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Show DEALING IN CIGAR BANDS. Tobacconists Have Quite a Call for Them as Result of a Pad. "I want a package ot cigar bandB," eald a bright-faced boy about 12 years old, as he stepped up to tho countor in a tobacco Bhop. "Ten or 25 cents " nsked the proprietor. pro-prietor. "Ten," returned the boy, as he flung down his dime, took his purchase and rushed out. "Yes, I do qulto a business In cigar bands," said the tobacconist, according to the Chicngo Inter Ocean. "It is quite a fad among children to get bands and paste them on glass plates nnd bowls. I sell about ns mnny packages pack-ages of bands as I do. of cigarettes, nnd there Is more profit In It. Tho youngsters do a thriving business along the lino of barter and trado. They take the bands to school and iwap duplicates with their schoolmates. school-mates. A rare band commnnds a high premium nnd frequently Is worth half 1 dozen ot tho moro common varieties. The youngsters keep on' tho nlert for bands, too, and they Iaro after everyone every-one that comes from tho cigars of their fathers and uncles and big brothers. "In some respects tho new fad Is not a bad' thing for the cigar trade. The bands have been a dead loss to tobacconists, who In the end have to pay for them. They are mado In Germany, Ger-many, at least all- the fancy varieties, nnd they add a llttlo to tho cost of each cigar. Trifling as it may bo, tho sum in the nggregato would enable any of us to keep steam yachts and automobiles. By selling tho bands at the rato of 25 for ten cents, tho cigar manufacturers nro nble to get back some of tho outlay that has been n dead loss to them." I |