The Hartford republican., 1913-10-31
COB Pipes IN
The CAPITAL
Real Kentucky Article Ir-
vades Washington.
Many Congressman Become De-
votes to the Sweetest Smoke
Yet-.-Cob Pipe.

Washington, Oct. 28.-The Kentucl
corn cob pipe. the real thing in cob
pipes. the article with the long, reed
stem and the deep bowl, has taken
Washington by storm. Representa-
tive Arthur b. Rouse, of Covingtou,
first introduced 1t at the Capitol
He distributed a few among his fsi-
low members and the Capital cores
pondents. It was not long until Capt
Jimmy" Sloane. chief Of the secret
service men assigned to accompany
and look after the President, sighted
one Of the Kentucky pipes.
Capt. Sloane insisted that he must
have one. and at once his wish was
gratified. and he became an enthusias
tic booster. BY this time 1t was no
uncommon thing to see one of these
long-stemmed pipes preceding some
smoker as he strolled around the Cap
iitOl or the streets Of Washington.
About this time Prof. Anton, Of
Princeton brother-in-law of the
President. came to Washington for
a visit. II there's one thing Prof. AK
ton enthuses over. 1t is a pipe. He
abso utely refuses to begin game
of golf without first being certain
that his pipe is loaded and that he
has plenty Of tobacco in his pocket.
This habit of Prof. Axtou causes
the President, his golf companion,
much amusement. When the Prince
ton man caught sight OF the Kentu ,
article his comments were superfluou
and commendatory. Capt. s .oane at
once decided that he should have su q
pipe. Calling on a friend among tn
newspaper correspondents from down
Kentucky way, he declared that he
must have a Kentucky pipe for Prof.
AxtOn. Meanwhile Jack Wheeler. who
works with Capt. Sloane, had become
SO envious Of the iatter's possession
that he declared the only way to Ike Z
peace In the family was for him to be
supplied with a long-stemmed corn
cob smoker.
In this extremity the correspondent
took the matter up, to use a Capitol
phrase. with former Mayor John
Skain. of Lexington. pieading with
him to put said correspondent In
touch with the maker Of these pipes.
Mayor Skain's response was a parcel
post package containing two of the
most appealing things in the way
of pipe which ever reached WASH
ington. Accompanying the pipes was
a letter from Mr.. Skain in which he
waxed eloquent concerning his gifts
in the following language:
Comp ying with your request, 0
sending YOU by parcel post two OF
the best cob pipes that ever grew In
old Kentucky. They are as hard as
flint and will produce as sweet
smoke as any Indian chief ever enjoy
ed. They are not the ordinary ma
chine made pipes, but the genuine
l hope you will do ev-
erything you can to encourage the
use Of the Kentucky corn cob pipe.
The high cost of Giving can be ma
terially decreased If our smokers will
turn from the high-priced products
Of Havana, in cigar form, and yield
to the seductive Influence of the
corn cob pipe, the favorite of our an
cestors."
Mr.. Skain and former Senator
Thomas A. Combs, OF Lexington. are
two OF the devotees OF the big Ken
tacky corn-cob pipe. and 80 strong Is
their devotion 70 IL that their friends
would hardly recognize them were
they TO meet them without this con-
slant companion decorating their
faces.
Big Coal Mines Sold.