ADVANTAGES OF DIPPING. 947 
‘planter. For snuff the ladies have very nice round boxes 
with lids which, they always carry with them full of black 
snuff highly but pleasantly flavored. They also carry little 
brushes or sticks about three inches long with pliable ends ; 
these they wet in the mouth, then dip into the snuff-box, and 
then place it in the mouth outside of the gums and rub earn- 
estly for two or three minutes, ‘Will you dip with me? 
is the usual way of putting the invitation, when the box is 
drawn from the pocket and rapped slightly on the cover, 
sometimes by all present, who thus signify their readiness to 
‘dip, then it is repassed open to all, and the ‘ dipping and 
rubbing’ begins in earnest. ; 
“The only advantage I ever discovered in this unnatural 
-way of snuiling is in avoiding all unpleasant sneezing which 
snuffing is sure to produce, although it is claimed that it 
whitens and preserves the teeth and sweetens the mouth, and 
produces a beneficial effect on the lungs, all of which is true 
or not, just as you choose to believe. ‘Will you dip and 
rub with me? said one of the prettiest belles of Winchester, 
and in another city in another state the daughter of an 
ex-governor, handing me a silver-tipped brush and opening 
4 rose-wood snuff-box richly inlaid with gold, politely asked 
me to ‘dip’ with her, expressing the belief that friendship 
would always follow. Ihave frequently been asked by ladies 
