LATE WASHINGTON GOSSIP
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A Glimpse of the Leading Lega
tions in Our Republican
Court.
TALK ABOUT NOTABLE PEOPLE.
Many of the Ministers Sport Swords
and All Are Brilliantly
Attired.
WAPirrXGTON, D. C, Dec. 10.— A vis
itor to Washington who wishes to see our
foreign diplomats in all their glory should
be present at the New Year's reception at
the White House, when all of the represen
tatives in town appear to pay their respect
to the President, lo Americans accus
tomed to the plain black coat which is
worn on the occasion of our important
ceremonies the glittering array is a bewil
dering sight, for some of the costumes of
the gentlemen who appear in European
court dress are gaudy affairs.
The Enibassador from England, Sir
Julian Pauncefote, weara in honor of the
occasion a suit of white and gold, and
carries his hat under his arm according to
the rules prescribed. The Ministers from
other courts sport swords and glittering
orders on their gold-laced suits, while the
gayly colored robes of the Chinese Minister
brush the neat black coat of the repre
sentative from Japan.
There are prancing teams to shining
coaches on that day, and the sparkle of
the plated harness and clatter of hoofs on
the driveway make a scene of brightness
and life.
Sir Julian Pauncefote is regarded
as the head or "dean" of the diplo
matic corps, and preference is always
shown to him, while all matters, such as
the direction of the funerals of Ministers,
are done in accord with his directions.
It is the rule of the corps that the Minis
ter who has been longest at his post shall
be dean, and ■while Pauncefote has not in
this case been the resident for the greatest
number of years, his title of Ambassador
is the first ever held by a Minister in
Washington, having been conferred only a
few years ago.
The British embassy is a large red
brick building on the* most fashionable
street in the city. It faces the east, and
at the front is a driveway and a porte
cochere. The big glass doors have the
English coat of arms engraven in the
Washington Home of Congressman
George B. McClellan.
center, on the lamp-posts are glittering
owns, wnile over the entrance is a
in bronze of the familiar lioa and
unicorn. The hall of the house is broad,
and at the back is a wide stairway, at
wnose head is a life-sized painting of the
The parlors and library are handsomely
hed and the stables full of horses and
ches. At one side is a tennis-court,
and on a bright diy the dignified English
man can be seen in his white flannels busy
hitting the ball, which his attaches mnst
pick up when it is lost in the grass. The
British embassy is the only house in town
jwned by a foreign Government, the
K-hoie place belonging to the English na
tion.
The French embassy was formerly the
home of Admiral Porter, who aied about
six years ago. It was leased from the
i' >rter estate by the present Embassador,
M. Patenotre, who has just bad the house
put in thorough, repair and the outside
T>ainted a pretty cream tint. Within it
has been remodeled, new doorways cut
and new furniture and ornaments brought
from France.
During his trip abroad this summer M.
Patenotre bought a great many valuable
Kctures and tapestries and now the parlors
are beautiful with the rich hangings and
quaint cabinets, while numberless pretty
ornaments make the rooms most attrac
tive. The Embassador has also been re
cently presented by the French Gov
ernment with a handsome set of
china, in the center of each dish being a
crest in gold— a design which is made ex
clusively by the Government for its Era
bassadors. *M. Patenotre is a handsome
man with a tine ligure, dark hair and eyes
of the same shade. His wife, who is a
pretty blonde, was Miss Elverson of Phila
delphia, and they have been married only
two years.
The Chinese legation, strange to say,
is the most modern of the homes of our
foreign Ministers. It stands on the crest
of a high hill overlooking the city and the
li;i" with the black dragon on its yellov/
surface is always floating from its turret.
The house' is of a brownish stone and is
built in commodious style, with all of the
most recent of inventions for convenience.
On entering one linds nothing savoring
of the orient in the parlor, which is of
light wood and furnished in comfortable
American style, with licht carpet, stuffed ,
and heavy portieres. The dining- I
CUI-NLSJi LEGATION WASMStfTOK. D. C.
room has a pretty cabinet mantel, and it
is fitted up with dainty engravings on the
walls, mirrors and a clock, just as is in
every well-to-do house in the city. In
fact, the wnole mansion is all American
throughout in its furnishings.
The servants are Chinese and there are
I about a dozen of them who do not know a
I word of English and float about in their
j gaudy robes and noiseless shoes. Besides
i the Minister, who is a portly man, there
! are his wife ana three little children, tiny
toddlere who drpss like miniature man
darins in gowns embroidered with the
most grotesque of figures.
Mme. Yang Yu is no doubt considered
a great beauty in her native land, and when
got up in her robes of state is an im
posing object. Her jot black hair is coiled
i high over her olive face, her cheeks are
i reddened with rouge and her slender form
| is loaded with silken gowns covered with
: embroidery, and great red and blue arti
i ticial flowers are stuck in h<?r head on state
. occasions.
The two daughters of the Vice-Presi
dent, who are soon to make their debut,
JULIA AND LETITIA STEVENSON, DAUGHTERS OF THE VICE -PRESIDENT.
[Photographed for "The Call" December 3, 1895.]
! are now living here in town with their ,
i mother at the hotel. Miss Julia Steven
! son is a tall, well-formed girl, who dresses '
I very stylishly in becoming gowns. She.
! has dark hair and blue eyes shaded by
; long black lashes, and a clear, rosy skin i
j that shows excellent health. Her sister, .
