The Washington herald., 1915-10-13

effort to have Parliament break the en-
tail which prevented them from dispos-
ing Of Blenheim out of the family. They
were not successful
In this more than lavish way has
England In the past recognized and re-
warded the efforts of her great soldiers.
There Is no doubt that at the close of
the present war the men in whose hands
are held the destinies of the empire
land and sea will be equally honored
America thought it knew something
about .phony food and it did-before the
pure food law went into force. We all
remember the synthetic honey-with the
dead bee floating in 1t. Even England
had her experiences in this respect
Some little time before the war man
who was being prosecuted for begging
stated that his profession had been that
Of making artificial seeds for raspberry
jam but that the health inspectors had
put him out of business.
But since the war Germany, restricted
in many respects from the pleasures of
the table. has outdistanced all rivals
in her industrious ingenuity with which
she has provided artificial substitutes for
her lost delicacies. Artificial jam and
marmalade are, of course. comparative
ly easy to produce. Citric acid and tur-
nips are the chief ingredients But one
wonders how the whipped cream is
made, which-the sale Of real whipped
cream being forbidden-is sworn to con-
tain neither milk. cream nor butter!
Shortly after the war broke out coffee
became difficult to procure and a substi-
tute for it composed largely of beans with
q dash OF coffee in 1t was used The
English have always been in the ha bit
of diluting their coffee with chicory. The
mixture Is cheaper and probably not so
Injurious 10 the nerves as pure coffee
though Americans travelling in Europe de-
clare that the inability to get real coffee
Is much more injurious to the nerves
than its consumption could possibly be.
When beans could no longer be obtain
ed in Germany as substitute for coffee
"krie g-kornfranck" was devised Just
what It is made of is not stated b. those
who advertise it, but the price, L. cents
a pound is allurins and II is recommend
ed as going far" the advertiser remind
ing his possible customers that 1t is in
cumbent on them to be economical. n
fact they probably already appreciate to
the full
A substitute for cheese called Gondar
cheese is offered. 1t is made out of
SKINNED milk and is alleged TO have
quite cheesy taste" This is remini-
scent Of the poor districts of London.
asking for "a penn'orth of bread and
please mother says will you cut it with
'ammy knjfe,''
The rarages OF war are made signifi-
cant by the various substitutes for var
nishes and oils. glycerine. in particular r,
that are offered. And-greatest tragedy
of all-they are already Offering a sub
stitute for beer II is called Kulmet,
which is reminiscent of a beverage call
ed Kuhn beer sold in this country at one
time. 1t is nonalcohoic, has a plea SAINT
taste reminiscent of malt and in color
and is guaranteed to be the counterpart
of the real Munich product. 1t is alIcr
ed by the advertisers to have been sold
in large quantities to canteens. hospitals,
and goals. Also to prisoners camps,
where it Is much appreciated This
! latter we can we'll believe if what we
| hear of Germany's prisoners rations is
true.