The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-29
THE ANClENTS SMOKED PIPES
CHarper's Weekly)


The pipe is not a modern creation
Some years ago Lieutenant Colonel
Dahnl, OF the Prussian army. while
eXcavatlng within the walls of the old
Roman fort of Also. near Haltern.
found fragments OF certain pipes that
had been used by smokers. Some had
been artIstically made and decorated.
and all showed the marks Of expert
colorIng. The pipes could not have
been used for smoking tobacco, be-
cause tobacco plant was not known In
Europe when they were fashioned.
Possibly the barbariaus Of that epoch
smoked hemp leaves and the heads
OF poppies.
The origin OF the pipe is thus very
ancient. but the tobacco pipe Is OF
modern use Tobacco did not make its
way into general favor until well into
the eighteenth century. People OF ele-
CANT taste. people OF higher social
classes. took snuff from handsome
snuff boxes, but no one smoked. At
the beginning OF the nineteenth CEN
tury no one dared 10 confess 10 pipe
smoking, although the habit was Sc
cretly INDUCED in by many At that
period, as at present. the cafes frc-
quented by the aristocracy prescribed
the pipe.
Toward the end Of the empire Wal
deck Rousseau was eNrelled from the
Cafe Richie for smoking pipe In d.
rect defiance of the rules of the place
Rousseau carried the cause to court,
but the result was not made public
! The pipe was ostracised I'm Berlin as
well as In France The people OF Ber.
lin have enjoyed the right to smoke
pipes publicly only within the last
eighty years. On May 2, 1882. the
King Of Prussia signed a decree per-
mittlng the habitants OF Berlin to
smoke pipes in tho streets and In the
Thiergarten. Until then their use IN
public was forbidden. "out Of REGARD
for public proprlety." and the delin.
quent who was caught pipe In mouth,
In any place outside his own home or
the house Of friend. was punished
by fine of . thalers: If repeated the
offense was expIated by term in prls.
on.
The old Kaiser Wilhelm whose
cigars were specially made for him IN
Havana. smoked nothing but a pine
when on his hunting trips The en-
ptlpl pipe MdS ny du lOl-
portant functionary II was a fine
piece of workmanship. due 10 the
skill Of a turner who worked from
pattern sketched by the kaiser's own
hands. In the center OF the nicer
schaum head Of the pipe stood a black
grouse Of chiseled silver. perched
wings spread on a bouGh. On the
stem Of the pipe was a w formed
from brilliant pebble found in the
craws OF grouse The kaiser stuff
ed his pipe with tobacco mixed with
the wet leaves Of certain trees not
cd for their odors The pire gave
out great clouds of fragrant smoke
One pipe that vii not figure in any
collection Is the pine that used Ia he
smoked by the shah Of Persia who
lost his throne recently. II descend
ed to its present owner from his faith
er, who received it from his brother.
This ornamental object Is set with dia-
mOpds and ribies valued at apprCXi-
matelv 100000. When the shah was
NOT using it the pipe was guarded by
one of the court officials. whose task
IL was to watch IT night and day.
ince a grand yiZer was caught whom
he was as he supposed alone. making
attempts 10 nick out some OF the Jew
el with the fine point OF his ponlard