I Miss Letitia, is a blonde with hair of a red
: dish srold.
Julia is grave and serious, fond of books ;
and study, while the younger one is full of
i fun and cares more for the pleasures of
j society. Last winter Mrs. Stevenson lost I
her eldest girl, Mary, a lovely young lady, i
who was just about to make her appear
ance into the social world. Mrs. Steven
son has never recovered from the loss of
her child, and she will take but little part
in society this winter.
Young George McClellan, son of the
famous general of that name, has taken a
house in town and brought his family ;
with him. McClellan is a fine-looking
m&B, with an athletic figure and a big
head of hair that looks a.< if it belonged to
a footbarli player. His wife is a sweet
woman. There are no children. Mc-
Clellan expects to made his mark in the ;
coming sessions of Congress.
The effects of the late Minister from
Portugal have been sold at auction and .
the widow has left for her home with the ■
body of her husband. The Minister had ,
consumption before he came to America, ,
and the climate of Washington brought ''
his disease to a speedy end. The home I
which he had just arranged is now to let, j
and the post of Minister will be tilled by a j
young man, who will shortly arrive in this i
country. Till b.p reaches here the Consul- I
General at New York will act as Minister, j
The beautiful Miss Helen Murphy of [
New York and San Francisco, who was !
married about two years ago to Senor Vi
cente Dominguez, son of the acting Minis
ter from Argentina at the court of St. i
James, is now living here in town, where ;
her husband haß taken a pretty home and !
British Legation, Washington, D. C.
furnished it in luxurious style. She will
be well remembered in California, where
her father was a large property-owner.
California's Congressmen are about all
in and most of them are quartered at ho
tels. Mr. Barham is staying at the Ebbitt
House, Mr. Hilborn is at the Hamilton
and the rest are domiciled about the city.
Very few members are keeping house,
hence we find the hotels full of statesmen.
Most of the Senators live at their homes,
and such men as Sherman, Hale and l^uay,
who have lived here for years, own fine
mansions.
Society is taking a rest, and while there
is a great deal of visiting done in a quiet
way there will be nothing of importance
done tiil after the Ist of January. Miss
Morton, sister of the Secretary of Agricul
ture, is located at t<he Portland, the rest of
the Cabinet being at their own homes. Sen
ator Allison is boarding at a hotel and so
is Hoar of Massachusetts.
Miss Herbert, daughter of the Secretary
of the Navy, will be home within a short
time.
The daughter of Congressman Newlands
of Nevada will make her debut in a few
weeks.
The family of the President are back at
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1895.
the White House and will romain till they
go north again next summer.
The family of Senator lirice are back in
their old home and will be among the
foremost of the entertainers for the com-
I ing season.
Mr. Hatch, the Minister from Hawaii,
I and his wife, who was a San Francisco
i girl, are located at a family hotel in town.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett will not
! be in Washington this winter, but her son.
who is the original Lord Fauntleroy, is
studying at Harvard.
The Morning Journal of New York,
which has just been bought by Mr. Hearst
of San Francisco, has located large offices
In town.
Sweeping Dirt Into the Streets.
The Merchants' Association has sent a cir
| cular letter to its members and to the heads of
a large number of business houses requesting
co-operation in the matter of keeping the streets
and sidewalks clean. The letter states that it
it is impossible to keep the streets clean if peo
ple persist in sweeping the dust and dirt of
their premises into the gutters. Receptacles
for such refuse have been provided and placed
atconvenient points. The letter calls attention
to the city ordinance upon this subject, and it
ta very apparent by reading between the lines
that the ordinance must be complied with
either by co-operation or compulsion.
A BUST OF E. F. SEARLES
The Art Association Will Have
a Portrait Made in
Marble.
To Adorn the Hopkins Mansion — Rupert
Schmid the Sculptor Selected
for the Task.
Honors are being thrust upon Edward
P. Searles by the art fraternity of San
Francisco. Most of the painteis in the
City are at work upon oil paintings or
water-colors, etchings or pastels to lay be
fore him as a tribute to his interest in
their profession, and now the Art Institute
has awakened to a belief that the Uenelits
it has received from Mr. Searles call for
an enduring recognition.
At a meeting of the board of directors of
the Art Institute, held Friday, it was
resolved to cause a life-size bust of Edward
P. Searles to be wrought in Carrara mar
ble and placed in the Hopkins mansion as
a memorial of his having given the build
ing and donated it to the purposes of art.
It was also resolved to give the commis
sion for the portrait bust to the sculptor,
Rupert Sen mid.
If it is possible to induce Mr. Searles to
pose Rupert Schmid will go to New York
in order to model t\u? donor of the Art In
stitute from life. If Mr. Searles refuses to
be modeled the bust will be made from a
photograph, but it is hoped that he can be
persuaded to sit for the portrait. The
sculptor will be given a year in which to
do the work, and when it is completed the
portrait bust will be added to the perma
nent exhibit in the Hopkins mansion.
One of the most enthusiastic promoters
of the project for perpetuating the donor
of the Art Institute in marble is James D.
Phelan. He is president of the Art Insti
tute and he takes a lively interest in adding
to the City's art treasures. It was a ma
jority of the Board of Directors, however,
which pas?ed the resolution unanimously
to have Edward V. Searles wrought in
marble for the benefit of the present gen
eration as well as for posterity.
