Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-20
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EUROPEAN DRINKS.
n BICYcLIST WRITES CONCERNING
CONTINENTAL cONCOCTIONS.

The Ale of England, the Wines and
Absinthe of France, the Beer OF Ger
many and the Coffee of Turkey-Ens-
lish Mixed Drinks.
Whilst beer and ale might perhaps truth
fully be called the national beverage Of Eng
land even these days, it is far less SO than IL
was some years ago. Englishmeu are taking
very kindly Of late to mixed drinks, and
drink almost es much whisky in proportion
to malt beverages as we do. The mixed
drinks of England differ very materially,
however. from those OF this country. Shancy
gait, mixture Of ale and ginger, Is a favoTlte
drink among English athletes and frequenters
OF race courses and summer resorts. Another
odd mixture is known as dognose. DognoSs
consists of two-thrds ale and one-tblrd gin.
The consumption Of dognOse is confined
chiefly to the lower classes. IL Is drunk mostly
by old topers, whose stomachS have swllIed
beer and porter and 'aif-and' alf until these
comparatively mild beverages no longer sui
fee to satisfy their craving. The addition OF
the fiery aud penetrative Old Tom makes
combination that goes home every time III
spite of their well seasoned condition
The custom Of drinking ale at meal times
in English families has made an unfavOraDle
impression among many American lady viSi-
tors. But there is as much to be said il favor
of it as against it. Mrs John Bull recipro-
Gates with even more horror az our pitchers
of ice water on the table. Mrs. John Bull
would seem TO have on her side the best OF all
arguments, too, robuster constitution and
fewer fesnly ills than her ice water drinking
sister.
ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
What says Monsieur le Frenchman across
the English channels Beers Take 1t away;
the barbarous stuff, fit only fer the gross
palates OF Germans and Albions. Whisky:
a little better; still altogether too gross and
solid for the mercurial FrenchInan. lis
favorite tipple is absiuthe. This spirituelie
beverage floats around in Pierre Macelottes
nervous system, tingles the nerves and causes
him to feel patriotic and sans sOucL 1t causes
him to shout out in his imagination "Five la
France and "On to Berlin" This is what
honest Pierre likes, and since absinthe brings
it about, he drinks good deal of it. Another
beverage is tea and rum. The ct rum" Is a
favorite beverage with the French ladies, who
drop into cafes and sip it during the after
noon promenade or when out shopping. The
French table dhote is familiar enough to
many of us here, with its inevitable boutelle
de win ordinaire, This win ordinaire, or COM
mon claret, may rightfully be considered the
national beverage OF La Belle France, for
everybody drinks it. In the common country
hotels it flows almost as free as water.
Passing into Germany, it seems hardly
worth while TO remind the reader of German
lager. Everybody knows what is the ma
tional beverage OF the Fatherland. The good
people Of some German cities well nigh live
on beer. The women drink almost as freely
of it as their husbands and brothers. The
shopgirl or milliner's assistant in Munich viii
trip into the neighboring beer hall at noon,
and take for luncheon quart mug Of beer and
a p:ece OF bread and radish- In the evening
she wanders with her sweetheart into an al
fresco beer garden and passes hour after hour
listening to the band and drinking beer. For
dinner she has probably consumed the second
or third quart of beer since morning and
Frankfurter sausage sandwich. The natural
result Of 50 much beer drinking in proportion
10 solid food taken is to give the people Of
Munich a kind Of fiabby appearance, and to
make them drowsy. The whole city seems to
be in semi-comatose condition. The cab
men fall asleep 50 often on gheir boxes shat
the municipal authorities have found it neces-
gary to impose fines upon hackdrivers found
esleep at their post. Notwithstanding the
universal consumption of beer, however, the
Germans Of the weather. class drink good
deal of schnapps q
dUNGARy-BULGAKIA-T
Beer holds its own all through Austria to
beyond Vienna, but wine and liquors usurp
the throne again in Hungary. All down the
valley Of the Danube below Budapest the red
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gary Every town and village has its ada
cent vineyards and every village gosthaus or
CITY hotel has an al freSco vine garden. Here
the good people congregafe of an evening and
pass the hours away drinking wine, gossip
ing and listening to the weird music Of
Hungarian GYPSY band. As In France, the
Hungarian peasant makes merry on red wine
that only the well 10 do of most countries can
afford 70 drink ad libitum.
Beer, wine and schnapps are common
enough all down through Slavonia and the
lower Danubian provinces, but a change
takes place when one gets fairly into the Bal
kan peninsula. One now gets among the un-
speakable Orientais whose ways are not as
our wavs. Sberbet. mastic and coffee are the
beverages OF Bulgaria, Roumelia and Turkey.
The former may be merely glass of water
or NAV he a coacoction of fruit. sugar
and rose water, or OF various mixtures be
tween these two extremes. The drink called
nnastic is said to be a preparation Of imported
Boston rum and gpgn naStic. 1t Is a vile
LIQUOR, and about as deadly as the ~bug juice
of the Rocky mountain saloons, but makes an
agreeable tasting beverage when mixed with
several times its bulk OF water.
Hallway coffee. however, is the national
beverage OF Turkey. 1t is served in tiny
Guns. holding no moro than q couple Of table
spoonfuls each. The coffee is ground into fine
-four and used with such hberality that the
beverage is quite thick. 1t is served scalding
hot. and is imbibed by touching the lips eau
tiouslv TO the edge Of the cup and slipping it
out with the WEAKNESS of a person who has
known all too often what 1t is to burn the
mouth. Thomas Stevens in New York Mail
and Express