Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-20
is as senseess as to send good money after
that which has been irrevocably lost"
READ 1T IN SMOKE PUFFS
Character of Tobacco Used Revealed
TO Sharp Eyes-sOme Rules
to Follow.

A Philadelphia sSriety girl, who has seen
more than one seaROn, has made a study
of the personal idiosyBcracies of smokers,
as they serve to Indicate character, and
finds it as interesting and as full of science
the reading OF character in handwriting
or by any of the other numerous methods.
You can use this science" says the girl,
ito find out a good deal about a man
even before he has beep introduced to you,
by watching him smoke on a hotel porch or
similar place. The signs are sometimes
ohscured by the emotions under which the
smoker happens to be laboring at the mo-
ment, so you want to catch your sub
ject when IT is in normal condition.
THE specimen who grips the butt of
its cigar tight between it's teeth, not taking
it out much even when it talks, is of
the tenacious family. He is also aggres-
sive and determined to get what he wants,
regardless of the rights Of others. If you
have tete-a-tete Irritation with this sort
of man beware of making him want To
kiss you unless you want him TO- for once
the desire gets into his head hen never
stop to learn what you think about IT,
"On the other side is the man who smokes
slowly and takes his cigar out of his
mouth frequently to turn it around and
look at it, He is a good fellow, but a
little slow, You can do a good deal with
him, not because he is weak, but because
he is open to arguments and Impressions
He's not exactly tmid. but it's generally
easy to blum him. The man VINO bites his
cigar pretty hard but twists It about in
his mouth and chews it more or less, Is
not quite slow nor so easy to handle
| He is tenacious, too, like the first man.
but not SO self-centered, not such tramp
Ter Of other peoples rights-in fact, he's
"a higher order of animal.
The man who can't keep his cigar
| lighted is apt 10 be "A sentimentalist, but
he's jolly and companiOnable, too, in many
cases, and we'll worth carrying matches
| for He's not given to hirtations unless
he's pretty much in earnest, and he's the
| sort of man you're apt to feel sorry for
/ afterward II you find he meant more than
| you did
That the man who wears his cigar at
heaven-pointing angle is vain and con-
/ ceited goes without saying, but he's not
| always weak that implies. He's some
| times the sort that makes his boast good,
and If he chews the end of the tilted
| cigar he is to be classed with the tenacious
| family. II you want TO please him and
! sway him to your will, give him plenty OF
admiration and let the the idea of what
you want to appear to come from him.
It's equally matter Of course that the
humdrum, commonplace practical man al
| ways cuts of the end of his cigar with
much care, always sees that it smokes
| evenly, always has matches and is always
| conscious of hts expensive enjoyment. He
/ may have other attributes, to be sure than
| that OF painstaking-and sometimes pain
| causng-care, but it's harder to see them
through his smoke. He's apt to be a tire
some stickler for the conventionalities but
he may be pretty good fellow. too. Only,
| II he's selfish! his selhshness is OF a most
mean and unattractive sort You see l
| don't profess 10 have the science down
fine yet but such rules as I've given are
| reliable philadelphia Record.