Library inkstands in oak, cherry and wal
nut; also in leather and silver. A larjre va
riety oi handsome calendars in silver and
leather. Desk-pads with sterling silver cor
ners, elegant bound Excelsior 1890 diaries,
suitable for Cnristmas presents at .Sanborn &
Vail's, 741 Market st. *
SHE WAS THE FIRST STAR
And Besides That She Played Before the
President of the United
States.
Every now and then an anecdote comes
i to the front showing that our rim President
liked the theater as well as do his follow
ers of to-day. The point is mentioned in
one of the many theatrical stories nar
rated in that new book, "Shakespeare's
; Heroines on the stage." Says the author |
I of the book:
"A Philadelphia Portia of this same sea
son of 1793-1794 comes of a noted family,
being none other than Mrs. Kliza Whit
lock, the sister of Mrs. Siddons and of the
Kembles. In England, at the age of 22,
she made her London debut as the heroine
of "Shylock" on the 22d of February, 1783;
and though somewhat masculine in face
and figure, }*et displayed so animated a
countenance and so graceful a bearing as
to win a moderate degree of favor. A few
years after coming to this land she en
joyed the distinction of playing the first
'star' engagement on the American stage,
being encaged for $450 and a benefit to play
at the Boston Theater in October, 1796.
There she repeated her Portia, contending
with the remembrance of Mrs. Powell s
impersonation of a previous season. She
also had the honor of playing before
George Washington in Philadelphia."
CROSBY IS MISSING.
1) Jsappearance of a aiun Who Made a
Successful land Deal.
The police were notified yesterday by
John Knowles, 1320% Howard street, of
the disappearance of his friend, H. L.
Crosby, who has hot been seen or heard of
since Friday, December 6. Crosby had
sold some property in Napa and obtained
$3500 more for it than he expected. He
had been celebrating the occasion of his
jjood fortune, and when last seen had $360
in his possession. His friends are very
mutfb worried over his absence, as they
fear be might have been robbed and mur
dered.
He is described as a man 40 years of age,
5 feet 8 inches tall, slim build, dark com
plexion, dark eyes and auburn hair. He
wore a dark blue cutaway coat, vest and
trousers and a black soft felt bat.
A WORLD'S FAIR OF WINE
Bordeaux Exposition Is Favored
With the Earth's Choicest
Vintages.
ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S EXHIBIT.
Faul Oeker Gives an Account of the
Great Aggregation of Vineyard
Products.
BORDEAUX, November 15, 1395.— The
great Kabelais makes Panurgaa say to
Pantagruel: "Which of the two things
would you rather have, a nose as long as
yoar sight or a sight as short as your
nose?" Pantagruel, after rellecting a
moment, answers: "I'd rather have a
drink." Rabelais evidently thought in
regard to such obscure and idle questions
that the truth might be found at the bot
tom of the glass : In vino veritas. After
all it is of greater importance to know
what wine has been poured into your
glass. In the good old time of the Curate
of Meudon the sellers of adulterated win£
had no such easy time as those rogues of
the present day. May Rabelais' hero and
his successors always drink good, genuine
wine and they will easily console them
selves for not giving answers to certain
questions. Surely the great wine exposi
tion, as part of the general fair at Bordeaux,
will have largely contributed toward
solving the question as to where in the
world such genuine wine may be had,
and the State of California, as one of the
tenants of this magnilicent "Palais dcs
Vms" at Bordeaux, has an equal interest
in showing it. Although only a small ex
hibit, this California!! contribution, com
ing bravely a distance of 7000 miles or so,
to the proud congress of all the noblest
wines of the world, gathered here at the
famous viticultural center on the banks of
the Garonne, cannot fail to hold its own in
the illustrious assembly of the great
"crus" of Medoc, Burgundy and other dis
tricts.
It was evidently intended by the pro
moters of this Bordeaux Wine Exposition
to show to the world at large that at last
the French vintner had triumphed over
his enemies, the phylloxera, the mildew,
the black rot, etc., "after twenty years of
persistent struggle, after millions and
millions of losses and a seemingly unending
Bisvphoa labor, that at last the former
prosperity of the French, vineyards had
beeun to return.
But then the question has been asked :
Why did Bordeaux invite her comrjetitors
of other countries? Why allow them by
coming to become still better known, and
even gain fresh prestige by obtaining
prizes and medals within the very walls of
the great wine city ? French wine experts
and interested parties say in answer that
the axis of the wine mart of the world has
changed since the time of the phylloxera,
and France to-day, despite the reconstruc
tion of her vine-yards, is obliged to gravitate
in new tracks and to reconquer her old
markets. Twenty years ago the wine mart
was localized in France; at present it is
universalized, and new relations have
been entered upon between the various
nations, from which France cannot afford
to keep aloof.
The French producers and dealers, there
fore, want to be thoroughly posted on all
new conditions, on all new wi.ie industries
in the different countries. What better
means, they further say, could therefore
have been devised than the general ad
mission of all competitive viticultural
products of the world to this Bordeaux ex
position, thus afford ing an opportunity
right here to study and learn what their
competitors are doing. Moreover, what
would the real Bordeaux. Burgundies and
Champagnes have to fear from wines of
other climes and countries? However this
may be, the International Wine Exposi
tion at Bordeaux became a fait accompli,
the invitation was accepted by all wine
producins: nations, and we find gathered
here, by the side of the very complete
national and colonial French exhibits
wines and spirits from Germany (Alsace-
Lorraine, Moselle, Rhine, Bavaria); Cali
fornia; also New "York State, Australia,
Chile, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Austria-
Hungary, the Canary Islands, Madeira,
Italy, Japan, Russia, Portugal, Roumania,
Argentine, Uruguay. Switzerland, Syria,
Denmark, Norway, Turkey, etc.
