The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-06
Secrets of Making Genuine Havana Cigars,

the clubs and hotels 1t is sold at from 50 cents to S1.
 The most expensive brand Of Havana cigars quoted in the weekly .-st of the Tobaco Leaf, the organ of the tobacco and cigar dealers, is the 'Imperials Extra Finos," size of the Africanas. 1t sells for $550 a thousand wholesale. The "DAstor- gas," size of the Intimidad brand, is worth at present S450 a thousand and there are many other branos which sell from S400 to $450. Several years ago a prominent tobacco dealer In Havana de- cided to give his customers in America as Christmas presents boxes of the most expensive cigars to be obtained on earth After mature deliberation he chose the lntimidad brand and ordered the manu- factupe of a special size. .-le cigars when ready for the smoker were about eight inches in length and as large as the middle of a broomstick. They were packed in cedar boxes holding twenty five each, and these boxes were inclosed in hardwood cases. Each cigar was her mitically sealed in glass cylinder to pre- serve it's moisture and flavor. When the donor came to pay the bill he found that each cigar cost him exactly $1.50.
 King Edward of England is said to pay Sl apiece for his cigars, and inasmuch as he smokes a special size of a special brand made for h. alone this Is prob ably true A good many Spanish gran dees and other wealthy fore igners smoke no cigars but those made especially for lem. For this Iastidiousness .ley must pay heavily. Their after-dinner smokes cost them perhaps s1 each.
 All the cigars of each Havana factory are known by the factory name. The diff | ferent shapes and sizes have sub-names ny which they are distinguished one from the other. Thus a small "cigar-shaped', opmann is called 'concha," and a very small one a "liliputano" A large, straight Upmann, by the sam token. is called ''pantela," and a large one that slopes to ap oint at the fire end and is
 lat in the middle is "perfecto" Most or these names are Spanish words indi- eating the size and shape of the cigar. put good many Havana cigar names are purely fanciful. In the Croz Roia brand, for instance, there is a Sampson and a "Schley" The former. curiously enough, Is quoted at SS5O per 1000 and the latter at but $192. In the Por Laranga brand there is large cigar called the
 Predilectos oe Dewey which means 'Dewey's Favorite." 1t sells for s405 ner 1000 and is the most expensive s., of the brand.
 In the Henry Clay brand there is A
 New Yorkinos' weird name certainly. ALSO tner are sizes called bachelors" 70 center; 'matinees," ''Victorias." "sports,' ''comme il fauts" and 'Napol- cons" In the Waldorf-Astoria brand. a new one, there is a "democratas" size and deliciosos"-tempting name! Tn other brands there are ''obsequios.'' "ro- sitas," "sublimes," "cazadores. "muri- as,' "excellentes," 'violettas, 'lulus." "ambroisas." "Dianas," '.bououets ., gems 'colonials' ''fgaros' and "ApoI- los.'
 The custom of naming cigars after prominet politicians, matinee idols. prize fighters and base ball players is not vet general in Havana and not many men in the public eye have been honored. Samn- son, Schley and Dewey have been men tioned. In addition, Congressman Ding ley father of she tariff bill bearing his name, has been made to stand snonsor for small 15-cent cigar, and Baron Rothschild-which one of them deponent sayeth not-is the godfather of a sO-cen- ter. Napoleons name has been used an often that it has come to have a generic meaning. It signifies. as a rule. A big ci- gar and usually an expensive one. Sev- eral cigars have been named after Shake