Characteristics of Smokers

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 106, 21 February 1885, Page 3

Characteristics of Smokers

A gentleman who is a great *' Fumigator" says that he has philosophised about smokers, with this result: — " An eventempered, quiet man never gees to an extreme in 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. If a man smokes his cigar only enough to keep it lighted, and relishes taking it from his month to cast a look at the blue curl of smoke in the air, set him down as an easygoing man. He has keen perceptions and delicate sensibilities. He will not create trouble, but is apt to see it out when once begun. Beware of the man who never relaxes the grip of his cigar, and is indifferent whether it burns or not. He is cool, calculating, and exacting. He is seldom energetic physically, but lives easily off those who perform the labor. The man who smokes a bit, rests a bit and fumbles the cigar moie or less, is easily affected by circumstances. I the cigar goes out fr. q lently, the man has a whole souled disposition, is a devil-may-care sort of a fellow, with a lively brain and a glib tongue, and generally a fine fund of anecdote. To hold half the cigar m the mouth and smoke indifferently is a lazy man's habit. They are generally of little force and their characters are not of the highest strata. A nervous man who fumbles his cigar a great deal is a sort of popinjay among men. Holding the cigar constantly between the teeth, chewing it occasionally, and not caring if it is lighted at all, are characteristics of men who have the tenacity of bulldogs. They* never forget anything or lat go their holds. The fop stands his cigar on end, and an experienced smoker points it straight ahead, or almost at right angles with his course. Such have been my observations with regard to smokers."