One is vividly reminded here of the lines
of the poet Mouselet:
There is an hour when all the great wines meet
each other— . - t ■
No more quarrels now between those brave com
panions-
No more interior discord between the Gascon and
the liurgunder; . - -
None are missing at this peaceable rendezvous,
All are here— oh, what a magnificent spectacle,
What a resplendent gala!
But while the : 'Palais dcs Vms" un
doubtedly is the wonder and the key of
the Bordeaux Fair — which, by the way,
will be closed in the second half of No
vember — the latter is also a eeneral ex
position on a considerable scale of all
products of industry, agriculture, art, in
dustrial art, sciences, etc., and is quite an
extensive enterprise. Besides France, Al
geria and Tunis, the French colonies and
countries of the protectorate, only Eng
land, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain
and Portugal were admitted as exhibitors.
But In its wine and spirit departments,
electricity and social sciences it is a world's
fair, open to every nation without distinc
tion. The originator and manager of the
whole exposition is the Philomatic
Society of Bordeaux, under the presidency
of trie eminent engineer, E. Aug. Haussor.
This society was founded as early as the
year 1808. Its principal object is to pro
mote useful industries and practical
science, comprising technical and profes
sional instruction and education by "means
of free classes and popular lecture!>, the
holding of technical, commercial and
scientific reunions, expositions, congresses,
etc. Its first exposition was held in 1827,
lasted forty days and comprised sixty ex
hibitors. Five more were held during' the
period of 1828 to 1845.
The seventh took place in 1847 and was
on a much larger scale than its predeces
sors. Though it was only a district fair,
there were 300 exhibitors, and a national
art exhibition was part of it. The tenth,
which took place in IS)9 and lasted three
and a half months, was entirely national,
embracing also the colonies, and had at
tracted 1300 exhibitors. The eleventh, in
1865, was the first international exposition
held in Bordeaux, with over 2000 exhibitors
and 300,000 visitors. Finally the twelfth,
held in 1882, had the character of a world's
fair in the wine and spirit department.
There were 6000 exhibitors and 1,000,000
visitors.
The present exposition is the thirteenth
and the greatest ever held here. In size
and extent it may be compared to our
Midwinter Fair, containing about an equal
number, or even more, of large buildings
and halls, of an artistic style or preten
tious construction. The exhibition grounds
cover the whcle of the magnificent and
immetiße public square of Bordeaux, which
fronts on the RiveV Garonne, the Place dcs
Quinconces, a surface of about 15,000
square yards, with the principal exhibition
buildings grouped around the new Monu
ment dcs Girondina. This fine work of
ait is erected in memory of the Girondist
party in the convention of the first French
revolution— a very tall marble column,
crowned by the goddess of Liberty ana
surmounted by other allegorical statues
and fountains, and basins at the base.
The main building, the Palais Principal, a
vast double edilice, consists of two sep
arate parts.
These are connected by an immense
central rotunda, surmounted by a superb
dome, the auditorium formusicales, theat
rical performances, lectures, meetings, cou
gressofc and social gatherings. The front
part, whose central "entree d'honueur'' is
flanked by horseshoe galienes, each ter
minating in side pavilions, faces the monu
ment of "the Girondists, and its interior is
divided into several large halls or galleries
rilled with innumerable worKs of the in
dustries and industrial arts, the porcelains
of Limoges, the faiences of Yaiauris, the
bronzes, jewels of the greatest houses of
France and other countries, art furniture,
glassware, etc. The rear part, the beauti
ful facade of which fronts ou *the river
quai, is styled the "Palais de la Gironde,"
and consists principally of one undivided
immense hall, harboring the most im
portant part of ilie wine and spirits exhibit
of the W orld's Fair.
There are other buildings and sections
within the exhibition grounds also de
voted to this wine exposition, as for
instance, a very large hall tilled with cel
lar appliances, all of the latest improve
ment, sample vineyards planted in all the
celebrated vine varieties known in France,
etc. These outside viticultural exhibits
are by no means lost among all the other
various largf- exhibition buildings and de
partments of prominence, such as the
Palace of Electricity, the Algerian and
other colonial pavilions, the "Midway
Plaisance" of the Annamitc, Senegal and
Soudan villages, populated by hundreds of
skillful artisans and artists, the machinery
hall, art exhibits, chemical industries and
many interesting specialties such as the
artificial preservation in incubators of
prematurely born infants, etc.
••• • •
But all these features are overshadowed
by this unique international win 9 exhibi
tion, the like of which in completeness
and detail has hardly been seen hereto
fore.
The interior of the "Palais dcs Vint" of
itself is a beautiful sight in the artistic,
tasteful arrangement of all these large and
small pavilions, kiosks, pyramids, col
umns. From the center of the hall there
rises a graceful monument and work of
sculpture, an elegant round "jardiniere"
filled with choicest flowers and plants, the
four pedestals of which support allegorical
bronze figures and ceramic vases, while
the high middle column, with its orna
mental frieze and dome, is fittingly
crowned by the bronze statue of "The
Wine - drinker," holding a full goblet in
his right hand.
