Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-16
STYLES IN CHAMPAGNE
GLASSES CHANGE WITH
REMARKABLE RAPlDlTY
Why the French Claim Their Cham
pagneS to be the BeSt---GrOund
Fertilized With Soldiers
Blood.

Champagne. the sparkling wine OF
France which has held its place Tor
centuries while other wines came and
went, Is always given the place OF hon
or, whether II be at a bar, q banquet,
or at the dinner tables OF those fortu'
nate mortals who can afford II. In &C
cord with its place on the high altar OF
the wine connoisseur, the sparkling
beverage Is generally served in styles
OF glasses which are reserved for II
alone. says the New York Telegraph.
Perhaps IL Is the strange old tradi.
ton regarding the origin and nature
OF the wine which has aided its evil
dent charms. The beverage takes Its
name from the province OF France,
where II was first produced, and
where, indeed, II Is COntended by eN'
perts, II Is still produced in its best
quality According to the tradition,
which Is devoutly believed by the vine
growers OF the province OF Cham
payne, every foot of the soil OF that
| fertile province has been soaked with
human blood. and this grewsome fer
tilizer jacques BOnhommo and quaint
~ CARRIED wife contend, gave the soil
the peculiar quality II undeniably pos
sesses.
Whether the tradition Is true or not.
the story of the 1000 years of fighting
which went on in this province adds
certain charm to the sparkling wine.
The province OF Champagne lies In the
| fairest portion Of France and was Gag
erly fought for through the middle and
dark ages, besides being the battle
ground of some of the great struggles
between Romans and Gauls, and be-
tween the Gauls and the Germans In
antiquity. Modern armies have tramp
ed over IL and shed their blood on its
soil, and the evidences of history 20
far toward proving the boast OF the
peasant OF Champagne that his land
was fertiliZed for all time with the
blood of fighting men, and that on
that soil alone can the wine of wines
be produced in its purity.
So much attention has been giveT
to providing the wine suitable setting
to please the eyes OF its lovers that n
least dozen different styles o
glasses have been made at dineren
times from which to drink II. The!
vary widely, from the squat, thick
stemmed. heavy glass to the tall slen
= der, graceful one with flowers groun,
on its surface. Between the twl
styles the varieties are almost infinite
but may be grouped into the dozel
kinds already referred to- Some q
. them are plain. some of them are elat
= crate. But all-that Is, all which ar
OF the best Quality-have one attr
;. butte In common: They all ring whe
5 tapped with wooden pencil, givin
: out a clear. bell.like sound.
Q They are. or ought to be, clear a
i distilled water, and look as cold a
c organized charity. They range /
D price from 70 cents to SIS dozen, tn
e cheaper ones being used at banquet
o and public dinners, whore they ar
= apt to be broken, while the costliC
:, ones are kept by COnnOsseurs an
/. wealthy people for their private tabl,
G The CommOnest and least eXpCnsiv
S glass is the flat.bottomed affair wit
I a star In the bottom. This glass r.
p scmbles a tumblor in shape and II
q star Is made in the bottom to Caus
e the wine TO cncrycsCc more free
y than II otherwise would.
n As in everything else, fashions
st champagne glasses vary from time
e time and come round in cycles. II
l. glass which Is fashionable today vi
90 out Of use for the most part In
e few years, only to be the proper thiT
Is again IN eight or ten years. The sa
i, Ger shape. which was the origin
If champagne glass, has always, In OF
form or another held its place as Il