The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-09
FALL|ERES FUT|LE|N
THE ROLE Of A
PR0P|T|ATOR
NORTH EUROPE JOURNEY cAUs-
Ed MANY eM5ARRAsSMENTS-
FRENCH NAB KINGS STYLE
AND NO NOT SHOW OFF WELL.
BY MARQUIS DE cAsTgLLANE.


PARIS, Sept President Fal-
Heres voyage in northern Europe has
produced its little embarrassments.
When he reached Copenhagen he had
10 listen 10 the harangue OF the dean
OF the French colony and In ii the
apology for the words God protect
France" on the old five-franc pieces to
be found there.
He had the good taste TO overlook
the matter in his reply, but when ii
came 10 handing out decorations this
orator was left out.
Al the banquet given by the King
OF Denmark, President Fallieres was
especially gracious TO the two prin-
cesses OF French origin. To Princess
Marie (Waldemar OF Denmark he
said Il know your cousin we'll"
"Which?" asked the princess. and
the president had to confess that it
was the one whose only renown Is at
the gaming tables at Monte Carlo. For
the remainder Of the banquet she did
net address a word 10 President Fal.
Heres
IL Frenchwomen impose their fash
ions on the entire world il is equally
certain that Frenchmen receive theirs
from their English neighbors--to be
more precise. from King Edward VII
himself
This spring the most elegant of
kings made two sensational innoya.
TONS He decided that trousers could
be folded so as TO show the crease on
each side instead OF on the front and
back. All the Englishmen who re-
spect themselves tried bravely 10 fol-
low his example, at the risk OF seem
ing TO magnify very much the outline
of their legs. But King Edward went
further than that He authorized an
innovation which is taken up now by
the English smart set at Cannes.
The king has come out In public in
the evening wearing silk-embroider-
ed smoking jacket. Last year he but
toned his jacket with one button. This
year he does not button II at all | am
told. besides, that In day time he likes
TO wear a jacket suit II is cut straight
up and down on the back and has the
cuffs OF the sleeves embroidered. If
in this garb you cannot make yourself
look like an Adonis II can be only be-
cause your presence and figure make
you an utterly hopeless case.
This tells how grave magistrate
became the king OF gourmets.
Brillat- Savarin was intended by his
family to become an advocate. AS
such he was. in 1889. a member OF the
constituent assembly. The revolution
broke out and he fed TO the frontier.
T + iFst- AAe-setteh4tt adventures m trr
United States, but as the revolution
became moro humane, In 1896 he re-
turned to France and debarked at
Havre.
He returned TO the law and got APP
pointed councillor at the court OF APP
peals. II was from that state that he
blossomed out as the king OF cooks
He published a little book called The
Physiology OF Taste"
He wished. he said, 10 set forth the
theoretic basis of gastronomy and TO
define with precision gourmandlsm,
taking. care TO separate that quality
from gluttony and intemperance.
Long and rigorous observation he
wrote has shown that a delicate and
Juicy diet postpones for long the outer
appearance OF old age. II gives more
Are TO the eye, more freshness to the
akin and more force to the muscles.
He held that there could be no
pleasure at the table without wine;
and he did not consecrate a line OF
mis- book 20 water He would have
been Mortified at the mineral water
thinkers OF today.
when feel the weight OF age" he
,ays. II mix n glass OF chocolate as
-bick as | can drink IT. lie left be-
hind him a gastronomic code: Leave
able d,hote dinners" he wrote, Ito
travellers. Have small din-
ners, few guests. and Danish polltlcs
absolutely from the conversation.