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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21


IN to find out how our only living
former President, Calvin Cool
4 idge, is spending his time what
work he is doing, what he
does for recreation and exercise. how
he lives in this old town of Northamp-
ton, what his neighbors think of him
and whether he will ever run again for
the presidency or any other Office,
went first to the block on Massasoit
street where he had lived for % years
In one-half Of a two-family frame
house.
Known Only by Sight.
In the quiet of the early morning
only one person was in sight, an elderly
man, coming leisurely out OF another
frame house.
That's the Coolidge house. the sixth
one from here, the yellow house with
the white fiagpole in 'front.'" he said.
you know Mr.. Coolidge?" asked.
1--WE all know him by sight, but that's
all. We don't really know him." he
answered.
This man had lived there, ON the
same side of the street with Coolidge,
and only q few doors away, for ~
years. His children and the Coolidge
children played together, grew up
together, and yet this man, in busi-
ness downtown, respectable in every
way, living in as good house as the
Coolidges did, had never talked with
Coolidge in all those % years.
"Ive seen him passing along this
sidewalk thousands of times, generally
with his hands behind him, walking
slowly, head down, evidently in deep
thought, this man said. 1--WE met
him here, on this sidewalk. q thousand
times. If his eyes caught mine I'd
nod to him and he'd nod back. Some
times I'd say Good day. and he'd
say Good day in return. But that was
all. He was never man TO talk or
be sociable.
Little Conversation.
'There's DR.. Plummer up there, lived
for IL years in one-haf Of that duplex
house, and Coolidge in the other half,
and he told me that II all the talks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

Ia years were put together they
wouldn't make a conversation a half
hour long.
When Coolidge became President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

this house in which he had lived for
so many years became a shrine, you
might say. It used to be a quiet street,
as you see it this morning, but then
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CONTINUED on Fourth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
By A. B. MACDONALD.

N ORTHANdPTON, Mass.-Trying
nj to find out how our only living
former President, Calvin Cool
4 idge, is spending his time, what
uyork he lie doing what he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

"There's DR.. Plummer up there, lived
for IL years in one-half Of that duplex
house, and Coolidge in the other half,
and he told me that If all the talks
he ever had with Coolidge in all that
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28
KULTURNE VECIERKY OBNOVENE.

S velkou radost ou zaznanenavame, ze kulturne We
cerky Okresn6ho Sboru Soverskej Ligy boy obnovene
PorelkaS vccierok laseltone dokaza re 81 ich Slo
vaci zadaji re ich budli hiifne navStevovat'.
Rev ,ozef l.. Kosk. duchovny osady Sv. AEbetv
vybral 81 vel'n krasny predmet slovenski pese. Pic
sen e usa naroda V pesni s vsetky jeho city Via
te. City radosti zaos tzeb nldejl, sklamania III
falstva Slovak spevon 81 I'll avuje zal spevom vE]a
druje ladost l;sku osavue lrdnstvo, cnost ttzi sa
utrpen. ked boo utlacovanie naroda matt aisle ked
ret otroctva uho svieray dusu Sovaka vte'v vod-
covia vola ''Spevom k sIdcu naroda! - ably no po-
vzbudzova vydrzat odpore ably no posne oval bor
be ably mu nalali ndeje krasiu budlcnost. Spev. to
e poklad kazdto nroda, kazdeho coveka. Spev spaJa
telo duso1l, zen nebom, cloveka S Bohom.
n spevon 81 zaclranimc nasu mlad od odcudzenla
svojej klvi, od krvvch chodnlkov. Lebo spev 70
sacht ue srce dusrl; spev obracia mysc od nizkych
vel'ke veci. Preo pripojujeme Rev kostikoV
so ztost o, ably rodcia dali dietkv sovenskej pie
sn Il hutlbc vobec vzdcat budu mat mich hodnvch
potomkOv.
Cd kultli11lvcl vecierkov ocakivame mnofo. Je tax
moe predmetov ktorIch treba prednasat. Vid1me ze
rl;hongski Sovac si vel mi ochotni nasedovat dobru
ra,lu poGlivat dotre slovo. Ze s smadi poucenln
ia vvsSim vzdeanim. Povlnost kaze tento smad hast
NaSi spoluobcania zaCnaj jn mas vel mi za1Jlma .
Kazdy den uz vdime dennlch casopsoch zpravy mas
kultlne insttlce, kuby vynikajucc osobv Sa dopyu
i'll mas Pride cas- ked spoluobrania budn ziadat ably
pllspleVa SVOJOu llacou 'iloh lid NSeS'llll''h
pokroku nasich mies Muslme byt' pllpraven1 IA to-,
m,lsime sa potom preukazat zc mozeme prspet NE
elm nov lm. niecm lepsim obohaenlu pozdVlhnutlu
vcreineho zvota tejto doine.
Bulrlci kut1ry vecie1ok bule "A. vecer V
skolc pod kostolom evanj. cirkve Jan llus, na
rou Mahoing Whitney ulic po ktorom bude tez scho-
dza Okresneho Sbolu Sov. ligy. Ubezpecujeme, ze i
tento vefieok splni ocakvana obece1sva Rev Kost!-
kovi mech ]e vyslovenl sldeca vdak, ze kultre We
cielky obnov Ufajme, re teraz nz zostann trvalEm
vzdelavael prostriedkom mahonngsky ych Sovakov.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28

