Evening star., 1949-01-26
This and That
BIZ Charles Z. Trdce,rell

Pipe smokers have more than pipe dreams
to entertain them.
They have stories, tales all their own, un-
known to others.
Take that man smoking his pipe the other
day on the elevator.
He had fine bowl of FIRE, when suddenly
it dropped of the stem.
The elevator was at the seventh floor
The bowl. with fire flying from it. hit the
foor-and disappeared
There is q crack between the elevator door
and the shaft.
Down this crack the flaming bowl had gone
You might ride elevators for another life
time, and never see that again. spoke up one
passenger.
Il hope it doesn't set the building on fire, -
said the pipe owner. holding his useless stem
When the lift got to the first floor, the
starter came into the picture.
'1N 60 down to the pit" he said, and see
If can find the bowl"
You stay here" he went on to the man.
"Ill be right back"
The pit" as it is called, lie unknown terri
tory to elevator riders.
1t is beneath every elevator. It usually has
light, to be turned on at times.
The starter wended his way to this place,
turned on his light, and looked carefully
around.
There, amid the grease and bits of paper
was the pipe. There was no tobacco in the
bowl.
The starter started back with it, when here
came the owner.
Here is the bowl" said the starter.
The owner accepted it. then threw it down
into large metal tub.
The starter looked bit puzzled.
why" he said, all you have to do is put
the stem back in"
The man smiled.
"The pipe is ive years DID," he replied Il
have had 1t long enough. 1t is time for new
one. All wanted to do was to be sure hadn't
set your building on fire"
There was another man walking up Eley.
He was going along sayly. thinking about
something.
Whatever he was thinking about was 10
engrossing that he just put his pipe into hts
right coat pocket
Fortunately, there was an observing man
lust behind him,
He saw smoke coming from the pocket, then
flash of flame.
Mister" he cried, your coat is on fire!" !
The man looked down, in bored sort of way
Perhaps he was still In thrall to his dream
. But it evaporated quickt enough, when he
realized what had happened.
lnen SUCH pOckeL-SldpplnS was never
seen as he put the fire out
Carrying pipe between the teeth has its
drawbacks too.
One smoker was going along happily till he
came to revolving doors. Now, these doors
have their plain disadvantages, as every user
knows.
This smoker went In, all risht-one usually
does-but when the thing got to going around,
it suddenly struck the bowl Of the pipe.
And the stem was jammed back into the
roof of the fellows mouth.
Thereafter, he held his pipe in the hand
when he went through revolving doors.
Il g.
A wounded soldier had his own method of
tying his pipe to his crutch when he got onto
q bus.
This permitted his hands free to handle
his fare.
One time he forgot about his pipe still lt
The bowl pressed UP against his suit, and
started q fire. n
woman passenger stared at the glowing
cloth In sudden disbelief, but shortly, actual
ity took hold Of her.
your coat, your coat!" she cried.
The man stared down, then went into the
old slapping act. Slap her down again, Paw"
Il the theme song Of koaps smokers.