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Show The Habit of Smoking;. ' A well kiown local tobacco dealer waa ' standing on the front steps of his estab-llshment estab-llshment this afternoon, greatly enjoying a cigar, when a reporter who happened that way stopped, and soon a "chat" waa under way on the subject of cigars. The' veteran tobacco dealer Immediately gave some Interesting information thereon. He said, in part: "It's really remarkable, considering the 12.000.000.0uo cigars smoked In the United States every year, how few men really know bow to smoke. There is one mistake mis-take In particular that even experienced smokers sometime make; that la, la not keeping the tobacco burning properly. "A large percentage, I should say, of ' all the cigar used are better on the out-aide out-aide than the Inside. This Un't wholly w deceive the prospective buyer.- It requires re-quires a good quality of leaf to shape tha outside of a cigar, while the filler may be more readily composed Of Inferior to-Uicco. to-Uicco. The smoker who permits his cigar to burn inside the wrapper loees the best, part of it. The aroma - la - lost and the smoke Is bitter arid acrtd. "Puffing on cigar that la not burning properly only Increases the difficulty. The smqker gets more of the smoke of the inside in-side leaves, and the whole cigar becomes hot from the effects of the Increased combustion com-bustion in the center of It. The proper thing, the only thing, t do is to light the cigar again, taking care that wrapper end all are Included In the lighting. If Vlhis plan were followed a rood many nokers wouldn't change their brand of " cigars so often." Hartford Time. . |