Cigarettes 201 



The machines turn out from 200 to 800 cigarettes 

 a minute. The Baron machine crimps instead of 

 gumming the paper, and thus removes one objection 

 to cigarette-smoking. This machine makes any 

 shape or size of cigarettes, round or oval, at the rate 

 of 240 to 400 per minute. The introduction of these 

 machines, necessitated by the increasing demand for 

 cigarettes, has greatly decreased the cost. Made by 

 hand their manufacture costs 2s. 6d. per 1,000, while 

 the same number is mechanically made for 2jd. 

 By hand from 1,500 to 2,500 cigarettes can be made 

 per day, the output varying according to the method 

 adopted ; in the same time a machine will turn out 

 180,000 cigarettes. Some cigarette-makers roll the 

 tobacco with the paper, while others form the paper 

 into a cylinder, then roll the tobacco the required size, 

 and push it into the paper tube. 



Russia and Turkish cigarettes are still, and pro- 

 bably will be always, made by hand, as the delicate 

 flavour of the tobacco is impaired by the metal of 

 the machine. Turkish tobacco varies greatly in 

 quality, the poorest being obtainable at is. a pound 

 while the best costs ;^i. The famous Dubec comes 

 from Yenidge in Roumelia; another good brand comes 

 from Salonica, near Constantinople. All Turkish 

 tobaccos are very carefully manipulated. They are 

 cut by hand, as the quickly-chopping machine heats 

 and spoils the fine flavour. 



Each manufacturer has his own secret scent or 

 perfume for his various brands of cigarettes. All 

 Turkish cigarettes are doctored, and in this, the 

 Ottoman manufacturer holds, lies the art of cigarette- 