To the left of this monument are grouped
within a very richly decorated installation,
the "Salon d'Honneur" of the wine pal
ace, the most beautiful flowers of the viti
cultural wreath of the wonderful Gironde;
Medoc, Red Graves, St. Emilionmiis and
the white Sauterne wines. Here we
rind under the banner of the agricultural
and viticultural syndicates of Blanquefort
an 1 Lesparre (Nathaniel Johnson, presi
dent), the four foremost "crus" — Chateaux
Latite, La Tour, Margaux and Haut
Brion ; then follows a certain num
ber of second crus of the Medoc, of
third, fourth, fifth crus, thereafter
the superior ''bourgeois" and the plain
bourgeois of the same country, all com
prising l<;0 exhibitors; further the exhibi
tion made by the "agricultural committee"
of the Medoc, a collective exhibit of eighty
contributors of "bourgeois." '"artisan"
and "peasant" crus, in their successive
order and rank. Honor be to Medoc, to
those wines which any one may drink
without the least hesitancy, in all the ex
cellence of their long noble descent!
Indeed, they have a glorious old history.
As early as " ISO:! the wine of Gascony,
which included the Bordeaux crus, held
an important place in the London market.
Its exportation engaged 4<xio sailors and
pilots continually. Even in the sixteenth
centuiy the precious Medoc products could
not be dethroned in the British Isles by
the wines of Spain and Portugal, which
then had become general favorites. About
that time a French Embassador to the
English court wrote home: "Our white
louis are changed into English crowns,
and if the loss of Dunkirk to the English
has robbed us of that money the wine of
Gascony will bring it bacK to us." During
1730 70,(XK) tuns of Bordeaux wine, valued
at over 9,W0,000 livres, were exported, not
only to England, but to Denmark, Flan
ders. Sweden, Germany and America.
In the "Salon d'Honneur" we further
find the great white wi'ies, the unsurpassed
Chateau "Y quem and ten of the first class
of the Sauternais; Chateaux Climens,
Guiraud, Rabaud, etc., which during the
last rive years yielded in total nearly 6,000,
--000 bottles of precious wine produced from
grapes picked singly and throughout se
lected most carefully.
Honor be also to their neighbors here,
the other old cms of France, the "wines of
Sainct Melyon," which are so strongly con
stituted that they will appear in all their
beauty when other Medocs grow weak;
the Saint Emiiion, Bonorol, St. Christophe
dcs Bardes, etc., here worthily represented
by eighty exhibits.
Next comes the collective exhibit of the
celebrated Libournais district (seventy
three exhibitors) of Fronsac with the gen
erous ruby crus of the Canon coast and of
Dordogne(St. Michel, Saillans,Vevac, etc.),
all of old reputation, and many others.
There is a very brilliant collective exhi
bition of the Canton de Bourg sur Gironde,
beginning with the year 1865 and coming
down to 1894, also generous wines so co
piously produced by the picturesque sites
of this district, with its fertile soil. Many
new extensive plantations have been made
there during the latter years, especially of
the Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet and Verdot
varieties, which thrive so well in Califor
nia, but especially of Cabernet, which,
blended with Malbec and Merlot, will
produce wines which mature rapidly for
consummation.
Also in the once phylloxera district of
the Canton de St. Andre de Cubzac, repre
sented here by 150 exhibitors, the grafts of
the varieties just named have made most
wonderful progress toward the reconstruc
tion of those vineyards.
For want of space 1 must abstain from
dwelling in detail on all those interesting
various French exhibits, the grand vms of
Burgundy with all their noble names, the
Chambertin, Vougeot, Pomard, Beaume,
Nuits, Mcntrache (mostly made out of the
black Pioot grape), or the white Chablis
(out of white Pinot or Chardenet), with a
total production in 1893 of 70,000,000 Ameri
can gallons, or on the wines of the "Midi"
(south), Algiers, Tunis, Roussillon, Carig
nane, or all the champagnes- of ILheims,
Epernay, Cote dOr, Sauniur, etc., or the
very line cosrnac exhibit of the two Cha
rentes, etc.
In the central part of the north side of
the hall we find the foreign exhibits, by the
side of Spain, Bavaria's Palatinate wines,
Italy's large show, the collections of Por
tugal, Chile, Argentine, Russia, California,
etc. The most interesting "of these are the
exhibits of Spain. Russia and California.
The Marquis de Misa has sent a wonderful
exhibit of sherry, the real xeres, "i'em
perador de los vinos." This Spanish tire
wine is raised on the chalk soils of a tertiary
formation from the Mantuo, Palanimo and
Pedro Xiraenez grapes. Such exquisite
strong wine is no doubt destined to make
the greatest fame of Californian viticulture
in the hot interior valleys, where also
"Rayonne de soleil est plus chaud qu'ail
leurs." Other "vinos generosos" are here,
the Spanish Moscatel, Malvoisie, Malaga,
Lacruna, Muscat, Manzanita, of dark or
amber or golden color.
