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and sideshows, loud with music and
laughter. Ever and anon the families
stop again before the ROtisserie. to study
and debate Of capon or turkey. goose or
brined in AK oil. wine vinegar, onions.
carrots, eschalots, herbs, spices and
laurel. Unless you prefer the white wine
marinade to brine it-grave question.
Corbonnois is public rooster of the
ward. He will roast any fowl YOU bring
him. at his tariff. Chiefly. however. he
roasts gratis any piece of game or
of him. according to the confraternity of
roasters of 1909. and deliver 1t hot at
your residence-contrary to the sentence
of parliament of 162S The liberty of the
revolution wiped out these guild dis
tinctions and permits Corbonnois to aud
Holsters. fruits and out-of-season vegeta-
bles to his sales. and sucking pigs and
larded hams to his spit; but he no longer
exercises the right granted by parliament
in 1923, to serve on the spot three dishes
of roast and three of fricassee per day."
Master Leonard served the good able
goose breast to eat on the premises. but
he was equally willing that Brother Ange
should carry his stuffed pigeon to the
should propose either proceeding today
would be laughed at equally by GORDON
nois and the barkeeper adjoining-who
himself serves a soggy plate of the day.
to cabmen and labOrers in whom the taste
for absinthe spoils the taste for delicate
cookery.
Delicate perfume and romantic souvenir
remain for families. Say "Rotisserle,
and any self-respecting Paris artisan Will
at once recall the establishment Of the
poet cook Ragueneau. where Cyrano
learned that RoXane loved Christian de
Neuyillette-or the blazing chimney
where Astarac discovered the Salaman-
der. -
Most Paris rotisseries have one OF these
two signs-unjustly, says Corbonnois. SO
madame has taken down the sign OF
Queen Pedauque. What Of Etienne Boil
leau?" says Corbonnois; shall the au-
thor of the statutes be forgotten?" There
is a famous rooster in Balzac. not to
mention Alexandra Dumas Rotisserio al
Corbeil that balmed with its appetlslns
yapors the environs of the cathedral.
One of its triumphs was a ham ''sewed
through with strings of beef that hao
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peace strength will henceforth count
40. 900 instead of 100000 men. The dele
cations have not yet voted the necessary
money but there is little doubt they Will.
And behind these preparations come Tour
dreadnoughts. two already under way at
the Trieste Stabilimento TecnicO, and the
other two somewhat matter of mys-
terry.
These facts are signs and pOrtentS.
Most portentous of all is the magnetic,
aggressive figure of Foreign Minister
Aehrenthal, who stands behind the mar
tial preparations, the unbeaten intriSuer
who lately made NJ. IZyolsky, Sir Edward
Gray and all the other stockings of di-
plomacy look SO microscopically small
And everywhere Austria is drilling. mus
tering. shooting at targets and dragging
siege guns to the tops of towering noun
tain peaks. 1t is a sudden resurrection
of d once decadent state, d sudden return
10 the height of power which Austria Oc-
cupied in the mdnineteenth century when
she Inundated Prussia al OlmutZ
against whom are the martial prepara-
lions made? The answer is reached by a
process of eliminat ton. Not against Rus
STA. Russia, in the view of the central
European powers. is crippled for two
decades. What Austria and Germany
think of the power of Nicholas III was
shown sufficiently by the contemptuous
ultimat um sent in March. 1909 at a time
when the fOoling of the incapable IZvol-
sky with Servia threatened an outbreak
of war. Similarly, Austria is not arming
against Turkey. for Turkey. If not al
ready in the triple alliance, is very near
it, and after the brief dispute over BOs-
mia IL has become the settled policy of
Austria and Germany to back Turkey
up. With one European power alone has
Austria d solid and serious dispute. That
power is her ally. Italy.
Statesmen put a pleasant face on Aus
tro-Italian relations. The two peoples
know better There lies between them
the source of unceasing irritation, the
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ambitions, there which in the last two
years the energetic Young Turks have
made short work Of. The east AdriatiC
population Is mainly Slav, and not Italian
But Italians run the towns and people
the coasts: they represent the only civili-
cation that exists; and that is the basis
Of Italy's claim.
