The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-13

host of others of their ilk and elan
which made the post-theatre supper
at home thing worth living for, will
be sorely lacking from the larders of
those whose incomes measure up To
the dignity of appreciation of products
evolved abroad.
Moreover the people of Europe pos.
sess the secrets Of the evolution of
the worlds most insistently fragrant
cheese. To any one who has learned
to overcome his natural preoccupation
with the odor of these rich foods and
to eat them with a degree of sang
froid and desire, their absence from
the menus of the land will prove an
annoying circumstance. In 1913 we
took about $4,000. 900 worth of
cheese. Favorite wines, too, will be-
come scarce, Although there is
legend in certain parts of Europe that
the best dessert wines, sherry, Maa-
ga Madeira, Port, Amontillado and
others come from the United States,
from California, American connois-
seurs, those who are certain, will be
badly disappointed to find the home
made labels. On the other hand.
those who enjoy the sparkling. viva,
cious Rhine wines, the fun Bordeaux
and Burgundy, Moselle, the snappy
fermented product of the grapes OF
Hungary. and the sharp fragrance OF
Italian wines, will have every reason
to complain, for the like of these
beverages cannot be produced at
home.
Some few of us will miss the Rus.
sian caviar, an edible whose scarcity
is it's only excuse for being dearer
than shad roe. Then, last year We
took about $77,000,O00 worth of fish
packed in oils, an important part of
this item being the French sardines.
With the sturdy fishermen of France
plying the butchers trade. autumn
picnics will likely feel the scarcity o.,
! this delicacy. Olives, currants and
raisins, the two latter coming to us
| in great part from Greece. and many
| flavor extracts will be likewise af-
| fected
While reviewing the lighter losses
We will suffer, losses in things which
add UNNECESSARILY to the zest, ro-
nance and sparkle of life, it is not
Uniting that the cutoff in jewelers.
work and precious stones be over
looked. Our total import of all man.
ner of precious stones in 1913 was
about $50,000,000. While the diamond
cutting and the preparation of other
| jewels is largely done in Holland and
| Belgium. it is not unlikely that this
work will suffer a temporary halt
| throughout the war. Much Of the
finished jewelers. work is done in
Paris, the center of civilizations et.
forts for providing nature with dis
| guises better than her facts.
The last shipment of toys has been
delivered at New York. The block
AIDED ports Of Germany and, still more
to the point the fact that all of her
men are away on the firing line, prob,
ably means that there will be toy
| famine this Christmas, and that Santa
| Claus must bethink himself Of prac-
teal substitutes for the regulation Of
ferings in Christmas stockings II is
| strange that such a children loving
land as this should be so dependent
upon Germany for childrens play,
| Things.
There is a list item of luxurious
import which we will miss. With war
devouring the time and energies Of
European nations. Berlin, Vienna and
Paris will have no more music, no
more operas and operettes to send MS.
Somehow, we must fiddle along on our
own home melodies, and everlastingly
ruin our appropriations by an ad in
| term boom in ragtime.