1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD What to Pay for Wines

cham-

Englishmen sometimes

decant

vintage

old

pagnes — but they retain very little effervescence. A Londoner volunteers the information that " cham- pagne w^hen first introduced into Great Britain was as a substitute for brandy-and-soda; hence it v^as wanted dry. In fact, the demands of the English palate may be said to be responsible for the dry champagne."

" Champagne dinner All take warning; Cow und Seltzer In the morning."

MORE WISE

Syphon bottles are as difficult to handle as

You never know when they're

women.

COUNSEL

going to change their tactics. An inno- cent-looking syphon has been known to explode at a sudden change in temperature. Syphons are generally charged at a pressure of from 130 to 150 pounds to the square inch. That means that if a bottle so charged is allowed to slip from your hands, if only for a few feet, the jar is liable to cause a dangerous explosion. Never grasp a cold syphon with the hand, as the sudden change of temperature thus produced Is even more liable to cause an explosion than a sudden jar. Instead of syphons, many bachelors use various car- bonated table waters or bottled spring waters for use in mixing fizzes, high balls, and the like. The benefit to one's health derived from the use of such pure waters

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