The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 14, 1923 Page: 2 of 20
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French Drink Wine Again
But It’s Result of Order
Minister of Agriculture
Puts Out Manifesto
Against Fancy Drinks and
Urging Consumption of
Home Products.
Paris Feb. 17.—The placid routine
the Paris cafe —a tranquil evenness
Inch insures that any day at a given
>ur you will find the same people
tting at the same tables drinking
ie same clg-inks as on any other day
has been all upset.
The change—revolution one might
[most aay—came about by order of
ie minister of agriculture M. Henri
Cheron. .
All because M. Cheron m n mani-
festo sent to the representatives of
his department throughout the length
and breadth of France recommended
the drinking of “good French wine
in preference to the “more or less
deleterious mixtures” that are com-
monly imbibed in cafes.
The publication of this manifesto
had an immediate effect. Patrons of
cafes said to themselves: “Order wine?
Hm that's not a bad idea. Funny
I never thought of it."
And then they went to their fav-
orite cafe at the habitual hour and
commanded “Garcon un verre de tin
rouge.” . ..
In most cases it must be said the
garcon had to ask the customer to re-
peat the order. He couldn't believe
his ears.
“Yes I mean it. I want a glass of
red wine.”
Then Came Complications.
The waiter hesitated then went
and appealed to the manager. What
happened after that varied from one
establishment to another. In some
cases the drink was forthcoming with-
out more ado except that somebody
had to make a decision as to which
of the 47 varieties of cafe glasses each
appropriate to a different liquid was
suitable for such a beverage. In
other cases there were further diffi-
culties. For example the waiter
might come back and present a wine-
list:
“We have no red wine open but
here is the list. We can serve you a
small bottle.”
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hats for this special sale. We urge
early shopping for best selection. • J
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Milan Turban V
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w Novelty Straws Values
1 And Com- Mushrooms g
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f a. -h ese are all the new shades. Sport
• Hats Street Hats and Dress Hats.
* W Hats for every occasion.
i| About 35 Hats $1.95
For Quick Clean-Up.
Formerly Sold Up to $5
WEDNESDAY.
Or he might simply say. "Sorry
we haven't got any.”
Some customers questioned the
waiters and some of the waiters said
it was the first time in all their ex-
perience that a customer ever ordered
French wine. Of course plenty of
them order port now and then
madeira. The principal vinous drink
is vermouth chiefly Italian. There
are numerous patent drinks under
fancy names. ‘•Dubonnet” “Byrrh."
etc. made from wine with various
flavorings added. The proportion in
which these various beverages arc
sold varies widely from one cafe to
another. At one’place over half the
drinks sold ate beer. At another cafe
that resembles the first like a brother
everybody seems to drink port.
There is one cafe the Cardinal —
named in honor of Richelieu —where
the consumption of mineral water
reaches fantastic proportions. At all
of them of course lots of coffee is
sold—either black (nature} or with
hot milk (cafe-creme i.
Since M. Cheron's order however
and in response to the demand gen-
erated by it. the cafes have met the
situation with good grace for the
most part and many of them will now
serve a glass of French wine red or
white without hesitation.
Would Make It Fashion.
How long the fashion will last is
another matter. It is too early to say
that M. Cheron's order will have more
than a passing success. It is cer-
tainly too early to say that France
is headed back toward her old tradi-
tions when it was the common thing
to have a bottle of wine on the table.
The modern tendency is to regard
wines as intended only to be drunk
with meals and there is even a falling
off in home consumption.
M. Cheron points ont with a good
deal of justice that after all the thing
depends on fashion. It is fashionable
t 0 drink fancy drinks especially of
foreign origin.
In Germany on the other band
wine-drinking in cafes is quite a com-
mon thing. The distinction between
wine-cafes and beer cafes has largely
passed away owing to the fact that
during the war beer was for a long
time prohibited to save grain. It Is
usual in a German cafe to be present-
ed with a wine card which gives you
a choice between “offene weihe" or
wine by the glass and "flaschweinc”
or bottled wines.
One writer on the subject here de-
clares that the passing of wine is a
sign of the rising influence of women.
Women he asserts never care for
wine. But whereas in other times
men went on and drank it anyhow
demonstrating their virile independ-
ence of feminine judgments today
they are completely under the domin-
ation of their wives and succumb to
the effete beverages prixed by the
weaker sex.
