Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1900 — TO LIGHT A PIPE. [ARTICLE]

TO LIGHT A PIPE.

Some Words of Advice Every Smoker Should Heed. This may seem a very trivial subject and one of little importance to the man or woman who does not smoke,, but to the man who enjoys his after-dinner pipe, it is pregnant with great thoughts. If you smoke light, flaky tobacco, care must be taken that it is packed in the pipe bowl tightly, if a good, comfortable smoke is desired. But if one is smoking plug cut, then, the pipe must never be packed. A second rule always to be observed is never to fill the bowl too full. The tobacco never should reach the top. When too full it neither lights nor draws well. Another thing: Always rub the tobacco in the hand until it is fine and powdery before filling the pipe. The next thing is to know how to light the pipe. This is a process of time and should not be hurried over. Touch the match to the tobacco lightly if it is granulated, and then draw slowly. Do not try to light it all at once. But if you are smoking plug cut the opposite course should be followed. But in both cases tap the tobacco down, if it swells above the top of the pipe, draw steadily, but not fast, until the tobacco is burning evenly over all the top of the pipe. If you will do this you will not be obliged to relight your pipe until you refill it. Once your pipe is lighted draw as you breathe, not harder or faster; draw naturally. Pipe smoking is a recreation,not an occupation.—Louisville Courier-Journal.