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Show 11 Illllllll wimuimiw 1111111 in iiiii llllll (PAID SiyiOKERS OF PIPES. Paris Tobacco Houses Eire Many Men to Color Their . Meerschaums, 1 "With the growth of the hobby of smoking meerschaum -pipes," said ike Hafendorfer, of Philadelphia, reports the Louisville Herald, "there havd sprung up concerns which mal.e a business of coloring these pipes. "How do they do it? Will, In the yost natural way imaginable, 1J smoking them, Iu Paris there are two Arms which employ about 1,000 men to do nothing but smoke They nrn psld !0 cents au hour. They smoke, mild tobacco In order that they can smo u 1 great length of time without getting 1 headache. "I havo, seen theso men at work They ore a queer set. Somo of them ir persons of high educational at-'alnmefts, at-'alnmefts, who, being out of other employment, em-ployment, do not object to sitting In a :ool spot, reading and smoking. It's snap for them. "Others of these hired smoker" .- Ignorant fellows, who hive novoi ichleved success In anything but imoklng. "A few women are in the gather!"?, but they are all sorry looking wrtcus "Some of the smokers arc dlteiiedj Many of them have consumpt'on. H 1 his dote not endanger tho person whi luys the line meerschaum "pine J t r . n, for theplpcs are boiled and baked 10 eliminate all germs. "The official, in Paris are trying tr break upthls business, claiming tha it endangers the hcalih ot the hirelings." hire-lings." y |