suhaja, ktory stoji pri svojich
voloch... a paste ich ma zelenom
dhory a zapasi hajnikmi... a
sa media, ale jednak zivot utrati
(Tu spevokol zaspieval balladu
"Pasol Janko diva voly u haja")
Jednak, jedina zvlastnost SIo-
vaka je bacovstvo... Slovensky ba-
ca, slovenska bryndza je sveto-
chyrna. Met travy, MET luky pre-
ovcu, ako V Tatrach. Ma kazdom
chotari ste tam videli koSiar ce-
le vrchy posypane ovcami. Baca
pri kolibe, juhasi okolo sstada.
Baca... klob1k mastny, mono de-
sat 'roGnF; kosel'a so sirokymi ru-
kavami; zuboch zapekacka, V
ruke XVI, ma ktory mnoho raz sa
opre a pozera "a juhasmi, "a sta
dom. Pri nom vzdy pes, ktory, "a
ko na svojho generala pozera, co
ma robit', kde ma ist' e. Baca, kto-
ry je mnoho razy radcom, leka-
rom svojej dediny. Prichodia k
nemu rady pytat', .ako liecit' co
zrobit' cd porobenia. Ano, zeliny
mix nemal, ako baca. to bolo
prirodzene, vSak mix nestravll
tol'ko casu prirode, ako on =
mix nepoznal talk kazd1 travu,
kazdn kvetinu, kazdn bylinu, ka-
zdH strom, ako on. Ano, baca
mnoho razy Wac znamenal dedl-
ne, axe sam rychtar... Oh, salas-
mily salas - kol 'ko zivota Je V
ilom... ano, vel'ky kus slovenske-
no zivota... Jedine miesto pre- de-
dinskn mladez, ktora hrnceka-
mi v rukach, so spevom ilstach
a srdci ide ma salas ide po zin-
cicu... TO bol zivot nevinny, to Dol
zivot .slovensky. Veru nasa mia
dez tuna nema 3pochopu oAvasom
zivote, ked ste boil mladi : ne
vie. ze co boIa vasa radost'.. ). We
ru, ma salasi sa stavaly spasy...
Mnoho razy niektory juhas l1ra-
dol, veru nedali no nd sud, ale
sam baca Dol sudcom = on ho sil-.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28
tou - til zabit1 hus, najkra isiu.

