HOW TO KEEP A PIPE. 127 



HOW TO KEEP A PIPE GOOD- 

 NATURED. 



To begin with, every smoker should 

 have from three to a dozen good pipes, 

 and besides he must be a pipe smoker. 

 By pipe smoker is meant not merely a 

 smoker of pipes nor one who uses a pipe 

 as a makeshift wishing all the time he 

 had a good cigar but one who thinks 

 this is the only form of smoke for his 

 fireside, his " easy-chair," and worthy to 

 breathe its incense upon his books. 



No pipe possesses any individuality in 

 a store, but for such a smoker another 

 pipe means another child added to his 

 family of pipe children. Another child 

 that must be washed, cleaned, and gen- 

 erally looked after if he wants it to live 

 and be sweet-tempered. 



There are many pipe smokers and 

 would-be pipe smokers, however, who 

 do not know how to care for their pipes 



