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AMERICAN PATE De FOIE GRAS
4 WtSHINGTON EXPERIMENT ~
EtTIENI\G GEESE.
The Result Regarded as Proof That the
Patrs Can BE Made Here rs Wen as
IN France and German, The EN-
pcrimcntcr to go Into the business

WAsHINGrON, Dec. l3-Mauy ok periments
have proved that the chief constituent Of
the savory pat" de foio gras eau bc produced
in the United States as well as abroad. II
Is now known that a goose's liver can be
swelled in few weeks to the abnormal
sl7e required, upon good American corn
inca fed at home a. well as if he meal were
exported and stuffed into the same goose
in Germany or southern France
That fact has again been demonstrated
near this town. II is all the more interest =
ing becaus" there is a growing impression
that the foreign patds American epicures
Insist upon eating are now Of doubtful
origin, being no longer founded upon goose
livers, but upon cheaper and more common
meat tissues like plebeian pork
Last spring truck farmer living near
Washington asked an acquaintance who Is
an amateur agriculturst if he knew any
thing about the production and market
prices of patds de- foie gras. His attention
had been attracted To the subject by a news
paper story describing the extraordinary
richness Of the French pat6s and the high
.Iic-s paid for them He had at once
said to himself;
why cannot I raise patts de foie gras.
Whatever 'ih'y are, JUST as easily as a FRENCH
man or Dutchman?"
His acquaintance also became interested
In the matter and got all tho information
about patds de foic gras that he could. He
advised the farmer 10 make an experiment
in fattening geese and he laid down a set
of rules for that purpose
Now this farmer had he facili, les for nlst
such IA trial. Accordingly ten mature,
healthy geese were separated from the
flock, ing-clipped and shu, up in a yard
perhaps forty feet square with shelter. in
which they had access Ia pond perhaps
fed liDerally with corn and chopped green
things like cabbage leaves, grass, &c.
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This was a preliuirary ,,roo,o, =,
ING ono suhsonncn,iv adon,'I w '"' io'c-
Under these cnndi,in". r. ro.,
lively and ners.c,lv hoal,bv teihalnen
wonderfully HAVING om,grn,,n 1 ,h; unro ,i
ron nj l,ra, L,, - - "a ~ V,elf oieth-
of half a Summer In San, ,hi sla.e
NOM was chanuod f'' '"ei' treat
The bird, we're sonara,o d and o,o,, ,.
m hy himself in n r;d,cuo,,si,. al is,.l.nu
The fnor was 81 sand and , rah eP PA,
goose corral vas !, n l,,,io, -, 49,, mr.
In, daily moyn,ncn,s nC "a NJ. ava! ''o'h
The rnrcing nrncc.s nov, 80
along lines s,,pposnd tn ,ra,'aiee g., hlarly
rign traJn F.,rh ynn.a tha5 i"' ~ We 10.
inc trough zach nno W. ,no s'naii ieeu-
a day ""'e''" once
First and las, eovor,I jiCor. L;, .
food were triod in he n,,ni Nn''s %!
eventually finely ground cnrnmoaI ,at
with milk whom tbarc v,ns ,,oio;nn,
wise with warm water Wa. ndon,ad :. ", ~" ~ .
rheano.t and mos, oCoo,i'n ' 1870 az .'ly
was not tried wv >''"'" "'ea'
Tho wbnlo tr;cl, cor.i.,,,, sro, :, ,,.,.-
tho goose narfac,lv n,,io, All a. 10 u, ne,Plnk
ouphIy clnan. AMI .oc,,d IN II" ul -, .'' ~,
vnosn constan,Iv ,uII ~ H. ~, ".epn's we
lilo was fed oyon il, ,hn ,,i,t, ,; u,l''''Hi
resort was had ,o Tho allngod 80, IN w., ~
nf forcing tho food inn hi ,hrn ,i'.im"u
nilly, and none was nocnsso r ''''o"' "''y'
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apiece, the liver deal TO remain open unit II
the livers could be seen
There was, in fact, grave doubts about
the hvers. although the theorist was con-
hdent they would he large. But whether
the geese had developed humorous livers
or held only ordinary ones was a matter Of
considerable speculation on the farmer :
part Said he;
why should this stufIing process run
any more To liver than 10 gi22ard;"
The five geese were duly killed Some
Of the neighbors were inclined To laugh NJ
this imported method Of iatcning gees"
and scoffed at the purpose OF ii. When the
biggest goose was opened there was "A
shout of amazement.