L,
kochl'atu...
kazali mi matt,
biele husky hnati,
ia dolu, ia dolu
k mlynarovej haiti.
70 bolv easy a roxy, nase de-
tinske roxy. Jaky rozdielny zivot
vasich diet at. RozdieI, veru roz-
diel. Nevedia oni. co bol vas H.
vot, nevedia ami co to znamena
suchv, cierny chlieb jest - ne
vedia oni co to znamena cez den
paru razy al do kosti zmoknut
ar na slnku sa suSit' - znovu a
znovu. Zivot vasich diet at je roz-
kos a vas snzenie a trapa. A
jednak, kol 'ko blazenosti, kol'ko
radosti bolo tom... jednak bola
najvacSia radost', ked' matka We
Ger vas polask ala, len tol 'ko po-
vedala: Ale dnes 81 dobre napa-
sol tie husy...
ked' ste boil vacsimi, dostali
ste vacsiu sluzbu... vacsiu pracu..
Nepasli ste Wac husy, ale kravy.
voly alebo kone... Zviera' bolo
vzdy pychou Slovaka. Gazda Dol
vzdy pysny ma svoje stado. Pekny
statok ukazoval vzdy dobr6ho ga
zdu. A yeru parobci ISL, kde len
mohli vypasat' - nielen vo dine,
ale i noel. Veru mnoho razy sa
prebudili fudia, re trojka, l1ka
vypasena striehli, kto chodi
ma ich rol'u. Pamatate, Ma kazdej
dedine to bol hajnik, ktory isiel
kde mohol, chytal vypasaeov.
Mnoho razy prisli domov bez klo-
bnka - bez huni - wal hajnik
k rychtarovi uz sacovali, kop-
ko skody sa stalo IA veru potom
ME raz bola pracka, bola bitka
donna od otca. Me raz a ME diva
razy nest'astie sa stalo pri ta-
kychto prilezitestiach, bo veru
ME kazdy suhaj dial Iahko svoju
subj. svoju hunu... Ako by som
videl tuna pred sebou silneho
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28

mesiace ma mastoids", t. ]. "a
palenie zausnej kosti, .citil sa v
nedel'u tax dobre, re sa odhodlal
slnzit ODE sv. omse a drzat' kaz-
ne. Avsak toto tax vycerpalo je-
no silly, ze V pondelok znovu upa-
dol do nemoci a lekar musel zno-
WI operacn1 ranu otvarat'. Ako
SINE sa doznali, Rev. LiScinskemu
sa ul 'avilo, len musl mat uplny
pokoj, ably sa ilacelkom vylieeil,
co mu prajeme 70 srdca.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28
O NENAVISTI MEDZI NARODAMI.

priezitosti mad arskej propagandy posvietene bo-
10 dostatocne tmajsc vereinost ponery, AXE pano
vav byvalom Uhorsku lie to bolo to vyvysovanie sa
Mad arrow mad Slovakov tie povestnt madarsk nadav
ky "Slovak ME e covek' atp, to odnar6dhovane, tie
vylnazky lie 'Slovaei mnsej1 byt' rozsliapan ktore
prviedly Mad arom ich pad. Amelikanom bolo tazko
nam uverit Ale uveril jednemu 10 svojich radov
Bol to sudca Jenkins, ktory NAL nestranni1 predna
sku Rayen High School pred svrtorocniakni so nena
visit nedzi narodami'' Succa Jenkins zna tel nena-
vist pozna ju ked' ako Student I'll jeden rok Chor
sku.
CthodnT sudca hovori svojch zklsenostiach
vilu nenavsti medzi rasam svail predpojatost, po
chodacu citenia superiority jednej rasy mad druhou
Co je, pravda. veky sebaklam On povazuje to po-
vinnost skol, ably tento kam rozptyovaly Len tax
stane dorozene priatel l'ske nazlvanie medz rasam
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28

dill. Ma priklad, ked' Martin po
kradne slaninu na salasi, co sa S
MIN stane? -~r.
(Tu skolsky spevokol zaspieval
"a ma naSOm salaSi...O r~--.
(Dokoncenie budilene.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28

Ked' pozerame na rozlicnf ma
rody. pri kazdom najdeme spev.
Spieva Nemec, spieva Francilz,
spieva Italian, spieva Rumun atd'.
Ale mono mix tol 'ko. ako Slovak.
Neviem, co je toho pricinou, ale
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28

myslim lie to, ze Slovak inak ne
mohol svoj cit prejavit' - pocas
svojho dlhorocneho utlacania =
ako spevom. Vsetko mu mohli "a
kazat' len jedno ME spev.
Ako vtak prfrode, ktory slo-
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28
REV. LISCINSKY >-... - .
ZNOVU ONEMOCNEL