Which argument seems to be weak-
ened somewhat by the fact that a
Mme. Verdier reputed to be. the
oldest woman in Paris celebratej’her
hundredth anniversary the oGi«r dav
by drinking two glasses at champagne.
POLICE FIGHT GUN
BATTLE WITH THEIR
MIRROR REFLECTIONS
Enter Store and Empty Re-
volvers Into Expensive
Looking Glasses.
Macon. Ga.. Feb. 14.—D! -in"'j?rg
department store officials I •
day after what they termed "earn-
ful investigation” declared that the
police who entered their establish-
ment Sunday night in search of bur-
glars engaged in a gun battle between
themselves and their reflections in the
big mirrors in the store. Officials
further declared that there were no
burglars in the store at the time.
Bullets shattered several hundred
dollars’ worth of mirriors in addition
to damaging much wearing apparel. A
light was burning in the rear’ot the
store when the police arrived and as
they entered the second floor facing
a number of mirrors their shadows
iti the soft darkness presumably had
the appearance of burglars moving
about the store officials said.
Give to Scout Fund.
By unanimous vote Tuesday after-
noon the board of directors of the
Chamber .of Commerce requested of
Judge William S. Fly permission to
head the list of contributors to the
$lOOOO fund for the support of the
Alamo Council. Boy Scouts of Amer-
ica. during 1923. The board sub-
scribed $250 to the fund and individ-
ual directors and officers indicated
their intention of making personal
contributions. The action was taken
immediately following a statement
made by General Manager C. B. Yan-
dell to the effect that cities* much
smaller than San Antonio were con-
tributing from $lOOOO to $30000 *o
support the scout movement while
San Antonio last year contributed less
than $4OOO to Alamo Council.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
Fight for $200000
Mrs. Lena Risso (below) and her
daughter. Vera (above) are fighting
in Chicago for the $200000 estate of
Salvatore Risso. Mrs. Risso claims
•she considered herself the only wife
of Salvatore for 27 years and bore
him eight children. Hut another wife.
Mrs. Rosalie Risso. has come for-
ward. claiming her marriage to Sal-
vatore antedates the present marriage
by five years.
NO JEWELS FOUND
AFTER COFFIN OF
SEAMAN IS OPENED
Exhumation Proves Story
About Russian Crown
Gems a Fake. <
New York. Feb. 14.—None of the
Russian crown jewels were found in
the coffin of Seaman James Jones
when the body buried in a Brooklyn
cemetery was disinterred today by
the government.
The exhumation bad been ordered
to settle the question of whether $4-
000.000 worth of gems once belonging
to C ar Nicholas had been smuggled
into the United States in 1020 on the
army transport Edellyn. It had been
reported that the smugglers had con-
cealed the jewels in the coffin of
Jones who died at Gibraltar while
the transport was on its way from
Vladivostok.
Newspapermen were barred from
the cemetery during the disinterment.
Early this morning earth was re-
moved and the coffin exposed. The
casket was lifted after a company of
soldiers had been stationed around
the grounds.
Grave-diggers carried the casket to
the mortuary where the shroud was
removed. Nearly three-quarters of an
hour was spent in examining the
body the clothing and the lining of
the coffin.
In the presence of army officers
and officials of the Treasury Depart-
ment. the body was removed front the
casket to permit complete examina-
tion. Then it was lifted baek into
the coffin and replaced in the ground.
JEWELS VALUED AT
$2000000 LIE IN
RUINS OF BUILDING
Fire Destroys the Gem
Center of the
World.
New York. Feb. 14.—A fortune in
gems gold and silver estimated at
$2000000 and upwards lay buried to-
day in safes in the smouldering wreck-
age of a six-story office building that
was destroyed by fire in Maiden
Lane the jewel center of the world.
More than 00 jewelers and silver-
smiths occupied the building. When
the walls and floors collapsed during
the height of the blaze the safes were
sent tumbling into the deep cel-
lar.
Experts said that the valuaVes un-
doubtedly would be found intact.
Meanwhile blueeoats from ten police
precincts and a hundred private po-
licemen were sent to guard the ruins.
Nearby streets were roped off to keep
back inquisitive crowds.
Army Band to Play.