Rnssia has surprised everybody by her
varied wine exhibit from the Crimea,
Bessarabia, Caucasus, Turkestan, the Don
and Astraehan, where almost everywhere
an amazing progress has been made dur
ing the last few years. French wine
statisticians assure me that there are no
less than 500,000 acres tilanted in vines in
Southern Russia — the tenth part of the
French vineyard acreage — producing from
80,000,000 to 90.000,000 American gallons
each year, which would be nearly six
times as much as California produces, and
yet not enough for the home demand of
that immense population. But I doubt
the correctness of these statistics. A mag
nificent pavilion, crowned by an elaborate
dome, contains the Crimean and Cauca
sian wines of the Czar, presented here by
Prince Gallitzin. The Cabernet variety
has been largely planted also in the Cri
mea and, strange to say, contrary to the
results obtained in California from this
grape — viz. : a wine of Medoc type, though,
perhaps, a little stronger in alcohol
than in the Gironde — the Cabernet in
(Southern Russia produces a port of 16 and
17 per cent alcohol without fortiiication.
soliigh is the percentage of sugar pro
duced in this variety by the hot sun of the
Crimea. This partt "is pronounced to be a
delicious, velvety and' fruity wine. Also
Tokay, Malaga-, of Livadia are pro
duced there without any addition of sugar
and alcohol.
There are, further, exhibited here good
Burgundy wines of the Caucasus, made
out of tne Kakhetic grape, Saperavie,
and the Grenache varieties, the latter
being well known in California. The Mon
vede and Puiotgns yield enormous crops
per acre and wines'of 13 per cent alcohol.
Also Seniillon, Maivoise and Riesling
thrive well.
It is interesting to chronicle that Japan
is represented by wines and brandies pro
duced by natives.
Last, but not least, California's exhibit.
This choice collective contribution from
all the different wine districts of the State,
tne names of which appear in large letters
on the outside wails of the little orna
mental pavilion, has no doubt consider
ably advertised California wine here and
attracted a great deal of interest. There
has been an amount of sampling by the
jury, experts, dealers, journalists and
others, and opinions have been formed
and expressed upon the value of our
product. As far as I can learn, many of
the wines, both red and white, have cre
ated surprise, and in several cases a !mira
tion. "Unfortunately, I notice that a num
ber of bottles on exhibit, particularly of
white wine, have gone wrong, turned
cloudy and show deposits. This may have
given rise to some of the fault-finding with
the white wines.
As I have learned from our Consul, Mr.
Wiley, or rather his Vice-Consul, Mr.
Beecher, both of whom have taken a most
earnest interest in this exhibit, .some
critics claimed to discover a taste of "rot
ten wood" in some of the wine?. The
wines of Inglenook (Xapa), Cresta Blanca,
Berinjrer Brothers, are among those which
I heara favorably commented upon. On
the whole, our red wines seem to be liked
better here than the white. The former
seem to have shown the best keeping
qualities among this exhibit. Fault has
been found with the labels, corks and tin
caps. In some instances the latter have
worn badly. To this 'may perhaps be at
tributed the poor condition of some of the
botties.
The best varieties of wine and brandy
which we produce are apparently here on
show— our Cabernets, Zinfandels, claret
blends. Semillons, Suuterne types, ports,
sherries, sweet wines, etc. Ali or most of
our leading wine-cellars and vineyards
seem to have taken part, and it would
therefore be probably useless to enumerate
the exhibitors. California appears repre
sented in ali classes and divisions of the
ofhciai catalogue.
As far as the publications of the awards
co to date the diploma of the silver medal
has been awarded for wines (dry and
sweet) to the collective exhibit of Califor
nia and the Cupertino Wine Company of
Santa Clara County. The diploma of the
bronze medal to Albertz of Cloverdale;
Arpad Haraszthy; Carpy ifc Co., Napa;
H. W. Crabb, Napa; Ruby Hill Vineyard
Company, Pleasanton, and Julius .Smith,
Livermore; the bronze medal also for
brandy to Uiehl, Menke & Co.. San Fran
cisco.
Honorable mention i 3 awarded to Ben
Lomond Wine Company, Santa Cruz;
Beringer Bros., St. Helena: Italian-Swiss
Agricultural Colony, Aati: P. Kleio, Santa
Clara; Napa Valley Wine Company and
Schilling & Co., San Francisco. Germany
received for wines nine awards, Australia
thirty-six, among these a diploma of
honor, the second best (the first Deing the
grand prix), and tive gold medals, the
third best (while the diploma of silver
medal is only the fourth best); Austria-
Hungary only three awards (one silver
medal, two honorable mentions); Chileone
gold medal for the National Society
of Agriculture and two bronze medals;
Cyprus one honorable mention; Spain
about 140 diplomas, from the diplome
d'honneur down to the honorable men
tion; New York State (Bishop of Roches
ter), one honorable mention; Greece nine,
Italy twenty-five, Japan one, a gold
medal; Portugal twelve, the Argentine
Republic one silver medal, Russia one
grand prix for the Czar's exhibit (no doubt
for political reasons), one bronze medal
and four honorable mentions; Switzer
land one silver medal, and Uruguay one
bronze medal.
There may yet be other awards for Cali
fornia, the publication of which has not
been reached or which may have been
cabled over before this letter will be pub
lished. Whether the California wine has
been done full justice at Bordeaux, either
by the contributors to the exhibit or the
jury in making the awards, will be diffi
cult to determine now. Some of the
Bordeaux experts who expressed them
selves freely on Spanish or Russian wines
had nothing at all to say about ours, and
even declined to give their opinions. It
is not to be forgotten that in the English
and German markets California is a com
petitor with France.
