fifteen or twenty cents each. Nearly all
Of hem large, most Of these costly cigars are also
graceful in shape, but not all Of them are. There
Is, for instance, a two7loIiar cigar, that Is rather
clumsy in It's outlines, il Is longer than the OF
binary big cigar, much thicker, and IN It's gen
eral build a Stubby. chunky cigar. But while
one. may or may not admire its type. the cigar
itself Is MADE with the utmost PERFECTION Of work
manship There is, for further example, another
costly dgnr that is big. almost strairht-siGed and
cylindrical In form, and stubby al both enUs;
certainly not Of a very beautiful model, but the
cigar It's IL simply perfect In its form Tn same
is true Of all these costly cigars, Whatever the
type may b., homely or graceful In outline, tho
workmanship displayed in the making Of them
is uniformly faultless, and not only is zach cigar
In every way perfectly, made. bu, the cigars In u
box will b. found TO be in every way perfectly
matched. These costly cigars represent In fact,
ihe highest art in cigar masing.
Such cigars may be found in the showcase,
duly labelled, at 81 and 81 20 AMI 81 so and 81 10
and 81. and therp arr some sold in the ordinary
way 10 smokers. Thor. Is no. and then n smoker
who likes that kind OF a big. heavy smoke, and who
The purchaser is quite rs likely TO be somebody
with plenty Of money who is fc"ling cheerful
over a good dinner, but while such cigars ara cold
at retail, there is not often occasion 10 hand them
out TO a purchaser As n matter Of fact there
are not many men who pay a dollar or more for
a cigar. No matter how much money a mon
has OF how tond he may be OF spSking' he hest
very good cigars can be bought for less than a
dollar srlece, and the vast majority OF the fine
and costly cigars sold nre a. prices below that
Theirs ara cigars that are sold nj 10 cents, % and
90 cents each. and such cigars find their way
| out OF the showcase oftencr But the snlc
of cigars at these prices could by no means
be described as common. Men DO come In and
buy cigars nt such prices And light them
place where men run In Hs a common thing
and buy sixty and seven'yIive cent cigars
and fire up on EN- Ms they would IN
stogips. II is not until a lower price still
Is reached. in the fifty cent cigars, tina,
the costly cigar becomes an article Of com.
parativelv cortmon consumption. And indeed
10 cents In about the top-notch price for cigars
In the most expensive hotels and restaurNn ts.
Higher priced cigars may be- had. but half a dollar
for "A cigar is about a. much rs men often pay,
Take them altog 'thcr, Their are n good many
cigars sold at half n dollar apiece, and yet the re-
arr more sold for less than that, say for 40 cents
and for IS. There are many cigars sold at IS cent
apiece, or thr'e for a dollar such cigars ar" in
some places articles of regular and ordinary sal"
II light BE saiI, in fnct, that this Is about the
standard thing in high priced cigars, Then
there are cigars AT 20 cents, Of which there ara
mnny sold. and then comes the cigar that is, after
all. the one post commonly sold among cigars
that are described AS oostlyo high-pnced, and that
10 the cigar for a quarter Of n dollar
There ar, Of course. a great mnny nne cigars
sold fbr 90 cents and loss, and imported cigars
range In price down IN 10 cents apiecs.