Rev. Jan M. LiScinsky, duchov
ny spravca osady Sv. Cyrilla
Methoda, ktory trpi uz vyse diva
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28

pOletuJe, tax i Sl0Vak DOdaJ kde
bol, vylial svoj zial, vylial svoju
radost 'Svylial svoje suzenie hor- [
kosti v speve. Pre- tt pricinu cely
zivot nasho naroda najdeme, ako
dajakl historiu,,v jeho piesilach.
Ouch a dusa slovenskeho naroda
dycha VIOLA k nam 20 slovenskych
piesni poveda nam: Kym sa slo-
vensky modlis, kym slovensky
spievas, 81 Slovak...
Slovak najsamprv, ako zvytaJ-
ne, ide, ri ada a rad ma prlro~
du Z prirody berie 81 prillady, o.
brazy pre- svoje spevy. Mnoho ra-
zy, akoby kyvaly k nam tie VIZ
chy, tie Tatry - ked zacujeme
len jednu piesenku skoro mas
Shy zalejti, ked' cujeme til prav-
du, ktora IA mas vola vo spe-
voch...
Pam;itatc, ked' victor zadul oil
Tatier, ako hucaly tie zelene Je-
die; ked' zahrmelo, ako sa ozIH-
valy tie vsetky gr1ne? Mysllm,
ze ano. Slovak to vidi, to cuJe a
uz spieva: "Zahucaly hory, zahu-
caiy losy... Kde sa mi podely, kde
sa mi podely mole mlade easy.
Kol 'lsi mas, kol'kf vas 81
vzdychnn dnes: Kde sa mi pode-
ly mole mlade easy Kedysi MIA
dy Suhaj... cierne vlasy - slime
ruky = nohy ami srnie... a dne'
- sklonena hlava. ktora akoby
hl'adala pc zemi ztrateny vek...
VIasy, akoby silny mraz opalil...
Ano. mraz zivota, mraz starostl. /
Ruky slabe, traslavt, tvrde AM
skala. ME cd rozkoSe ale 0d
pracp "a chlieb. "a chleb kazdo-
denny. Nohy, ktort kedysi tan,
covaly do bieleho rama, dnes Sla-
be. ktore sa podtkn1 ma kazdom
kamienku... "Kde sa mi pOdoly |
mole mlad6 easy? Moje mlade ca
sy nezazily krasy..
Ano, nieo Co boIa mnohych Z
vas vaSa mladost'? Odtrhli vas cd
vasej matky - odtrEol va, zivot |
mono V mladom veku. Mono |
vasa matka IA jednej Strane mo-
ra - Wy ma druhej ste plakali |
cakaIi iedno ma druhe... Ano,
"Moje mlade easy nezazily kra-
sy... mole mlade leta nezazily sve- !
ta...' A co .je najhorsie, "a letom
cakame jasen - potom zlmu -
jaro a Ease leto... A po starobe... /
ci m0zeme cakat' navrat mlado-
sti...? Me. Nikdy ME? Pama-
tate, ako bystro tiekly tie vody
Tatier, a videli ste kedy, ably sa
boil kamen gulal hore vodou? Me,
nikdy ME-. Slovak stojl ma brehu
potoka. pozera tie kamienky, tie
skaly - a zial ne zaspieva: 50 Sko-
rel sd ten kamen vo vode obratl
- ale moja mladost nikdy sa ne
vrati...' Me, nikdy... TO je ne
NOME.
To je sila a moe V sloNnskvch
piesl1ach Sila, ami vichor, ktorI
strasie najsilnejSie vrchy - ST.
la, ktora musi hnnt' i najsilnej-
sieho cloveka, ktory ma srdce...
(Tu zaspieval skolsk! spevokol
piesen "Zahucaly hory...' pri
doprevadzani orchestry.)
Pamatate na vas detinsky vek
Pamatate ma vase celkom mlade
easy? Zazmurte oci myslite ma
to. Jaro - prve teple dni - sko
la uz bola pritepla pre- mas. la
, vica pritvrda... Husky w vyska-
kovali z hniezda. matka uz Skoro
rano zhanala: "Ty Marko, aiebo
Jancu, huskami... :" knsok chile
ba do tanistry, ktory chlieb len
videl maslo, ale mastery nebol -
a pred nami krdel husi - ,biele,
ako siiah. Gunar ako husar ma
predku daval pozor. ably sa nepo-
miesali..a my "a mimi bosi pE1t |
Y ruke, tanistra na boku - ospa-
| H.. Len vtedy SINE sa prebudili. |
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28
SLOVENSKA PIESEN.

