There is more tobacco per head consumed in Belgium than in any other
country in the world. It is therefore fitting, perhaps, that one of
the favourite pastimes of the menfolk should be smoking
competitions, at which valuable prizes are awarded to the man who
can make his pipeful of tobacco last the longest. Our representative
was recently the guest of honour at a competition held by the
premier smokers’ club of Belgium, and here describes and illustrates
what he saw.