In truth the entire cavity Of the body
appeared To be filled with liver and not
much else except the greenish fat in which
II was inoased The heart and other
organs were dwarfed out Of sight. The
liver weighed two pounds and three ounces,
about one-cighth of the birds weight,
The other four lvers We're nearly equal
ease about them. The carcasses were
fat almost beyond conception The skins
actually oozed goose fat
The question Of producing foic gras d'oie
on the Potomac seemed to be settled The
farmer who wrought this result has already
matured his plans for much greater vent
ure next season.
When he first saw them the hotel man
was suspicious that he was the subject of
Q practical joke. the liycrs we're 50 largo.
He thought they were pigs nvers. Blu,
az agreed, he paid $40 for the carcassea a nd
allowed the farmer 81 each for the hvere,
S25 in all fJr the five birds. He subse-
quently took the other five at the same
rate
Unfort unately, the farmer kept no ac-
count OF the cost of the experiment in
birds, feed and time. He simply desired
TO find out IL the thing could be done
II big goose liver Of good flavor could be
raised In this country.
Without specific figures he is confident
that there will be enormous profit in the
business. even though prices should greatly
fall on from the special rate paid him
He has been informed that his goose livers
are equal to the imported article in every
essential particular.
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first the two met but ever since then they
have kept in touch through correspond
ence.
Even when on his honeymoon in Switzer-
land. Mr. Roosevelt remembered Bill
Sewall, and wrote to him much as son
would write To a father. Later, in the
excitement of New York politics. in the
tumut of the Spanish American War, and
when seated in the Gubernat orial chair Of
New York State, he never forgot his old
friend and guide down in Maine, a. many a
kind letter, carefully treasured bv tho
woodsman. testifes
The Spwall family has ALWAYS been noted
for thrift and physical strength Bill as
he is ALWAYS called in the village. lives in
one of the prettiest cottages in Island Falls,
owns a good farm. lot Of woodland. and n
camp al Mattawamkeag Lake. three hours
tramp from the village. He is about az.
tall, snare blle-eye and fair haired
When asked for his opinion of the Presi-
dent. Sewall showed decided animation
and talked faster than any one had ever
known him o do bcforo
wall said no "col Roosoyel,'s nv
hest friend and I poyer uet tirod nraising
him know him VOL, Tor I've 40, w;,h
him nm, sien, under tba same hlanLe, w;,h
him wv ''
81 a,uavs told him tina, be.d IL, n bio man
some da~ and no used 70 ,auob nj ma sawin'
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day-dIeans Then he sips again and fill.
the goblet up again With water.
Each sip being replaced. the goblet re-
mains full so long a. the prudent Partisan
wants to drink. Thus he defends himself
against the temptation TO take more than
one glass
With all this in mind the movement tow
ard the bar and its palmer Anglo-SaXon
drinks will be seen to have hygienic spring
And, for the rest /, is a movement from
above.
Indeed the ability to pronounce -whiske v
soda. -eggnog, milk punch, gin fzz,
sherry cobbler,- mint julep," "whiskey
sour and port flip" have come to la a
-hbbole,h among the sons Of family.
"Garcon. un sherry COB laire."
.Garcon, un wis-kee sowarie.'
"Garcon. un meelk -ponsh."
They delight in taking all Of them through
straws The management therefore serve
straws with every order
So Won will sec fower-faced brunettes
in cherry-colored coats and sable boas
under sealskin ulsters drinking Martini
and Manhattan cocktails through long
golden sticks that give them their full
moneys worth. because drinks taken 80
mount TO the head with both celebrity and
force.
Now comes the golden hour Of the day
for the insinuating barroom bookmaker
and his humber colleagues, the racing tout
and the puri mu,usl com missionndire. The
last, true. may sometimes mount to the
heights of the first though by perilous
risks
In his true place--or hers-the commits
s1On MARES work Is to execute commits
sions Such one il La Dame Blanche
the slender, wiry little woman with white
hair and apple cheeks whom one secs
popping in and out all Of the high class
bars of Paris daily.
THE White Lady" may I've 50 years Of
age, or G5. a. some saw: but she il a. active
as a girl Dressed always in discreet
black smart black. not rusty she moves
with discretion
On her arm she carries small. stout
leather bag or cdb1s. toward which many
a racetrack thief and loafcr has cast long
ing glances: but the cdbds j. chained To the
little old lady's waist Ivy a steel chain and
strong leather belt
Bon jour, Madame Blanche" the women
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welcome her as she comes on . quartet
Of them whispering together at one OF the
little tables. Likely enough there will be
a man there whispering with them. Then,
in lower tones:
Put this down carefully in your book,
Nine. Blanche. Eight louis on Quand-
Meme, four for the race and four for place
the third event Tomorrow at Anteuil
Have you got il? II IL wins, then the same
on Dagobert. in the fourth race
-Dagobert. four and four, fourth race,
IL Quand Meme wins murmurs the little
old lady. writing in her book.
