The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23
DRINKS OF GERMANS.
A Study in the Fatherland waters Beers and Wines.

London Express, ..,+
 He laughs at gout who never leit tw,nxe. and that is probably the reason why my attitude toward the Heriii~n waters Is lacking in reverence.
 The Hamburg waters nave a oeciueu smack of Epsom salts, taken cold. sneak of the Elizabethan variety. There are other springs which did not try. They are so ferocious and so potent that the attendant wants a medical ceftlhcate before he wilt serve you. Baden-baaeh supplies a milder beverage, warm rom the earth, and almost as insipid as teplo water.
 At Wiesbaden you see the spring gurs- ling in a shallow basin at the end or the Trinkhalle. In bulk the water Is brown and steaming Taken in a glass, It Is almost colorless. and 1t tastes like ordi- nary warm water with pinch or taple salt. or like gruel without the oat meal,
 Much Is made of the fact that the neat Is natural, giving the water medlclnai efficacy it would not otherwise possess. At Hamburg, on the other hand, when vou desire your drink with the chill oh' they put your glass under the hot water tan. Therefore you come to see that fashions in medicines change with locai- ity as we'll as with time. Take thls medicine quickly, madam, while IL sun cures, says the uOClOE OiiO VI ~'NN Here's comedies.
 Probablv it is the taking of the medi- cine rather than the medicine itself which works the larger part of the cure. No whiskey, no sparkling wines, no late hours. and not too much tobacco; plain, light foods and regular habits. gentle walk before breakfast, a leisurely game of golf on a toy course before lunch; drive through the odorous pine woods In the afternoon; dinner with mild German wines, and then early to bed in the bosom of the serene and fragrant noun tains.
 met a friend at Homburg bravely swallowing his third glass. "No, there's nothing the matter with me" he con fessed, "but prevention is better than cure" When he returns to England he will attribute his fitness to the waters rather than to the fresh air and the regu- lar habits But Homburg will not object to that.
 Being one of the lean kind, found other German drinks which suited me better than the waters-Muenchener for choice. It can be bought in London, at the Gamhrinus and the Cafe de lEurope demonstrates But as English Bass is never quite the real article on the con- tinent so Muenchener Is never quite the real thing in England. Whether beers have to be fortified or not for voyage outside their own country, they have a tendency to be both doubtful and dear. Bass is too "gassy' on the continent; Munich too biting in England.
 In it's native beer gardens Muenchener is the prince of beers-brown and bland and soft. with a cream of froth like a beaten egg, a delicate flavor. cold, yet not icy. refreshing to the body. and comforting to the stomach-"and," said the Baron, "there is not an inconveni- ence, a malady. ayes, that is it-head- ache in a ton of it, not even in the Hei- delburg tun."
 The German sits down to his beer drinking as to a holy rite He selects a comfortable chair. ungtrds his Joins emp ties the tankard al a gulp. and gazes with pride upon the growing tower of metal plates which indicate the number he has consumed. a.
 You fancy you see him growing fatter as he drinks On very hot day I &C., complished six pots at a sitting The waiter said he was sorry did not like the beer.
 Ppsener is thinner beer. more bitter to the tongue. less comforting to the body Frankfort is a cross between the two. Dutch beer has the ripe color and the soft froth Of Munich. but it has a hard twang, less pleasing to the alien pal ate. Bohemian beer strikes one as being in some way "wetter' than the others, And of all beers the worst to the palate of the lnauiring stranger. are the na- tive beers of Belgium. Lambric about which the Flemish waiter became en- thusastic, was like sour cider made from decrepit apples.
 Of German wines I am no judge. To me they are thin and poor. Even the famed Johannisberg left me unmoved. Not that I go as far as Mark Twain, who said that Rhine wines were distinguished from vinegar by the label. That compIi- ment I reserve for a sour and unfriendly Moselle. bottled by the hotel.