Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1903 — Smoke Mont in Summer. [ARTICLE]

Smoke Mont in Summer.

“It may appear strange, but It la Bone tbe less true, men smoke less during tbe winter months than they do In the ‘good old summer time,’ ” remarked a local cigar dealer to a star man the other night. “Did you ever stop to consider why this Bbould be?" asked the cigar man. “Take to-night, for Instance; there are plenty of people on the street, yet business has been very dull with us. But the wind Is blowing and It Is disagreeably cold. Men do not like to ■moke while It Is windy and cold. (When the spring opens out sales will jump and by May they will be at hlghjrater mark. They are much bigger til summer than they are at this ?eaJbn, but May appears (o be the ideal Smoking month. Tour true smoker likes the aroma of his havana with the fragrance of the May flowers All the outdoor season our Saturday afternoon sales are the largest of the week." “How about the homo trade —don’t men smoke enough Indoors st the

fireside to balance the outdoor smoking of summer?” “I don’t think so. Just before Christmas we did a large box trade, but for the remainder of the year our box trade runs rather even. I should say men smoke more when they can be comfortable out of doors than they do Indoors.—Washington Star.