CHARACTERISTICS 0F SMOKERS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1517, 4 March 1885, Page 2

CHARACTERISTICS 0F SMOKERS.

gator" says that he has philosophised about smokers with this result : — " An even tempered, quiet man never goes to an extreme iti choosing his cigar. A nervous man wants something strong and furious: a mild man something that smokes and nothing more. There is a great deal in the way men handle their cigars. It' a man smokes his cigar only enough to keep it lighted, and relishes taking it from his mouth t<> cast a look at the blue curl of smoke in the air, set him down as an easy going man. He lias keen perceptions and delicate sensibilities. He will not cr -ale rouble, !>ut is ppt to see it ont when once begun. Beware of the man who never relaxes the grip of his cig ir and is indifferent Wiie.t.ier it burns or not. He is cool, calculating, a, A exacting. He is seldom energetic physically but lives easily oft' of those who perform the labor. Tile nun who smokes a l>it. rests a l-it, and families the cigar more or less, is easily auVcted l»y circumstances. It' tne cigar goes out frequently, the man has a whole-souled disposition, is a dovil-uiiy-care sort .f a fellow, with a lively brain and a glib tongue, and generally a tine fund of anecdote. To hold half the cigar in the inmUh and s>n>kd indtifemitly isa lazy man's habit. They are generally of little farce and their characters are not of th« highest strata. A nervous man who fumbles his cigar a great •leal is a sort of pop in jay among men. Holding the, cigar constantly between the teeth, chewing it occasionally and not caring if it is liguted at all, are characteristics of nen who have the tenacity ot" bulldogs. They never forget anything if let get their holds. The fop stands his cigar on end, and an experienced smoker points it straight ahead, or almost at tight augles with his course. Such have bee>u my observations with regard to smokers.

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