Show THE STRENGTH OF CIGARS p A kahsai city denier dealer sra sn it Is I 1 no not t Indi indicated catell iy ay tile tho color tt ft is surprising said a prominent man an the other lay day the amount of 0 misinformation that prevails among old smokers even in reference to the strength OS of cigars as is indicated by the color 0 of the wrapper these colors run from claro the ligh tege to oscuro the alar darkest kest but u tho the latter is a very rare color find and is S seldom seen nowadays now ninety nine smokers out of a hundred fancy that the strength of tho the tobacco is regulated by the color ot of the cigar but it is a great mistake it has little or nothing to do with it whatever but the tha mancho man who calls for it a claro walks off entirely satisfied that lie he is necessarily smoking a mild cigar whereas lie might have bought a maduro and got a milder one 1 jnell I nill tell you why A packer will have hava before him on a table a large number of cigars the wrappers of which will vary lit in color from a light yellow down to an almost black shade the filler remember in fit all these is exactly the same well lie he will wilT pick out the lightest in the lot lay jay them to one side pick out the nast nt lightest and place them to one side until nothing but the very tery darkest are ae iett ft the first lot will be packed away in into to boxes stamped claro clare the second in boxes stamped colorado Co Col loraJo oralo and third in boxes stamped Ma maduro ditro there are of course intermediate grades such as colorado claro and colorado maduro but you see that the claro box contains just its as strong a cigar is as the maduro there may be a little difference owing to the color of the wrapper but that is very tery slight rii glit the color is d determined et entire entirely T bythe by the packer and tho the distinction is made solely because cigars of a uniform color look more attractive attraL tive here for instance are two boxes of el ci gers both stamped colorado ono one Is the maradona Alla radona made from the vuelta district tobacco the other is the adletta Arlet Ax letta tn made rn defro from rn the tobacco of partidas Par tidas district di these ci cigars ars are of about the sat same strength and ac yet t the arletta is much the darker now the ordinary smoker w bould kulil bo be almost certain to take the maradona it if lie he wanted a mild and tho the arletta if lie he wanted a strong cigar the supposed difference in streng strength ii ns as indicated by the color is purely imaginary 11 kansas city journal It rustler ustler |