The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
GERMAN STOMACH
GRAVES FRENCH FOOD
Commanders i'm Last War
Gorged Themselves at En-
penSc Of Strassburg.

Nb''iH oF'tNpONdeHcs 10 THH StN
LONDON. Sept. 23.--Under the title THE
German stomach the Lancet OF Septem-
Der 10 prints the following:
" German flour, German fruit aiid Ger
man beer can alone give your body the
true German energy This IL one OF the
dietctic ten commandments OF Germany
and the precept IL necessary. as the Teu-
ton, whether as an invader or a mere
holiday tripper. ~ always patheticall,
anxious to eat French food and drink
French vine \ cuisine more ancient aud
civilized than his own is strangely at
tractive To- him, just as e was to tn,
hurdes that sapped the energies OF Rome
from the time OF Arminius to the fall vi
the final darkness I'm the fifth century.
From La Guerre en- Alsace. a work
Of Tacitean brevity and restraint based
on archives ana documents, by A. Schuee-
gaus. at one time Deputy OF the Bias Rh!n,
We quote the following account of German
feasts at the time Of the fall OF Strassburg
on September -. 1870:
" 'pn September rs Gen. Won Mertens
making HIS entry into town that he
had burned and famshed, amid a popu.
alton Of which 10000 individuals had
been reduced To- the most horrible misery
caused 10 he served 10 him dinner of
ten covers AZ 20 francs a head. during
which he ana his noble guests drank SIX
bottles OF Chamhrr'iu. s'v ~ Saint julien
three ~ Mosollc. ter OF Roederers cham.
payne ara three TASKS Of liqueur
This WAS fair beginning and led "a
no Ill consequenCes--the wine was prob.
ably excellent ON September 80 the
General. st!ll IN the same hotel. ordered
Twelve bottles OF Riesiing. twelve OF Siin,
'u'ien, six ~ Roederar ard l2 franc.
nh
'ertembcr 2N and 30 his table expenses
which the city betrayed amounted 10 G2S
francs. These notes exist In the archives
the city "t Strassburg and passed
'hroush the hands 81 Schncegaus ana the
Mlirc d., kucss, who as n medical man
must have been edited and Interested
Ny. kuess, Ivy the way, pulled his cl.y
through ore ~ the longest and mos
horrible hombardments ~ history and
led IN the arms Of Schnecgans at the
very moment that il was coded TO the
German Empire.
- huccgJus. VINO prints FOR postriitv.
lcNotcs several pages To- eu examination
Z other s,milHr gustatory documents but
'hough ne sets out enormous lists Of
rerasts he o'nits, alas to state the mum.
hvr on each occasion Of the diners Count
Ri'marrk- Buhi'n. Cor instance. arrived in
St'IsshurE ON October :. 1874. and Doc.
tween that date and the jth the put -up
Z himself and suite cost the municipality
1913 francs Ills suite however may
H'Ne been a large one. Won Mertens
rd his Staff spent similar sum between
September ~ and october ~. but again
ne STAFF may have been numerous
putting the STAFF w each case at t.t
persons We gc' an average a head foi
re week Of about 5G0 francs large
-um 100 View NJ the fact that the German,
creed tradespeople 10 accept payments
n "a peace footing for all catahles and
turntables The most luxurious put-up
: the best Continental hotel in thus,
days--the late 'G0s--could not have oost
much wur' than goo francs a person
during one week"