AS preparation for the coming war Italy
is vigorously propagandizing in the IRE
denta provinces. She does this through
the Society OF Dante Alighieri. ire
mendOusly powerful organization which
works hand in hand with the Austro-Itai-
ian "Lega Nazionale Italiana.'' Both go
cieties combat Austro- German influences
and indeed preach an anti-Gelman cru
SADIE. The choice of Dante's name for
such a purpose. Of course, makes the his
torian stare. for Dante was steadfast
Ghibelline and a supporter OF the power
OF the German kaisers in Italy. and In
deed in his "Purgatorio'' he depicts the
city of Rene as weeping for these kali
Sers.
"Cesare mic. perche non m'accom-
pagne?'' runs the famous lament. The
Dante Alighieri Society has 251 local
groups and $1,000 members, who carry
on strong propaganda and vigorously
prepare the Austro-Italians for the hap
py day when some new Garibaldi will
bring them back triumphantly to the
Italian fold. From the point of view of
Italy the movement is quite legitimate.
But it inevitably means tension and irri-
tation with Austria, and just now it is
expressed in continual frontier troubles
and in feversh preparations for war.
The writer just returned from a pro-
longed tour of the frontier between the
Lake of Garda and Montaggio. Part of
the frontier runs through the fantastic
and magnificent Dolomite mountains and
past the overpowering rose-hushed peaks
of Galore. whose beauties are so sweetly
sung by Italy's poet, Carducci. He found
war everywhere in the air. The severest
regulations are taken with regard to for
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FRONT Door. Or ThE: RoTtssER1E.

the fowl from the common drfp-pan with
a long-handled shovel
Rattling, creaking, the four spits turn
slowly, amid luscious incense of Drowned
skin dripping fat and sealing juices. All!
the perfume!
Perfume of seven-pound capon, $40
Perfume Of a little plump Bresse chick
en-, 60 cents to $3.50.
Perfume Of a Nantes duckling, 81 90 to
$1.4O
The duck1fng sometimes weighs over
three pounds, but the famous Rouen duck
stuffed with a great deal Of hashed goose,
estragon, sausage-meat and meat-glaze,
weighs from four to six pounds, and
comes at from $1.6O to 500.
Perfume of the Christmas goose, from
six to thirteen pounds. costs the same
price. This is not the goose Of Toulouse,
from which the foie-gras. or Fat liver"
comes. In the fattening of the Toulouse
bird all is sacrificed to hypertrophying
the desired organ, which, in truth. is
kill it's owner did not the farmer inter-
vene with an ak. The fOie-gras is the
true golden egg.
The Christmas goose OF France is a
monster, whose flesh &C. regularly put
down in its grease to make ''confit dole"
the preserved goose" which serves the
south of France peasant for winter meat.
The Christmas goose is of breed long
acclmated around Mans, tender, delicate.
of family wild game perfume, due to
remote East Indian ancestors. In the
old days Of the French East India Com
pany, breed of oriental geese were
brought to Francois is done today with
quantities of foreign fowl, domesticated
and half-domesticated. In particular the
Neuilly Jardin d'Acclimitation pushes
this work, with chickens, ducks, geese and
pheasants. and it has a hybrid between
an African duck and a Chinese goose
from which it expects great results. No
variety. however, is "acclimated''-or
takes it's new settled French type-for
some thirty years, and the Mans goose,
from six to thirteen pounds, and costing
roasted-from 81 80 to 81. aO. is about the
best Christmas purchase known to
Frenchmen at this moment.
:. *
A fine. big pheasant. $3.50 Plenty of
meat for four.
Perdreau Oarge quail or partridge, 50
cents.
Wild duck, three pounds, 81.
Sucking lamb, ten to fourteen pounds.
stuffed and roasted, with its gravy and
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WHERE the Christmas
w Turkey Is a Goose:
In the Rotisseries of Paris
the Spit Still Turns Before a
Live Wood Fire Holiday
Game and Poultry of Paris
Working Folk - The Most
Popular Establishment of
the Ward of Historical and
Savory Legend.
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s Wife laughed 81 G wien the piece was
thick it became a roast-held long enough
before the fire to cook through. yet
while cooking equally. In either case the
sealing or burning shut Of the tubes al
the surface prevents the juices escaping
Nothing SO good has ever been invented
by civilization"
Does not q hot oven seal a roast?" ]
asked
That is baked meat" she answered
with dignity: Suppose you put beef.
out grilled? True roasting is a long grill,
continually turned and basted."
who set the dog to work." I unused.
