The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04
ASTRONOMICAL MAP OF FRANCE-F4OW SHE is p
Few Articles Produced in Great Guam
titles but Total Supply Assures
an Abundance of Food

finest wines being a product 81 monern
times; the Romans did nov py any
means drink as fine wines as 90 '"o
hai,i,ants of the Bordeaux ana bur-
onndv regions to-day. 1t has taken
a long time to find out the right kino
NJ land IN produce the best wine grape
consequently the vineyards or france
ha,c migrated over inc country sam
fling the earth here and there until
encb finally found it's own special
variety of soil. Mid-Francc, south-
western France and the small area
{, tho northeast, the champagne couh-
,rv 90 long occupied by the German
,,y,s,on are the chief divisions. AC-
,ually the champagne crop was more
iur,ky than most things in this invaded
region and toa large extent was loose"
in the great wine cellars before inc
bombs began to burst. Large quahu-
ties are said to have been unattackeo'
Evidently the Germans do not drink
az much as was attributed TO them.
champagne ,s like French fashions
made largely for the export trade
Tho Frenchman must he high rolhng
.nor, who takes O glass OF cham-
nonne and when ne does II is to SIP
win reserve after dinner as bents
Golden beverage, for It's price ID mucn
the same. maraue for narque here az
4. Il in America. The real connoisseuf
contents himself with his faVofite
bordeaux or Burgundy Of a specla'
vineyard OF boiling.
The lioueur IL a Ffench invenaaon
.S<1 a. n :
tent these monks Of the Middle Ago
passed along the secret N their Orc"
TO their descendants. About all tna'
IA known of most Of them is their BASE
"a OF tho best eau Dc vie. often genuine
Cognac. less euphoniously known ~
brandy. When actually cognAc \
comes only from French grapes OF the
Cognac region, whose capital rs tn
unknown little town OF Cognac, vel
OF the route Of travel in eoukhwestafr
France. A petit verre Of Cosnac Is &c
the French dinner what the cocktai
Il 70 the American repast. only place.
at the opposite end.
| The tlemi tasse Ia American Ffenoh
! Colloouially the French order theil
after dinner coffee as q 'tasse" or
! "verre', alaueiilCSiily us q SoAo 80
ture," or cafe a reau." But tn
coffee bean costs two or more tmes
AZ much az II does In America. so Il
is eked out with many limitations
PRINCIPALLY ch.cory, which makes thu
worst coffee in the world. but az The
! cficory plant. whose roots are used
grows IN France. and ie APPARENT!
| much liked as beverage, France. II
a coffee blockade, could fall back on i
and be quite happy.
France is the biggest bread eatint
nation on earth and Germany come
second. Every little town IN Franc'
has It's -four mills. one or may b.
more, often the picturesque water
mills Of old, built over a tiny. rushing
river. with red tiled roof and blacl
t!mbered walls powdered with TIT
white dust OF the wheat folds. Sack
OF hand threshed wheat arc orouSh
by the farmers roundabout IN sinai
lots in their clumsy two wheeled carts
always painted blue. and drawn h,
thick necked, big footed country
horses decked GU; In brass trimmed
harness Of a design Of a hundred year
ago. Thus every community produce
ts own -four and each village has IL