HOW TO KEEP A PIPE. 121) 



smokers, before inserting the tobacco, 

 put a piece of blotting paper in the bot- 

 tom of the bowl. Do not do this. It is 

 said that blotting paper absorbs the nico- 

 tine. If that is so there is very little 

 taste to the tobacco, for it is the nicotine 

 that gives the taste to the tobacco, and 

 (except for a very infinitesimal part that 

 will adhere to the pipe after each smoke) 

 unless the smoker creates an abnormal 

 amount of saliva, it can do no harm. 



Put in your tobacco, but don't fill it 

 quite to the top of the bowl. Be careful, 

 in lighting your tobacco, not to burn the 

 rim of the bowl. Smoke very leisurely at 

 first, gently breaking in your pipe until 

 every part of it seems to be hardened to 

 the heat. Keep this up for five or six 

 smokes. Then you and your pipe can 

 " rough it " anywhere on earth. 



In filling your pipe be careful not to 

 pack it in too tight, so that the bowl 

 becomes choked up and the tobacco re- 

 fuses to burn. Put your tobacco in fairly 