"Our prehistoric ancestors ran a green
branch through their duck or goose and
supported It between two forked sticks
stuck into the ground before the fire
Doubtless the children turned it. The
crank was suggested by a crooked stick. u
1T must have been thousands OF years
before they put a dog In e treadmill."
said the public rOasters wife. Julian,
the apostate, Roman emperor in Gaul by
reclamation of his legions, wrote home
to describe the kitchen treadmill of our
barbarian forefathers 1t was like the
where the little animal gets the impress
sion he is running. A dog turned one.
at a melancholy walk, in the palace kit
chen OF Lutetia. Leather gearing con-
HcCIcU WIFI tuTeo SpltS before the vast
stone chimney, and the Roman emperor
admired equally the ingenuity of the in
vention and the patience Of the dog"
Now the spit is turned by clock-work,' %
I said.
Some spits are; and some are turned
by system Of weights, like clocks with
out spring." said Nine. Corbonnois.
But our spit is ultra-modern: 1t turns by
aeroplane force
BEG pardon?'
working Backwards" she. admitted.
There Is a strong draught in the Chin
ney-'
Hot air." / murmured.
Hot air. she repeated simply eve
have installed an aeroplane propeller-it
is wide chimney. The rushing hot air
turns 1t, and it turns drum that revolves
four splits or one, according as we gear
them"
Had I not seen it 1 would not have
believed 1t. The chain gearing rattles.
the drum groans. the iron splits creak,
turning slowly, surely, in front Of bis
tering fire of thin beech slabs. almost all
surface. One Of the men skewers a spit
full Of chickens, ducks, guinea fowl-the
little roast"-renews the beech fuel
shifts a nearly cooked spit. and bastes
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RCHDUk T. FRANZ
FERDINAND OF
ESTE, backed by
the energetic Field
Marshal krobatin
(who probably soon
Will be minister of
war;. is planning a
complete reorgani-
Zation of the Aus
tro o. III u n z a rian
army. The serv-
ice term will be
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HE rich man whose
turkey Is baked for
him in an oven has
a. less succulent
Christmas dish than
the working poor
Of Paris.
They have game
and poultry really
roasted before a
live wood fire, on
the spit Of legend,
at the hands of ex-
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bone Of contention known as italia Ir-
redenta,' that is, "Unredeemed Italy,
composed Of the great Itallan-speaking
provinces which still obey, and obey
with loathing and disgust. the sway of
the German Habsburgs. 1t is an old
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large German population the Italian
claim goes somewhat too far. But the
part furthest from the Bremen is purely
Italian, and even includes the two old
Venetian cities of TRENT and Riva. This.
however, is the smaller part of Italia
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Problem

TROUBLESOME Problem
of "Itali Irredenta
Driving Statesmen OF Both
Countries Into a Frantic Race
of Armaments Which Can
Only Be Directed Against
One Foe-Armies Training
Within Sight of Each Other
Diplomatic Protestations of
Peace and Good Will Not
Taken at Their Face Value in
Rome and Vienna-On the
Frontier the Soldiers Actual
ly Have Come to Blows
More Than Once - Allies
Who Hate Each Other.
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Austria's fleet consists of ten battleshipa
afioat and two building, all Of pre-dread-
nougllt type. and there are two dread
noughts under construction and two more
planned Experts cast doubt on the EN-
cheney of Italy's armed forces: with many.
Austrian superiority is a dogma. inherited
from the ignominious Italian defeats by
Austria on land and sea at Custozza ana
LISA Since those battles Italy has
fought only with the Abyssinian En-
peror Menelik, and then with disastrous
results Italy's one great asset II her
homogeneous population. out she also can
count on help from the Austrian Italians.
and there always is a chance that race
dissensiOn might make military success
by Austria fruitless. The war for Italy
is none the less a risky gamble, which
may lead to disaster
That will not prevent the war breakins
out. That at least is Vienna's belief, and
that is why the Vienna cabinet wants to
arm, regardless OF expense. The only
question is when the struggle will come.
That depends upon Italy. Austrias in
terest is to delay. to complete her dread.
noughts and to strengthen her army.
Italy's interest is rather to hasten the
issue. That being so, no man can say
that frontier dispute or some question
Of the treatment of Italians I'm Austria
will not soon drive the government Of
Rome to make the perilous plunge
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eiepers near the Notifications, and fresh
Notifications are being made wherever the
roads are not already sufficiently guard
ed Even where, as at Misurina, a tiny
tongue of Italian territory Is wedged into
Austria, Austria has built a new fort.
