Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1899 — HOW TO ENJOY SMOKE. [ARTICLE]

HOW TO ENJOY SMOKE.

SlgUsad Wrssg of Handling n Good Clear.' “Personal observation has taught me,” said a Cuban cigar dealer to a Washington Star reporter, “that not one person In a hundred knows how to smoke a cigar to enjoy it thoroughly. For Instance, most men, after buying their cigars, stick them between their teeth and gnaw the ends off recklessly, thereby tearing and loosening the wrapper. Then they light their cigars and puff away as If their very lives depended upon finishing them in a hurry. Thus treated, the finest cigar will burn irregularly, and the smokers will, nine times out of ten, lay the blame on the cigar. The cigar may be to blame, but in most cases the fault lies In the way it has been handled. “After a cigar has been bought the end should be cut smoothly off by a clipper or sharp knife. The reverse end should then be placed in the mouth and the cigar blown through. This removes all the little particles of dust which cannot be avoided manufacture, and prevents them from being inhaled into the throat, and from producing coughiug. The cigar should then be lighted, and particular attention should be paid to its being thoroughly ignited all over the surface of the end. Then, instead of puffing away like a sjeam-eugine, the smoker will find that three or four puffs every minute make the best way to enjoy the cigar. The smoke should be kept In the mouth a short time in order to appreciate the flavor of the tobacco. Then It should be emitted slowly. “In case one side of the cigar should burn and leave a ragged edge on the other side, it is not necessary to relight it, as I often see many people do. A gentle blow through the cigar toward the lighted end will ignite the ragged side, and it will burn regularly. Smoking tills way is a pleasure. It frets me to see a man smoking a cigar who does not know how to enjoy it, and I often feel like giving him a few words of advice, and would do so were it not for the fear of offending him.”