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Show IMPOSSIBLE PEAT. Man Cannot Smoke a Cigar Without Removing- It From tho Lips. ",Men are proud of their ability to consume con-sume a number of strong cigars," said a cigar dealer, yesterday. "They glory In. It, even while thoy are wishing they could break off the practice. And that reminds me of n story. Do you over stop to think what a hard thing- It would be to smoke a cigar continuously, without removing It from the mouth until R was all gone, or so short that it could not be smoked conveniently?" The reporter said he never had. "Well, there was a man here once who was making all sorts of cracks about what a smoker he was. Eighteen cigars a day was his limit. There was a quiet chap in here at the same time .one of those who will smoke three cigars ci-gars a day, no more, no less, one after each meal, and enjoy every Inch of the Veed Well, he sort of sized the boastful boast-ful one up and made the remark that he had- a ten-spot that was ready for the talkative ono If he could smoke a cigar down to within one inch of . the end without taking: It from his lips. "That waa easy for the boaster. Ho said so, at any rate, and he produced his money. I held the stakes, and the contest was on. The great smoker lighted his weed, sat down and begun puffing, a smile of confidence on his face. lie did very well, too, rolling out great clouds of smoke nnd soon there was half an Inch of ash on the tip of his perfecto. But from then on. the smoker was a little uneasy. He Hort of rolled his cigar around between his lips and his puffihg'came slower. When ho had burned an inch of It he began to walk up and down the room. Some ono gave him the laugh, and he started in pufTlng hard again, but It was such an effort that I felt sorry for him He began be-gan to have trouble with his breathing. j no sweat came out on ins lorenead, and when the cigar was half gone he was In positive agony. I don't know whether It was from nervousness, in not following the usual custom of removing the cigar from the lips at stated intervals, inter-vals, or because he was sickened by the constant volume of smoke he had to puff In nnd blow out. At any rate he was getting In ai bnd way. nodded that I might pay the slakes over to the quiet man. and went out. That was the last boasting he ever did. "It's an odd fact, but it's true, and he proved It, that a man can't smoke a cigar and not take it from his lips until It's all gone. No smoker does It Hp can't. He's simply got to tak It from his mouth occasionally. I, of course, have heard of men who lighted cigars and never Id them go out and never took them from between their lips until thf wel-ds were smoked right down to the end, but 1 never saw a chap who could 'do - the stuiit." In fact, I don't think any one, can, do It. If you think It can be done well, try It some time, and see how. you get along." Newark News. |