On one side of the frontier Austrian
Jaeger" soldiers, on the other side 1tal-
ian "Bersaglier" practice night and day
amid the limestone peaks.
Near Misurina was witnessed Austrian
artillerists dragging an enormous six
inch siege gun to the top Of the Duren-
stein, an almost precipitOus mountain
some 1900 feet high. Both states are inn
proving their Notifications around Riva.
on the Lake of Garda, and new regula-
tons against photographing even using
field glasses are posted everywhere.
The conditions on Garda Lake make
Austria extremely nervous. All but a
few miles of the coast ION which, how
ever, lies Rival are Italian, and. nomi-
nally to catch smugglers. Italy maintains
a flotilla of torpedo boats which hold
Riva at their mercy. All might these
boats cruise about the lake. casting a
menacing glare on the defenseless Aus
trian town, whose purely Italian-speaking
Inhabitants confidently await their incor-
porati0n with Italy as the first fruit of
war. The frontier around Lake Garda is
badly marked. Night practices go on I'M
ceasingly, with the result that the SOL
diers Of the two powers continually tres
pass over the frontiers, and arrests and
local newspapers keep up a parallel war
of recrimination. Lately the two gov
ernments took steps to put an end to
these troubles, but the racial enmity is
much too intense to be suppressed by Of
fetal instructions.
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desk It IS a consolation for the modest
retailers to recall the philosophical table
talk of the Able Coignard, the bookseller
of the Image st. Catherine. Asterac, the
friend of Sylphes and Gnomides and his
sublime discourse, one night, on the Isle
of Swans, where our Island Club of Neu-
lily now has its seat!
/ turned to the episode of the dog Mi
raut.
HE has turned my spit for fourteen
years." said Master Leonard II have
nothing to reproach him, good serv1tor,
who never stole the slightest piece of
goose or duck-content. as the price OF
his labor. to lick the drip pan. But he
is growing old. His paw is stiff, he is no
good TO turn the spit. Jacauet. my son.
it is up to you to take his place With
reflection and habit, you will doubtless
succeed as we'll as he did"
Miraut wagged his tail in sign OF ap-
probation jacques father continued:
Now, seated on this bench, you will
turn the spit. Nevertheless to form your
mind. you will con some book of gram
mar or morals, necessary even in a me-
chanical state. Of little renown, doubt
less, but honest, as is mine, which was
that of my father and will be thine, if
God pleaSes."
Nine. Corbonnois smiled tenderly:
NO dog has turned Paris public
roasting spit these eighty years past.
she said.
''Or licked the drip pan for his pay?'
I added.
1T is the most ancient form of cook
ing-and the best she went on. THE
prehistoric hunter held a piece of raw
horse, aurochs or venison on the end OF
a stout green stick before glowing wood
fire. He naturally turned it, that all
sides might be evenly cooked. He took
his luck ignorantly. He did not know
that turning kept In the meat its rich
juices and accompanying favors. Pre-
senting quickly the whole surface to the
flaming heat, it became sealed or burnt
Shut
WAS it a grill or roast?" / asked.
when the piece of meat was thin,
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shortened from three to two years; the
annual recruit contingent will be raised
T. $4,000. and as result the armys
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ARBITER OF WAR OR PEACE.
Count Won Aehrenthal, Auatria's for
eign minister, ON whom the presefva-
ton Of peace largely depends.
Irredenta. The more important part is
the east Adriatic coast dncludfng AUS
trials chief port. Trieste), Syria. the
Hungarian coast Of Croatia, with Fiume.
and all Dalmatia as far as Albania. On
Albania Italy has no racial claim, but
until lately she had Interests" that is,
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quarrel, which runs throughout Eu-
ropes history. the quarrel between
Latin and Goth. between Guelph and
Ghibelline. between the artistic Romance
races and the German. II edeschf' bar
barians. And now 1t seems that the i'm
memorial fight Is to be renewed and
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Whether Italy can fight Austria is
doubtful. The combatants will be single
handed, for Germany is under obligations
to help Austria only in case of an attack
from the Russian side. Austria's army is
somewhat larger than Italy's. When fully
mobilized she can put into the field 9OO-
coo men, excellently trained, and 1, $40
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Copyright IN the United States and Great Britain
bv Curtis Brown. All rights strictly reserved
VIENNA December 10. 1910.
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O1R1eop006e0ee OF I1e sun.
PARIS, December 10, 1910.
