| Show USES FOR CIGAR BANDS I 1 unique decorations are applied to I 1 many articles there seems to be no end to the uses to which cigar bands may bf be put A year ago ash trays and paper weights were the only articles one could find in the shops upon which cigar band decorations might be pasted but now there are complete smoking sets of glass to be lined with the bands match holders plates vases and even tables both large and small of which the top and sides are glass ready for lining one downtown cigar dealer has a turkish ta burett with tray cigar and cigarette holders and match box alcohol lamp standard cuspidor and jar for holding tapers all ornamented with the he bands and pictorial decorations from cigar boxes the effect of the group is really very oriental several thousands ot of bands were used in coveting the backs ot of all these articles and the amount of 0 patience necessary to fit together so many small bits of color into such an intricate design seems far out of pic pi portion to the result achieved cigar band ornaments are curious and in genious but not even the inventor ol 01 the idea ever claimed any artistic lalue value for them this craze has taken such a tk hold upon the public that genuine cigar cisar bands are now hard to obtain and to supply the increasing demand nanu facture rs of the bands have begun beg un making imitations which are sold b the package these imitations are in some cases exactly like the genuine bands and in others are slight modify thie pictorial points being identical but the trade mark is omit ted in buying the packages one also gets a bottle of transparent cement and inspru instructions chions for doing the work and these outfits are being sold by the hundreds to women whose fathers brothers and friends can not consume enough cigars to supply them alt alti bands for all the brie bric a brae they want to decorate with the tiny trade marks |
