Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-15

pipe" Here Jones regarded It fondly
II have discovered. through many
tests, that the civilized man, when first
shown this pipe, either makes no COM
ment upon 1t or says something good
about it. II he does not care for us
shape. he finds himself able to praise
its unusually fine grain. If. on the
other hand, he genuinely admires the
pipe, unusual shape and all, he Is only
too happy to say so.
THE uncivilized person invariably
falls to criticism without q moments
hesitation. How do you like my new
pipe?' l ask. evidently we'll pleased
with it. Hem he says. What did
you get that shape for?' Because L
like it, and because it holds so little
tobacco That's the very reason
don't like it, says he. ruthlessly. 1
want a pipe to hold enough tobacco 10
smoke
| 1T is significant that at least five
out of ten persons who are shown this
pipe make no favorable comment, but
only criticize it for not holding more
| tobacco, AS q matter of fact, the
| width Of the bowl almost makes up for
| it's shallowness, so that 1t really holds
almost as much as the more ORTHODOX
shape.
ut is not, then. the pipe they are
criticizing, but myself. As unclVlliZed
men living in civilization, they ma
only with extreme difficulty anything
| favorable in anything belonging 10
any one else.
| "I would not say, on the basis OF
these pine tests, that half the men we
meet are uncivilized, or, at least snow
marks of savagery. The tendency 10
criticize where there Ia really nothing
to find fault with--may this be taken
as an indication, no matter IN what
walk of life it Is found?
X n X
| Jones puffed nightly upon his
briar. tanning into life the fire that
| had almost gone out during this long
speech.
you notice the unusual aroma OF
| this tobacco? Well, that IS announcer
one of my tests of character. l can
generally tell whether a man Is wnat
| I call civilized, by his comments upon
this tobacco.
| "I am able to say. after hearing his
words. whether he is interested In new
| things. or whether he is one
who wants to hear of nothing new.
am able to tell, too, with some GER
| tainty, If he Is acquainted with the
best things of life, or whether ne rests
satisfied with inferior quality.
| "Now this tobacco Is very expen'
sive product, pure tobacco without
| adulteration or addition. One would
think that it's very aroma would lead
any smoker to inquire about 1t, not In
a spirit of criticism, but in one OF In
| terest.
| but the uncivilized man. who has
never smoked anything better than
Bozo brand, is not bit interested. He
rather resents anything better. An
'undoped' tobacco is beyond him. The
attitude of investigation also is be-
yond his caliber.
whats that stuff you're smok-
| ing?' he asks. And when you tell
him he makes what he considers a
good pun on the name, and some few
reflections upon the integrity and past
history of any man who wc::sd dare to
spend $40 for a pound OF tobacco.
| 1.-The civilized man, / believe, stops,
looks, listens The unciviliZed fellow
| is so pleased with himself that moth
| ing outside his ken can possibly be of
any worth, according to his way Of
| thinking. Not only that, he must &C.
lively combat the article, the idea,
the action, lest it infringe upon his
decisions of his own grandeur. These
are some of the things my pipe and
my tobacco tell me. A sort of touch
stone of virtue, as it We're" And
| Templeton Jones smiled.