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As a Nation of Smokers The Germans have always carried the palm & do still & with them Smoke & Song were ever inseparable. Imagine a German Student without his Pipe, & his Corps Cap we should not know him. The Leading feature in German Pipes is decidedly The long Bowl of Porcelain generally adorned with some Beauty on the front of it in medallion form. The stems are of great lengths some four feet or so with flexible tubing leading up to the mouth piece. These may be considered House Pipes for travelling, naturally they are shorter. The Tobacco Bags are objects of great care & interest.