L. Kostika ktor NAL chodzou Okr
Sboru Slov gy a februara vecer skole oady Sv Abety
(Pesne ktorych prednasa zaspievay skoke dieveata
skoly osady Sv. Azbety Haseton.)
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28

kovali z hniezda, matka uz skoro
rano zhanala: "Ty Marko, aiebo
Jancu, 5 huskami..." Knsok chile
ba do tanistry, ktory chlieb len
videl masLo, ale mastery nebol -
pred nami krdel husi - ,biele,
ako snah. Gunar ako husar ma
predku daval pozor, ably sa nepo-
miesali...a my "a mimi bosi - priit
Y ruke, tanistra ma boku - ospa-
H.. Len vtedy sme sa prebudili,
ked SINE nohu, palec. dobre udre-
Ii do vol'akeho vystrceneho ka-
meTa... A kde SINE hnali tie hn-
sky: Najviac ku vode, ably sa XII
pail, ably ciste boil, ably sa mali
kde napit' V horucom dni... Mno-
no razy sme ich okolo mlyna pa
sli... DO vsak skoro ma konci kaz-
DEF dediny stal mlyn - tam mly-
nica - ME raz mas plasila mly-
narka Cd mlyna, ably SINE mechy
neotvarali, nesypali pre- husy...
Mnoho razy veru neodhnala mas,
ale odohnala nase husy veru
j pomstila sa ma nich... Slnchajte,
kol 'ko krasy dycha ma mas j tel
to piesni6ky.... Ako by SINE videli
biele husky mlynarku S lopa-
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1930-02-28

Predplatne Spo Staoch ok ST. pol roka $lOO
cudzozemsku rok $500, pol roka $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
II British Writer Who Has Spent Several
ChriStmases in the United States GiOeS
Here an Intimate Disclosure of Ho1V
Holiday Drinking Is Done on John Bulls

In the first place it isn't DONE and In the
second they know what is good for their diges-
ton. Consequently people get less drunk. They
may get mellow often, but drunk very seldom.
There are traditions to British drinking. "If,"
you will hear it said, "a man cannot hold his
liquor well'-"carry"-it is, believe, the cor
rect term-"then he had best not drink at all"
This rule is generally observed.
THERE is no need to get drunk over here.
You never hear of people deliberately going
out to get intoxicated. Liquor is cheap and
good, and there is plenty Of time in which to
drink it.
And so this Christmas and New Year there
are parties going on all over the country with
probably just much liquor at them as at
those over your side-Save that 1t is better
liquor here-at which drinking win 20 on
steadily but quietly without much outward sign
of whoopee. You win see very few "drunks" in
the streets, the pubs" win do roaring trade
as a matter of course, but even there, beyond
louder than-usual buzz Of conversation, you
will find little sign of boisterousness.
Now this is not story in praise of the self
control Of English drinking habits. It is more
comparison of wet holiday seasons. Techni-
cally the United States is dry. We in England
are wet" yet both countries viii do more than
their fair share Of absorbing. The only diff
ference is in the manner of absorption.
People call on each other in the evenings
after dinner for a pipe Of tobacco and glass
of whisky and soda, hOStesses give quiet little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

