Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-23
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Eugene J. csnsin Of San Francisco, one Of
the best known wine experts or the coast in
chat with TIE STAR representative At the
shorehAm this morning uneossisd fec spark
ling extra dry facts concerning the great pro-
duct Of the golden state that will dispeI many
popular delusions regarding foreign and do
messic wines and shock those who persis. in
ignoring the toung but robust industry Of this
country.
at is a popular suppositiou." said Col Can
tin. and one shared BY dealers also. that Cali
fornis wine is shipped TO France there robot
tied and then reshipped to this country as the
genuine imported article This is not true
What's the use Of going TO all that unnecessary
trouble and expense when you can do the sham
business right here with the aid Of a skeleton
What's skeleton2' That's q trade term
for the fraud and III explain. Boxes
are made in New York and Chicago OF
the same peculiar foreign wood. nails Of
! the French pattern, the same foreign box
! binding, while the wood IL given soiled.
| worn appearance common with foreign boxes.
Then come the wire bindings with the lead tag
| or seal and foreign box brands. So much for
the exterior OF the box. Inside one dozen
! imported bottles covered with straw envelopes
made after the European fashion. the tissue
paper wrapping, corks branded with some nc
| ti.ioue chateau brand and = dozen metal cap
Sules TO 60 over the corks. This parapherualia
of fraud Is sold cheaply And last, but most
important, the cheapest California wine ie prt
| in the bottles. They make any brand YOU want
| to order and simulate the leading popular
| brands. The wine all comes from the
casks and the victim who pays the highest price
generally is the most imposed upon. In sddi-
ton to this array Of facts the total wine pro-
ductiou Of this country lie but about 80 600 900
gallons yearly. Italy and Spain produce over
SOC, 000, 600 gallons per annum. How absurd TO
20 INN nv
OF this mere drop in the bucket Again.
FOR another proof, Of the $1,000 900
gallons Of wine consumed in this
country annually less than one-seventh is i'm
ported. These facts tell where all our i'm
ported wine comes from The general quality
of wine consumed in France does not compare
| in flavor body, purity and healtbfulness with
American wine. Rich Frenchmen and noble
men, however, have superior wines. Of course.
nv remarks being directed to that consumed bv
the masses. As for champagne California pro-
duces 80 900 canes of the 800 900 cases annually
| consumed here. and il is made by the French
process Of fermenting in the bottle. American
| wine is finding favor in Europe, has taken
medals there, the leading dealers having re-
| Gently established agencies IN England, Ger
many and ireland. Americans. with their
proverbial energy. will soon compete on a large
! scale right in the European wine strongholds.
California is the leading wine producing state
| OF the Union and viii ever hold it's own, owing
| TO Its adaptable soil and genial climate"
| The recent woman's suffrage convention In
this city and the affirming by the supreme
court Of Illinois Of the right Of women 10 vote
at school elections makes particularly opposite
| the remarks Of John II. Barron, a prominent
banker and ssockman of Lusk. Converse
county, wyo., to The SrAR representative at
the Shoreham this morning:
Woman suffrage in Wyoming" said Mr..
Barron, 'fs an unqualified success. The great
majority Of the people in my state favor it be-
cause it is right and because it has proved ben
eficai to the state. This privilege of voting has
been exercised by our women for over twenty
years. the last election being the first they had
| voted for presidential electors. We see women
at the polls and presiding as judges Of slec
tons, electioneering and working for their cam
| didates. The giving to them Of the full
right of suffrage hiss not in the least detracted
from their refining influence. Better order is
Essn ,e at o the polling places in wyoming
suited. They are. never bribed, nor does one
| witness any drunkenness at the polls. Very
few Of the Offices have been demanded by
| women, though for that Of county superin-
tendent of schools women are generally nomi-
mated on both tickets. and in every they
have discharged their duties scceptably. In
Converse county neither party would think OF
nominating man for that Office. and . woman
has held it since the county's organization. Our
| women take . decided interest in politics,
especially local and state issues, and their in
| duence is always exerted on the side OF law
order and morality. strong point il that
notoriously corrupt man cannot get their
votes. One frequently hears this re-
mark: Well, | know that mans char
acter, and III not vote for him. The
fact. to my mind, that the politics Of Wyoming
are on higher plane than in any of the
other frontier states can be ascribed to the in
fuence Of woman suffrage. During my resi-
dence in the state have never seen any Ill ef-
fects from it. An important argument 10 that
the most cultivated refined lady in the state
can enter the polling place and cast her ballot
| without her sense OF propriety being shocked
in the least. They are eligible for all
Offices They ARE easily influenced by the can
sess has not decreased, but rather increased the
| natural respect men have for women. They
have very strong club in Cheyenne. think
that any state, after having once given the full
right Of suffrage to women, would never re-
verse it. Their presence at the polls has
strong tendency to keep down boi.terous and
unruly conduct"
II haven't been able to find any resort for
gentlemen commonly known IS gambling
places In Washington" said Boston drumm er
to TEE STAR representative at an up town
hotel, "and in this respect the capital differs
from my city. Boston, you know, is supposed
to be the most correct city generally in the
United States from the manner in which its
highly literary females wear their glasses to
the really proper way of serving ats beans. As
matter Of fact it is the greatest gambling CEN
ter on this side of the water, not even except
ing San Francisco, New Orleans or the City of
Mexico. But it's done very quietly and I'll lot
YOU into the secret. There are from twenty to
thirty pool rooms, where hundreds daily play
the horses, which is Q sort of tin cup. a. they
say in Colorado. method of gambling or
way down on the scale OF betting. There
are over one hundred quiet poker games
regularly conducted, some Of which are SO
'blooded' that SIS is the ante and with no limit.
| OF course, you can find any ante and limit you
want. There are over forty faro games with
betting limit of from $40 to 500 on a single
card. Many Of the establishments are elegantly
/ fitted up. one which 1 have in mind costing
over $50, 900. Costly and abundant spreads
of viands, wines and cigars are at the disposal
OF the customers. have seen as high as IS. 600
! lost at n sittinp will sny hpvever that a