New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-03
CHANCES HERE AND THERE


II ia said that most Of the New-York hotels have
lost money this year. Some OF them nave reduced
expenses so considerably that their service Is apom-
lnably bad A rich Partisan solourninS al one OF
the most fashionable invited two iriehds 20 MS
room to have a bottle Of wine, ana ordered three
glasses which he held up between him and the
light They were covered with dust. lie raged
furiousy. "Eet is an outreege Eet is so every
day. Clean theem queeckly!' The attendant took
them trembling ana Nom
seur. 1t came looking cleaner ana the Frencn
man sank in his chair. Mny eG he rep H SAh.
I haf keek and keek till haf keek out OF my ny
room nearly everything bns zs Sa Soman 't chamber
maid Eat l weel keel her. but what ze use! wev'
tell TO me hf s Too my head Us
country. l haf tell 70 proprietare tear o,s Town Sa
everything and build heem new, hote eisc ne
make ruin of all what he has ana get nes," rr
spectacle servants from Paris; see J WASH ny ny
way. In Paris we stand thees not one moment onnI
not moment We break eyerythinsJ ,h and charge
and in the wine quickly forgot all his troubles.
A Young man Of the town has decided to accept
the American agency for a new brand OF cham
payne and the announcement OF the fac; has made
him for the moment Immensely popular among
his set. All want to go in and help him Introduce
the wine. apd. incidentally dispose Of the profits:
and a good big .racket'' all the time. It's Just
tho game they have been looking for-nll play ana
no work general hiarity wherever they go; nt the
firms expense. How lovely some things look on
paper
Seven or eight gears ago one OF tho richest young
cubmen In the United States undertook to "biow
n certain brand OF champagne. Everything seemed
to be In his favor. lie had an extensive ac1ialnt-
ance and unlimited money to spend. Those are the
most important desderata After n year or Two
OF effort he grew tired and quit. having sunk SOo.
nor reputation lie was glad to pay his losses and
get out. Then a common clerk IN wns nous
downtown took hold Of the game brand ana I'M
derstandng the business thoroughly, made fort
una.
The returns are enormous when brand Is firmly
established, but It is slow and laborlous work 70
build up a demand for wine. Accident more
often popularizes branl than design. The sudden
terrific rush for dry wines some fifteen years ago
was caused by a remark OF the Prince of Wales,
made casually in the Of afterdlnner chat.
1t was Immediately pounced upon by the manu-
facturers OF dry wines. the world was informed OF
1t and their success was assured. But 1t requires
continual effort to maintain the popularity OF
WIFE insrr mus % }r 81 no are now droppns
out of sight Only few hundred cases are soih
markabIe strides. and their sales run up in the
thousands AS many as 10000 cases Of certain
at net profit to the agent OF not less than sWpoV.
Such statement is enough to make n young man
glddy.
The champagne trade has many tricks many
secrets The Frenchmen who manufacture ana
those who deal in wines have grown rich off the
people Of other countries me French themselves
are wine drinkers. according to the sense OF the
in this country. They are the most abstsn, ~
paming off their stuff on other nations al an snor
nous profit SO much has been Sjn ain o,Wnsch.
family of Count Lagrange and others inat me bne
unfamiliar world has grown up WIN w o ,s c .'
every brand of champagne on the market - DaSke'
By a thousand acres OF grapes nat an aoSuruil.
wv The only VINEYARDS that some of the greatest
c,n re- their cellars. InfN Duy tuclr
millions Of bottles wherever they can find them ana
send them out over the world as the product OF q
different labels and the same wine Tor az IL you
Sec or Ware SEC. or Birotto Sec any other Of
the hundred and the letter viii be recrNem a ,h
nrorlpty. answered by a clerk III tns
house OF the hundred labels; 1t is probably no ex.
agserat9n to say .ha DOZEN IN snS G Labels Tha,
il one OF the tricks OF the trade III an asf' IAN
guarantee to se c from thus house the absolute
right 10 n certain label for twenty years ana ne can
| choose any label he peases. on II Is great o"''
ness!
hunter roaming through the fertile foot
hills OF Virginia writes that game' has not
been so plentiful in twelve years as now ne
left New York week ago. having pronseu HIS
friends no less than PIT wild turkeys ana soras
by the bushel In four days he killed ten turkeys.
II is not necessary to shoot the soras. They are
so thick and flying low this fall that they
strike against the roofs OF houses ana murder mem
selves by the million. The poor white fox ana tne
darkles are packing them in barrels for their
winter store and canvas backs! Whoo-ee; me
old Chesapeake Is alive with them. FROM iiaH!s
de Grace TO chester River the shore Is lined Win
guns and enough lead has been wasted 10 star.
a new mine II Peixoto could get up such
fusllade Mello would retire forthwith To PATAGONIA
Speaking OF canvas-backs reminds one that peo-
ple are not living high this year as they were
accustomed to live In the past They are not
rushing to eat canvas backs at 81 apiece anu tAe
duck is almost a drug the market The pro-
prietors OF OF the largest downtown restaurants
have been obliged To eat the canvaSbacks stored III
their ice box because their customers could not
afford the luxury. and their loss has been 80 keeniy
felt that the bird has been removed from IN" PHI
OF fare. IL can be had now only by special order
Men who do occasionally eat "A canvas back drink
with Il n bottle Of ordinaire whereas formerly
they ordered Burgundy champagne There -
no better sign of the times than this.