Henry Willard the whole of Eng
land, led by London, which is de-
cidedy red-nosed at the moment what with
December winds and old tawny port after office
hours, has Just finished laying in its holiday
stock of cheer.
The window displays In the wine and spirit
shops this year are more astonishing in their
varieties of drinkables than ever before. Right
opposite my apartment is the store of one
william Burney who describes himself
wholesale Wine and Spirit Merchant, licensed
to sell intoxicating liquors, to be drunk of the
premises"
His window is blaze of electric lamps, shin
ing on imitation snow and ice. Lying on the
snow are sledges piled high with every drink
you can imagine. There are bottles of very
old brandy which you may buy for the price
of bottle of inferior bootleg gin, graceful
Hook bottles with their long stems, jolly, fat
Hollands, cIarets, BurgundyS, Bordeaux, bottles
Of Scotch and bottles of Irish, and in sledge
all to themselves the succulent insidious
French hqueurs so dear to women and so cheap
to buy.
Here is a flagon Of Benedictine-you can
buy it for what you would expend On a couple
of good neckties Here too Is peach brandy and
creme de menthe, next trio Of bottles con-
tanning Chartreuse, Grand Mariner, and Coin
treau while at one end of the display Santa
Claus is loaded to the white and bushy eye
brows with kuemmel, white port, Gordons gin
the real, not the synthetic-Rhine wine,
vodka, and q sack over ms shoulder from the
neck of which peep the golden tops Of bottles
Of champagne by such firms as Heidsick, Pol
Roger, Pommeroy, Lemoine.
And in the other corner of the window, OPP
posite to Santa Claus, q model passenger air
plane is unloading little leather grips contain
ing bottles of whisky, port, brandy, hqueurs and
champagne, which you buy for q few dollars
and give away as presents to your friends
THAT wine store is one among thousands,
and all of them win be completely devoid
Of stock by the New Year From which you
would think that London was going ON the
most appalling bat this Christmas, and that
every member of every household old enough
70 lift glass would be in q beautiful state Of
inebriation from the day before Christmas
until the last of the Old Year.
You would be wrong. London has an
almighty thirst, but on the whole 1t doesn't
get drunk. It prefers to do its drinking in
comfort and at ease. It doesn't 60 wild anG
make whoopee, but steadily and in manner
most digni1ed it ahsorbs, abSorbS again, and
then comes back for q final nightcap.
AL of which means that here in England
people know how to handle their booze. 1t il
tngrsined In them from their early manhood.
Let me explain. Long centuries Of freedom
IN drink have taught English people how to
drink, and what to drink at stated times They
know perfectly well that port is not drunk
before dinner and that red wine Is never served
with fish, that one does not mix q Bronx cock
tail with Benedictine, or drink whisky and
soda before breakfast. Neither do they drink
cocktails after dinner, or mix wine with spirits.
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Christmas gift from firm with whom do
business. It Is q little wicker work grip tied
with holly labels and it contains the following:
Cost to buy
bottle Black and White Whisky. $500
poete Fort "...............s.sss LOO
! bottle Sherry ................... 100
bottle Gordons Gin. .......s.sss 500
bottle Italian Yarmouth. ........ 30
bottle French Yarmouth. ........ 80
small Benedictine and one small
Green CharEellse. .............. 500
1nclosed was little note to the effect that
instead Of sending their patrons cigars this
year they had decided to make their Christ
mas card" with slight offering with which TO
drink their health. suppose that firm has
sent out hundreds of such cases to their
patrons this year and what is more, each re-
cipient like myself probably received similar
Christmas tributes from other firms without
much excitement and has slowed them all
away in his cellar alongside other bottles. For
the cellar IS still very much of regular feature
in English houses Of the middle and upper
classes, although the cellarman, whose sole
duty It was 10 inspect the stores Of wine and
spirit, has gone out Of business owing to the
stress Of things modern.
Not every Englishman talks much about his
cellar. He takes it as a matter of course unless
he makes q hobby of wines. But the average
cellar Is sufficiently well stocked to warrant the
production on request of any wine or spirit
other than the most expensive vintages and
years.
The British cellar is situated generally below
ground level, is stone hoored stone walled and
lighted only in the most modern homes by cleo
tricity. The great majority are lit by hanging
lamp or by the lighted candle with which the
proud owner descends before dinner in order
to bring up in person the wines which are to
be drunk.
ALL whether lit by artificial light or by other
means, are Of necessity dry, for damp cellar
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other $4,000 odd, licensed to sell certain but
not all liquors.
The big difference lies in the quality Of the
beer, the manner Of getting it. and the price
at which it can be bought. And what stands
for beer stands also for wines, spirits and
hqueurs
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dinner parties at which few choice wines ease
conversation and mellow temperaments men
meet before lunch for q short cornwall cocktail
-"only one, old boy, never drink much at mid
day"
Much OF the drinking takes place, Of course,
in the much-maligned but actually very re-
spectacle pubs. Of which Great Britain boasts
no less than $4,000 "fully licensed" and an
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THE parcel post this year brought me . small
Christmas gift from firm with whom do
business. It Is q little wicker work grip tied
with holly labels and it contains the following:
Cost In kalu
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SoherLsk.
BY DAVID L. BLUMENFELD.
LONDON.

~ HRISTMAS cheer spells Christmas
beer-so runs an old adage, coined,
they say, in the good old days Of
Henry Willard the whole of Eng
land led by London, which is de-