And then here Are four louis more ia
put on Hot Boy in any case in the last but
one"
Winning only?"
Winning only. He il sure; We have a
solid, rubber-tire tip"
Then they count the money. the women
hudde close together round the table,
30 that no one hears the tinkle OF a gold
piece or a scrap Of conversation. The
White Lady slows il in her leather cdbds
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hat seats in the galleries were sold at six
times the price asked for them.
IL was IN these small cities that her fnan-
c,al success was greatest. In Dresden,
ranged FOR her Were altogether abandoned
While Nine. Sarah was travelling through
Germany there were Incidents at home 10
disturb her peace Of mind. Not all Of tho
boulevard press was satisfied TO allow her
ilNas'oh oi Germany Ia pass IA "A mere
to be
lhe actress went TO that country because
her services were not especially in demand
anywhere els" at the same figures. But
she preferred to dwell on her tour ms a
patriotic attempt to spread the glory Of
frenoh ART still further over Europe. So
her journalistic friends in Paris remind, d
her vigorously that French art had better
e k"pt a, home than carried INTO the co,n-
Try that had conquered France and taken
Alsace- Lorraine.
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species of Parisans: but we are on the
boulevard and it is already clear that the
visitor finds even boulevard cafes slow
places nothing in them but quiet games
of cards and dominos, a lot of people read
ing papers. writing letters and absorbed in
muttered conversations. And "a there
are Parisians too who find their cafes slow,
we do as they do-and bask in bar.
This Is the real thing" he says
II impresses the visitor because il il so
different The Paris bar is our trump card.
Great Scott, If could only speak French
huently!"
II is the visitors next remark when the
lights and colors and the perfumed warmth
and the refreshments-have thawed his
hard heart. The bar il there. with its eN-
hibition Of cut glasses, is champagne
press. it- bartenders in white coats; but
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steps across the room TO whisper with two
Sons-o family.
So from bar 10 bar she fills her cdbds- and
her notebook commissions she will
execute in person on the racetrack. These
chilly, sloppy winter days are disagreeable
on the racetrack. The luxurious refuse
TO brave them.
And even in fine weather one cannot be
running daily TO Anteuil or Longchamps.
One has other engagements; and. again. the
entrance Of the pesdpe-where one must be
seen-costs -, not TO speak OF the expense
OF smart cab for the afternoon, no tribe,
even shared by three.
In this high world Of women in sable boas
and their sons-of families. the White Lady
and dozen other trusted favorites. most
OF them men. 60 to the raoetrack for you,
Lower in the social scale. from clerks to
cafe walters, from shopkeepers TO street
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Mr.. ROOSEYELT'S OLD GUIDE,
BILL SEWtLL TOLD HIN YEARS
AGO HE'D M PRESIDENT.
Now tie ana Mrs. Bili Scwali and Mr. and
Mrs. Fleetwood Pride Are Going to
Visit Him In the white HOuae-A
Friendship Tw cnty .hye Years Old Now.

BANGOR, Me, Dec. 6.-From his little
white house in the backwoods village Of
Island Falls to tho big White House in
Washington Bill Sewall, trapper, guide.
deputy sheriff and post master. ia going to
visit his great admrer and loyal friend,
Theodore Roosevelt, The invitation. given
verbally in the railroad station at Bangor
last August, came in formal, or rather in
definite and cordial style, this week. and
ha- been accepted, much TO the pride and
sat sfact ion Of Island Falls people. In
Guided in the invitation are Mrs. Sewall
and Mr.. and Mrs Fleet wood Pride other
Island Falls friends Of the President, and
the visit is TO be made early in February.
A friendship has existed for twenty-five
years between Mr. Roosevelt and William
Wingate Sewall, the Maine guide and woods
man. While many a r%an has shaken
hands with the President and sat at table
with him, Bill Sewall has tramped with him
through Maine forests and over Western
prairies and eaten baked beans and jerked
beef with him. and long before the
Roosevelt star had risen, he predicted a
shining career for him In fact, when
Roosevelt was comparatively unknown,
Bill Sewall declared that he would some
time be President Of the United States.
