Evening star., 1926-12-26

gallon OF white wine"
The man who said this was from
Kansas. AS a fact, he was staying in
a Paris sa anatorium-one of the most
| elegant of the capital. But there are
numbers like him in Paris from all
| over America, and many, at times,
| wear pinned inside their coats: "If
anything happens to me, take me to
such-and-such establishment" always
naming a fine Paris sanatorium.
For men who think so much about
white wine, there Is almost perfect
convenience in going about Paris with
such tag. The sanatoriums merit
high reputation and their cases are
obscure. Any one found acting pc
culiarly with such a tag is led SYM
pathetically to a taxi by the police or
public and set on his way for treat
ment which he is supposed to be un.
dergoing.
He will have to undergo some treat.
ment. truly, once the sanatorium takes
him in and saves him, but
I'm fine, here" says the Kansas
man blandly. I'm being treated for
a tendency to sleeplessness and get
lot of electricity for my general health.
I've been here twice, stayed month
each time and now, perhaps, I'll stay
little longer"
But the sanatorium calls his trou-
Bile the American malady," when its
doctors chat lightheartedly with visit
Ing specialists. There are five others
with 1t. just now, all Americans. The
American malady" Is bringing an
entirely new class of cases to the es-
tablishments
II admire the innocent French way
of drinking!" says the man from Kan.
sas, especially when men of cultiva-
ton sit together in a restaurant and
talk about wine before it comes up
from the cellar. The wines have
beautiful names and all kinds Of DUAL.
ities-perfume, bouquet, arome, etc.
But you don't need to buy dear ones;
/ enjoy myself Just strollng about
Paris and stopping into wine shops
tor a bottle of plain white now and
then"
And there's not headache In a
gallon of it?" I asked. Does 1t never
give you a headache?"
"Oh, WELL" he answered, laughing,
There are only four quarts to a gal.
Ion. Strolling about, you know!'
Such wine drinking while "strolling"
Is what the tagged Americans go In
for. They begin by sitting over fine
vintages in restaurants; but the "com-
mon stuff" seems Ito them) least
harmful-just about strong enough to
make strolling digest it between bot.
ties.
Why. I can carry on for weeks at
a. timer' SAYS the man from Kansas,
while six drinks of our strong stuff
at home can make a man unfit to lift
his headr'
All the same, there are wives who
pin tags to their husbands--and others
who take them to the sanatoriums
personally. Such "cures" are becom-
ing well known to Americans in Paris.
They are short. always succeed (be-
cause such poisoning with wine does
not go deep), and are not objected to
by the Americans who undergo them
why, Will soon appear. Also, despite
the innocence of wine, tags and cures
at times become needful.
One wife, personally conducting her
husband to the sanatorium, persuaded
him to take his pants off in the taxi
cab. lest he jump out and start to
strolling while en- route for the estab-
lishment.
On the other hand, a man saved by
his tag" may feel right enough, if
he has been drinking mostly wine,
when he wakes up the next morning
in the sanatorium He would like to
60 straight back to his hotel, of
course. But the sanatorium is serious
and honest. He has been taken in,
accepted for a "cure"-and he must
take it! +..-
One month. .-,
"Of course, you give them few
drinks, the days after their arrival?"
l said to a sanatorium doctor.
Not a dropr' he answered unex
pectedly.
1T Is easy to see that this is wine
country l said tor him. But men
must come here also who have been
drinking cocktails and all sorts of
hard stuff. They may surely need
some drinks the first days?"
Not drop he repeated. "They
do not clamor for drinks-we keep
them too busy to need it!'