THOMAS HOOD’S “CIGAR.” 999 
them, no other method of burning tobacco appears so delicate 
or refined. Especially is this true among the ladies, who 
prefer “Seville cigarettes” to all others. Many smolats 
make their own cigarettes, sometimes using Havana tobacco 
and sometimes making them of two or more kinds. An 
excellent cigar is made by using equal parts of Virginia and 
Perique tobacco, or equal parts of Havana and Perique. A 
fine flavored cigarette is also made from Yara and Havana 
tobacco, equal parts of each being used. Thos. Hood has 
signalized his attachment to cigar in the following pleasing 
little poem :— 
THE CIGAR. 
“Some sigh for this and that, 
My wishes don’t go far ; 
The world may wag at will, 
So I have my cigar. 
“Some fret themselves to death 
With Whig and Tory jar; 
I don’t care which is in, 
So I have my cigar. 
“Sir John requests my vote, 
And so does Mr. Marr ; 
I don’t care how it does, 
So I have my cigar. 
“Some-want a German row, 
Some wish a Russian war; 
Icarenot. I’m at peace, 
So I have my cigar. 
“T never see the Post, 
I seldom read the Star ; 
The Globe I scarcely heed, 
So I have my cigar. 
“Honors have come to men 
My juniors at the Bar; 
No matter—I can wait, 
So I have my cigar. 
«“ Ambition frets me not ; 
A cab or glory’s car 
Are just the same to me, 
So I have my cigar. 
