El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-09
GERMANS EAT
5000 DOCS
IN IEhR
Continued High Price of
Meat Is Causing Slaughter
of Many CANNES.
WAGNER'S WINE BILL
CAUSED HIM WORRY

~ ERLIN, Germany, Aug. 9.-The con
K sumption Of dog meat as a fooC
- in Germany. probably as a result
Of high meat prices, increased greatly
in 1912. Every year since 1907
has shown considerable gain
but the 1912 figures are striking
Against 1911 in which year The
number of dogs slaughtered under
official inspection was 6553. the total
for 1912 rose by 1873 to 1882. These
figures moreover. are but a small frac-
ton of the total consumption of dog
flesh, for a majority Of the animals are
slaughtered at home WITHOUT the for
mality Of an inspection.
SaxOny remains, as always, the chief
center for dog slaUghtering, recording
42SS dogs killed, as against S54O IN
1911 Prussia. however IS IN second
place, with $3.50 in 1912, as against 1917
IN the preceding year
Heavy on Face Powders.
Berlin's daily use Of face powder, cold
cream. scented toilet water and other
toilet accessories has been set forth IN
tons and pounds by local newspaper
and the results are striking.
Three-quarters Of q ton OF face pow
der, and $50 pounds of black and brown
eyebrow pencils are used daily in the
city according TO these statistics. Sew
en- hundred pounds Of cold cream are
WOmen-One assumes that II IS the
women-require 400 sticks OF red lip
pomade every p hours
Hair bleaching has practically died
out, but the sale of hair dyes is increas-
ing, especially to elderly men,, says
the report Scented toilet waters and
bath essences to the total Of four and
One-half tons are disposed OF IN Berlin
daily. Rose remains the favorite scent
with violet second, followed closely
by exotic Indian perfumes
Actors Have Blacklist.
The German Actors association has
just given out its yearly blacklist, con-
tanning the names of theater directors
against whom members Of the assocla-
ton are warned Ninety men are on
the list for this year.
There are in Germany, Austria and
the Russian provinces peOpled by Ger
mans, about 40 theaters. According
to the blacklist. one in every eight of
these cannot fulfill his obligations The
number is the more striking, however.
when one considers that there are at
least $50 theaters in Germany which
are supported IN part or wholly, by
municipal or state subventiOns. This
means that the Actors assOciat ton con-
siders about one OF every six indepen-
dent directors either financially unable
actresses he employs
Railways Give In
The railways in Germany have at last
begun 10 introduce IN an experimental
way the practice of admitting baggage
transfer agents to trains to arrange be
forehand for the delivery OF baggage
after the passenger reaches his destina-
ton, a custom that prevails so gener-
ally in the United States. This change
was recently tried on the main line be-
tween Berlin and Hamburg, and it will
also soon be introduced on the roads
between Berlin andMunich- The agent
collects a special fee of 2 ID cents for
this facility. in addition to charge for
delivery.
Eleven hitherto unpublished letters
of Richard Wagner have come to light
in connection with the Wagner memo
rial exhibit, now being held in the mu-
nicipal museum Of history at Leipsic-
All were written by the famous COM
poser between 1854 and 1871 to his wine
dealers They show that he liked good
wine. and that sometimes he had trOu-
bic in having for it The first letter
written in Munich in November, 1864, is
typical of all He addresses the dealer
as most hOnored sir" thanks him for
the last shipment and continues:
Il beg you to renew as soon as pos
sible my supply by a considerable con-
Signment OF half bottles Of the table
wine. From 90 to 100 bottles OF each
variety would about meet my needs
Regarding payment viii you have the
kindness to state your wishes. In gen
eral it best suits my financial circum-
stances to make a large payment on a
fixed day; this is easier than to make
smaller. payments at indefinite periods.
You need have no uneasiness If the
reckoning climbs a bit, since the pecu-
liar character Of my income makes 1t
easy for me to have large sum at ny
disposal at one time"
In June, 1867, Wagner ordered $50
bottles Of red and the same amount of
white wine. and in November of the
same year another supply, but this time
in casks, since ne was IN Lucerne,
where wine in bottles is made IN
thinkably dear by the cantonal tariff"
In October, 1869. Wagner wrote to his
most hOnOred sir and friend" begging
more time on an account The follow
ing April he again made excuses for
failure to pay, and in October he was
again forced to ask for an extension
The firm evidently granted the re-
quest, for Wagner wrote in January,
1871, from Lucerne, expressing his
thanks and continuing naively:
in order TO maintain our business
connections, I wish you would send me
2 cask (abOut IS gallOns) Of the wine
which drink 50 regularly.
This IS the last Of the II letters
Whether the great composer finally
paid the bill does not appear.
Vineyards Damaged.
A number Of chilly, wet days have
brought dismay to the vineyardists
along the Rhine, and the wine prospects
fairly good a week ago. have almost
over night become extremely bad The
weather is favorable to the growth of
<he perOnOspora, a deadly disease OF the
vine, and in some sections a third Of
the grapes are reported to have fallen
from the vines Another year like 1906
IS feared, when hundreds of vine grow
ers were utterly ruined