To-day President Roosevelt has no greater
admirer than Bill Sewall Of Island Falls
Sewall was a sort OF father to Roosevelt
when the latter was in his teens, and when.
pale and rather delicate youth. ne came
every fall to Aroostook county to shoot and
fish under the guidance Of the veteran woods
man
The President has always kept a warm
corner in his heart for the old guide. and
never a year goes by without some token
Of his regard finding it's way to The little
white house in the land Of the Aroostook.
II IL now more than twenty-five years since
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five full months, sat on the terrace Of .
Paris cafe. There a French friend ordered
for himself this patent Filters.
is it alcoholic?" asked the Honorable
BERTHE
-Mais non,--why no. sure' was the an
swer Of the idiot.
SO BERTHE took an dmer-cifron.
The waiter brought the black stun in a
sinister black bottle, poured the goblet
half-full. because Berthe in his mex perience
had not waved for him to stop. then dashed
IN some lemon lcitron) syrup and departed.
Bert IL filled the goblet up with water and
began TO sip. The stun did not taste al
coholic. Berthe scarcely felt the pleasing
glow that stole so gently on him.
BERTHE took another amer -cifron. Little
by little the lights Of the early cleaning
seemed 10 brighten up and down the
boulevard
From his terrace table Der tie observed
with increasing interest that the scene was
charming beyond all experience: the
wretched cab-horses seemed to prance and
step along like spirited young colts; the sad
dead leaves now chased one another glee-
fully along he curb. the addressed men who
had been passing in weary looking throng
had smartened up; and all the girls who pass.
ed were stylish. charming and coquettish!
In his heart BERTHE felt the flower OF hops
TO blossom. He understood all things. All
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the intrigues Of the En- glish. our American
jockeys remain masters of the French turf.
picking and choosing among the great
stables. As for J. Reiff and Milton Henry,
the last word has not yet been said
With respect TO the Others win
races So they keep French confidence
And ii is an amusing sight TO see them
swelling in and out these perfumed parlors
which Parisisns call bars.
When one of them enters with his follow
ing. there is an immediate hush. Then
fair women and brave men begin to whisper.
II you are an American, they beg YOU TO
present them.
Introduce me, my dear" urge excite
sons Of family
Bring him TO our table" whisper rosy
lips with hattering confidence.
" Is no use to say: We do not know
him"
You are both Americana they argue
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Our tourist friend observed II that first

Our tourist friend observed II that first
afternoon. -,
Look at the racing talent.' he said.
sSay, the whole bunch il American
That evening when We almost got into
a fight between home and English faction.
he said:
SAY. this part Of Paris seems almost 100
much like London or New York.
For half century the English Jockeys.
trainers and their underlings had i their
own way on the Paris racetr dc<s. In and
out of bars they staggered, in loud tweedS
and steamer CAPS pipes in their mouths
and terriers at their heels, and smelling
Of the stables. These were the good old
days when Paris bars were British bar.,
with little of their pres"n, fashionable
vogue.
With the change in the bars themselves
"a change that depends on the fashionable
movement toward all outdoor sporting
life--have come the all-conquering
Americans. Sitting al our little table
that same night, Just after the clash of the
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car conductors. from janitors TO domestic
servants, they all do it,
There liz scarcely a cook or valet in our
quarter who has not. some time or other in
the week, his dollar on a sure winning tip.
Their commission ndres, whom they trust
and for the most part with reason. have
their business hours at wine shops or news
paper stands, where the game goes on ex-
actly as in the smart bars.
II IL clandestine business. therefore
the bars make ideal bourses for it, Alcoves
and corners hear strange lying whispers. for
the tipstcr and the tout work side by side
with the commission ndirc and bar-book-
maker.
Moving in the midst Of all this mystery
however, towering in importance over
lpsters, touts, comn,issi onndires. book
makers. sons-of family. sporting femininity
and the bar tender even. is the professional
sporting Anglo-Saxon
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INTRODUCE Me-"

factions. we overheard French horse
owner tell the difference.
British trainers, systematically surlv,
kept their French employers in the dark
concerning their own horses. With the
English jockeys and their underlings. they
formed little world apart.
THE Americans are different. They
either speak French OF start in and learn
ii rapidly. II is their pleasure TO talk with
the owner and his friends
In particular the trainers dress and talk
like gentlemen, show themselves reason
able. friendly, confidential and helpful to the
French employer, who desires to under
stand his stable. And the jockeys initiate
them.
They are up TO date and. with their
French employer, make no mystery about
their methods. Is 1t wonder We prefer
them?"
