HOW CHINESE SMOKE PIPES. When they cannot obtain a pipe th® African savage digs a hole, heats down ths earth around it. inserts a hollow reed and lies down to suck in tho smoke from tobacco, with which he has filled the improvised bowl. Tho poor Chinese bores two holes in u section of bamboo and maKe3 the simplest of portable pipes. Eskimos split a willow twig in two,, dig out tl>o pith tio the halves together again and scratch a small bowl at one end. bo perhaps next time we fill up our simple wellbalanced briar with Edgeworth tobacco taken from a vacuum-sealed tin we will appreciate the ease of obtaining our smoking all the more. All we need do is walk into a tobacconist's and say. " Edgeworth Keaayttubbed. please." or if you Edgeworth Plug Slice." and you tinkle a 2» , p;<fce over the counter in exchange.—(Advt.) w
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21115, 24 February 1932, Page 7
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