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600 Landwehr, Landsturm and supplement
tary reserves. The latter two forces ara
mostly available only for defense against
an invader. Italy's full modified forca
runs to 10000 men, with a second line
of defense about as strong as Austr1a's-
On paper the Italian fleet is the strong
er. 1t counts eleven batt1eships affoat
and four building. Two Of the battle
ships are more than twenty years old
and may be left out of account. Italy
has nine armored cruisers.
The daily sentinel., 1910-05-25
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Mrs Hugh Gallagher and little son
have returned from a visit to Denver.
Tonight there comes to the Majes-
tic playhouse Mr.. Dan A. Mack and
company in the Devil and Tom
Walker. one of the real big hits of
the present season. The piece abounds
in splendid musical numbers and
plenty Of good clean comedy. The
chorus is composed of Grand juno
tion S prettiest girls and Includes Miss
Avis Hardy. Miss Clare O'Hare, Miss
Grace Harsh, Miss Siebcr. Miss Barrie
johnson, Miss Priscilla Price and Miss
Leah Smith Mr.. blanchard Mckee
will be seen in the dual role of The
Devil and MIR. Bill Williams and the
character of Tom Walker will be in
the hands of Mr.. Dan 4. Mack. There
Will be no increase in price for the
Devil and Tom Walker. The pictures
will be the Common Enemy, a splen-
did Selig War Drama. Cotton is
King. an industrial picture and For
Her Sisters Sake. a roaring comedy.
The price for the whole show viii be
the same old price. ten cents.
Those Who went to Montrose this
morning 10 attend the conference of
clergy of the Episcopal Diocese Of
WeSlEIH Colorado at MOnlIOsf were,
Bishop Brewster. Archdcacon Dennis
of Meeker, and Deacon Sibbald of
Grand county. Revs. Highly Of Pali-
sade. Wharton and wife OF Glenwood
Springs. and Messrs. Harris of Steam
boat Springs and Davies of New
Castle.
Archdeacon Dennis and little
daughter of Meeker, were guests at
St Matthews rectory this week
The regular games at the Y. NJ. c.
A. which were scheduled to take place
last night. in the indoor carnival.
were postponed on account of SO
many attractions in the city. They
will be played Tuesday night of next
week. The boys department held
their games as scheduled. Team No.
lost to team No. 3 by the score of
is to l6. Team No. 4 lost to team
No. 2 by 35 to l S score.
Frank MerriCl, of Palisade, who
has been engaged in surveying near
this city for several days, is reported
on the sick list this week
Mrs. Arthur Stokes. who has been
the house guest of Mrs. r. l.. Town
send for the past few days, returned
this afternoon to her home in Grand
Junction. after most enjoyable visit
here.-Montrose Press.
The daily sentinel., 1910-05-25

, District Conference Epworth Leag-
1e convention will be held at Rifle
,Lune Sth and 9Th. One far for the
round trip via d. Il r. G. going June
18th and Sth returning June i1th for
thi soccasion.
The daily sentinel., 1910-05-25
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
From The Sentinel.
Saturday, May 25.)

The high school nSne this after
noon defeated the Teller Indians by
the score of 81 to 8.
Work on the gas well will be dis
continued tonight on account of the
quantity OF water encountered, there
being about 500 feet in the well at
the present time.
The ball of the Grand Junction fire
department at the Armory hall was
a thorough success.
The Unaweep hotel is now occupied
by Mrs. NJ. J. Jones of Denver.
Ramey Bros. sold yesterday to j.
w. Work. of Florence, Colo, 10 acres
8 " miles east of Grand Junction;
consideration $1,000.
r. II. Tucker. a well known cattle
man of Aspen, is a business visitor
in the city today.
Miss Maude Worcester leaves for
Spokane Falls, Wash, to spend the
summer with her uncle W. F. Mitch
um.
Midland Receiver G. W. Ristine ac-
companied by several railroad offic-
ials arrived in the city today.
The daily sentinel., 1910-05-25

Late last night after 1t was found
that the Mexican turned loose to hunt
his friend, was not coming back, the
other Mexican was liberated and told
to make himself and the city little
farther apart. He was glad to get
off SO easily and soon shook the dust
of the city from his heels
The daily sentinel., 1910-05-25

One fare for the round trip via the
d. & r. G. to Denver June 10th and
11th returning June 10th account of
National Congress of Mothers.
The daily sentinel., 1910-05-25

The fire department was called last
night to a residence on North Fourth
street but the alarm proved to be a
false one.