The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-10-03
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LANGUAGE OF CIGARS
THE TERMS USED IN THE TRADE ARE
GREEK TO MOST SMOKERS.

Some Refer 10 Size, Some to shape
aud Others Ia CoIor-Few Tobacco
Users Know Them Apart, and They
Are Much Misused.
Whenever the average untutored TO
bacco lover wishes 10 Indicate 10 bis
cnyiOus friends that he Is In possession
Of a cigar Of the first quality, he usual
~ says that he has pcrfecto. by
perfcctO he means the best cigar OBJ
talnablc, and as a rule he applies the
name 20 all products Of the Havana
factories. But I'm truth, declares an
Intelligent writer IN the Kansas City
Journal, n good many cigars that
never saw Havana are genuine per-
fcctos, and n good many made in the
most famous factories Of the Cuban
capital are not The word as a mat
ter Of fact, does not refer to the quality
OF a cigar at all. II Is simply term
used to describe the shape. \ perfecto
may cost 81, and 1t may cost 2A cents.
There are half a dozen cigar terms
thus mlsuscd by the average smoker,
and there are several times as many
words OF the same sort whose mean
ing ne IS utterly unable TO fathOm.
What native, corn fed smoker, for In
stance, knows the difference between
a panetea and Rclna Victoria? And
how many know whether there Is n
real difference between n madurc. and
an oscuro2 Yet all Of these terms are
the common property OF cigar makers
all over the world. Like many cigar
brand names they are Of Spanish orl-
gin, but the wandcrings Of Havana
tobacco and Cuban cigars have taken
them into all countries and all Ian.
guagcs.
The great majority Of cigars are put
up fifty I'm box, with thirteen on the
top row, twelve on the row next 20 the
top, thirteen on the next and twelve
on the bottom row. When a londres
cigar Is packed 100 I'm n box In two
bundles tied with n ribbon, II becomes
n Rclna Victoria, which Is Spanish for
Queen Victoria. Early In the late
queens reign q Cuban manufactures
invented this method of packing and
called the resultant bundle after Great
Britaln's sovereign. The name has re-
maincd ever since.
The word pcrfccto IS term indcat.
Ing Il certain shape In cigars. a per-
fecto Is Il smoke having what Is gen
orally called the "cigar shape"-that
Is TO say, It is swcllcd near the end
down 20 the point or head. The end
Of a cigar which n smoker puts In his
mouth Is known among cigar makers
ns the head. The other end, that
which IS lighted, is called the tuck.
when, as often happens i'm n pcrfccto,
the tuck is very small, ii is called a
needle tuck or feather tuck. All others
follow these lines more or less closely.
\ thin, straight cigar, with little
more thickness I'm the middle than at
the tuck, is called a panctcla. The
average panetcla is slightly longer
than pcrfccto, though the matter of
size has nothing TO do with the shape.
burn more regularly and are usually
better because more easily made. The
virtue OF the pcrfcCto Is that its small
or tuck lights more readily, and its
more artistic curves give it greater
beauty.
A londrcs is Il sort of cross between
the pcrfCCto and the panctcla. lt is
Il pcrrccto from the head to the ihick-
est part, and from there on TO the tuck
II Is bctwiXt aud between. Usually
the slope from the thiCkcst part 10 the
tuck has gradual curve. The tuck
rs a rule Is as large as that of pane
tCla.
\ partcgas is n cigar shaped much
like a londrcs, except that the slope
from the thickcst part TO the head is
usually not so rounded. 1t is a shape
not now as fashionable MS il used Ia
bc, ana even when cigars are genuine
partcgas the box is seldom stamped
with the name.
\ conchas is n small blunt cigar. AS
n rule it is a very satisfactory smoke,
and usually il lasts rs long as per
fccho. This Is because that thin tuck
of the latter burns down rapidly. The
opera is very small cigar of any
| standard shape. 1t derives its name
from the fact that il is designed for
short smoke between the acts, and
very often II Is called on ontr-acte. The
brcvas Is large, clumsy cigar. good
for an hours putting. The largest size
| OF all is the Napoleon. Sometimes Ha
vaua Napolcons are six or seven inches
| I'm length. The blackcr ones are posi-
lively terrifying.
The better grades OF cigars are usu
ally made in several shapes and sizes
There may bc, for instance, the La
| Flor dc uabana pcrfcctos, the la Flol
! dc Uabana panetclas, the La Flor d'
Habana operas. the Ia Flor de lla
bana partcgas and the La Flor de Ha
bana conchas. The label IS the sam,
OH all OF the sizes and shapes, but or
the front OF the box the name Of TN,
shape is stamped.
ON one end of each box Of cigars vii
be noted another word. Sometimes 4
is colorado. sometimes IL is claro an,
at other times II is maduro. This indi
Gates the color Of the cigars within. or
as uniuforncd smokers say. th,
strength" The lightcst OF all cigar
are ycllowish brown. They are callc'
claros. Next in order come the colora
DO claros. which are n darker brown