138 HOW TO COLOR A MEERSCHAUM. 



This is a more comfortable way than 

 the false bowl, but the smoker has got to 

 use more care in not overheating the 

 pipe. This can be prevented by taking 

 long, slow puffs, in not filling the pipe to 

 the top of the bowl, and not filling again 

 immediately after smoking. 



Here are a few other hints, however 

 which the smoker will do well to make a 

 note of : 



Do not subject your meerschaum to 

 sudden changes of cold or heat. Meer- 

 schaum is susceptible to heat and cold, 

 expanding with one and contracting with 

 the other, and a sudden and decided 

 change of temperature may cause it to 

 snap to pieces. 



Do not handle the pipe with perspiring 

 fingers, as the sweat is injurious to the 

 clay ; having acid in it which gives the 

 surface a mottled appearance which can- 

 not be removed. 



Never cover the pipe with a coat of 

 chamois leather. Chamois skin absorbs 



