42 CONVERSATIONAL HINTS 



Out of this conflict of preferences the young 

 shooter can make capital. By flattering everybody 

 in turn, he can practically get his smoking gratis ; 

 for everyone will be sure to offer him at least one 

 cigarette, in order to prove the superiority of his 

 own particular kind. And if the young shooter, 

 after smoking it, expresses a proper amount of 

 ecstasy, he is not at all unlikely to have a second 

 offered to him. Most men are generous with 

 cigarettes. 



Here is a final piece of advice. Admire all 

 cigarette-cases, and say of each that it's the very 

 best and prettiest you ever saw. You can have no 

 notion how much innocent pleasure you will give. 



