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WAY PIPE shoua D BE LIGHTED subject of vastly moro importance an appears chere has been a newspaper discussion recently on the subject ol 01 how to light a pipe this may seem to the feminine mind a trivial matter and quite beneath the notice of any dignified journal how wrong for a pipe lit is pipe smoked and a pipe smoked Is a man made testy and a man made testy Is a man looking out for trouble and a man looking out for trouble Is a man finding trouble and a man find ing trouble Is a woman in tears and a woman in tears Is the last word in hu man dreariness never let us be ashamed to inquire then how a pipe may be lit with the utmost alon to the smoker one paper I 1 see recommends spills that is good but the spills of course must be wooden ones another paper retorts that spills are of no sort of use to the man in the train this Is the kind of frightfully true thing that causes a hush in the noisiest assembly what then should the man in the train do I 1 will tell him he should carry a box of wooden matches and he should use exactly two matches to light his pipe the first one will dry the to bacco on the surface and the second one will produce the vivid even glow beloved of smokers the man by the way who lights his pipe with a wax match Is a bad man right from the start never trust him dear friend sketch |