There lie no doubt about II. In spite Of
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PARIS, Dec. 5.-We Americans who live
In Paris feel real tinidity in dealing with
our touring fellow countrymen. We fear
that the visitor will be disappointed.
Is 1t for art and archaeology that you have
left your wife and crossed the deep2 No;
most Americans maintain II prudent dis
lance from the Louvre Do you desire to
see the monuments, the sewers. Eifel
Tower and Roman baths? Yes. some day,
later on. The big shops? No, we have not
come 10 buy. Will you 90 golhng at Yer
sailles? No, the visitor has come TO rest.
Therefore, We take him 10 Paris bar
room.
"Iwant to do exactly what Parisians do.
He has said this fifteen times already
Now, there are come 1000 different
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BERNH GERMAN torn.
Her Financial success Greater In the Small
critics Than In Berlin.

Sarah Bernhnrdt's bclated visit TO Berlin
had many outward aspects OF success
but its triumphs were very dubious. The
question Of repertoire was extremely diff
ficult TO settle and the folly Of her appear
ing for the first time in Sardous stale "Fe-
DORA" instead Of "Phedre." was obvious
after she had acted In Raoine's tragedy and
won her greatest success in that work
A Hamlet she failed completely. Al
though the critics who had all seen her
before in Paris. were disposed to praise her
work highly. there was an undercurrent of
irony that showed plainly what their real
opinion was,
In several cities hat we're to have heard
her, the contracts were cancelled as IL was
impossible TO procure the guarantees de-
manded. On the other hand her success
In the smaller cities WAS often 90 srest
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be horses. There are but two wel-known
bars in Paris free from them. and these
two are notorious as hunting grounds for
high-class bunco operators.
The fair creatures sit perched on nigh
bar chairs. They are the lucky ones, he
cause the high bar chairs are valued now
elites. amusing. and adapted 10 set on a
fine costume and figure.
From these superior heights the fair ones
look down on a miekd world Of titled club
men and jockeys. sporty business men and
actors, race,rack lambs and bookmakerS.
Englishmen and Americans in Paris. file ot
tomNe and more fia de fdmiiie, sons of
family"
Paris H. fun of sons Of family let us say
young men of family, family sapheads,
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meath the awning, there are hundreds who
defy the cold.
Inside and outside the Stran ge fragrance,
the drug perfume of the aperitf is hoverin g
over all. Absinthe predOmina'es, perhaps,
though quite as much because Of its dis
tinctive all-pervading paregoric--csnted
fumes as because Of any overwhelming pop.
ularity. Scarcely hall the drinkers will
have absinthe.
Absinthe or other the ap@ritif has i,s
way TO be drunk a. we'll a. time. The
careful man permits the waiter 10 pour him
no more than a quarter Of a gobletful Of
the deceitful stun. The rest Of the goblet
he himself flls up with water.
He takes a long sip. Then he pourS in
more water Then he chats or reads or
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at 5oO-the true alcohol Of wine being set
at only PCS,
The natural inference of all this is 10 avoid
lique,irs. Dutch spirits, and French birters
and optr,hfs, made mp from bad alcohol and
essences.
The man who has just mixed his fourth
amer. cnron may even have fattered himself
that he was taking soft drink at the he.
ginning ] remember such case.
A young English Honorable" the scion
of line of great earls. having neither
touched nor tasted any alcoholic drink for
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The hour 10 p. NJ. and out Of II one sell
dom drinks these prisoners. except that
for a smaller number, there IL a small
green hour" just before lunch.
As 8 p. NJ. strikes you will see the caf IS
fill up. The business man steals an hour
from his cares
The boulevardier has reached the boule-
vard Artists. actors, Journalists and army
{ m ,ers in civil fnd their long accustomed
tables and resume the arguments OF yester-
day. Even on the sidewalk terrace, be-
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surprising conclusions. Now comes DR..
Richie, describing to the Academy whole
line OF experiments maze by himself and
NJ. Baudran, doctor in pharmacy, in order
tn determine the compare i've harmfulnes
OF the current Paris favorites.
Az result OF his experiments, NJ. Rsu-
dram has given the public table in which
the comparative haimfulness of each drink
may be judged according 10 the figure
placed opposite TO il
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things are interesting and all things are
gay and good,
Somehow he paid; and somehow he alked
up the dazzling boulevard, whose darkness
seemed to be all spangled with delightful
color-. And then he walked some more
and very likely drank some more. because
the next day he was in a had state, and be-