It may be of interest to add that since
May 1, up to October 12, during twenty
two weeks of the exposition of Bordeaux,
the total number of visitors was 1,719,078.
The following are the awards given for
California brandies at the Bordeaux Expo
sition:
Diploma of silver medal — InglenoQk
vineyard, Rutherford, Napa County; Ital
ian-Swiss Agricultural Colony, Asti, So
noma County ; Sabatie & Co., San Fran
cisco.
Diploma of bronze medal— George West,
Stockton, and Diehl, Menke & Co., San
Francisco.
Honorable mention— Beringer Brothers,
St. Helena; H. W. Crabb, Oakville, Napa
County; Kohler & Frohling, Glen Ellen;
Repsold & Co., San Francisco.
Among the foreign exhibits of brandy
or "Cognac" California ranks as high as
any other country, in fact higher than
most of tnem, only Greece, Italy and
Russia also carrying off silver medals.
Australia had to be contented with bronze
medals. Italy and Russia each received
but one silver medal, Greece six, California
three. One New York exhibitor is awarded
"honorable mention" for his grape brandy.
Yesterday's edition of the leading wine
journal of Bordeaux, Feuille Vinicole de la
Gironde, contains a brief summary of all
the foreign wine exhibits, written by the
editor and well-known wine expert, Henri
Kehrig. It will be interesting to hear
what he has to say about the Australian
and Californian exhibits:
"Around the lourth pillar, opposite the
Greek monument, are grouped the wines
of Australia. First the collective exhibit
of the co'ony. of Victoria (twenty-six ex
hibitors), then fifteen individual exhib
itors. We find here, also, the Cabernet,
Malbec. Riesling, Frontignan, etc. The
Australians, on the whole, have sent us
good products. Some of their types are
perfectly 'vinified,' both red and white
and sweet wines. Some specimens show a
good deal of fineness and a 'cachet' of
grandeur. Australia is very much devoted
to viticulture, but, generally speaking, the
financial results do not come up to the
sacrifices made.
"The California monument pavilion, ar
ranged in very good taste and decorated
with dark green velvet hangings, repre
sents an assortment of a great many vari
eties of wines. California aims at the pro
duction of all classes of wines and the con
dition and form of the bottles are exactly
appropriate to the product. The claret is
in Bordeaux bottles, the Rhine wine in
'fluted' Rhine bottles, the port in so
called English bottles, the grape brandy
in cognac bottles, etc. ; and we read here
on labels: Cabernet, Sanvignon vert, Mal
bec, Reisling, Trammer, Port, Sherry,
Malaga, Tokay, etc. The collective ex
hibit of California consists of twenty-two
exhibitors, one of which presents a collec
tion of wines of eight different years since
1886." Paul Oekeb.
His Natural Inference.
"I'm taking lessons on the violin from
Professor Scrape."
"Is he a good master?"
"I should say bo; last night I heard him
play four tunes on one string."
"Really? Well, you ought to be able to
Slay one tune on four strings."— Chicago
Record.
Supreme Test.
Elder Berry— What is your idea of faith?
Joblots— Putting a nickel on the plate
and expecting a crown of pure cold.— New
York Herald.
NEW TO-DAT.
OEPARfIE
Dr. Sweany, Our Most Eminent
Medical and Surgical Expert,
Adopts a New Course.
He To-Day Publishes Testimonials for"
the First Time— A Most Remark-
able Showing— What Skill and Abil!-
ity Have Accomplished.
IT HAS BEEN STATED AGAIN AND AGAIN
that the noblest work that any man can be
engaged in is in the alleviation of the suffer-
ings of his lellow-mortals, and it is doubtless
true. There is not one man out of a hundred
on this Coast who in this connection has not
heard ot Dr. Sweany (whose ofliccs have for
many yours been as t^7 Market street) and the
wonderfully clever work which he had done —
Curing; when each and every school of medicine
had given patients up, and healing and putting
on the right path the thousands who had be-
come victims of pernicious habits, or who,
DR. F. L. SWEANY.
(From a recent photo.)
through their follies, had become utterly "don»
up, "as some people call it.
Feeling that perhaps it might really be doing
the public a service, Dr. Sweany has at length
been persuaded to publish a few of the many
thousands, of testimonials and grateful let-
ters with which his ottices are fairly stacked.
The permission of each patient has iirst been
obtained, and then the testimonials have been
verified by a well-known business man, and
only the initials are appended to the letters,
for even now Dr. Sweany will not permit their
identit yto be known to the world. Patients who
come to the office for treatment, however, have
the privilege of inspecting these letters in their
original form as well as thousands of others.
As will be noticed below affidavit has been
made to the absolute genuineness of these let-
ters, and they are not to be in any way com-
pared to the purchased letters which so many
unscrupulous doctors of low character publish.
Tney are usually bought by the score and are
of no value whatever to the inquirer or seeker
after health.
To commence with, then, let us take the cas©
of a middle-aged man of Sacramento. He-
writes the following interesting letter:
Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 6, 1894.
DR. SWEAXV— Dear sir: I am feeling a great
dPiil better. I have not felt as well in twenty years
as I do now. My stomach is in good condition. I
sleep -.veil and my appetite is good. The color is*
coining back in my face. 1 can say your medicine
is a great boon to me.
