The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-03
LESS CHIMPAGNE DIR NOW.
Scotch whIskcy Suppinnting It ms .
Fashionable beverage.


II has been supposed commonly that the IA
vorite beverage Of those who can afford to be in
polite society Is champagne. "A cold bottle and
a hot Bird has long been recognized rs the So
ciety epicure's coat of arms. II the sales OF the
wine merchants and fancy grocers during the
Inst year indicate anything. however. II is that
champagne has fallen into disfavor among
those accustomed to gather around s%ociety's
mahogany. During 1895 the sale of champagne
in this country fell Off ten per cent, and the
Gales so far In 1890 indicate there will be even a
greater falling Off during the present year.
or course there is a reason for this. The deal
ers In champagne say that 1t is because Of the
hard times. They say that. owing to the depres-
sion In all kinds of business, people have felt too
poor to buy champagne. The dealers are unable
to point, though, to a falling off in the sale of
other luxuries akin to champagne. They say
they are selling quite as many high-Grade cigars
and that there Is as great n demand for all kinds
of fancy groceries as ever.
II the wine dealers would consult the whiskey
dealers. and the fancy grocers would compare
their sales of champagne with those of Scotch
whiskey duriuk: the last year and n half. they
might find the true reason for the falling off in
the sale of champagne. The fact is. society has
taken to drinking Scotch whiskey and soda
where. formerly, 1t never thought OF drinking
anything but champagne. Scotch whisky has
come to be looked upon as the correct thing in
the way OF n beverage at dinner and elsewhere,
and society. as it does all things correctly, Is
drinking the distillation OF the Scottish High
lands instead of the fermentation of the vine
yards of Rheims.
Even the women in society have taken to
Scotch whiskey." said n member of n we'll
known grocery firm the other day. ~ don't
know whether they like 1t or not. but they drink
q "a VI - -.a To tIa Cat ln1.a 1@,,r an,,-h
perhaps they will learn to like 1t as well ms they
used to like champagne. 1t is only a fad, though.
and. being q fad. 1t won't last. Society will go
back to champagne one of these days, because
the drinking OF II leaves an effect which they
cannot get from Scotch whiskey."
The above may be a grocrr's opinion, hut 1t
isn't the opinion of the medical men. Many
physicians, whose patients nro largely dinner
givers and diners out, are advising the use Of
whiskey as a beverage instead Of champagne.
They shy IL is healthier, and that n person may
drink 1t with less danger Of contracting that
bano Of all gourmets, govt. One OF the most
conspicuous physicians said the other dav:
Il advise my patients 70 drink whtskcy, not
And advise them t" s.ticH To- il tRronrh ali Ito
courses of a dinner. | so advise. not only he
cause whiskey IS really II healthier drink than
champagne. but because. for the good NJ their
systems. there Is altogether too much mixing Of
drink among tho lovers OF u good dinner. You
bility is that a different Kind OF liquor
will be served with every course. Now,
InlS IL All "TOHR. IL IHlAllk So many ull
ferent beverages is what brings on govt sooner
than anything else. The English have learned
better titan to mix their drinks at dinner. You
go to a dinner in London and, while your host or
hostess may have liqueurs served when the din
brand of wine, II you please, that Il served with
all the courses. This custom has prevailed in
London for years, and London gonrmets know
how benefcent the result has been.
If Americans would give up the practice of
serving a wine with every course there would be
no necessity Of prescribing whiskey, and Scotch
whiskey drinking would not have become the
fad that IL has in this city. or all the bcver-
ages, ] consider whiskey the healthiest to stick
to: However. II the dinner, givers. would re-
solve to serve only one kind OF wine, 1t would do
quite as well as one kind of whiskey.
Let mo give you q little advice which Is "a
good as II is cheap. After the next large dinner
you attend. II you will drink "A glass Of hot
water before you go to bed you'll find a wonder.
full difference in your feelings in the morning.
Hot water on top of a dinner that is wineLcoursed
acts as a digester and as good a ono MS | know"