The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-29
THEBB ARE PIPES AND PIPES.
But There Is Real Art in smoking a
Pipe Properly.

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Pipe Properly.
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the man who knows how 10 smoke Il
pipe' ana TO do 10 sanely, artistically ana
Welt is n rarity Thousands of men
smoke pipes, an the way from the "dhu-
oeen OF the lFsshman, past the long pipe
: on the Dutchman to the bulldog Of rhe
HlElshmdn ana the church warden
Mticn IS only moke in pictures after
eA-oog rev men know the real art For
Az y Is, as truly as any that exists
Ane nnest pipe in the world is the clay
pipe, The statement is open to doubt in
tAe MINDS Of many because only the eN-
IRENE tew know how to smoke a elag
teach the others
A clay pipe is good for only one real
must be smoked twice TO get this enc.
t ism q paradox. either For II
taxes one smoke TO make a clap pipe tit
A-9s auu tnen one more 10 make II
unit Hence IL requires Two smokes "a
make the one of delight. For the first
lule q clay pipe is smoke 1t is about as
gau as anytnlng taat can be conceived.
new and beastly generally. But in thai
one smoke you have made il fit for a
se3qine goud one. ana after you have
smoked It once do it again. Then-ah,
heaven viii open at once, even though
you are using cut navy in the bowl and
uont know the art OF smoking q pipe
auyhoW. Ihen-dash the pipe against a
stone. for its life is done. If you smoke
wood.
The art Of smoking through a pipe is a
QainJy one and IT requires more time in
rs than In its learning. Only
with Iull leisure should a man smoke a
pipe; The cigar is well enough for a
quick smoke and the cigarette Is an
ab0minatioD. but a pipe. properly and
slowly and eisurely smoked. indoors OF
az least Oh the porch of one's house. IN
Jdcket ana slippers, is something worth
Time is a keynote of successful pipe
Snoking. And another lis gentleness.
Don't try to do too much when you
smoke that way. Take ii easy. there
viii be other days and Il saves tobacco.
Don't cram the pipe To the top Of the
wont be there. Fill IL till you reach
about an eighth of an inch from the TOP. /
lnen lamp IT down and the feel tells
YOU mat n ls Just right and light ~
slowly. with long, deep inhalatiOns. Draw
slowly and diguinedly on IT.
Never get a pipe hot Take IN the
smoke gently and carefully and exhale {
IT In the same i~eisurely fashion. Keep 4
up steady pull. Deep long and lnger-
be I'm d hurry; that gets things too hot. 4
and tobacco in a pipe should never be
700 not. Keep cool, keep your pipe cool,
If your pipe goes out light il aealn.
A pipe Is q companionable sort of thing. 1
ana doesn't spoil like a cigar does If
pipe and III You are an Old smoker YOU
VII Dc all the better IoE it, When you
A0NE AAAAAEAAL4 A0lA Z EEAAA a AEGAEu pipe q
Knock the ashes out gently ard firmly
and lay it away to cool.
As TO the sort Of pipe 10 smoke. that is
a matter Of Individual taste. The corn
second smoke out Of a clay. but few viii
reject a clay because il IS SO fine that
second ume a good cob pipe viii last a
ioEs Whlie ana IS cheap. But it is ugly
there no denying that. A brier is the
t2osL popular or az pipes and one Of. the
IlnsSt, a good brier viii last Tor a long /
time If properly cared for. A weichsel
wood pipe is priced by the Germans. bat
rev Americans oave ever taken to them.
generally as a substitute for brier. Meer-
Scnaum IS tine, but a merTschaum pine /
ms 70 ne Guqdled more than does a fam
ly S LifsC DaOy ana becomes an unmiti-
gated nuisance. Every man has to so
through the meerschaum stage. however, /
JUST as every baby has 70 be weaned. and
during It he is a terror TO himself and
q nuisance 10 all the rest of the world.
a good meerschaum costs money and
lequlres care. when cOlOred 1T IS a hand
thing but the trouble is so great
it doesn't pay. This is one Of the
Things however, that all men have to
earn; hence the demand for meer-
If You must color a meerschaum. here
a few points. Never load the pine
where it is thin. Always scrape out the
DOWl. this harms the taste. but makes I
Tor color, and YOU are engaged i'm a fear
some Have a leathern Jacket
made for the bowl. so your fingers CAM
touch IT.. Your meerschaum pine is
an aristocrat among pipes and may not
be lovingly fondled. as an men love to do
a. pipe but must not be touched or the
YAK in which 1t has been boiled viii be
and the pipe viii not color prop
7rly and evenly. Always smoke very
slowly and always cool the pine very
thoroughly before relOading- Then-you
fan. Never yet was a meeTschdum
-olored to anyone's perfect satisfaction.
Your brier pipe is perhaps the most
popular on earth because it will stand q
more abuse, give better service. is cheap
r and more portable han all others and T
stUl il Is a good locker. A so-called brier ;
lIpe can be bought for - Cents-bUt an ?
Expert won't advise it. Pay more and
a better one. EsCheW the carved ,
lues-they are pitfalls. They break cas- .
Go in for everyday use, for the
plain bulldog" fashion, or, if you must. 2
or the drop stem, though this is apt to ,
smoke in your eyes. Get it either
polished or plain; it viii smoke equally
welt. Fill it nearly fun, give it a good.
wen light and settle back in comforts
-Ou have the prize of ali things.
Never scrape the bowl ~ a brier If you S
AN help it. A crust forms I'm such a pipe
ind the wood chars. This soaks up the a
licOtine and leaves you a plain, sweet /