Before taking your treatment my appetite was
poor; always got up in thn morning with a bad
taste in my mouth, stomach swollen and sore, and
sometimes liad voruiiin;; spoils. I have taken
medicine from our doctor liere, but all the relief I
had was temporary only, but I have every con-
fidence that you will cum me.
Wishing you success in all your undertakings.
Kespectfully, A. A.
That bears the very imprint of truth on Hn
face, and shows that Dr. Sweany's treatment
really cures — it does the work thoroughly.
Sometimes, of course, this sort of success
creates professional jealousy, as in the case of,
this young fellow who lives in the Sagebrush,
State. He says:
Keno, Nev., July 28, 1894.
DR. F. L. SWKASY- Dear Sir: Tne last medi-
cine has helped me a great deal, ram t'eelinsj tine.
Kverybody is pleased to see me up and ask how it
! happened and to tell them who it Is that cared me.
Those doctors that gave me up to die are mad to
sec me improving, and when anybody asks them
why they did not cure me they say I cannot g«t
well.
I'lease send me some more medicine. B. B.
The confidence which Dr. Sweany inspires
iv his patients is most remarkable. The mo-
ment they are fully under his care they seera
to get imbued with the idea that they have at
last found help. For instance, read what a
young Oregonian says:
Baker City, Or.. August 22, 1895.
DR. SWEANY— Dear Sir: 1 believe that I will
be well in a short time. I am gaining sexual power
quite fast. Have not parsed milky urine more
than twice since taking medicine. Send a supply
of medicine as soon as possible, as my supply will
be out in a few days. Yours truly, A. A. J.
And then, for a moment, consider this grate-
ful letter from Mexico, for it is true that Mr.
W. E. G. had much to be grateful for. ilo>
wrote :
?onora, Mexico, June 16, 1895.
F. 1,. SWEANY, M.D., San Francisco, Cal.—
Dear Sir: I received on the 11th instant your let-
ter and package of medicine.
Your directions have been carried out as closely
as possible, and I could not hope for better results.
My general health is excellent; muscles of tlie
buck and legs are braced up: I can undergo a great
deal of exertion without feeling tired; nw mind is
clearer, and, if I may so express it, purer; feel
cheerful and no longer despondent; feel better and
look better. I used to bo troubled with neuralgia
pains under the eyes, which seem now to have left
me. Sexual emissions have become rare. I sleep
and eat well and my d'gestlon is good. I will say-
that if I continue to progress so well as at present
and find myself in a satisfactory condition on mar-
riage I sball not consider the amount already paid
you to end my obligations to you. It is now likely
that my marriage will take place in September.
Yours truly, \V. K. G.
And perhaps here it may be as well to give
a specimen of a letter from a man on the fair
way to recovery. Look at the trust and confi-
dence that he has in his complete recovery.
And it is right that he should have:
Los Angeles, Cal., July 16, 1895.
DX. F. L. SWEANY— Dear Sir: Please send me
some more medicine. The pain I bad in the lower
part of my belly is not half as bad as it was. I
sleep well and my appetite Is good. I weigh 28
pounds more than I ever did, and I am bound to
get well. My flesh is as hard as a rock and I have
not done mucn. work, either, to make muscle; still
1 have muscies, and good big ones, too, Kespec'u-
fully, C. A.
And others write in different ways — as the
spirit moves them— all pleased with the coutse
of their treatment and all full of praise for the
eminent specialist. One man says:
My head feels better than It has for a year. I
can sit down and do mental work with more ease
than for a long time. In my heart I must say thac
I feel truly grateful to you for the relief.
And another:
I have noticed a marked change in my condi-
tion. The loss of semen has nearly ceased and the
shrunken organs seem to be gradually returning
to their natural size and strength.
This list might, of course, be continued un-
endingly, but a sufficient variety has been
given to show how great is the range that Dr»
Sweany covers in his treatment ot diseases.
All chronic and private troubles.no matter
how severe, are unfailingly and quickly bene-
fited; diseases peculiar to women is another
specialty, and that disgusting ailment, ca-
tarrn. is promptly cured. Indeed, if you are
ill.no matter what is the matter with you,
apply to Dr. Sweany, and you will get prompt
and certain help. Don't waste any t.me. Come
to the office to-day if you are in "the city: and
if not, sit down at once and write, for quite a
large proportion of, Dr. Sweany's professional
business is done by correspondence, and out-
of-town patients are' treated quite as success-
fully as those who are able to call at the office
in person.
AFFIDAVIT.
The original testimonials which are repro-
duced above were inspected and compared by
Mr. A. Atkins, the well-known and popular
newspaper man, and he has made the following
affidavit thereto:
State of California, City and County of San
Francisco, ss.
Personally appeared before me, Mark Lane, a
Notary Public in and for the City and County of San
Francisco, State of California, A. Atkins, who,
being flr6t duly sworn, deposes and says that he
has carefully examined and compared the fore-
going copies of letters and testimonials, signed,
respectively, »' A. A.," "B. 8.," "A. A. J.,'"<W. K.
G." and "C. A.," witfc the originals thereof, now in
the possession of Dr. F. L. Sweany of San Fran-
Cisco, and that the same are true and exact copies
of said original letters and testimonials.
A. A'l KINS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day
Of December, A. D. 1895. MAKK LANE,
Notary Public in and for the City and County of
San Francisco,- State of California.
F. L. SWEANY, M. D.,
737 Market Street,
SA> T FRANCISCO.
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