The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-07-22
WHAT THE
NATIONS DRINK
Vast Differences in Their Use OF
Certain Beverages


Nations differ in what they drink lar
more than i'll their dress or speech, the
size of their armies, or the amount oil
their national dcht In their use OF COZ
fee for example the American ana me
Russian offer Hs great Il contrast aS an
octogenarlan and II year old babe. Tn an
average til" American Drinks as murh
coffee in one day as does the MuScovlte
III eighty days. Ia IN" consumption OF
tea, beer and wine, the English And IN"
Italians differ I" Il still more startling
degree. III Oh" HlE III" average bF!lI>h-
or sips rs hIllrA t'' as 'l@n''Fn hu'uI'"
ltaliailS. an" III lAr sumo Hh%tii ~ tlille
he swallows enough beer to Keep the
average llnllali >ilpI'f nor SIN hE,hlhN'
Act III WIN" "rlhNihS the iN'iiIh shows
that he can equal "l%htN-i"uf J"ilh buns
According t" tn" latest STATISTICS 81 the
Department oil '"ihl'rrcr at a$hInGt"h
IL appears tIi'l IN" American II l"HFlE
temperate, VINE 'nlIpHr'!' WIN some OIL
his European mothers II" cf'nkS less
beer than the f.h@i!'%iman' the GrrilNlh
or the Austrian. III inc us" oil $ilrl'u-
on" liquors he lll!> sum 1nrlh"f hrhlid'
ana hhuS himself "ilrEl>>'H ny inc AUS
TRAN, tn" lluhGailAn IN" herman ana
IN" + fchchmah. II" ais" ranks hllh
AMONG the nations us Il wine hr1nk"r.
HE frehchihnh' the tNIllan. the AUS
1flan ana the ''lil''ih Z" hh"ld "l MN.
HE AmelIc1ln' Ear Nor" thah many
Europeans, seeks r"ir'Sllh"ht ana re-
heW"l energy III inc cup Whlch ihNl@-
crates nut docs not lhloNlcalt. '"itre
ANA tea are ms faV"11" beverages On
an average he "llIlES NOR" collie" llian
tue native oil amy country "i tn" old
World, and when cIhS$rd with Europeans
he Is surpassed only by TN" f.m=i>h IN
ms us" OF tea.
The comparative Temperance" Of the
American, Furthermore" would seem f"
he little endangered by the great immi-
grafton hlthrr at tn" present time OF
RuS>ian$ ami Italians. In the use of
spirits the Italian Is nj IT," very bottom
OF the list OF Europeans. Ire also drinks
less been than any Of his n"ighh"rS. lie
drinks considerable wine. but ii is Il
wine that contains little alcohol. and
"vn in this category h" calls s't:n" dis
tance behind tn" French. TIL" Russian
ranks sixth in the consumption of spirits.
ana he drinks "nrthiHleth as murh
beer as tn" En@ii>hman. lie also uses 50
!lttl" win" that E"t even an ">timat"
Is oitailihhl" 81 hrN iihich he docs drink.
Sh"uId an .\ll"llrln an fIngllSIrnan.
fr'hclhlAll. I'm Austrian. a German. an
itnilah ANA Il liuS' AN SIT down to
TAM" together ann order drinks i'll
quantity that would show the relative
consumption OF these beverages by their
reSlrctiF" peoples. som" wpld get
enough Tor u hAti. WhlI" others would
op'ail "IlN Il lew Swallows If they
Nhflld take TEA. for Instance. tn" Eng
llSillii'lll W"'lIu ma hlm>"lf confronted
win l.N'o cups. rae American with HOO.
IN" h"SSiaiI with -.''' tn" German with
81" the Austrian win 20 the fr"nchman
WITH -. And IN" Italian with only one.
~ Tue TEA >l"h'l prove hh>' tlSii't'rN
ana IN" l"ltF "i'l'f h''r. tn" El=Il>h-
n''' H@alii """.u prov" lllihH'!f tn" h"AN-
rest dilhkrr. H." would II" found to
RANK r"i'>l"'i'hlE Ah"A' 81 me HERMAN.
WI" i ""H'FallN SUPP 'Ni I" swallow
l'EM' 81 ms hrv' rage u" would get
l'N" l'''' IN" Austrian l0'. IN" American
'"' ~" r|"hlh'ih - IN" RUSSIAN >
ana IN" i'hlAl ONLY |.
III cas-" IN" weather should turn sud-
drh'E r"IH ANA III" lltt!" AS>rihh!'l@r de-
r"'H 'h"l something moi would ne
hotter. ana every "l" ordered spirits,
III" Austrian would thch "utcl;'SS all the
others. NrN'rih"l"sS' he would not dis
tahrr ms riNWS t" amy extent. 1t would
d" I'lld tl'1 i!v""' SUITS the taste OF
IN" various "rihk"f> Tar nor" evenly