The massed band of the Second di-
vision is giving an open air concert
from 5 to 0 o'clock Wednesday after-
noon in front of General Lewis’ quar-
ters in the Staff Post. Fort Sam
Houston. The band is composed of
05 pieces selected from all the bands
of the Second diviison and is direct-
ed by Mr. Majewski warrant officer
of the Twenty-third Infantry as band
leader. It is recognized as one of the
best army bands in the country. The
program they will play thia afternoon
is as follows:
March from "Tannhauser”.. .Wagner
Overture "Il Guamav” Gomez
“Invitation to the Waltz”. Von Weber
Operatic Masterpieces . ...pa Franek
‘ Daime of the Hours" from “I-a
Gioconda" Poncbielli
March "Stars and Stripes”... .Sousa
The Light’s “Talk Title Talk” Contest
Hundreds of Dollars to be Given Away.
Each day during this contest a num-
ber of movie titles will be printed in
The Light. Contestants must place
these movie titles together in such a
way as to make them mean some-
thing.
There will be six prize winners
daily. To the person who submits the
best "Talk” will be given a cash prize
of $5.00 —then there will be five $l.OO
prizes to be t warded to the next five
best "Talkers.”
Here is a sample “Talk." It was
composed frqm the titles printed oe-
low it.
Sample “Title Talk.”
“It's Going Some” when "Blind
Wives” tell “The Weaker Sex” the
best way of "Remodelling a Husband”
is to "Treat ’Em Rough” for while
that may apply to “Man Unconquer-
able” who isn't "Too Fat to Fight”
"The Truth About Husbands” is they
prefer "Frivolous Wives” with whom
"Hearts Are Trumps.”
The above "Title Talk” was com-
posed from some of the moyie titles
printed below.
It's Goiug Some Blind Wi&s. The
Weaker Sex Remodelling a Husband
Treat ’Em Rough Man Unconquer-
able. Too Fat to Fight. The Truth
About Husbands Frivolous Wives
Hearts Are Trumps Held in Trust
The Cheater. Walk Offs Fair and
Warmer. Fine Feathers Passion
Fruit. Silver Lining. Lure of Youth
Coincidence Hearts Are Trumps.
Someone in the House B’atal Hour
The Saphead. Clothes. Love. Honor
and Obey The Hone. Parlor. Bedroom
and Bath. Best of Luck Old Lady No.
31 The Modern Salome Camille Bil-
lions Madam Peacock Heart’ of a
Child Stranger Than Death The
Brat. A Voice in the Dark. Man Tam-
er Wolves of the North. The Wallop.
Blazing Trail. Dangerous Moments.
There you have it. folks it’s
The only thing that is necessary is
Rob the Future of Its Fears—
Rob it of that fear of being dependent
upon kin or other charity. Rob it of the
fear of not having the ready money in the
event of some accident.
If the. first step is to get out of debt you might get
square with a Morris Plan loan. The next step would
be systematic saving.
Loans are made to those having regular employ-
ment with regular income. Your savings invested in
Full Paid Morris Plan Investment Certificates will earn
five per cent per annum.
SAN ANTONIO MORRIS PLAN CO.
INDUSTRIAL BANKING
209 West Commerce Street
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Mail Orders Promptly Filled
for you to use your imagination and
originality. Read The Light tomor-
row there will be another sample
"Title Talk” printed then. Tell your
friends about it.
Release Mgry MacSwiney.
Dublin Feb. 14.—Mrs. Mary Mac-
Swiney has been released by Free
State authoriites. She was back to-
day in republican headquarters in
Suffolk street where she received the
newspapermen.
Some peoUe live a
lifetime in New York
and never know The
city. Others read
0. 0. Mclntyre’s
sketches and know it
as they know their
own neighborhood.
Read “The Boy Who
W ouldn’t Stay Down”
in MARCH
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Fashionknit Neckwear
You can’t resist neckwear like this es-
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from heavy silk to insure maximum wear and
tailored to give the right style. There’s diag-
onal parallel and vertical stripes; solid col-
ors; figured effects and heather mixtures in
grenadine cathedral weaves crochet and
stocking knits.
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Modern dentistry has such perfect control over dental
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Remember too Good Dentistry is no longer a luxury—-
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Full Plates $15.00
Extractions $l.OO
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patetned or rtot: “Potsdam” copper Carrol’s Retainers
for lowers Petry Suction Cups Eureka Cups etc.
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Feb. 17—Mar. 10-81—
April 21
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New Steamship San Jacinto
Feb. 24—Mar. 17—April 7
Passenger sailings from Galveston as above
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322 West Commerce Street for 16 Years
FEBRUARY 14 1923.
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